Dreadlocks For Straight Hair

Keep the braids in for 10 15 days while continually washing your hair like.

Dreadlocks for straight hair. Curly or kinky hair already grows in spirals so it s easier to get it to form in to a tightly wound dreadlock than it is with straight hair. For loose curly hair types your hair should be a minimum of 7 to 15 centimeters 3 to 6 inches. So before the dread process can begin you will need to create a curly texture within your hair to give the dreads something to hold on to.

How to make dreadlocks video credit. Next push a crochet needle through the section several times to bunch up the hair even more. Think of it like a coiled telephone cord becoming so easily tangled while a straight laptop cord typically stays tangle free.

Because this style seemingly relies on texture to maintain its distinctive consistency it will always differ depending on the individual. Make sure the braids are the thickness you would like each of your dreads to be ballpark figure. I gave my wife dreadlocks.

Twist and rip dreadlocks crochet hook. Have your hair braided. For straight thin and oily hair types you should wait for your hair to reach a minimum of 10 centimeters 4 inches although 20 centimeters 8 inches is the preferred length.

Then tie rubber bands at the end and root of the dreadlock and apply dread cream from. Dreadlocks have managed to transcend cultures demographics and hair textures. How to get dreadlocks if you have straight hair.

To dreadlock straight hair divide the hair into small sections then backcomb the first section in the direction of the scalp 5 10 times until the hair bunches up. Mine are about the thickness of a pencil depending on how thick or how fine your hair is i would leave the braids in for. 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.