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Curly dreads?

Dread Maintenance

And no, those were not wrapped around curlers. You can tell by the roots of her hair. Her scalp was purposely sectioned to have that many locks, though.

updated by @angel-frye: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM

Curly dreads?

Dread Maintenance

That's funny, Barrellady, because I have some that are fully mature and they spiral almost like they did before.

Curly dreads?

Dread Maintenance

I have curly locks. They look awesome. And yes, they're rounding out, but they're still keeping a great deal of their original personality. You don't lose that.

I have to say that I love my curls now much more than I did with unknotty hair. Selfautopsy, you're right to embrace it. Anything your hair does is fine and will be beautiful. Just... watch out for spontaneous congos. Curly hair like ours tends to migrate strangely. Like, one day it's perfectly fine and the next you've got ten hairs in one lock that are strangely deeply embedded in a lock two rows over. You gotta separate very well.

From about ten feet away you can't even tell I have dreadlocks, my hair is still that curly, and I'm 10 months in.

Twisty Ties??

Dread Accessories

I did a half-updo with three knots + a tiny section of a twist tie in the knot itself.

The knot itself was too big to wrap the twistie tie around(the small piece was using, since I only had one long black one that I chopped up into three pieces.) so I tied a knot and then slipped in the end of the twistie tie into the 'hole' of the knot itself and twisted it around the upper/second folded over section. Like, the second step of making a knot, ya ken? If you look close you can see the black twistie tie in the the top knot. The other two below it are a little hard to find.

updated by @angel-frye: 07/22/15 07:42:15AM

Twisty Ties??

Dread Accessories

PIPE CLEANERS!!!

Holy crap I had an epiphany this morning as my cats were breathing in my face trying to wake me up. Just suddenly popped into my head. I was dreaming/contemplated how to do more elaborate styles with the obvious shortcomings of twist ties. The length. It's just not enough if you want to do more elaborate stuff. So what's a longer twist tie? Pipe cleaners!!! And there's all kinds of funkadelic styles of em.

http://www.dickblick.com/search/?q=pipe+cleaners&x=0&y=0&sp_cs=UTF-8

Twisty Ties??

Dread Accessories

I tie a loose knot more frequently if I'm serious about it staying put but sometimes I only twist/tuck one lock around the other. I know, I know... tying them in a knot is bad. But my hair is all different lengths and it escapes. I get tired of using scrunchies cause I always lose the damn things. Then my kids use them for slingshots at the cats.

My neck is a little out of wack today(on an icepack) so it won't be today that I take pics but it'll be soon, I promise. Monday or Tuesday at the latest.

If anyone wants to have some twist tie fun in the meantime I'm sure we'd love to see your handiwork.

Twisty Ties??

Dread Accessories

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!!!

Twisty Ties??

Dread Accessories

I don't like constantly using my own locks to tie my hair back(I worry about damage) and I really want more flexibility in ways to tie my hair up but still using the same concept. We can't use barrettes because of the comb sections on them. So I thought, what about twist ties, like the kind you use for garbage bags? Anyone tried it?

updated by @angel-frye: 02/14/15 04:46:35AM

Maintaining the middle of a Dread!

Dread Maintenance

Make sure you're washing your hair regularly. That really helps. The gravity of the water pushes knots further down from the roots to the middle sections of the hair. Also, I know some people say that the less you touch your hair the better when washing, but honestly? I've had a lot of good knotting up happen when I really dig into my roots with lots of shampoo lather. And it feels sooooo good to rub that scalp!

Any tips for visually reducing a large forehead?

Dreadlock Styles and Dread Styling

The center-part thing doesn't really get to be an issue as you get further into your first year so no worries if you do let it stay parted in the middle. Why? Because you'll find that as your sections firm up that you can flip them any way you want. Easy peasy lemon squeezy, as my kids say. It might not seem as natural at first but as the locks mature it looks more natural, trust me.

Having slightly shorter locks in the front can help, too! YES! That is very true. I trim/taper mine so that I have shorter locks that are only as long as my cheekbones or my chin while the rest of my hair is longer. I'll always keep that fringe because it does frame the face nicely with my hair up. If the fringe slips free from an up-do then it looks very nice.

Big foreheads are sexy. At least that's what my husband says. I think I read somewhere that at one time it was thought that the bigger the forehead the smarter the person? And sheesh, back in the middle ages women used to purposely pluck their hairline to give themselves a bigger forehead!