Forum Activity for @laura-earle

Shampoo?

Introduce Yourself

Somebody recently sent me a sample of the nag champa bar, and I love it. I can feel my hair tightening every time I wash with it (and the shrinkage...whoa). Kinda makes my hair smell manly, though. XD

Bobby Pins, Ponytails, Hair Clips?

General Questions

Are you wearing your hair up all day, or just when you're exercising? I put my hair in a tight bun for about an hour every day while I exercise and it's dreaded just fine.

Dreads breaking off at the bottom.

Help! Save My Dreads

Protein treatments! Nearly everyone I know who uses bleach swears by them. I don't know of any that would be dread-friendly, though. =/

Dread Wraps

Dread Accessories

Is the "X" pattern where you criss-cross the ends as you work your way down the dread? I did a wrap like that about a year ago -- inserted it through the top of the dread and criss-crossed it all the way down. It hasn't budged, and there's no mold or icky stuff. Maybe the trick is to not wrap it too tightly...if hair is poking out, then you may have kinda choked it or something, haha.

No love for Bob?

dready interests

I enjoy Bob Marley's music and am definitely not ashamed to say so. However...he's not my favorite, I guess? My reggae/ska playlist is several gigs long, haha. I'm all about variety when it comes to music.

how to ash young dreads and question about about dreadlocks shampoo

Dread Products

Wait, how much is baking soda and ACV in Turkey? It's dead cheap in The States. I can get like, a quart of ACV for $1.50 and 4 lbs of baking soda for $3.00. Dreadlock shampoo is $15 plus shipping and Dr. Bronners is like...$12 for one of the smaller bottles?

Dreadlock shampoo is pretty awesome, though. I got a bunch of free samples awhile back, and...they all work quite well? Just pick the scent you like the best.

is neglect dreads damaging

Dreading Methods

Hair...is fragile stuff. At the end of the day, pretty much everything with which your hair comes into contact will damage it to some degree. Brushing it, washing it, putting it back...everything. That said, every method of dreading causes some degree of damage. However, the neglect method is much less damaging than other methods. If I had to rank all the methods from least to most damaging (and I've tried them all), it would go something like:

Neglect

TnR

Backcombing

Backcombing/crocheting

...Well, guess I've never tried felting. I don't really want to, either. Holy ripped-up-hair. :O

Yikes! No thanks..

Introduce Yourself

...Just say "no thanks."

The rest isn't any of their business.

>.<

Dreadlocks in the U.S. Military

Life Issues Facing Dreads

I know a few people in the armed forces, and from what I've heard, honestly...those regulations are there to protect you, not to destroy your individuality. I guess...at the end of the day, what matters more to you -- your hair or your life?

But if you can find a way to keep your dreads and serve, then that's awesome, too.

I have to vent. I'm having difficulties Staying on a vegan diet! Help!

Dreads and Diets

Are you actually serious when you're making these claims here?

Okay, after no more than 10 min of research...

Everyone is different when it comes to protein requiments, but these are standard.

http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/everyone/basics/protein.html

Sedentary people would need less; athletes would need more. Besides, I thought this argument was about fat in lean meat vs fat in lettuce?

And.

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/legumes-and-legume-products/4326/2

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/legumes-and-legume-products/4284/2

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/legumes-and-legume-products/4312/2

Some seeds as well...

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/nut-and-seed-products/3076/2

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/nut-and-seed-products/3067/2

Notice that these are the stats for one ounce of each. Of course, there are many other nuts and seeds out there. These are just the most common types. Now, for common types of lean meat...

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/poultry-products/699/2

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/poultry-products/857/2

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/finfish-and-shellfish-products/9244/2

Ounce for ounce, lean meats have a greater protein content than legumes, and have about the same protein content as the seeds I listed (actually, 2-3 oz is the standard serving size for meat, but proving that would be an entirely different mission...).

Aaaaand two months is NOT NEARLY long enough to do any sort of nutrition study. If that's what you were trying to do. I really don't know.

soaring eagle said:

i didnt say thawt but u sure dont need that much protein

beans seeds nuts ..hemp seeds are the highest form of protein..

however

as an experiment me abd a freind ate nothing but oranges for 2 months

i couldnt walk anywhere..cause i bounced..i skipped i hopped

i couldnt simply walk i had sooooo much energy with every step i bounced 2 feet off the ground

it was amazing

but wouldnt recomend ppl try that long term

Laura Earle said:

Ya think lettuce would be an adequate replacement for meat, then? FYI, it has next to no protein.

http://nutritiondata.self.com/foods-lettuce000000000000000000000.html

soaring eagle said:

lean meats still have more fat content then a head of letuce