a little lost......and a hello

hey all, well first i suppose i should introduce myself im vikki lovley to meet you all!!!

i have just decided to step into the wonderful world of dreads after many years of loving them and faking styles like it i want some for real now!!!

i have long thick wavy hair thats a bit hard to handle (as you can see by the random profile photo) and due to my line of education/work my hair needs to be put into various styles....so i have decided to start off with a few singular dreads to see how it works out and untill i have more freedom to do a whole head.....i refuse not to have any at all!!!

now i have been told soooo many diffrent things to do singular dreads and to be honest i am so confussed right now and a little lost i dont know what im doing so any help or advice would be great

love to all

vikki

xxxxx

updated by @vikki2: 02/15/15 01:18:28PM

welcome its quite easy 2 easy options

neglect stop combing wait for a couple dreads to form then comb the areas u d=ont want to dread or

find a section and twist and rip it then k]let it drewad

so what silly things had u heard?

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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1

i started the twist and rip on sections. as i thought i can use the same methodas a whole head but then people started it wont work if i just want singular things like my normal hair will just knot into it and ill end up with a huge knotted mess at my roots......others said it wont work because when i wash my normal hair it will ruin the dread...and that it wont be neat or stay sectioned from the rest of my hair if i have normal hair around....so i thought about using bans to keep it seperated at the roots at least but then was told it would stick out from the rest of my hair....i am now ignoring all these silly people they just want to scare me off i think

do not use bands seperate the normal haitr that it tries to eat and wash all your hair the same way with a dread freindly soap or bs/acv

its not that complicated

stick a bead on it to help keep it seperated from the loose hairs..not a band

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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1

THANK YOU you just said exactly what i started and planned on doing and to be fair they are looking really good just silly people telling me bad stories tut tut.....just wish i could have my whole head im very sad about that i only hope i can make the most out of having 6 or 7

whats your job thats stopping u

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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1

im at university (that should be a great time to do what you want) but i do performing arts specialising in cultural art and dance and touring shows to schools or theatres......and when i mentioned that i was thinking of dreads my director went MAD!!!!!!! how can i display tradional styles of various countries and historic era's when i cant do anything with my hair i was very sad so we comprimised on a few that can be pinned away untill after my graduation.

huh just remind him that dreads are a part of every culture on earth and how can you not accuratly depict diverse cultures without allowing the diverse differences within the cultures including dreads

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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1

i did say something along thoes lines to him that isnt art about expression also and if i feel this is a way of my expression shouldnt i be encouraged??? his reply was your a greek and asian specilaist...it wont work

Funny cuz if I remember correctly both the Greeks and Asians dreaded... :/

Vikki said:

i did say something along thoes lines to him that isnt art about expression also and if i feel this is a way of my expression shouldnt i be encouraged??? his reply was your a greek and asian specilaist...it wont work