DreadLocks Help.

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  1. hebrewnational00

    hebrewnational00 Senior Member

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    please help, im tryin to grow some dreadlocks, but my hair is a bit longer from the top than the sides so i need to wait i while longer b4 i start the dreading process. but i bought some wax today from walmart its called "Parnevu" its main ingredient is Petrolatum and it is said than Potroleum is bad for the hair but i dont think these two things are the same...i need help. is this dread wax good?! or should i get one with out Petrolatum nor Petroleum?

    are the two ingredients the same?!

    is there some kind of wax u reccomend for an affordable price, that i can find in a store near by?

    thanks!
    Wish me luck:)
     
    hebrewnational00, Feb 17, 2007
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  3. soaringeagle

    soaringeagle Senior Member

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    throw out the wax go to knotty know how
     
    soaringeagle, Feb 17, 2007
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    soaringeagle Senior Member

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    soaringeagle, Feb 17, 2007
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  7. hebrewnational00

    hebrewnational00 Senior Member

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    ok thanks, but my hair is very straight, and i need it to lock up, and i read that for straight hair, a little amout of wax cuold help it lock up.

    thanks for the adivice, i might just not use wax, but what should i do then?
     
    hebrewnational00, Feb 17, 2007
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  9. A.B.E.

    A.B.E. Member

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    It is strange and somewhat disturbing to read about some people trying so hard to have dreadlocks, when matting of the hair comes naturally if you just stop brushing or combing it. In fact, it has been around for thousands of years, and was a result of a quest for greater and truer spirituality, a practice designed to eliminate excessive self consciousness by "not being vain", and paying so much attention to physical appearances, and just letting yourself "be".


    Instead now there are hair parlors dedicated to "locking the hair", as if it was just another cool style for anyone, reagardless of what it means, and not a result of a spiritual practice, and so I guess it has somewhat lost its original signifigance as a sign of a person who spends his time pursuing a higher spiritual calling, and not his or her "hair-do".
     
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  11. soaringeagle

    soaringeagle Senior Member

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    abe very well said...and hebrew.,. straight hair locks fine wax prevents locking it just holds it in clumps but doesnt allow it to move and lock, locking requires movement which wax prevents...
    no hair will ever really lock as long as its a candle not hair.. let it go
     
    soaringeagle, Feb 17, 2007
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  13. HippyHippyShake

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    Orange juice :] makes it really sticky and its not wax :]
     
    HippyHippyShake, Feb 18, 2007
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  15. drumminmama

    drumminmama Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    Did you go to knotty know how? It's basically all the decent advice on locs.
    http://hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97395

    I understand wanting to have some control starting them, and I know people are going to argue what's "real" and "natural."

    I had a cluster by accident, I left braids in and noticed the tops dreading (think skinny pencil baby dreads) so I unbraided, backcombed the rest (and that took a LOT of length away, be warned.) and palm rolled a lot as a new habit.
    one was big enough for a bead with a husky pencil (remember your first grade fat pencils?) sized opening.
    I'll tell you the "best" dreaded part was under that bead, so I'd leave it for a week or so, slide it up, then a week later slide to a different nubbly part.

    they did well enough to srat pulling fair from outside their area, and I made the not easy decision to not allow that (I never meant to have any dreads: I sometimes wonder about that decision. Ah, so I 'll redread when I'm elderly)

    Now, get thee to Knotty Know how:
    http://hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97395
     
    drumminmama, Feb 18, 2007
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