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Dread Products
I realllllly want to order the bar shampoo..! I need to get on it!
Forum Activity for @daydreamer
the Artificial Wind dreading method (theory) :D
Dreading Methods
Nah, not crazy.Imaginative maybe, but not crazy. lol. I would assumethat you would get greater progress if you had already made the sections though. I remember taking rides on my grandpa's speed boat as a kid with normal hair and I'd ride in the verrry front so I could make that weird noise with my mouth from the wind blowing right at me, as a child it was very entertaining, and after my hair would be alll kinds of knotted up.
Fat ends and beads
General Questions
Yeah, I have the same issue with about half my dreadies. I just wrap the ones that really bother me and it really helps straighten them out.
A.C.V wash? help?
Dread Maintenance
Thankso much Baba for the tips. I'mthinking once I get to my six month mark here soon I'll just stop using the BS wash all togther and get a bar.
Someone was telling me to put lemon juice in myhair but I didn't think it sounded good so I've never tried it.but I have beenusing BSwithout using theACV after.. I didn't really see it necessary.
Baba Fats said:
It's not necessary to. You really could use bars from the start. But washing with a bar is a little more aggressive than liquid. I'd say switch to a bar when you wash and the don't untangle much or at all.
As far as the ACV rinse. It's a rinse, not a wash. You should only do it after you wash with BS. The BS should stay in for 10 minutes. the ACV should only be left on for about 5 seconds. It doesn't clean your scalp of hair at all. It just softens it up and resets the pH after the BS wash raises it.
Daydreamer, never use lemon juice, or lime juice, or any citrus fruit juice at all. Citrus fruit has citric acid in it, which is very damaging to your hair. It seeps into the hair shaft and breaks it down from the inside. People use lemon juice to lighten their hair. That lightening is how the damage shows up.
And NEVER mix BS and ACV together. The chemical reaction is not good for your scalp, hair, or health. Check out youtube and watch the videos of people mixing BS and vinegar in water bottles. They explode. You don't want to do that on your head. It won't explode, but it fizzies, which it what happens when the heat created starts to burn. You can really damage your hair and scalp by burning it
A.C.V wash? help?
Dread Maintenance
Thanks SE and Ixchel! I've seen quite a few vids on youtube of people doing a deep cleanse using baking soda and ACV with sea salt and a tsp or so of lemon juice mixing it all together in their sink and soaking in it for 10 min or so then washing out. Thats what I was getting at. but I may just end up using it after each BS wash.
A.C.V wash? help?
Dread Maintenance
Yes. but I'vealso heard you could use it as a soak... correct me if I am wrong.
Ixchel said:
the acv is supposed to be a rinse after the bs. have you read the washing thread?
A.C.V wash? help?
Dread Maintenance
I'm thinking about trying the ACV wash after about a month of using the BS wash. I've had little to no dandruff which surprises me but I wanna try the soak(in my sink) to see whats all left behind in my dreadies after 5 months of having them. Plus I hear that its very conditioning. My only issue... what are the measurements?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
updated by @daydreamer: 02/14/15 02:00:53AM
Dye dreads?
Dreadlock Styles and Dread Styling
From experience, they should be fine. I've dyed about 5 or 6 of my dreads as well and they turned out great.
My greatest decision in life :)
Introduce Yourself
My wiggles an loops are settling but they won't be completely done for a while. I'm in my 7th month now and they started popping up around my 2nd thru 4th months. The twist and rip method is what works best in my opinion. I had a friend do my whole head with a mixture of tnr and backcombing and they started locking upimmediatelybut I did one dread near the front of my head myself using just the tnr method and it looks better than the rest. I'm so proud of it too.
River Darling said:
They're beautiful. I'm thinking of doing some t'n'r myself, as a gauge, how long did your "wiggles" take to settle down?
My greatest decision in life :)
Introduce Yourself
The criticism some people will give you about your decision to start/have locs is just ridiculous. I've found that it isn't so much that they're judging you but they are uneducated on how to begin and/or care for them so they have a bad outlook on them. I just try to help them understand its no different from any other hairstyle except for the obvious; we don't brush. But hell, what came first? The hair on our heads or the brush you bought yourself at the store?
Amanda said:
2/3rds through my t&r session, I ran to the store. While I was there, I ran into a friend who worked there. So, I said to her, "I decided to do my dreads again" and her response was, "Why?".....she didn't say it in a nice voice either. I wasn't mad, but more surprised. Here is a girl with an alternative image (piercings and tattoos and will wear pink wigs, etc.) and she is questioning why in a tone like I'm dumb for doing so. But I didn't care what she thought...I know I will be spending the rest of my life with people scrutinizing my dreads, but it isn't their hair and thus isn't up to them what I do with it. I, too, feel like doing this is the best decision I've made.
P.S. I absolutely LOVE your dreads. They look amazing.