Forum Activity for @heather

Mother Earth Herbal Soap, Safe to Use?

Dread Maintenance

well, the first two ingredients are palm oils. sodium chloride is regular table salt. glycerin is a humectant but can also be a bit drying. the next two ingredients areessentialoils and the titanium dioxide is a sunscreen but is often used in bars of soap for stability.

i would say if you have hard water then i wouldn't even bother trying it. glycerin and palm oil are a pain to rinse out completely when you have excess minerals and such in your water. an acv rinse after washing might help though. but if you have soft water then go for it:)

I'm becoming discouraged ):

General Questions

make sure you aren't separating too much. i did that in the beginning and was basically undoing progress. your not going to get a congo over night. get some beads and add them to the sections that fell apart or ones that your worried about and then just leave them be. go about your life and forget that you have hair. {{hugs to you}}

how often do you wash your locks?

Dread Maintenance

its about twice a week for me. in between i might do a sea salt rinse. before dreading i was washing everyday and would complain about my hair being oily all the time but since cutting back on my washings over the last 10 months i no longer have oily hair. i'm sure the lack of running my fingers through it a million times a day helps too.

Is using rubberbands in the early stage of dreadlocks really that harmfull?

General Talk

i've actually used embroidery thread on a few of mine before and it helped keep them together. i would just knot a small piece about an inch away from the root. it slid up and down with ease like a bead but didn't get stuck there like a bead would. when i wanted to remove it i just cut it. super simple.

I Want To Thank Soaring Eagle and Dreadlocks Site!

General Talk

wow! a year went by fast didn't it? i'm so happy to have found this board and met a wonderful lady like you. you've kept me going in this long and sometimes frustrating journey. big {{hugs}} to you:)

18mths finer hair above and front of ears will not dread???

General Questions

my hair is baby fine around my ears and lower sides. its completely unknotted after almost 9 months of going natural. i've even tried to t & r some of it but it just comes out when i wash. i have a feeling its not going to dread at all. the hair there doesn't grow as long as the rest either. i have no idea what to tell you. i have a feeling we're just going to have to deal with it. maybe braid it and let the braid dread?

What is the average amount of dreadlocks for thin hair?

General Talk

me, too! just remember the hair will shrink and thicken up as it knots so they will get fatter. i'm only 8 months into my natural journey and far from that happening any time soon.

What is the average amount of dreadlocks for thin hair?

General Talk

i have thin hair but i have no idea how many i have so far. mine are sectioning into pretty small section. i'm not to keen on them being so small either. i have a few bigger ones that are developing much better. i just figure i'll let some congo later. i don't want too few though because i'm afraid i'll have too much scalp showing.

middle-aged newbie dreadhead

Introduce Yourself

look for an open weave crocheted one. cotton would be good. or you could just crochet one yourself. there are a lot of tutorials on youtube. tams are good even in hot weather because it gets your hair out of your face and off your neck which keeps you cooler.

Butterfly said:

Hi Erinleigh,

I love your locks! They are beautiful! I hope when mine grow up they will look that good. I have been looking for some tams but haven't really found anything I like yet and it is hard for me to fathom wearing one in this heat! I'm still looking though.

Erinleigh said:

Welcome Butterfly!

You should check out some tams to wear. i like to browse on etsy.com, you can find all kinds of great bargains on there. if you get a nice crochet tam, it'll give your head some ventilation in the hot florida temps.

Wish you well on your dread journey, and hope to see some updates!

ErinLeigh

middle-aged newbie dreadhead

Introduce Yourself

if you work in food service than can't you put a headband or something like that on and then gather the hair in the back loosely into one of those snood type thing? i've seen food truck people wear them to make sure there hair doesn't get in the food. it would would probably cause less stress on your scalp and it might also encourage knotting kind of like a tam would. in regards to the broken hairs, you could always weave them back into the correct dreads using a tapestry needle but i would wait until they are 4 - 5 inches long first so they'll have a better chance at staying in the lock. good luck to you!

Coreen Baumann said:

I just friended you to send a message...but I can address it all here....I have no other considerations....no meds, vegan, stress, etc. I'm in food service, so my hair has to be up. However, I do wear a bandana, so I'm figuring I can get rid of the ponytail and just pull it through the back end of the bandana.

I don't wear a tight ponytail but I'm thinking the problem is just that I have it up too often. Also, I noticed that after using the BS then going back to a natural bar soap, my hair feels like crap. I'm not straying from the BS anymore.

Thanks so much Panterra! I'll just have to have some patience. Will it be okay for me to work those broken ends into their original dreads or should I just let them go to do their own thing?