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 […]
I’m still getting used to having dreadlocks, but it’s getting real!
I was busy writing yesterday so we weren’t able to work on my dreads, but today we backcombed more of my hair into dreadlocks!
It is kind of embarrassing walking around with pony tail sections waiting until they too are transformed into dreadlocks. Haha!
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