Baking soda wash with no oils
Dread Maintenance
Well it looks like I don't have much choice. I'd rather get dandruff than mold from residue.Thanks for the quick replies.
So I read all abut the baking soda, water, tea tree oil, rosemary oil and lavander oil along with the apple cindar vinagar. Seems good and all but I have3 questions:
1. Do you use the whole gallon each time?
2. Does it have to be made right before? If not do you refrigerate it?
3. Do you use both (baking soda and acv) each time?
Also, if I decide to instead go with a residue free shampoo, do I use a conditoner or will that undo the dreads?
Thanks!
1. I did the backcomb method and i ended up losing i would say only about an inch of length from my hair but i did very small sections and then i crochet them also to tighten them. which i think maybe why i didn't lose a ton of length.
2. the bangs are up to you. i left mine out cause i like having something to fiddle with and if i change my mind i can always put them up later. If you wear a center part then you can do that for sure. i look ridiculous in a center part so i wear a bang or a side bang.
3. aloe is like conditioner and does tam friz but conditions so i have heard it can undo knots in knew dreads (but im not sure about that 100%). I would say if anything don't use any wax on them. nothing but horror stories about overuse and whatever else. I use lemon juice and palm roll sometimes if i need them to be very presentable.
4. birck laying is staggering the parts. that way you don't get empty spots or a straight line down the back of your head.
5. I have pretty silky/oily hair and i am a very active person. I wash my hair probably i would say 2 or 3 times a week. I find that since my hair is so fine and im oustide a lot it dries pretty fast so i wont get mold easily (from hair being alwasy damp) i guess with that it's at your descrection. Also for washing be sure to use a non residue leaving shampoo or use the BS (baking soda rinse= 1 tbls per 1 cup water)
I hope some of this helped. I'm not a guru like some people but i know what has worked for me and that's the info i gave.
good luck