Hey Folks I bought some teatree liquid form Dr Bronners online yesterday, as I fancied a change and wanted to see if it worked aswell as my deep clense solution I use every week, how many parts should I dilute it to? also could I mix it in with my deep clense to add a nice natural smell thats a bit stronger? Ta Alex
I have an old shitty dreadheadhq shampoo bottle I kept around. I just squirt a shot of bronners in and fill it up with water. You really don't need very much, it will create suds very easily. I don't measure or anything, I just squirt it in there. It comes out fast. Since I started using the tea tree bronners I couldn't be happier with the results.
i always used a coffee mug, just put a squirt of bronners and then filled it up with water, dumped it on my head, did that a few times until no more foam in the cup, then rubbed it in and rinsed it out i might have been using too much though, i use baking soda water now...
i use an old bronners bottle fill it maybe an inch then fill to top with water.. then as ui use it i squirt in lil more and add more water always just a guess at the right amount except the 1st time which is semi close to 12-1
Does it make them get tighter after each wash like the deep clense? Thankyou Peace of the Grove /|\ Alex
I find it certainly does help with locking. But if you don't you could always make a locking accelerator out of seasalt and lemon juice. think it's one part salt one part juice to 2 parts of water:cheers2:
MHMMMM! I got my bottle in the post this morning, washed them, gave them a good scrub! Sat outside in the british winter! listening to hendrix on my jukebox through the window, boiling hot & letting my hair dry! Nice and clean but not as tight as deep clense, may mix next time Smell sooo good to! Peace of the Grove /|\ Alex
A few questions Ok! I want to wash them with the deep clense today, to get them nice and clean/tight for tomorrow(school social ) I want to use the bronners as it was a lovely clean feel, and smells great! BUT! I want to deep clense too So what order should I wash them? also could I just make up the deep clense, leave out the teatree I normally add, and add dr bronners instead? Also, there are about 4-5 dreadies with a nice coating of wax still one of them is REALLY bad, I dont want to start making the waxy ones look crap for tomorrow, would pouring boiling water over each individual waxy dread cause damage to the hair? I gather its very very hot, so I would take precautions! Thankyou for your time. Alex Also
Yes its a tough one, I've had this dilemma before as well. I personally this morning did the deep cleanse baking soda + tee trea oil, then did an ACV rinse then finally washed them with Dr Bronner's tee tree soap, and afterwards sprayed them with sea salt. Yes I know thats pretty full on I don't usually do this on a regular basis. In fact very rarely, just wanted to give them the full works. The problem I have is that Dr Bronner's is not residue free, so I've had this dilemma about getting rid of all the residue with the deep cleanse and then probably getting it back to what it was before! Well maybe not quite but you see what I mean... I'm not really a massive fan of Dr Bronner's but I haven't found anything thats better for the price and the results giving how much you can dilute it, except maybe baking soda. I usually switch between the two depending on how I feel. Either with Dr Bronner's or mix some baking soda with some tee tree oil in an old shampoo bottle. As for damaging your hair I can't really say. When I tried to remove the wax from my dreads I poured boiling water into a bucket with washing up liquid and stuck my head in it, not my scalp, just the dreads! To be honest I never noticed a difference in the structure, I kidded myself into thinking I was getting somewhere and kept it up for a while. However the wax had been in my dreads then for a good three years or so it was well and truly buried inside the dread. If your dreads aren't so old it might loosen them up a bit I guess. Maybe just try doing one thats more hidden from the other dreads and see how it looks afterwards? Oh yeah, sure if you want to, add Dr Bronner's instead of the tea tree oil. The only thing you might want to consider is the fact of Dr Bronner's leaving residue on them, when the purpose of the deep cleanse it to remove gunk and residue also tea tree oil's a great bacteria remover.I can't imagine its going to matter too much if you switch them though....
Yes it is Thankyou very much for that detailed response Merrivale! Thankyou, will keep that in mind when washing mine, Dr Bronners is only for certain types of hair and often causes the greasy feel & look for some people, when I used it I was pretty happy with the lack of residues left behind Probably going to mix some in with the deep clense and see how it goes from there! Thankyou Peace of the Grove /|\ Alex
Yep you could be right. It's only when its wet that it has a sticky or tacky feel to it, once they're dry they go back to feeling totally normal, it just reminds me sometimes of how they used to feel when there was wax in there after washing them, ugghh. It freaked me out a little the first time I used it, as when I looked at the ingredients jojoba oil is according to wikipedia "the liquid liquid wax produced in the seed of the jojoba". When I saw the word wax I got more than a little suspicious but it states that the melting point is approx 10°C so I don't think thats really a problem. I just figured maybe thats the reason that it leaves the sticky feeling, but maybe its some other ingredient thats in it. Hope it works for you anyway, good luck.
