How To Start Dreadlocks On Caucasian Hair
Wash your hair with a clarifying shampoo that strips away your hairs natural oils and give it a drier easier-to-dread texture. That said before embarking on your loc journey its important that you familiarize yourself with the five different stages.
The process to get them is similar to how youd create mermaid waves on straight hair.
How to start dreadlocks on caucasian hair. Remove the elastic hair tie from one section and tease your hair using a metal lice comb. The most common methods for Caucasian hair are the natural method the rip and twist method and the backcombing method. I have had people tell my mom they knew how to do dreads but really.
Yea if you want your dreadlocks to fall out and want to suffer from nasty bacteria and mold growing in your hair. And then into the top and bottom sections. I was wondering how I can start dreads in my hair properly.
Mayonnaise Honey Toothpaste Glue Rubber Cement Mud Chewing Gum Peanut Butter Shea Butter Candle Wax and Hair Gel all work great for starting dreadlocks. Begin forming dreads from the bottom hair at the back. Make small circular motions with a soft bristled brush.
Secure the sections with a rubber band and then comb your hair backward beginning as close to the scalp as possible and working to the ends. Backcomb the rest of the section until you get to the base of the hair. The backcomber then takes the section of hair and using a fine steel toothed comb will begin to brush the hair from the tip inwards towards the scalp.
Wash your hair thoroughly. Its hard to tell who had them first because early humans lacking combs or styling products. If youre new to the world of dreadlocks or locs as theyre often calledthen you need to know what youre dealing with before deciding that theyre the hair leap you want to take next.
If you have a type 1 or type 2 hair type the tutorial below will show you the necessary steps to make dreadlocks for your hair type. Once a ball of hair forms move onto another section of the hair to continue making dreadlocks throughout the hair. Start by making your dreads wet then plait three locs at a time into braids.
This causes the hair to go frizzy and knotty and begin to take dreadlock form. Brush small inch sized circles in a clockwise motion until the hair starts to form into balls. Roll the sections between the palms of your hands to help with formation.
Tease the portion down towards your scalp starting at 1 inch above scalp using a fine-toothed metal comb. Get everything you need to care for your dreadlocks. Dreadlocks are rope-like strands of hair formed by matting or braiding.
Create small squares of about 1-2 inches for dreads. They call this the neglect method for those of you who have not started your dreads yet and are considering this method let me please say that this is not a fun or rewarding way to make dreads. You will start the cleanest tightest dreadlocks if your hair is clean.
Continue until your hair sections start to puff as well as pack up around the roots. You do this by putting your hair between the combs teeth and moving the comb back and forth to create knots. Dreadlocks are essentially entangled locks of hair achieved through various means of rolling hair.
When you start your dreadlocks by parting each section into squares they will end up well-rounded. Theyre high-maintenance at first so you should know what youre getting into. The techniques used to make dreadlocks for type 1 straight hair or type 2 wavy hair differs slightly from the more common techniques used for type 3 curly hair or type 4 kinky hair.
Then carefully un-braid them. Your dreds will not be in nice sections some will lock up and some wont. Some people start dreads by not combing and washing their hair.
Hold a portion of your hair from the scalp. I used to have dreads when my hair was long but I cut them off because they were a mess and sectioned very weird. Avoid using conditioner which can moisturize your hair and make it slippery.
This should only take about a minute or two. Ways to achieve this style include the twist and rip backcombing rolling the crochet hook method and the neglect. The first step is to section your hair from the middle at first.
Work with one section of your hair at a time. Tuck all your braids into a hairband and leave to dry. My mom wants to take me to a shop to do it but they want to use the technique that involves bees wax.
Oils sprays shampoo hooks and more.
