For your first wash, wet your head down and wet the shampoo bar. Lather
up some soap on the bar and gently rub it on your head, like a regular soap bar. Once you have some soap on your head, take your fingertips and do a gentle scrub around the base of your newbie dreads, trying not to rub the dreads themselves too much.

Then rinse the shampoo off your scalp, letting the suds run through your dreads. This will clean your dreads without actually having to rub them. Be sure to rinse them out really well, so none of the soap stays in the dreads and dries there. Than pat your dreadies dry with a towel and let them to air dry completely. Apply some more wax and re-twist them once they're totally dry, and then you're ready to party!