now i know everyone that has dreads seems to think that washing them is some kind of evil sin but occasionally; lets face it, they get a little itchy. and in the summer when your dancing all night and passed out in the sun all day the sweat makes em kinda smelly. soooooooo i have found the solution... http://www.knottyboy.com/ enjoy.
ive never understood why people think its a bad thing to wash them!i washed mine from the very beginning twice a week and mine are wondeerfully tight now, washing them actually makes them tighter!!! it is a myth that you can't wash them... just use a non residue soap, you get some lovely aromatheropy ones...... Hugs N x
Ok firstly the CLEANER the dreads are the tighter the knotts will be because grease makes the knotts slide out. SECONDLY be weary of knottyboy.com products. If you go to knottylocks.tk forums you will be told in more detail why. the forums were origionally madepraising the product but as dreads got older and residue built up iside and mould formed the forums turned and now you will find a vast majority of anti-waxers whove had to cut out their dreads due to this problem. In my oppinion go natural. Keep them clean and dont put gunk in them, no wax, no gel no "extra tightening brilliant goo!!" just stick to a bar of natural (no chemicals) residue free shampoo soap (prefurably with the right kinds of properties) when you wash them. I wahs my dreads with just water most of the time but i use my bar soap every week or so. AVOID! - anything with a moisturising property in it eg- coco butter. - anything that states "makes your hair smell nice" "keeps hair shiney" etc etc as most of them have some form or propity which is designed to stay in the hair and effect it... over time this will buid up (its not easy to wash wax etc out of the middle of your dreads, even steaming it out wont help totally) Look for soaps with - All natural properties and ingreediants - tea tree - it stops itchies because its anti bhacterial and nits and bugs dont like it - sea salt - helps dry the hair out clearing it of grease - lemon juice - helps again dry the hair however look out for bleaching in the sun light. - aloe vera - occasionally aloe vera is good it contains nutriants which help the hair. i was recomended to extract it straight from the leaves, lather it up in water and use it like shampoo. ive not tried it myself yet. With the lemon, tea tree and sea salt you can make your own concustions. Get a little spray bottle and put which ever one in you want 1/3 and then 2/3s water and shake n spray this is just the advice ive picked up from people over time.
thank yooou - this post have come at a better time! hehee, i am doing what fleassy said and mine are doing just fine..
saying that though fleassy, sea salt can dry then out too much and make them brittle. i use oils in mine, either apricot kernal oil or some nice smelling natural oils to keep them nutrified(new word!) N x
Nommy thats why i said use aloe basically sea salt will dry it out to keep the grease away and help it knott and if you use aloe extract (pefurably straight from the plant according to the african lady who told me this) if helps nourish the hair keeping it strong. What you do is get an aloe leaf, split the middle of it in half and you will find some white stuff in their. put it on your hand mix with a little bit of watter and lather up in your fingers then use like shampoo.
well i dont believe that its products that make your dreads mouldy.. its leaving them damp that does it.. my last lot of dreads i had, i put all sorts of crap in them and i really mean all sorts.. and they never went mouldy.. had them for 3 maybe 4 years.. and nope.. no mould.. people who blame products for the mouldyness need to rethink there plan of action when it comes to dread hygine
I quite agree, My dredz are nice & clean, & I use Knotty boy products, You should dry them lightly with a hair dryer thou, but not too hot on the settings & they'l be fine as long as you don't leave them they won't go mouldy.
Over time all products go mouldy You never ever left a blob of gell on the side for years?? (just me then)
