Im from the boston area. Ive had my hair twisted for about two months now. I did them on new years ever of 08'. I need tips on washing and maintaining them. Some people say wax is bad some dont. Then i hear about aloe. And as far as washing them could i use any shampoo or do i have to get a special one? I posted pics. All feedback is welcome and aprreciated. p.s. i havent retwisted them for about a week now lol
ok u dont gotta retwist em..at all theyre fine wax is definately bad anything u would think of using wax for aloe will do better without harm, wax on the other hand will cause trouble. wash woth any shampoo is ok if its not fill of residue or comnnditioners, but thats not best best is somethomng all natural, no residue or use the deep cleanse in 1st post of wax removal sticky Havent heard of ot being used on africantechtured hair so results may differ? try and see the dread methods sticky i tried to make as complete as i can with shamopoos and such covered too. maintanance, just seperate em keep em from growing together they seem far apart, too tightly twisted for such large sectuions xo may get good bit thicker before growing. let em be keep em clean shake em out and give em time at this point retwisting wont help yaw and can hurt
They look great! You can use any sort of shampoo, although there are special dread shampoos... SE has it right that you just need to get something that has the least residue in it. and always rinse rinse rinse.... Aloe will keep your hair from getting brittle, but a little goes a long way. You don't need wax, especially not with your textured hair. a friend of mine who began her dreads by twisting now only retwist once a month. although you don't need to do that, she just likes the feel of tightened roots. hope some of that helps
Welcome, I'm new myself. They look well defined and I doubt you would have to do anymore twisting to grow out some nice fatties. There's a lot of controversy concerning wax but I say if used in moderation it wont cause any problems. It is however unnecessary. I've heard about people with African textured hair using wax with better results than others and I've also heard people with African textured hair using Shea Butter. Concerning shea butter I really can't elaborate further as I know nothing about it but maybe someone on here has some experience. Again, Welcome to the forums!
shea butter like cocoa butter is a conditioner, only use it when they are more mature, and/or very dry some with african techtured hair do claim wax is good, but id think it would be extra bad for african dreads since the corls and matts are sooooo much tighter, once the wax is in there it would be so much harder to get iyt..and why bother? frizz in african dreads is almost a non issue but they say its conditioning and i think thats why its used, but aloe shae butter or straight vitamin e (the only conditioning agent in wax) are all superiur without the drawbacks of not comminbg out, or being stifcky and causing dirt to be trapped. note as u seperate dreads, u may get a lil fuzzy halo around the scalp your hair type will dread on its own most likely at 1/4 inch or so..really shiort or u can twist if ya are bored..lol but ya shouldnt hafta more then once or twice, once they hold a lil shape time will take care of the rest or u can just let em form babies on theyre own. u may axperience some shrinking and thickening, like i said the sections look wide for the thickness of the dreads they may thicken up to about the size of the sections (area of roots) they may loose some length in the process at this point tho, all u gotta do is love em and leave em be. on the conditioning subject...i wouldnt..not till theyre tioght..unless they are getting really really dry almost brittke then id do it lil at a time till they feel healthy and back off again..onde thewy are mature they can handle it much more..even extremje overconditioning but in general id still only condition as needed when they just feel too dry need any more help just scream your doin fine
Ummmm, idk about that Indian Hemp stuff. I just googled it and it states it provides "body and gloss to brittle, dry hair for natural softness and manageability" To me, that sounds counterproductive to locking. BTW, I looked into Shea butter a bit more and it appears people use that for dry scalps. What kind of new products are you buying tomorrow? I would be interested in knowing.
u have a link or list of ingedients? most hemp based soaps are most likely good, but not all post the ingredients and we can p[robly tell ya, u can also do some testing b4 u try (clean clear glass, soap it up good then give it a real quick rince, not thorough, does it leave a film?
yea shae butters used for ashy skin dry scalps and as a conditioner like cocoa butter. aloe or vitamin e possibly would be better...or for extreme cases jojoba
l;ol yea thats the easiest question to answer think sabout it and it should be odvios its wax why the hell would wax belong in hair no need to go further then that if u think sbout it but well if u need more convincing then just your own thoughts we can provide plenty
the ingredients are: Petroleum, Lanolin, Jojoba Oil, Safflower Oil, Wheat Germ Oil, Tocopherol Acetate, Indian Hemp Oil, Jaborandi Oil, Nettle Oil, Rosemary Oil, Birch Oil, Burdock Oil, Roseships Oil, Irishmoss Oil, Coltsfoot Oil, Dandelion Oil, Yellow Dock Oil, Elder Flowers Oil, Brewers Yeast Oil, Shave Grass Oil, Enchinacea Oil, Wild Cherry Bark Oil, Nepeta Cataria, Parafinn, Fragrance, BHT, Yellow 11
im going to go buy some baking soda and the other material that were listed in the wax removing thread. Also im going to try and find some residue free shampoo, aloe vera and thats pretty much it. anything else?
wow those are tyhe ingredients in what? petrolyum..bad lanolin is that not the stuff that no wait..forget it i was thinking flax seed oil thats becomes lynolyum wben dried right? lanolin i thinks in alotta skin care products now all the oils jojoba..very very conditioning the rest are great for a variety of scalp issueds danderuff oiliness itches and so in all in all fairly good nbut not what ya would want all at once for dreading, better to use the induvidual oils or teas as needed paraffin well that is wax, not even beeswax, its candle wax yikes then theres a couple questionable thinfs all in all idf dsay as a shamppo its not bad not great..far better then most crap but not the best dread shampoo at a guess if u have it already..use it. maybe in between baking soda washes wopuldnt use it exclusivly unless the results are great, but seeems toooooo cionditioning so id use it not ofen at all
lanolin is a skin secretion found in the wool of sheep and other wool bearing animals. its extracted from the wool during processing and is then used for cosmetics, waterproofing, etc. (so yknow, its not vegan). its extremely moisturizing.
ahhh so yea its a super moidsturizer sorta gell like thing.. i bet its almost likre thar gericurl stuff? ouly greasy styling gell but leaves the hair extremely moisturized nmno good for dreads might not be too hasrmfull sas a conditioner in a couple years when very mature..if used very rare and sparing but now noo it would really set ya back
