Does anyone know the best way to get dreadlocks started? Even with straightish hair!

dont wash, brush or comb your hair....

After a few months they will start to dread.....

Get a life....:loopy:

You can get them done at great expense by hairdressers I believe.

Depends what type of hair youve got.

Dont go with the not washing tip. Thats no good at all. Hair needs to be washed, and you can get dreads and wash your hair.

Like I said depends on what typpe of hair youve got, but you can start it off by twisting the hair everyday for a while, then leave it to dread naturally.

I hope you're black.

Cos otherwise you'll look ****ing ridiculous and black people will take the **** out of you.

i used to have green dreads in a mohawk :)

Originally posted by melthebell
i used to have green dreads in a mohawk :)

The mind boggles :D ...any pictures ?

theres one on here (with jools)
http://www.melthebell.dsl.pipex.com/Index.html

but it was growing out by then, more blonde

Why did you post a pic with your top off?!!

Treat for the ladies eh?! ;)

Originally posted by melthebell
theres one on here (with jools)
http://www.melthebell.dsl.pipex.com/Index.html

but it was growing out by then, more blonde

There is some scary stuff on there Mel.......especially that Whitehouse bloke :D

Hey Gerbutt,

Do your dreadlocks yourself, its cheap, and if you get a mate to help you it can be a good excuse to watch hours of old 80's movies!!

My babies are 10 months old now :D

Just a shout to see who else is growing babies themselves? Haven't seen too many people round town with them and i wanted to know if anyone's got any flack for having them?

Originally posted by Gerbutt
Does anyone know the best way to get dreadlocks started? Even with straightish hair!

I think you need to get a scruffy mongrol dog and stand outside M&S selling the Big Issue. :hihi:

One of the girls from Steps got Dreads put in - I remember seeing it on a Christmas video they did. She looked pretty good with them in. First time I'd seen dreads done tidily and effectively. I think she had them all cut off afterwards. Unless they were extensions. Not sure. Contemplated having them done on the basis of this, but couldn't be assed.

**Health warning** I am not a Steps fan, did not enjoy watching the video and like rock. Thank you.

dreadlocks are great , i havent brushed my hair in months :D but anyone whos considering them , don't listen to people when they tell you not to wash your hair , it just makes you SMELLY, errrrrrr :gag:

Originally posted by Classic Rock
One of the girls from Steps got Dreads put in - I remember seeing it on a Christmas video they did. She looked pretty good with them in. First time I'd seen dreads done tidily and effectively. I think she had them all cut off afterwards. Unless they were extensions. Not sure. Contemplated having them done on the basis of this, but couldn't be assed.

**Health warning** I am not a Steps fan, did not enjoy watching the video and like rock. Thank you.

The truth is out...Buffy is really a Steps fan!!! :bigsmile:

I understand the best way is to simply have them backcombed. It is like teasing the hair into a bush and palmrolling it with wax. Knottyboy.com has a video to show it actually been done. Now for me my hair is not straight and I did the same method and it worked out great.

Only hippie white people have dreadlocks, not that theres owt wrong wi that.

There are quite a few farmers down cornwall with dreads.

A young man I know has dreadlocks and says it's with surfing and not combing his hair afterwards.
Surfings a bit scarce in Sheffield.
hazel

yer i do .what your hair like? the thinker the better.you also look a ture muppet for 2years or so,coz my friend that how long it take to do /bummer:)firstly you must cut your hair to about number4 to 8 shave depending on the thickness of your hair,sorry if you have grown it long alredy.then you have to bleach your hair as white as you can get it ,by doing this you make the hair hollow,this willl make the hair easyer to knot because you have damged it.
you have to rember that you are trying to make your hair like a africans person hair,which has a much more small diameter than your self,so if you go on the pricable that a small knot is hard to undo,so by bleaching your hair to star of with ,will help your hair to knot up.
So you have cut your hair sort ,lots of bleach this is like planting your seed,now you can watch your dreadlock grow. know you must rubber your hair as often as possable in circular movements with the palm of your hand this will help the hair to knot, your hair will grow knotted and some point in the future you will beable to start ripping your matted hair apart and you will have dreadlock,any question np ,good lookand i hope this helped Bruce