How to Dreadlock Your Hair

How to Dreadlock Your Hair How to Dreadlock Your Hair Dread locking your hair can be an interesting experience if you want to change your hair style. It can change up your look and display cultural pride .If you have the right kind of hair you can put a twist in your locks and put it as a cool dreadlock hair style. People can easily react positively when you come across and be noticeable with this type of hair style. You can dreadlock your hair if you follow certain useful tips:

Perm your hair if it is straight: Dreadlock work best on those with curly hair. So if you have straight or thin hair you can go for a home perming overnight. Use small bands and tighten the hair and keep it until it is permed properly. The perm will help you to work in a perfect texture that is really needed for dread locking. People might face problem as texture of their hair varies from person to person. Stay with that tangled position after combing some portion and let the other portion be twisted a little bit sometimes. Knowing the texture of your hair makes you cleverer to make your dread lock complete.

Use residue free shampoo: Use a residue free shampoo and let it dry. You can use clips to hold the section while you section for the rest of the hair. Keep your hair non-greasy and conditioner free as it works better in dry hair. Twist the hair and tighten the root by dividing every portion almost one or half inch. Pin the rest of the hair and put a rubber band in to it and, back comb the twist hair beginning from the root moving to the end and then back to the scalp again. Secure the end of each dreadlock in a rubber band and this process can end round the entire head. Complete the twisting process in entire head.

Go through a wax: You need to wax your hair as wax will mold your dreads and help each lock stay twisted. You can go for beeswax and make perm each portion after combing it. You can prefer copper combs as it helps to comb your hair properly.

Twist and pin-up your hair: After you have sectioned all of your hair, take one section down and twist it then put some wax on the twist and keep twisting it. The more you twist your from the back, the faster you can dread and lock your hair. Depending on your style, and time frame you may twist one portion of head in one sitting and can complete it later. You can take help of your friend to dread lock your hair, if you are not able to twist and comb your hair from the back portion. It will be easier if someone will help you in the twisting process. Twist, comb and wax you’re in a regular basis.

Always remember that, it requires some maintenance to make your hair style different. All you have to do is to look after it properly, comb and wax your hair in regular intervals to get your dreads to hold their shape.