The Dreadlock Blog

One easy thing that you can do to make a big dramatic change with your dreadlocks is to make them wavy. It’s an easy way of making a new apperans with your dreads and I promise you that you will have loads of people being jealous of your lovely waves that you can create!

What you need is some hair elastics, some hairpins if you want to put up your dreadlocks while they are drying. Some setting lotion and some patiens.

1. Do this when your dreadlocks are freshly washed and they are still damp, or sprits your hole head of dreadlocks with water. For en extra effect that will make the wave last longer is to sprits your hole head of dreadlocks with setting lotion mixed with water. 

2. Start off with sectioning your dreadlocks take between 3-6 dreadlocks and braid them from the root and all the way down. (make a 3 way braid) See the video below) Be aware that don’t braid them to tight from the bottom because your scalp can become irritated with being to tightly braided...

Do I need to do dreadlocks on all of my hair? 
No you don’t have to do dreadlocks on all of your hair, partial dreadlocks are a great way to have dreadlocks but still keep some of your loose hair. Maybe something for you If you are not ready to go all the way and get a full head of dreads!

Here I have a video for you to look at were I talk about everything that you need to know about partial dreadlocks.

Simon had been dreaming of getting dreadlocks for the past 14 years, when he was younger his mom was against it but now Simon had grown out his hair and felt now is the right time.

Yesterday I hold my regular livestream and answerd your questions about dreadlocks. Find the replay here: 

I get loads and loads of questions about dreadlocks every day in my salon, online etc. It seams that alot of people have so many things they are wondering about dreadlocks. So I decided to start doing FAQ about dreadlocks videos for all of you to share my knoallage about dreadlocks after working with dreadlocks for over 18 years.

In this video I will answer:

How often do I need to seperate my dreadlocks at the root and maintain my dreadlocks?

I get questions about dreadlocks on a daily basis, that's why I have started to do live streams every Monday 7pm Swedish time to answer your questions about dreadlocks.

In this video I will answer the following questions and some more:

How can I get my lumpy dreads to become more uniform and straight?

What’s a good marketing technique to get more dreadlock clients?

So i like trimmed the bits that were out of place instead of using a crotche hook to put them back in place? Now those hairs have grown and was wandering if its common and how to fix it?

In the summer I am constantly swimming. Therefore my dreads are wet. I make sure they are completely dry before I lay down or anything like that. But are there any other tips and tricks that I can do to keep their round like form while swimming so often???

Let me know what do you want to learn about dreadlocks?

 Last Monday I had my good friend Karen from http://modlocks.com/  to hang out with me on Facebook and Instagram and talk about dreadlocks. Here you can watch the replay. We are chatting about how it is to work as a loctician and about dreadlocks in general. Here you can see the full video of our Facebook live stream.

I’m doing facebook lives every monday at 7pm swedish time and make sure to join me and ask me anything that you want to know about dreadlocks!