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how do u test your hairs ph?

Dread Products

well you could try to do it similar to the way we do it in the hort trade. get your dreads saturated (but not dripping), set aside enough water so that some will run out (shouldn't take too much, a cup or two maybe), and test the pH of it to make sure its pretty close to neutral. pour it through your dreads and collect as much runoff as you can, then test that. Those cheap little pH sticks should work well enough to get a general idea, unless you want to spend a bunch of money and go all high tech lol. I don't know if it works for dreads, but thats the "proper" way to test for soil pH anyways.

Bead problem

Help! Save My Dreads

I've tried palm rolling it, and oiling it up with body splash, but it ain't coming off any time soon, I guess it'll just live there for its life haha. but Yeah, I'm able to move it about 2 inches up and down so i'm not too worried about mold. thanks for the help everyone!

Bead problem

Help! Save My Dreads

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Bead problem

Help! Save My Dreads

Well it couldn't really be replaced. My cousin's boyfriend gave it to me last summer when I visited them out in cali. he got that bead at the Phish Pharewell concert back when he had dreads. its pretty thick heavy glass, so it would probably just break into a few bigger pieces, but I guess i'ed rather have it be stuck than broken

Bead problem

Help! Save My Dreads

So I have a glass bead in on of my dreads I got last summer, and now it has become stuck! under the bead a big lump has shown up, and I can't get the bead over it. I have tried soaking it, using a lots of oil, and even tightly wrapping the lumpy part in thread to try and compress it enough to get the bead off. I love the bead and it has a great story behind it so I would hate to smash it (let alone getting glass shards in a dread...thats a death sentence waiting to happen) and I love the look of that dread, I just want to try the bead on different dreads. Any advice will help! thanks guys!

updated by @lukey-luke: 01/13/15 08:51:39PM

encourage certain dreads to go together

Dread Maintenance

a fun way to congo them is to french braid them (twist them around each other clockwise then twist each dread counter clockwise (or vice versa)) and either string or bead them together on the end, they'll congo fast and you have some sweet looking twisty dreads for a year or so

Weird Alien Looking Dreads?

Life Issues Facing Dreads

I'm not sure, but the best way to find out is just to ask. from my experience most people with dreads don't mind if you ask them questions about em. just make sure to be polite about it haha

last ditch effort to destroy wax!

General Talk

two times I sprayed it in, and really worked it into each dread, then used a bs/acv rinse, then the third time I worked it in really really well, then used dawn dish soap as well before the bs/acv rinse. I've sprayed it in a few other times and let it sit for an hour or so. I've gone through a little more than half a bottle so far. but besides that I normally just do a bs/acv rinse once a week, and usually just rinse them out 2-3 other times a week.

last ditch effort to destroy wax!

General Talk

basically when i tried to split them, the wax was just super gunked up, and I got a hole maybe a half inch thick at the roots before it stopped ripping, and I have tried the body splash, i've done 3 deep washes with it, and it seemed to help, but i still found a lot of wax when combing them. I'm happy with how the new ones are looking, and their a lot longer, so I can finally tie them back (another plus haha), But thanks for all the love!

last ditch effort to destroy wax!

General Talk

So I've had a few fatties that have gotten really tight, stiff, and just plain mean to their neighbors. so I desided to try and separate them in to smaller ones. I read about Knottysleeves "Operation split" and decided to give it a try, but being a wax recovery patient, this didn't work out too well. So i decided to try and comb them out and just t&r them into multiple new dreads (they were originally backcombed) now their way longer and super fluffy! I hope to continue to continually comb out the super waxy ones and rid my hair of that shit. Has anyone else had any success trying to split, or remove wax from mature dreads this way? any advice would be greatly appreciated!
updated by @lukey-luke: 01/13/15 08:48:33PM