what are some good residue free shampoos/soaps i can use, I've been using dr bronners and i don't think it's working out... my scalp has started getting itchy faster and I showered TODAY and tonight my head is itchy... thanks -Daisy
the best i found is the deep cleanse.. i modify it slightly my recipe is 1/4-3/4 cup baking soda to a gallon of water, 10 drops teatree oil 20-30 drops rosemary and some lavander too (20ish too) i dont add the sea salt or lemon juice soak your head in that (pour it over your head and leave it soak) as long as u can stand no scrubbing needed 10 - 30 min is good usualy then rince wellwhen the tign\glings too intence to stand the baking soda almost sorta vaporizes or at least becomes as viscouse as water so theres zero residue. except lil medicinal residue from the oils which are mainly to help dandruff and itches. exceot the lavander which is to help prevent any possible molding the oils areew optional though and u can experiment with the concentratuion of baking soda and water to suitre your hair/scalp i often follow this with white or apple cidar vinagar (cup or so) in the same gallon with rhe same ammounts of oils and a glob of cocoa butter as a conditionmer .. but thats optional and i skip it unless theyre pretty dry if your dreads are new, adding 2 tablespoons of sea salt cant hurt alotta ppl add lemon juice butr i found it only made them extremely frizzy and too damn soft if i did...even unraveled lil but 2 decade old mature dreads so i dont recomend it except if u really wanna trry it a few times it might help for an initial degunking the acidity of the lemon juice may remove buildup oils and even dissolve lil wax (maybe)
if you want a more simple washing routine you can try what I do. Get some tea tree oil put a few(10 or so) drops in a bottle of water shake it up so they're 'mixed' and than while in the shower just pour the mixture all over your scalp and let it sit there for a few minutes than rinse. I never have any residue or build up and my scalp feels clean I thought those deep cleanses were more of a 'once and awhile' kind of thing? To get any gunk or build up out that has accumulated over a period of months.
i use it every week i have a bad scalp from being forcibly mistreatted and misdiagniosed in a hospitol they thought dandruff was lice and forced on my extreme overdoses of harshg chemicals that destroyed my scalp till it bled for years ive had bad flakes even chunks but the deep cleanse remopves all the dead crap and leaves my hair very clean its great as a weekly washj..nothings better
Have a go at just washing with water for a few weeks. Dreads are meant to be easy...all this dicking around with recipes seems contradictory. You might find using no soap strange for a while, but once your scalp has balanced itself back out you might like it Make sure your scalp gets a good scrubbing with your fingertips, to shift the dead skin.
I just use baking soda mixed with water to wash. I have tried the knotty boy soap bar and thought it made my hair feel gummy. The baking soda seems to strip it much better.
yea a recipie withy 2 ingrediants is so complicated whats so hard about putting baking soda in water? your already using water.. which does nothing at all to break down oils and dirt and dead skin (it can rince out anythuing thats loose enough to shake out so isnt totaly useless) but adding baking soda to any detergent increases the cleanning power greatly putting it in your fridge removes all nasty odors.. brushing your teeth with it leaves them extra clean..so please tell me why pouring a handful of powder into the water to help get the stench out help0 get it good and clean is rteally so complicated and difficullt?
I think she's referring to the precise measures that some people seem to insist on, 3/4 cup of baking soda, 10 drops of tea tree oil, 5 drops of lemon juice, 10 grams of sea salt, blah, blah blah, Or whatever. (I'm just making these measurements up to get my point across). This is why when I wash my hair I am never precise, there's no need. Just pour some baking soda in, maybe some salt + tea tree oil, add water and that's it.
Dont be so defensive SE. They weren't bashing your recipe, they were just commenting on the irony of dreadlocks supposedly being such a free, easy, and maintenance free hairstyle and the fact that there are so many methods and recipes for washing.
the measurements are only a guidline because overuse of teatrreee can cause dry flakey scalp i do it experimentaly evrery time too, as you saw i said between 1/4 and 3/4 cups, thats a huge difference in strengths its just meant to be a general guidline we used to have ppl that would buy small expendsive tubs and use the whole thing (i think 6 dollars a tub) but it makes more sence to buy the biggest box tyou can (i use arm and hammar the big box) and then each washing costs pennies at most you dont gotta be more exact then a handfull and with the oilds 1 shake or 2 of the teatree and a few shakes of the others everything is optional too except the baking soda its so simple
