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residue free shampoo

Dread Products

Try 'The Body Shop'.That seems like the most likely place it'll be found and the only big store I can think of that is likely to have it.It's either them, Boots, or something big but not common like Harrods or some shite.Let me know what you find, dude. soaringeagle said:

theres a big store everyone knows there that has it
cant remember the nameif u use bronners...dilute it alot!!!! 12 or more timesmore water then soap http://www.drbronner.com/DBMS/LS.htm those ones...liquid prefferedbutthe beststuffs in your kitchen http://www.dreadlockssite.com/forum/topics/super-clean-dreads-safe-for

Twist and rip vs Neglect

Dreading Methods

Cheers for sharing your thoughts guys.I've been washing every two to three days but just with water. I'm gonna order some essentiel oils and make up one of SE's recipes.I think the main thing that worried me was that the dreads I've done using the twist and rip method are really loose near the roots but I reckon they'll tighten up in time.Well, I'll be wearing lot of hats untill they do start to look a little neater:D.Thanks for all your help peeps.I'll post some photo's at some point.

Twist and rip vs Neglect

Dreading Methods

Thanks for the reply friend.Basically, the front of may hair to about the start of my ears has been dreaded, the rest is loose.Most of my hair resides at the back so that doesn't mean half of my hair is dreaded...but thats how it looks.I think I'm gonna leave it. From what I can tell/have read/heard/seen hair that is dreaded using the natural(/neglect) method looks a bit dodgey untill it's started knotting up reasonably tight anyway so yeah, my hair looks stupid but after a year or so, once the rest of the hair's started to dread and the drads I've made have tightened up at the roots, it'll start to look alright....I hope.Once again, cheers the for the reply.How long have you had your dreads for? Iain said:

well im my opinion, if you wish you had gone neglect, just leave em alone now,
twist an rip isn't exactly a damaging high maintenance method, they will definitely start to come apart, how much really depends on many variables but when you say the rest of your hair, how much has been left alone?

I'd probably let it, unless theres like big sections of hair left alone then I would T&R that to probably,

hope its going good tho man

Twist and rip vs Neglect

Dreading Methods

Hello all. Hope your having a good day/evening/night.I started dreading my hair today using the twist (and rip(?) technique with some sketchy results.This is after doing a lot of research and hoping to get them done in the past week just to have the 'loctician' not return my call, this is after a freind changed her mind about doing them for me.I've not been attracted by the idea of wax. They were going to get started using the Crocheting technique but after reading an article on this site decided I'd try the twist n' rip method.A lot of people seem to spend time worrying about them coming undone but I can't see that happening here. They just seem to stay in a state of 'kind of dreaded, but quite loose'.Point is, a part of me is now wishing I'd left them and gone with the 'neglect' technique. Will the dreads I've done so far come undone..? Should I leave the rest of the hair? Can I go for the neglect techique or shall I just go for it and try and do the rest of my hair as well....?Any thoughts and advice will gratefully received,Many thanks,Joe
updated by @joe: 01/13/15 08:29:00PM

Joe

Introduce Yourself

Hey guys,My name is Joe and I live in London in England. I'm studying a year long course in mechanical engineering in the hope of going to uni.I've been wanting dreads for ages(at least five years) and finally lost it today and started dreading them myself using the twist and rip technique.We'll see how it goes from here......:/
updated by @joe: 01/13/15 08:29:00PM