So it's recommended for the first couple of washes in order to help the dreads settle & tighten that you just swish your dreads around in a sink full of warm water & two tablespoons of salt (I used sea salt) which I did, all went well and water has never felt so good. These past two weeks, being in the rain has been my FAVOURITE thing.

But because I was experiencing quite a significantly noticeable amount of dandruff AND I'm going to a wedding shindig this weekend I needed to also give them a proper wash with some anti-dandruff shampoo. Very naughty but I felt it very necessary. This is the part that filled me with fear, you could say I was dreading it. Puntastic. I'd had visions of standing in the shower with shampoo running down me and my dreads unravelling before my eyes. I'd come this far though and they'd passed the first test, I could do this right?

Standing in the shower was the best experience; I'd obviously showered throughout the two weeks but kept my head away from the water, so to actually be able to put my head under the shower was glorious. First hurdle down, now to face my fears. I lathered up the shampoo (anti-dandruff & cruelty-free of course) to give it a head start and massaged slowly but firmly just into my scalp, making sure not to get my nails all tangled at the roots. It felt so good. I rinsed that out thoroughly and then lathered up my coconut water shampoo (residue & CF) and simply ran it over my actual dreads. I didn't squeeze it into them or anything like that, just lightly covered the dreads then rinsed it all out and squeezed whilst rinsing to make sure every drop of shampoo was out. No conditioner needed.

I'd survived and so had they.



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