How To Dreadlock Hair

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An Indian monk was slowly moving through the roads and people were looking at him with surprised interest. The dress, the attire, the posture were all alien to people of the western world but what attracted their attention most was the matted ropes of hair on the head of the monk. That is exactly what we call the dreadlock, hair on the head allowed to grow without cutting, combing or brushing to take the shape of matted ropes. Dreadlocks, sometimes also known as dreads, locs or locks are matted ropes of hair which will form by them if the hair is allowed to grow without the use of brushes, combs, razors or scissors for a long period of time. Today these form one of the most fashionable Dreadlocks are a fun and easy way to style your hair and once they are formed, they are very low maintenance. Even though, technically, dreadlocks will form if you simply stop brushing your hair, it will take anywhere from one to three years to form, and they will tend to form as matted clumps of hair rather than the well shaped dreadlocks that can be achieved through other methods. hairstyles.

Origin

One of the universal phenomenon’s that have survived the onslaught of time, dreadlock has its origin rooted in the ancient Vedic Hindu culture. In the Hindu mythologies it is described that Lord Shiva took the force off the holy river Ganges coming to the earth on his dreadlock and thus saved the earth from destruction. Historically too the earliest evidence of dreadlock is found around 2500 years BC and have been mostly the favorite hair style of sages and monks.

Following are the ways to create a successful dreadlock:

Pure natural method for making dreads:

• Don't brush your hair.

• Mess your hair up.

• Tie it in knots.

• If it smells and itches and you don't like it, clean it. If not, don't bother. It's the crusty way.

Artificial way to make Dreadlocks:

1. Dread wax, metal comb, shampoo and some rubber bands

How to use:

First of all, wash you hair using residue free shampoo and dry them using a hair dryer or let it dry itself by air. Divide your hair into sections of 1*1 inch and use rubber bands to hold these 1*1 sections. Now, start backcombing of hair one section at a time and remove the rubber bands. This will ensure that dreads loops are being formed. After finishing backcomb, tie a rubber band on the top and on the root of the section. Add dread wax to it and roll your hair. Repeat this process for all the sections.

2. Ingredients Required: Dread wax, brush with soft bristles, rubber bands and shampoo.
How to use:

First of all, wash you hair using residue free shampoo and dry them using a hair dryer or let it dry itself by air. Then use a brush having soft bristles and rub it around your head in clockwise direction. Once you see the dreadlocks are being formed then add a little bit of wax to each of the dread loop or dread ball formed.

3. Ingredients required: dread head wax and synthetic hair

How to use:

To make dreadlocks using this method you will have to buy synthetic hair from a saloon or a store and then dread the hair using backcomb method. Finally, clip the synthetic dreads on your hair and your dreadlocks are ready.