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Totally, dead straight hair. What do?

Dreading Methods

Thanks again for all the info folks =D Wasn't quite expecting such a deluge of replies.I wasn't too keen on the wax from the beginning - even before reading here I doubted whether I wanted tacky gunge in my hair, which is why I'm trying it as naturally as I can this time. I'll probably have to t+r them in initially thanks to work, but apart from that I don't plan on maintainng them (aside from washing etc of course!) much, if at all.Gonna have to repost ASAP with the results =D

Totally, dead straight hair. What do?

Dreading Methods

soaringeagle said:

lem0onjuice i find makes em soft and it can lighten them in the sun i think what u meant was sea salt sea salt does help a bit some ppl add lemon juice to the sea salt but im not really sure why or if it really helps
u can experiment but sea salt is what ya want to get em knotty

I'd read somewhere that it helps the locks tighten, then again my memory works in retarded ways and might have confused lemon juice with citrus (found in many dread 'helper' products) versus salt water. If that makes sense... But yeah. How do you mean it tends to make them softer? Are we on about a smoother, less wirey kinda soft or a loose, likely-to-fall-apart kind of soft? I like having lighter hair anyway (half of why I like summertime =D) so that's a bonus. Also, for the salt I'm guessing the best way is to rinse the dreads in salty water?Sorry for the deluge of questions, but I don't want another wasted attempt =D

Totally, dead straight hair. What do?

Dreading Methods

Thanks for the tips and welcomes guys. I'm in no major rush myself, but I work in retail and part of my job role is, unfortunately, to fit into what my employer describes as "smart". While I prefer the look of all natural dreads (having had a look through some photo galleries on here) the in-between area while my hair goes from straight + neat to dreaded will probably attract a little too much opposition from my line manager, a bloke who has in the past already made a point of trying to get me fired for the stupidest things.I suppose what I'm essentially getting at is that I need to get from 0 to dreaded in only a day or three. Once the dreads are there, their fuzziness, lumpiness and characterfulness won't really matter in work's eyes since I can tie it all back and everything'll be fine from there.I'm thinking twist + rip to get them in quickly, complete with large helpings of lemon juice (is that a myth too?) followed by weekly washings with baking soda + water. Anyone know if there's anything else I can do to get them workworthy in good speed?Thanks again =D

Totally, dead straight hair. What do?

Dreading Methods

First off, hi everyone! Your member count just increased by 1.I'm pretty new to the whole dreadlocks game. I had some put in by a few mates a couple months ago on a whim but I combed them out today since the ends had totally undreaded and the new growth hadn't dreaded yet, and in short dreads that means only the middle 1/3 of the hair was a dread, which kinda defeats the point in my opinion. Not to mention my hair was full of wax and dread butter. Nothankyou. Not after reading the comments on here a anyway!Anyways, I'd love to dread naturally but my hair is pretty much completely straight. It bends a little at the ends - though I can't quite figure out why - but it never forms knots on its own and it lies completely flat.I daresay natural dreads are out of the question, so I'm trying to decide between getting new ones twisted and ripped in, or backcombed. In either case, a cursory glance around The Internets tells me it can help if I braid my hair for a week or two before actually dreading. I've got no idea how that works but hey, if anyone can vouch for that, I'll happily accept the advice. I quite like the idea of having bigass braids dangling from my head for a bit, but I'd prefer to get my dreads on the go sooner rather than later =DI've also attached a pic of how long my hair is as of an hour ago. I'm not sure how different methods affect the length of the resulting dreads - if they do at all - but I figured it'd be handy to have some reference.Thanks in advance guys =D[Edit] Well that's mildly irritating - every image program on my PC had the picture the right way up, then I upload it and it's falls over... Ah well. Fixing it now.
updated by @chris-rimmer: 02/14/15 11:37:24AM