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Dead Balling - The Stray Hair Solution

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Loose hair is nothing less than a nightmare for people with dreadlocks and often makes the locks appear neglected. Dread balling dreadlocks is a good method to smooth out loose frizzles from locks and make them look attractive. This is especially useful to tame hair near the roots and towards the center of the locks. 

You may go to a hair stylist for this or try this out at home by yourself. Make sure that the hair is absolutely clean. Now, gather the strayed hair and roll them into the shape of a ball and identify the most closely associated dread to it. This will help you to recognize the dread to which these loose hairs belong. Once you know this, you can knot up the ball and put them into the nearest dread and start rubbing and twisting that dread in a clockwise manner. 

Continue this clockwise movement for a few minutes so that the hair ball attaches well to the remaining dread.  Now, you can put the rubber band towards the root of the dreadlock where you have placed that dread ball. The rubber band should not be very tight but just tight enough to hold the ball with the dread. This is perhaps the best method that is suggested for maintenance of dreadlocks. 

 So, in case you are tired of the untidy look of your dreadlocks, give the dread balling method a try and you will surely not be disappointed! You may also take the help from any of your friends for this method, if you find it difficult to reach out to the locks at the back of your head. Now, get set to rock the party with your ravishing hairdo of neat dreadlocks. You may also consider tying them at the back so that you can easily manage them. 

Palm Rolling Your Dreads For Style

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Don’t you wish to had smooth dreadlocks? Of course, this is one of the earnest desires of people with dreadlocks. Palm rolling is an easy solution that can fulfill their desire. You simply need to palm roll your locks whenever you get free time. The more you do, the more tightened and neat your dreadlocks will appear.

Palm rolling, as the name suggest, is rolling dreadlocks into the palms. This is similar to the way we used to roll play dough into the cylindrical shape during our childhood. The results by this method supersede those of twisting with fingers. Simply catch hold of the dread where you can see loose strands of hair coming out, normally visible near the roots, and palm roll them vigorously.

You can palm roll your locks anytime you feel like but generally it is advisable to do it right after you wash your hair and once you have soaked them with the locking accelerator. As the hair gets dry, you can palm roll them and also work upon it with some dread wax.

Apart from pushing frizzy hair inside, palm rolling is also useful to help your dreadlocks get rid of the unwanted bumps and lumps as this helps to smooth them. Last but not least, palm rolling is a great way to reduce the problem of over waxing. So, do not worry the next time if someone says that your hair shows white wax. Wait! You need not rush to a hairstylist as well. Simply palm roll your dreadlocks and they will just be fine and neat, the way you want them.

Anytime you feel your dreads aren’t looking perfect or that there are many loose hairs, just roll them in your palms and you should be good to go!