The journey of my dreadlocks.
Dreadlocks are a mat of hair created by a bunch of knots. This can be done completely naturally by putting your comb in the garbage. The natural method does not work with all hair so you may have to help the process along by doing Twist and Rip or backcombing. Creating dreadlocks with methods such […]
So you want awesome looking dreadlocks, right? I know I do! If choosing the method to put in your locks isn’t confusing enough, everybody seems to have different methods to maintain their dreadlocks to keep them looking at their best. I’ve seen natural dreadlocks that have had only been washed and separated, and dreads which […]
A few days short of the one month mark, I tucked all of the loose ends in and pulled the tips up into the dreadlocks. I applied a light waxing to the dreads on the back of my head. A few days after I decided that I wasn’t going to use any more wax and […]
Check out my dreadlock journey!
Hi I am Scotty and I started my dread journey on July 29, 2012, when, over the course of six days, three friends took turns to back comb my curly hair into 52 locks. Backcombing took about 9 hours, or like 18 people hours. Backcombing HURT! After backcombing, we put a light waxing and a […]
A few months ago I talked with Jen, after hearing about her Etsy store, cowhavebestfriends, from a post on Reddit. She offered to send me one of her hand made dread wraps to test and give my feedback on. The following is my thoughts on the dread wrap I received. I have had […]
Today marks my dreadlock’s cake day! They were born 1 year ago on July 29th 2012. My dreadlocks have matured quite a bit, however they’ve really started to come together well in the last 2 months. Not to mention they’ve also grown a bit too!
This past week my dreadlocks had a run in with the Velcro on my raincoat and it was had a terrible encounter! No real damage was done but it was not enjoyable unsticking my dreadlocks from my coat. Haha! I’m going to try to replace the Velcro with either snaps or toggles. Until then, I’ll […]
Wow! It’s been a long time since I’ve updated you guys on my dread’s progress. They’ve been growing and tightening slowly but surely. I haven’t done anything to the roots (such as “root rubbing” or retwisting) and they have been dreading up all on their own (I’m proud of them, haha)! Most of the whispy […]
Today is the day! My dreadlocks are finally 6 months old! I started dreading 6 months ago with the help of a few dedicated friends who spent hours backcombing my hair into poofy dreadlocks. Since then, my dreads have unraveled a bit and tangled back up with most of the sections forming into very solid […]
Now that winter is in full swing I have been much less active and spend more time indoors which tends to keep my dreadlocks slightly cleaner. Because of that I have switched to washing every 3 or 4 days. A bunch of the ends have been blunting themselves since the 5 month mark creating less […]