Dreadlocks - this is a very extravagant hairstyle, but in the process of its creation, the structure of the hair is severely damaged, so to restore the curls to the former shine and silkiness, after the bundles are unraveled (or cut) not immediately. As an alternative to the masters were invented the so-called safe dreadlocks, which will be discussed below.
Dreadlocks with kanekalon
This kind of "safety" allows you to create a hairstyle that resembles the real dreadlocks, and does not damage your hair. The kanekalon material is used - a synthetic fiber imitating natural strands. Wigs are made from it, and specially prepared beams are sold for dreadlocks. They can be of different shades - if you choose the color that is the most similar to the tone of your own hair, you will be able to make safe dreadlocks very similar to natural dreadlocks.
How to make safe dreadlocks with kanekalon?
First of all, the hair should be washed and thoroughly dried. Use emollients (oils, conditioners, balms) can not.
The hair is divided into corks by the same squares of 1.5 or 2 cm starting from the occiput. If you stick to the chess order, the safe dreadlocks will turn out to be more accurate, but the bald spots will not be visible. Divided prjadki fix at roots by small elastic bands.
Weave safely dreadlocks, as a rule, start from the bottom. One of the strands on the back of the neck is released from the rubber band, divided into three parts and begins to weave the usual pigtail, weaving into it the blanks from the kanekalon. Artificial strands should be twice as long as native hair. When the braid is ready, the rest of the kanekalon dread wraps around it from the bottom to the top. That the received plait is not fluffed, it is treated with wax for dreadlocks. The same is done with the remaining strands.
This hairstyle can be worn for about 3 months, when the hair grows, safe dreadlocks can be untwisted, like ordinary braids.
DE dreadlocks
Another variety - the so-called "de dreads", which involve the use of blanks from kanekalon, felt or wool. They can be both "natural" colors, and bright ones. Such safe dreadlocks can be safely called invoices - the native hair is simply wrapped around them at the base. With the help of multi-colored blanks, you can create an extravagant image, but the roots of the living hair will still be visible, and this should be taken into account.
How to braid safe DE dreadlocks?
When creating such a hairdo you will need a scallop, small elastic bands, hair clips, dreadlocks, a crochet hook. The head should be washed without balm, dried, combed.
- At the base of the workpiece, a hole is made with the help of a hook.
- Hair is divided into strands. If you have a good eye, it is not necessary to divide the whole hair into sections at once. It is better to start with the occipital part.
- In the hole made in the workpiece, pass the strand, helping himself with a crochet.
- The strand that is stripped is divided in half and wrapped around it with dredged parts at the base. The place of the winding is fixed with a rubber.
This is done with the rest of the strands. Such safe dreadlocks are easy to make at home. The term of their socks is about 2 to 3 months: when the hair grows, the blanks can be untwisted and reused.
Another method of weaving is the "eight", when the hair is wrapped around the middle of the workpiece, and then the dreda has two ends. That's why the name has a prefix DE - short for double ended (two-sided).
"Safe" wash once a week. Kanekalon is afraid of high temperatures, because of the hair dryer will have to refuse, as well as from going to the sauna. Dreadlocks of wool / felt when wet, start to smell unpleasant. Some people may have allergies to these materials, therefore, in case of severe itching and reddening of the scalp, safe dreadlocks should be urgently untwisted.