Many of these companies also sell other items that are useful to lock wearers; and we've got a dreadlock product review section for each one that will help you make your purchasing decisions.
These manufacturers are well-known to the wider lock community, but nothing says that you can't use mainstream hair care products for your dreadlocks.
Our free newsletter updates readers on worthwhile dreadlock products all the time. Some of them are specifically made for dreadlocks and some are mainstream.
You'd be surprised at what you can get at your local beauty supply store or online.
General rules to follow when shopping include:
Looking for these and other natural ingredients;
Awapuhi
Hemp Seed Oil
Olive Oil
Rosehip Oil
Rosemary
Tea Tree Oil
Vitamins (a good balance of several of them will do wonders for your hair)
Yarrow
Staying away from these chemically-produced ingredients;
Alkyl-phenol ethioxylades
DEA (diethanolamine)Isopropyl Alcohol
MEA (monoethanolamine)
Methyl, Propyl, Butyl, and Ethyl Paraben
PEGs (PolyEthylene Glycol) and Propylene Glycol
Petrolatum and Mineral Oil
Polysorbate 80
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate or Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Stearalkonium Chloride
Synthetic Fragrances
Synthetic Colors
TEA (triethanolmine)
Urea (Imidazolidinyl) & DMDM Hydantoin
Before you go running to your medicine cabinet (isn't that where you keep all your hair stuff too?), to throw out all your offending hair goop let me tell you that there are not many off-the-shelf hair care products that do not contain at least some of these ingredients.
Natural alternatives are out there but they can be expensive and may have a short shelf life. Check out our product review section to see affordable, high quality, natural dreadlock products.
Not only are there product reviews from other lock wearers, but the Mydreadlocks.com staff and panel fill you in on exactly how good (or bad) the ingredients in those products are.
If you're not ready to look at specific brands, but want to know about certain kinds products, make sure to check out these two pages for more specific information on
shampoo
,
dreadlock hair teas/hair rinses
or
wax and wax alternatives
. You'll find out about more products both natural and man-made that will improve your hair's look and feel.
Links (each opens a new window) » upurea - your destination for organic and natural beauty » NaaniShoppe:A vast variety of dreadlock products » Treasured Locks: Click on this link and zoom right to this hair and body care store's dreadlocks hair care products section. Treasured Locks focuses on high quality and natural products like shea butter.