Washing advice needed for flake-ridden fool.
Dread Maintenance
WOO HOO!!!!! so glad to hear about the sudden success brother!!! way to go man - doesnt that rinse feel friggin awesome????Lemongrass has a nice clean scent...as does lemon bee balmi use lavender, sometimes sage and rosemary as well...cloves...basil...spearmintu may just wanna stick with the teatree for awhile though before adding anything new in to your hair. sounds like a deep cleaning was very necessary...make sure whenever you do put something in your hair that it has been dilluted a bit first. i know some people have allergic reactions to vinegar, and also to teatree when it is full strength..cheers!
Callum Wheatley said:
Wow! That felt great, if not only just to have had my head directly under the shower head for the first time in 7 years!! And we have an awesome shower that I've never been able to fire right on my scalp.
There no flakes at all at the moment, but the front area has started to appear slightly cracked again. As we dried me off, myself and my washing companion both commented on how it only looked sunburnt now, and then saw your comment, Eva.
I had thought of that before, but didn't want to get carried away with wishful thinking. I didn't manage to get hold of any Aloe Vera today but do have some Aloe Vera moisturiser which I may pop a small amount of.
I also set the waxiest, hardest dreads in a large bowl of boiled water to get a start on breaking those down a bit. They went so soft in the water it was obvious the wax was softening, and a fair bit of wax came out, mainly only from the ends of the dreads, bringing a bit of hair with it. When dry, these clumps were worryingly dusty and full of sediment. Although, not quite as disturbing as the colour of the water running off my hair, we rinsed over the bath with the plug in and watched the brown water collect as the baking soda rinse did its thing.
Wringing the dreads out in the shower for the second rinse had a khaki coloured milkshake oozing out, and then rinsing after a short vinegar soak this milky bi-product was almost clear in parts.
Bloody good to see this progress already, still a long way to go, but I can certainly get used to this peppermint cloud following me round. What other oils are recommended for a fresh & fruity post-wash smell?
i've left the vast majority of mi dreds un-blunted, and un-tethered to dry after washins...nothin to fear but fear itself!thanks for the response! Lisandre Tessier said: