Saturday, April 12, 2014
Shampoos & Products Reviews
This is the first one I tried as it came with my kit. I actually really like this shampoo. It lathers well and leaves hair feeling good. No smell though and I love good smells. $16
This one I bought at whole foods for about $15. I'm still testing it and haven't made up my mind all the way. It smells amazing and the ingredients seem very natural and good for your hair. It lathers great and feels good... just not sure if it will cause any build up.
This is another good one. Around $10 and lathers nice. I used it once a month or so and feel it really cleans well.
This one I found on a website and think it is someone that home makes the shampoo. It is called My Tangled Knots. It is a foam shampoo which I though was cool. It smelled great for about a month and then seemed like the ingredients went a little rancid. Dried my hair out a little but the foam was fun. Around $15
Dr. Bronners is mentioned a lot in dread sites. It is cheap $5 for this concentrated bottle and you only need about 2 T per full cup of water. I always by peppermint, smells and tingles amazing!! I love the feel. Doesn't feel quite as good after as some of the others and is pain to dilute but for the price and smell it leaves your dreads I like it. I've tried the bar foam as well and it works good just a pain.
After about 6-8 months I felt like my hair was really dry and researched a bit on what to put on them. I bought this at CVS for about $5 and I really like the smell and feel of it. It is just olive oil and Tea tree which helps the scalp too. I use it about once a month.
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The first few months…and maintenance.
The first month is tough… hang in there. There is an awesomeness to waking up and seeing your hair in dreads, but your hair will do all kinds of crazy things..
Here are some things to expect that are perfectly normal:
1. Your head will itch…like crazy.
I felt embarrassed itching so much, but not much you can do while your head adjusts to infrequent washings and having knotted hair.
2. Most likely you will get dandruff.
The scalp gets flaky when it stops getting conditioned. I generally wash my dreads about every 4 days and I use a anti-dandruff product just on my scalp almost ever time.
Some great ones are Neutrogena T/Gel or T/Sal. I use this pretty much everytime I was just on my scalp.
3. Sleeping will be uncomfortable as you get used to laying on dreads.
I promise this goes away quick and becomes normal in no time.
4. There will be lots of loose hair, loops and bumps that form.
Completely normal, don't stress about it and let them be. I was obsessed in the beginning and was constantly trying to pull in the loose hairs and get rid of the loops. The loops mean your hair is dreading so celebrate them!!
Okay so now that the bad is out of the way. Here are some good things to look forward to:
1. You can get out of bed and your hair looks awesome.
2. Someone will tell you almost daily how cool your hair is..
3. You can do a ton of great hairstyles with no hair ties, just twist and knot.
4. Dreads make you more approachable. Maybe because most people that have them are chill and friendly people.. who knows. I just know more people want to talk to me now :)
In the beginning I was constantly rolling and trying to get hairs where they belong. I find that you can do it all you want but it really doesn't matter. Your hair will do what it wants... I have some dreads trying to split down the middle and know matter how hard I tried to keep them together nothing worked. Now I pretty much have stopped messing with them and just let them be.
Here are some things to expect that are perfectly normal:
1. Your head will itch…like crazy.
I felt embarrassed itching so much, but not much you can do while your head adjusts to infrequent washings and having knotted hair.
2. Most likely you will get dandruff.
The scalp gets flaky when it stops getting conditioned. I generally wash my dreads about every 4 days and I use a anti-dandruff product just on my scalp almost ever time.
Some great ones are Neutrogena T/Gel or T/Sal. I use this pretty much everytime I was just on my scalp.
I promise this goes away quick and becomes normal in no time.
4. There will be lots of loose hair, loops and bumps that form.
Completely normal, don't stress about it and let them be. I was obsessed in the beginning and was constantly trying to pull in the loose hairs and get rid of the loops. The loops mean your hair is dreading so celebrate them!!
Okay so now that the bad is out of the way. Here are some good things to look forward to:
1. You can get out of bed and your hair looks awesome.
2. Someone will tell you almost daily how cool your hair is..
3. You can do a ton of great hairstyles with no hair ties, just twist and knot.
4. Dreads make you more approachable. Maybe because most people that have them are chill and friendly people.. who knows. I just know more people want to talk to me now :)
In the beginning I was constantly rolling and trying to get hairs where they belong. I find that you can do it all you want but it really doesn't matter. Your hair will do what it wants... I have some dreads trying to split down the middle and know matter how hard I tried to keep them together nothing worked. Now I pretty much have stopped messing with them and just let them be.
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