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Dreading super fine long hair?

Dreading Methods

I can't express enough as an X hairdresser that it sounds like your straight hair is so going to come out of the t&r method just like Kelly has said, but what you could do to really find out is one evening or whenever it suits you just sit yourself on the couch in front of the tv if thats your thing, then do 1 or 2 dreads like behind one ear with the twist and rip method, do the sectioning as big or small as you would like your dread to be, with the t&r you will get very fine or thinner looking dreads as the hair won't be bunched up like in backcombing method which makes you loose length but get the look of a mature dread quicker. There r so many ways that you can do this and for your straight hair there are a good few ways to get it dreaded so it stays in, but i will help you if you like when and if you need more help, it would takes quite a few pages for me to go into each and every idea of dreading. Another thing you could do now is stop using conditioner every time you shampoo and makes sure the shampoo you r using is conditioner free, you could also do a permanent colour in your hair or have some highlights depending on the shade of your hair, whatever it is go a couple of shades lighter, reason being to take colour out of the hair you need a slightly stronger peroxide which is what comes with the hair colour, explain to whom ever you buying it from that you r wanting to go lighter so you get the right peroxide strength. Doing this will make your hair alot more pliable and stay in the new locked dread, good strong conditioned hair slides out, dreads r made up of salt water, sun, wind and even sand was added to dreads by the ancients to help the sun 'bleach' the dreads lighter. When you have had a think about what method you would like to try i am here to help if you want to.

Namaste

How to grow hair faster?

General Talk

The root of a hair is fed by the blood from tiny capillaries so I could meatiness maybe eating olive oil and egg joke would also help the hair grow faster?

Why do backcomb dreads seem to mature so much faster?

Dreading Methods

When you back comb you r pushing or bunching all the hair up so its thicker rather than longer, so what happens is you loose length but get the thickness of mature dreads, so as your naturl dread grows from the roots it doesn't look that much different thean the back combed part of the dreads. When you have done the t&r method that stays thinner looking and doesn't match as well as backcombed, so it SEEMS like they are maturing faster but in reality it just matched up better, but of course you have given up the length for that to happen. When you do the natural way you always have some degree of shrinkage in length.

Hope this clarifies the answer for you.

18 dreads?

General Questions

They look beautiful and neat and they will thicken up to at least 3 times the size, well done.

Meg said:

Gosh, you are so sweet! (:
Well, I twist and ripped 5 sections, and now I'm worried that they're too thin, could you please tell me what you think? This is half of the bottom section, I tried making them nickel-sized, with one quarter-sized.

taye said:

You are the blessing Don't ever be sorry for questions.

updated by @sweet: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM

18 dreads?

General Questions

I have 32 dreads and I really didn,t think I had that many, I know for sure they have filled out as I,m a year and a half to 2 years, I have very fine hair, but as a hairdresser I know on average you would loose about 100 hairs a day, now when you have dreads the hairs that fall out daily can,t escape and that is where the thickness comes from. Having thinner hair I did 1 inch sections and I sure know my dreads ran,t 1 inch thick, even though I would love that! I did start off with 22 dreads so I slit some up at the beginning just like where your at the moment, I,m so happy I did that cause now I have at least a few more dreadies to fill the gaps, It makes me wonder if I did the fringe too maybe then it will fill the gaps. I really love Taya,s dreads and wanted mine to be exactly like hers but now I have found that my dreads fill up the space of joining my thumb and middle finger on 1 hand! Really thin I think. If you do split some of your dreadies just pull and if you have to snip bait at some areas don,t worry, you can always do a bit of a wrap or put a dread sleeve if one needs rescuing.Good luck andPeace.

Can't get rid of GUNK! Help :(

Dread Maintenance

Sweet, said:

Exactly what i was going to say, towels - what type and colour towels r you using, get a good quality towel that doesn't lint up in the wash and the same colour of your dreads being brown, because even black will show up in brown dreads but not as mush as white. Do what SE suggested and get smone to tweezer out the bigger bits that r there, and yes a clarifying shamoo wont do any harm, it will get out the smaller bits. But i really do think the main cause is the towels, also think about thing you do in your lifestyle, do you work in a fish and chip shop with spatts of fat, think about anything you do or put on your dreads. Another real good suggestion is - if your dreads r quite mature what you can do is really massage some conditioner into the dreads and give one hell of a good rinse and then maybe do another shampoo, that will really help what is in there slide out, but you really have to rinse very well to get all conditioner out and whatever comes along with it, do that several times when washing your dreads, but no more than 3 times in a row or your dreads will start to loosen with the conditioner. Yes also what tams scarves etc r you wearing to leave lint?
the Barrellady said:

Sorry, I was not sure what you mean by other stuff that you called gunk, thought you meant it was gooey stuff. If it is just lint related, then here is how you can avoid some of it

• use a high quality towel, and one the same color as your hair, dreads love towel lint, so this way it is not as noticeable if it is brown
• tams made from yarn will leave behind little balls in the dreads, so will scarves, so use wool or even cotton or hemp
• peace

Can't get rid of GUNK! Help :(

Dread Maintenance

Exactly what i was going to say, towels - what type and colour towels r you using, get a good quality towel that doesn't lint up in the wash and the same colour of your dreads being brown, because even black will show up in brown dreads but not as mush as white. Do what SE suggested and get smone to tweezer out the bigger bits that r there, and yes a clarifying shamoo wont do any harm, it will get out the smaller bits. But i really do think the main cause is the towels, also think about thing you do in your lifestyle, do you work in a fish and chip shop with spatts of fat, think about anything you do or put on your dreads. Another real good suggestion is - if your dreads r quite mature what you can do is really massage some conditioner into the dreads and give one hell of a good rinse and then maybe do another shampoo, that will really help what is in there slide out, but you really have to rinse very well to get all conditioner out and whatever comes along with it, do that several times when washing your dreads, but no more than 3 times in a row or your dreads will start to loosen with the conditioner.
the Barrellady said:

Sorry, I was not sure what you mean by other stuff that you called gunk, thought you meant it was gooey stuff. If it is just lint related, then here is how you can avoid some of it

• use a high quality towel, and one the same color as your hair, dreads love towel lint, so this way it is not as noticeable if it is brown
• tams made from yarn will leave behind little balls in the dreads, so will scarves, so use wool or even cotton or hemp
• peace

Twisty Ties??

Dread Accessories

Please, yes, some updos pics would be great when your neck is better.

Angel Frye said:

I think saying 'bread bag ties' might sound nicer now that I look back at what I wrote.

Never thought of shoe laces, Barrellady. I was thinking of something that would cinch and squish and not be so noticeable. I can't tell you how many cute styles I've thought of and wanted to try but it'd always fall apart because you can't use something like bobby pins on locks. I think that with strategic twist ties a LOT could be done that's really far out there. Also, the style could be something you could even recline in for a little while without it looking trashed. That's what always annoys me the most.

It might be a little color crazy because I have such a variety of colors in ties, but when I can I'll make a few updos and try to post some pics here. So many ideas!!!

Itchy Scalp

Dreads Hair and Scalp Health

If you have just been to a salon and had your dreads 'done' they may of put some type of moose or spray in your hair that your scalp doesn't agree with. Baba Fats has really said it all at what to do, whatever shampoo or soap your using, just change to another, but with out using a shampoo conditioner blend. If you did scaif your scalp with the latch hook then of course the healing process will make your scalp so itchy. Ask yourself questions like was your scalp itchy before you had your dreads done and if not just go back to whatever you were using before you dreaded as long as theres no conditioner in the product.

Hope this helps.

Namaste

updated by @sweet: 07/11/15 07:02:26AM

Any tips for visually reducing a large forehead?

Dreadlock Styles and Dread Styling

Just make sure you have a mall peice of hair left out of dreading for a very thin fringe, you don't have to have it cut straight across, it can be made wispy, this will reduce the look of a larger forhead alot. Another thing is don't have a middle parting have it going to the side, that will make a very big difference.

Not that you need to do so - your forhead looks fine, but i know how it feels if we see ourselves in a certian way and we want to balance things out. As you get older you will realize that your forhead is beautiful and unique.

Peace