How To Create Dreadlocks
Love the look but don't know how to achieve it? Dreadlocks are really simple to create, read these tips and learn now!
How to Create Dreadlocks
If you are one of the 36 million people who tune into American Idol, you have seen Jason Castro, the contestant from Texas, who has the dreadlocks.
There are two different ways to achieve the look. One is permanent and the other temporary. The only difference in the two is the product you use, the method is the same.
Permanent dreadlocks using beeswax
- Shampoo and dry hair
- After hair is thoroughly dry, separate you hair into sections using pony tail holders
- The size of dreads is up to you. Standard dreads are one inch.
- Begin from the back of your head. Take one section of hair and apply beeswax. (this will be permanent)
- Take the section of hair, what ever size you chose, and twist the section between your palms, starting about 3 inches from the scalp
- Keep twisting the strand all the way down to the end of the hair
- Take the section you just twisted and with a fine tooth comb tease the hair from the root to the end by sliding the comb against the hair (against the hair growth)
- Continue the process until entire head is complete
- If you want temporary dreads, use gel instead of beeswax
It's important to remember if you choose the permanent dreads the only way to remove them is to cut them out. Temporary ones will be easier to remove.
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@redpencils What a rude comment. If they felt so strongly about knowing who to do it themselves they should have stayed more then 1 day to knock some ones post. how rude. anyways I thought that this was a unique way to make dreads. I think we all have our own preferred methods.
this is a horrible article on how to make dreadlocks. what you will make following these instuctions are twists which will fall out the next day if not later that day. good for temperary dreads, but not real ones. to make permenant dreadlocks, first wash your hair in residue free soap (knottyboy.com or dreadheadhq.com are quite good) section it in about 1 inch sections and backcomb your hair until you have what appears to be one long knot. then twist the knotted rope of hair, apply a small amount of dreadwax (about a peanut size) and there you have a dreadlock.