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That Starting Phase is no joke. As I alluded to earlier, the starting phase, the time before you hair has formed into locs is the most shocking, most unpleasant part of the experience. thingsneeded1 Grow your hair to at least 3 to 5 inches long. It all needs to be the same length in order to start dreadlocks. Remember, dreadlocks make your hair appear shorter than it is and they grow slowly. Create dreadlocks in uneven hair or only on part of your scalp if a mixed style looks good on you.
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Time to get started. Take a section off of the synthetic hair that you will be working with. How much you need to take all depends on how thick you want the resulting dread to be. For this tutorial, I'll be making a pencil thick long purple dread, so I won't need that much. It's hard to estimate exactly how many you can get per bag, but here's a generalization (all single ended and all are my experience, these aren't exact statistics. It varies greatly person to person) Length Long dreads - Leave the section the way it is Shoulder length dreads - Cut the section in half Short dreads - Cut the section in half, then in half again Size.FYI: The sections I use can tend to run smaller than others use. Pencil: Long - 10-12 Medium - about 20 Short - between 30-40 Marker: Long - 6-8 Medium - about 14 Short - about 20-30.Please keep in mind that the amount of dreads you can get per bag truely does vary person to person.
I like to make mine a bit thinner, so therefore I can get more out of a single bag. Now the fun starts!
Backcombing is THE most important part of making dreads. A poorly backcombed dread will fall apart and not work. When it comes to this part just remember. The more you pack it, the better! So, starting at the top, take your comb and begin brushing the hair backwards. First time through, you don't have to pack it very tight, like in the first picture it can just be a loose ratting. The hair should begin to look snarly and ratted.
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After you have it loosely ratted, you can begin to pack the hair starting at the top again (pictures 2&3.) Pack it up to the very top where you have tied the knot and then just gradually work your way down the hair ratting it tighter. When you get to the end, continue backcombing all the way through the tail end of the dread.
Some hair WILL come out at the end, that IS normal. You can just throw that away.If you can hold the dread straight out on its side and it sticks straight out, you've done more than a great job:). Congratulations!It should look consistently packed all the way through (picture 2.)Now your dread is finished. Slide it off the hook and everything is done.Now you know all there is to know about backcombing and getting dreads started. Look to my next tutorial to see how to seal synthetic dreads and get them ready for wearing.Thanks and hope it helped!.I ALSO SELL THESE DREADS AND ALL OTHER DREADS FEATURED ON MY INSTRUCTABLES.
IF YOU WANT TO PURCHASE THEM, MESSAGE ME! I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR ORDERS, AND I KEEP MY PRICES VERY MANAGEABLE!
IF YOU WOULD RATHER NOT MAKE THEM YOURSELF I WILL GLADLY MAKE THEM FOR YOU.