Forum Activity for @magola

Totally, dead straight hair. What do?

Dreading Methods

I had super straight hair (er I guess I still do). To put it in perspective: If I got a cowlick I would get excited. I backcombed mine and it took well to it. Backcomb it hard. I mean like 30 min/dread. The better and tighter it is backcombed the better the lock intergrity. I put tiny rubberbands on the ends (temporarily) to prevent my knots from sliding down. This helped especially for the first wash. The only speedbump I encountered was shrinkage!!! ahhhh!! My hair originally was 19in. Most of my dreads shrunk to 8 inches. Used a little sea salt and lemon juice rarely. It is fairly drying on the hair. Above all wash (for better knots) and avoid wax. Best of luck :D

scalp/skin issue

Dreads Hair and Scalp Health

Can you use rosemary e.o. neat or does it need a carrier oil? Island Mamma said:

Glad it's feeling better.
Rosemary might be easier on the skin and less painful. It is a local analgesic.

soaringeagle said:

actualy it did sting for a min but then seemed to dry iit out good and some of the scaliness flaked off and feels smpother and better but still lil raw feelin to touch but better im gonna try a second dose soon and see most of the dry skin seems to be gone but left a reddened iritated area

Career paths....

General Talk

I have a Bachelor of Forestry concentration Wildland Recreation. Currently, I would not recommend pursuing it unless you have excellent contacts and tangible job prospects. Where I live, people basically hate the environment (the Southeast), therefore Forestry, Wildlife, & Fisheries positions are few. Above all wildlife biologist as a degree is a waste of time from what my professors and peers said. Again the lack of jobs and funding. Best of luck. I don't mean to sound negative. Its just the reality of the situation. I continue to plug away each day trying to find a National Parks ranger position, Forester position, environmental education, or something along those lines. Been doing so now for 1.5 years.