How to start you dreadlocks
If you are a tru Dread Head and are interested in starting your own dreads…then here is how you do it.
How to Make Dreads or do Dreads. Here are a few videos and articles on how to start your dreadlocks. You can start with hand rolling your hair, sectioned off by a comb (two stranded twist…using a holding gel or shea butter). You can use a custom Loc Tool to accomplish the same thing for a more tighter, permanent dreadlock (dry method).
Making Dreads – Dreadlocks
Backcombing
You will need:
Super Hair Grow Gel (links on the bottom of the page)
Residue Free Shampoo
Metal Comb
Rubberbands
1. Wash your hair with a residue free shampoo and let it air dry.
2. Section your hair into sections that are 1 inch by 1 inch. You can use
rubberbands to hold the sections while you section the rest of your hair.
3. Start in the back of your head, remove the rubberbands and start teasing the
hair towards your scalp. Only backcomb about a half inch of hair at a time,
this will keep your dreads from forming loops.
4. Once you have finished backcombing the that section of hair, put a
rubberband on the tip and one on the root. Add about an M&M’s worth of Super Hair Grow Gel to the dreadlock and palm roll it.
5. Do this to all the sections of hair.
Twist and Rip
You will need:
Super Hair Grow Gel
Residue Free Shampoo
Rubberbands
1. Section your hair into sections that are 1 inch by 1 inch. You can use
rubberbands to hold the sections while you section the rest of your hair.
2. When your washing your hair rub your head in a clockwise motion.
3. Once you get out of the shower and your hair is dry pull your hair apart in the
sections where the rubberbands are.
4. After you have pulled apart the sections add a M&M’s worth of Super Hair Grow Gel to each dread and palm roll.
Twist and Pin
You will need:
Super Hair Grow Gel
Residue Free Shampoo
Rubberbands
1. Wash your hair with a residue free shampoo and let it air dry.
2. Section your hair into sections that are 1 inch by 1 inch. You can use
clips to hold the sections while you section the rest of your hair.
3. After you have sectioned off all of your hair, take one section down at a time
and twist it, then put some Super Hair Grow Gel on the twist and keep twisting until it the twist is
twisting down into a ball on your head,
Twisting
You will need:
Residue Free Shampoo
Rubberbands
1. Wash your hair with a residue free shampoo and let it air dry.
2. Section your hair into sections that are 1 inch by 1 inch. You can use
rubberbands to hold the sections while you section the rest of your hair.
3. Once you have sectioned off all of your hair, take one section at a time
and twist it back and forth between your fingers, then put some Super Hair Grow Gel on the twist
and keep twisting it. The more you twist the hair back and forth the faster the
dreads will form and lock up.
Brush Rubbing
You will need:
A soft bristle brush
Super Hair Grow Gel
Residue Free Shampoo
Rubberbands
1. Wash your hair with a residue free shampoo and let it air dry.
2. Get a soft bristle brush and rub it in a clockwise circular motion around your
head. You will start to notice little dread balls forming.
3. Add Super Hair Grow Gel to each dread ball.
Dread Braiding
You will need:
Super Hair Grow Gel
Residue Free Shampoo
Rubberbands
1. Wash your hair with a residue free shampoo and let it air dry.
2. Section your hair into sections that are 1 inch by 1 inch. You can use
rubberbands to hold the sections while you section the rest of your hair.
3. Once you have finished sectioning all the hair take one section down at a time
and braid it. Once you have finished the braid add a rubberband to the tip and
root. Then add a Super Hair Grow Gel and palm roll the braids. Do this to each section.