Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Dread Tips
Hello. Just been thinking about what I could help you guys with regarding dreads, as I haven't blogged for a while. Then it suddenly struck me: DREAD TIPS! Oh man, these can be a nightmare, and I've only had my dreads for 2 months (2 Month Pics to follow soon! - Promise!). Now, there is alot of perseverance involved with these, but I do have a few tips. Sometimes your tips may look a little straight and un-dreaded, as when you backcomb your hair to form a dread, this bottom bit is left out because there is nothing to hold onto to backcomb!
Tip 1: work the backcombing thing as much as you can, then move to holding one strand of hair from the dread, and pushing the rest up with your fingers then crushing and twisting them tight...
Tip 2: after this, wax the end (if you use dreadwax: See knottyboy.com for info that I used to get started)
Tip 3: some of you may have heard of / used the palm rolling technique. It's where you roll the dread between your palms to tighten the loose ends. Well, after you have followed tips 1 and 2, try palm rolling the ends of your hair, but putting a *slight* roll to it (round and round, not just side to side...). Should slightly round the ends to avoid the straight bits at end getting stringy...it incorporates these bits into the dread itself.
Now these are not permanent. They will eventually slacken and work themselves apart as the hair tries to move back to its previous position. But if you do this regularly, the hair will get more knotted, and more used to this position. Thus, less work! Well, that's what I'm hoping. Will keep you informed...
Here are some pics of my tips a few days after this treatment:
Also please leave a comment to let me know what you think, or what you think I could try!!! Thanks!
Tip 1: work the backcombing thing as much as you can, then move to holding one strand of hair from the dread, and pushing the rest up with your fingers then crushing and twisting them tight...
Tip 2: after this, wax the end (if you use dreadwax: See knottyboy.com for info that I used to get started)
Tip 3: some of you may have heard of / used the palm rolling technique. It's where you roll the dread between your palms to tighten the loose ends. Well, after you have followed tips 1 and 2, try palm rolling the ends of your hair, but putting a *slight* roll to it (round and round, not just side to side...). Should slightly round the ends to avoid the straight bits at end getting stringy...it incorporates these bits into the dread itself.
Now these are not permanent. They will eventually slacken and work themselves apart as the hair tries to move back to its previous position. But if you do this regularly, the hair will get more knotted, and more used to this position. Thus, less work! Well, that's what I'm hoping. Will keep you informed...
Here are some pics of my tips a few days after this treatment:
Also please leave a comment to let me know what you think, or what you think I could try!!! Thanks!
// posted by Molly Millions @ 1:28 PM 
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holy crap.. you are actually growing out dredlocks.. do you mind if I link you to my site?? seriously.. hit me back at http://roximoon00.blogspot.com and let me know.. I am sure tons of people I know would love to get some info on this.. wow.. * in shock*
My dreadlocks were made with backcombing, RNT, and Crocheting. I've used a little wax since they were made.. but it didn't really seem to do much for me. To blunt up my tips I like to backcomb, use a tiny bit of wax, and then crochet them to tighten them up. it works well to stick the hook down through the dread to the end and pull the loose hairs up into the dread. this can all also be done without wax. Hope that helps!
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