Having loose hair again has taken some getting used to, that's for sure. I'm finding that my new hairstyles need some practice because my hair's no longer all long lumps that I'm used to twisting and pulling and tucking. My only true complication thus far, however, is keeping close watch on my remaining locks and being sure they don't eat all of my loose hair! Here are a few ways to ensure your locks don't have a field day with the remaining real estate on your scalp... |
- Prime-time to do maintenance between the two hair types on one head is right after showering. After treating loose hair with product and dreads with whatever you've chosen to use on them specifically, it's important to dry the loose hair away from the dreadlocks. A good brush and some picking of stray hairs with your fingers will help. Raging Roots Studio has some helpful advice on shampoos/products: http:// ragingrootsstudio.com/partial-dreads/
- After a night's sleep is another important time to check the separation between locks and loose hair. Since the hair has been rolled around on all night and moved in weird ways, who knows where it's trying to squiggle into. Taking five minutes once a day to pull out each dread and maintain the roots will work tremendously to keep your locks and loose hair from merging.
- A great, lazy and decorative way to keep loose hair from sucking up into locks is to wrap your dreadlocks with some sort of hemp, string, or wire. I use hemp-wire that never seems to let any of the dread out or stray hair in.
- In one of her blog posts, I love that Shade exclaims that locking one's hair is certainly not an "'all or nothing' thing." She says, "it's definitely NOT an "all or nothing" thing when it comes to dreads. Fair warning, though, when you have only one or two they will try and consume the loose, non-dreaded hair around them." http://shadeofashes.blogspot.com/2012/11/20-little-unknown-things-about-having.html