How to make dreadlocks: 7 easy steps & useful tips
You have always wanted to have dreadlocks but you are scared that extensions or hair salon will cost you too much? Read this post and you will find out how to do it yourself! You will only need your patience and dedication!
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1. Get The Essentials
You will need to call your friend (or even a couple of them!) before you start since you will need the help of someone else!
Next step, collect all the essentials:
· dread wax;
· a special shampoo without conditioning ingredients;
· elastics and hair clips;
· a sturdy comb with thin teeth;
· a blow dryer;
· an old spoon;
· a nail brush to clean up;
· a towel that you no longer use for cleaning your hands from wax.
2. Wash Your Head Twice
Apply shampoo or pre-dreading soap twice to your hair to wash it really well. This is an essential step if you really want to have permanent dreadlocks.
3. Blow Dry To Reach The Good Volume
Next blow dry your hair raising it at the bottom to achieve maximum volume.
4. Section Your Hair
· Part your hair into sections beginning from the back of your neck.
· Continue your way up clipping the sections in order to secure hair strands.
· Dread one strand at a turn.
· As soon as you finish dreading the strands at the nape, do the same to the hair above the row following a brick-lay pattern.
· Never go for a center part because this way all your hair will get tangled.
5. Back Combing and Twisting
· Take a strand of hair and put the comb about 2.5 cm from the hair roots.
· Next, comb your hair to the back in the direction of your scalp to create a tangle.
· Work through by pushing the tangles up to the scalp and then from the roots while bringing the comb down to the tip to form a tight and homogenous texture. Repeat this for all the strands.
· The tangled knots at the hair roots will facilitate the new hair to dread in a natural way.
· As soon as all the strands are tangled and knotted, just give them cylindrical shapes by twisting.
6. Wax Your Dreads
· Apply high quality dread wax while twisting.
· Take very small amounts of wax and apply them through the dreaded strands evenly in order to glue the loose hair.
7. Final Palm Rolling
Fix the dreads with considerable palm rolling to prolong the life of your dreads - this is when your friends will come in handy!
You can wash your hair in about 1-2 weeks. Use some mild shampoo to wash your hair weekly.
How To Make Dreadlocks Using Extensions
Feel free to add extensions to your dreadlocks so that they have that special look that many people love.
· First of all, buy quality artificial or natural single-ended dreadlock extensions.
· Then secure the extension and blend it into your dreadlock.
· Do the same with all the extensions.
How To Care For Your Dreadlocks?
Unique Ways To Style Your Dreadlocks
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