Yeah I mentioned the wax could be used for lip balm. This is great if you do not want to wait for beeswax to come by mail. I used this recipe.
Peppermint Oil
Cocoa Butter
Beeswax (Insert dread wax)
Jojoba/almond/advocado oil.
I ordered black tubes online but you can use the travel tubes from the dollar store or old lip balm containers.
I went to the loctician process as well so I know how costly it becomes on a monthly basis. To make matters worse I would leave the salon and think "Damn, I could have done that at home.
So now I do. I purchased an overhead dryer($29), some lock, twist, rasta lock gel ( I was too lazy to hunt down an aloe plant or aloe gel from the local vitamin shoppe) .
I plan on going natural soon but I don't like to throw away things, so that is why I am using these products until I run out. Wash your hair, (liquid black soap) Then palm roll. That is if you want the salon experience.
I live in South Florida, there are a lot of Carribean immigrants so it is actually the opposite for me. The thing is alot of them get them "manicured" by family, friends or a loctician.
the successful wax story
johnny clean ripped off hundreds of thousands of opeople destroying dreads and getting rich selling crap that ends up in the trash more often then not
I don't even feel gross for saying this: Once a month.
I admit that I do palm roll my locks after I wash them, so I try to give it a month to grow out. During the month I use sproil and some other oil on my scalp.
When I used to have box braids or Senegalese twists I used to wash my hair every two months.
