Types of Dreads
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Avoid washing baby dreadlocks during the first 3 to 4 weeks to keep them from unraveling from the water. After the first month, take the opportunity to gently wash your hair and retwist dreads when they're damp, when they will dread up most readily.
As a style, dreads are often associated with a certain lifestyle, religion or taste in music, but they can also be purely a stylistic choice. Dreadlocks can look very different from one person to another, because they depend on the quality, type and texture of one’s hair.
Secure the top of the dreadlock extension with nail glue or silicone caulk to make it neat. Sew a small rubber O-ring to the top of the dread extension. These rings can be bought in a craft, hardware or home improvement store. When weaving straight hair, since it is usually thinner and finer than curly hair, use really small rings.
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Dreadlock High bun. This is a simple yet elegant dreadlock style that involves wrapping your dreadlocks into a nice big bun at the top of your head.
This particular mohawk is short with red highlights and shaved on the sides. Dreadlocks can be manipulated in so many ways with buns, twists, and knots and the look changes withe the choice of length.
Photo Credit: wanderluster/iStock/Getty Images Dreadlocks are long ropes of hair made by knotting individual sections and allowing them to harden over a period of months. Although the most common way to wear dreads is long and loose, sometimes you want to pull them out of your face.
Photo Credit: wanderluster/iStock/Getty Images Dreadlocks are long ropes of hair made by knotting individual sections and allowing them to harden over a period of months. Although the most common way to wear dreads is long and loose, sometimes you want to pull them out of your face.
Move the comb up about 2 inches and repeat. As you backcomb, rotate the hair you are holding from side to side to help create a circular shape as the dreadlock forms. Place a rubber band at the tip of the dreadlock and another rubber band a half an inch from the base of your scalp, to help the dread stay in place.
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Knatty Dread Dreadlocks Cream One of the first obstacles to locking successfully is determining which cream or wax should be used on your dreadlocks...if any. There is a great deal of misunderstanding and a fair amount of poor information on the subject.
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Maintenance for dreadlocks isn’t as simple as it appears, especially when you re-twist them yourself. Between sweating from the gym and the summer heat, I’ve been having trouble with my hair actually staying freshly re-twisted, and I’ve been looking for new products. Last week I tried Murray’s Gel Loc-Lock and it was love at first try.
Braid the hair with two parts of the natural hair you just pulled through the ring and one part dread. Braid a short way down the dread and wrap the end of the hair with thread or a clear hair band. This method will provide a secure connection between natural hair and the dreadlocks.
Dread Hairstyles for Men: What was one a hairstyle purely based on local culture, dreadlocks hairstyles is now followed all over the world, especially by black men.
Generally, those with African hair types can expect fully mature dreadlocks within 16 to 18 months. The hair will continue to grow, and the roots will need to be twisted in order to integrate them into your dreadlocks. For the best look, be sure to twist new hair from the roots in the same direction that your dreadlock is already twisting.