Welcome to the community Rose, glad you joined us here. Sounds like the guys have you on the right path to keep everything healthy...you will love your journey once you start. Here is a map so you can see your water type. With soft water, any dread shampoo or bar will work fine, but with hard water, many leave being a residue build up over time as they don't rinse out properly. www.dreadlockshampoo.com has the best products around for all water types....Enjoy your future journey...peace
It's good that you want to keep them clean. In fact, dirty hair doesn't lock up well. It gets greasy, creates extra oils, collects dirt and debris. All of this stuff prevents locking. So by keeping them clean you will actually speed up the process.
Even those pics you see here where peoples hair looks a mess and frizzy, they keep them clean. That messy stage is no stranger to anyone. The first few months will look goofy. There's no really way around that, The 4th month tends to be the messiest for most people.
If you haven't yet, look at the timeline forums to see what the beginning stages look like for clean healthy locks. You might even be able to find someone with a hair type similar to yours
Are you planning on going to a salon? To become tidy, locks just need time. That's about it. All of the loose hairs and frizzies eventually get sucked into the locks, and pretty muchdisappear.
Welcome. I understand the desire to have super neat looking locks. It's look some people like to shoot for. If that is what you want so be it. We're not here to judge you. But we are hear to warn you that the methods that go into creating those kinds of locks is extremely damaging and harmful to your hair.
Salons use wax, gels, and creams that do nothing to help your hair lock. In fact, those products, at best, prevent any locking from happening. At worst, but very likely, they will cause mold/mildew to grow in your hair. Given time, this mold can get out of control, and actually rot your hair off. It happened to me with my first set. And it's happened to other members here, too.
Salons also use tools/techniques like latch hooking, crocheting, felting, and interlocking to "force" your hair and roots to be tighter than they should be. These methods cause a condition called Traction Alopecia, which leads directly to premature baldness.
I'm not trying to force your hand. You can do what you want with your hair. But if you do decide to go that route, hopefully we can help you keep them as healthy as they can be.
Also, because of the products and tools salons use, those style locks don't usually last very long. They snap and fall out, break, or just fall apart over time. if wax is used, you'll only have what looks like locks. In 10 years, they still won't be nearly mature. Yes, wax stays in your hair for decades. It's a hydrocarbon, so it's essentially making your hair waterproof. That way it won't ever be able to be cleaned
Oh yeah, the Baking soda wash and apple cider vinegar rinse are good to do at the least once a month. I actually used this for my entire first year and loved it, now I do it once a month and use my Dreadlock Shampoo for the other washes. The BS wash is a no touch method that exfoliates the scalp without scrubbing, gets rid of any old skin etc. The apple cider vinegar leaves the hair feeling soft. Sorry, don't remember if I left you the ratios: http://www.dreadlockssite.com/forum/topics/ratios-baking-soda-wash-apple-cider-vinegar-rinse-sea-salt-mix
Welcome to the community bean mamma and to this wonderful site. I see you use Dr.Bronners which works great in soft water, in hard water it will leave a residue over time, so here is a map to see what you have:
Welcome to the community Rose, glad you joined us here. Sounds like the guys have you on the right path to keep everything healthy...you will love your journey once you start. Here is a map so you can see your water type. With soft water, any dread shampoo or bar will work fine, but with hard water, many leave being a residue build up over time as they don't rinse out properly. www.dreadlockshampoo.com has the best products around for all water types....Enjoy your future journey...peace
It's good that you want to keep them clean. In fact, dirty hair doesn't lock up well. It gets greasy, creates extra oils, collects dirt and debris. All of this stuff prevents locking. So by keeping them clean you will actually speed up the process.
Even those pics you see here where peoples hair looks a mess and frizzy, they keep them clean. That messy stage is no stranger to anyone. The first few months will look goofy. There's no really way around that, The 4th month tends to be the messiest for most people.
If you haven't yet, look at the timeline forums to see what the beginning stages look like for clean healthy locks. You might even be able to find someone with a hair type similar to yours
Gotcha. Sorry to come off kind of strong, too.
Are you planning on going to a salon? To become tidy, locks just need time. That's about it. All of the loose hairs and frizzies eventually get sucked into the locks, and pretty muchdisappear.
Welcome. I understand the desire to have super neat looking locks. It's look some people like to shoot for. If that is what you want so be it. We're not here to judge you. But we are hear to warn you that the methods that go into creating those kinds of locks is extremely damaging and harmful to your hair.
Salons use wax, gels, and creams that do nothing to help your hair lock. In fact, those products, at best, prevent any locking from happening. At worst, but very likely, they will cause mold/mildew to grow in your hair. Given time, this mold can get out of control, and actually rot your hair off. It happened to me with my first set. And it's happened to other members here, too.
Salons also use tools/techniques like latch hooking, crocheting, felting, and interlocking to "force" your hair and roots to be tighter than they should be. These methods cause a condition called Traction Alopecia, which leads directly to premature baldness.
I'm not trying to force your hand. You can do what you want with your hair. But if you do decide to go that route, hopefully we can help you keep them as healthy as they can be.
Also, because of the products and tools salons use, those style locks don't usually last very long. They snap and fall out, break, or just fall apart over time. if wax is used, you'll only have what looks like locks. In 10 years, they still won't be nearly mature. Yes, wax stays in your hair for decades. It's a hydrocarbon, so it's essentially making your hair waterproof. That way it won't ever be able to be cleaned
welcome
but ultra neat dreads are ultra damaged and ultra dirty and will make u go bald
to get ultra neat can cost up to 15,000 dollars
they start with too tight twiasting wax (huge mistake) no washing even nwetting for a year!
every 2 weeks retwusting rewaxing the roots thin the scalp gets exposed and in months u got traction alopecia
in years your going bald
thenn they make u scared to wsh your hair yourself sok its only washed once a month at a salon appointment
they cut off loops (the signs they are u=indeed dreadinf) burn off loose hairs crochet interlock wax more
they may look ultra neet but they are ulrtra destroyed
ask yoursekf why would you want ultra neat
dreads arent suposed to be neat and tidy they are suposed to be healthy natural unique wild and free
Oh yeah, the Baking soda wash and apple cider vinegar rinse are good to do at the least once a month. I actually used this for my entire first year and loved it, now I do it once a month and use my Dreadlock Shampoo for the other washes. The BS wash is a no touch method that exfoliates the scalp without scrubbing, gets rid of any old skin etc. The apple cider vinegar leaves the hair feeling soft. Sorry, don't remember if I left you the ratios: http://www.dreadlockssite.com/forum/topics/ratios-baking-soda-wash-apple-cider-vinegar-rinse-sea-salt-mix
peace
Contact Heather, our shampoo expert and ask her about Dr. Bronners in your water area, I have never used it, so I am not 100% sure: http://www.dreadlockssite.com/profile/Heather?xg_source=profiles_memberList
Welcome to the community bean mamma and to this wonderful site. I see you use Dr.Bronners which works great in soft water, in hard water it will leave a residue over time, so here is a map to see what you have:
Enjoy the site and your journey.....peace
Welcome. Did you use wax with the back combing?