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Sea salt soak and baking soda wash

Dread Maintenance

Rinse with cool/cold water rather than luke warm water.The cool/cold water helps your scalp in the long run.

whats up

Introduce Yourself

The best way to get started is:A) Wash your hair on a regular basis. Toss the conditioner you may not need it for at least a year. Most people with dreadlocks wash their hair at least two or three times a week.B) Simply stop brushing/combing your hairIn time your hair will form sections on it's own and gradually begin to form matted knots.When you begin to notice matted sections forming start pulling them away from each other unless you want "Congos"

Do I not care enough?

Dread Maintenance

Seriously.Dreadlocks only need: 1. To be kept clean on a regular basis 2. (Optional) Pulled away from each other.

So, what's the best way to dread?

Dreading Methods

If you don't care about your dreadlocks being a particular width or having a particular number of dreadlock: Patience/Natural

If you want your dreadlocks to be a particular width or you want a particular number: 1. Patience/Natural 2. Twist-Rip

If you want your dreadlocks to look more like mature dreadlocks from the beginning and know what to expect: Twist-Rip

Washing with Tea Tree Oil?

Dreads Hair and Scalp Health

Tilt your head back a little bit and then pour the mixture on your head and let it soak.I usually use an empty eight ounce shampoo bottle to pour my particular mixture onto my head while I am in the shower.

Scalp Dry?

Dreads Hair and Scalp Health

I use peppermint oil and tea tree oil followed by rinsing my hair out with cool/cold water.

trist n rip, was this a bad idea?

Dreading Methods

Unraveling like what you described is normal. My dreadlocks were started and unraveled exactly the same way.

Just keep your hair clean on a regular basis. If you don't want your dreadlocks to "Congo" pull them away from each other also.

I just keep saying it's the journey; not the destination.

Introduce Yourself

Hello Mollie, I am Rayne. Welcome to the site!

Cheap residue free shampoo

Dread Maintenance

I wouldn't touch that stuff even with a ten foot pole.1. Sodium Laureth Sulfate http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ingredient.php?ingred06=706089 2. Methtlchloroisothiazolinone: http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ingredient.php?ingred06=703924 3. Methylisothiazilinone http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ingredient.php?ingred06=703935 Plus if your hair smells like the shampoo you just used, after it is dry, there are residues.

Kinks in dreads?

Dread Maintenance

They are formed as your dreadlocks become tighter on one side more than the other.As the others have stated they are normal.