Forum Activity for @heather

Campfire smoke

Dread Maintenance

interesting. well, i love to smell my hair after a campfire so i guess i'll be doing more of them this summer:)

Residue in 1 3/4 month old dreads :(

Help! Save My Dreads

also, i think flaking on our scalps is going to happen no matter what because we aren't brushing our hair and lifting the dead skin from our scalps. so a little flaking shouldn't be a reason to give up just yet.

Residue in 1 3/4 month old dreads :(

Help! Save My Dreads

i find that with the water here in orange county you really need to use more bs for it to really work. get a container with a lid and add 1/3 cup bs to 32 - 64 oz. of hot water. put the lid on and shake until its dissolved. i usually add a squirt of shampoo to the mix too for a really good cleaning plus it helps with the bs residue. was the stuff in your dreads flaky like dandruff or powdery like bs? did you have a dandruff problem before dreading? if so than you might consider getting a dandruff shampoo. i've heard neutrogena t-sal is a good one.

Thin tops, thick bottoms

Help! Save My Dreads

mine are kind of like that too but mine are more like big paddles on the ends and then more rope like farther up. i think you just need to wait it out. it will slowly knot and climb up the dread. the looping your seeing is good because that means its tightening. i wouldn't do too much palm rolling because it could contribute to thinning roots later.

Twist dreads in black hair

Dreading Methods

theres a white girl on youtube that started her locks just by twisting her sections. she has super curly, coarse hair. i think it looks pretty amazing and if i had hair like hers i would've done it that way, too.

separating confusion

Dread Maintenance

well, i know that the webbing at the scalp should definitely be separated. you don't want to be able to move one dread and have all of them move along with it.

when i separate i go from root to tip and rip anything thats attaching to other dreads around it. i don't do it too often though because it tends to set my progress back but with your t&r dreadies i would do it after every wash just to keep everything in order while they mature.

Fuzzy looks so unprofessional! How do I fix this?

Dread Maintenance

that aloe has a lot of other ingredients in it. i would use it on my skin but not my hair. you want to get pure aloe. the kind that needs to berefrigerated. you can get it in gel or liquid form at most health food or vitamin stores. i think the brand name is lily of the desert.

Mary said:

This is probably going to sound like a bad idea but have you considered headbands? Aloe gel would be of a great assistance, you can buy some at vitaminshoppe or a health store. Or Walmart if there is one in your area:

3.97 Aloe Gel 100%

Fuzzy looks so unprofessional! How do I fix this?

Dread Maintenance

sea salt + water = sea salt spray just mix it up in a spray bottle. if your stray hairs are long enough you could use a tapestry needle and thread the loose hairs through the eye of the needle and weave them into the correct dreadlock. a bit time consuming but i've heard others have done this with good results and no damage.

having surgery

General Questions

oh wow. i just wanted to tell you that your in my prayers and i hope that everything goes smoothly with your surgery. {{hugs}}

getting frustrated - losing hope

Dread Maintenance

i just wonder if damaging or drying out my hair is the best way to dread. i don't want it soft but i also don't want it so brittle that it starts to break off. how do we find a happy medium?

Panterra Caraway said:

Ya know Heather, at first, Bronners and Maylees made my hair sticky...but as my hair has become more damaged and drier it doesn't anymore. I am telling you...you gotta surrender to the damage! I used BS for a long time until my hair was like a haystack and I always use the sea salt spray (ocean water) and then, when I went back to the Bronners and Maylees my hair felt normal and not sticky.

Heather said:

so does the acv help get the residue out that the maylees leaves behind? i love the shampoo bars but every time i try them i get a sticky residue in my hair.

Panterra Caraway said:

I started June 22, I am almost at 10 monthes and I saw almost nothing until 7-8 mos. I have stuck to a routine that I am finding to work. I used to try assorted things and progress was uneven. Here is what is doing the trick for me: I wash every other day with a Maylees Dread bar. I scrub my scalp and just squish the suds through the rest. I rinse and then rinse again with a half cup of ACV, then a final rinse. I then use a spray of ocean water that I have collected just for my hair and then I use the blow dryer in 5 minutes spurts until mostly dry. I used to sleep on a sweater but due to heat I haven't lately. I wore a tam almost non-stop for the first 4 mos. I find that until my hair felt drier than it ever had in my life my hair just wasn't moving forward...

pokolo said:

i wash once or twice a week. and i am more than 6 months in. i started last summer, like june or july.