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#26
Old 06-26-2010, 02:39 PM

A good way to get an idea for how you would look with dreads is to have your hair braided in the thickness that you'd want your dreads to be in.

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Old 06-26-2010, 05:36 PM

i have dreads(waist length)
people have so many misconceptions about them its crazy
but most of it comes from caaucasions try and achieve the style using crazy techniques
african americans can get them easily by sectioned there hair off and twisiting them
eventually they bud and turn into a tightly coiled twist(dread)
when there hair grows they have to take the un-dreaded hair and twist it.
its like layers
i wash my hair 1x a week(no need to wash it constantely because your scalp is always exposed and its actually a cleaner hairstyle than regular hair)
they never smell
and from what i hear look good on me

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Old 06-26-2010, 06:07 PM

Eww.. I hate them :/
I find that I cant pull them off... and even if I could? Still - Eww.
Something about them just throws me off... it just bothers me insanely.
It makes me shudder - again, even if you pull them off, I don't like them.
Its just not anywhere near my personal taste... :/
I don't really hate them - and Im not going up to people with them and being like "Eww, your hair makes me want to gouge out my eyes... and then stomp on them." I am friendly and all with people with them... I just wont touch it... and try not to look at it.

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#29
Old 06-26-2010, 06:23 PM

I generally like them. Newton Faulkner really sold them for me. He looks amazing with them. I doubt i'd be able to pull them off myself, not that i'm overly inclined to try. I don't think they suit girls as much.

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Old 06-26-2010, 06:50 PM


here, i think this should answer some questions

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#31
Old 06-26-2010, 07:11 PM

It's only ok on black people. It just doesn't look good on white people and white people hair is harder to dread. As to touching them, it depends on the dread type, if it's small braids that frizzed out, that's cool, because they can wash it. If it's real dreadlock with the locking glue, no, because it's greasy.

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Old 06-26-2010, 07:52 PM

Real, healthy dreads don't use locking glue, because its just like putting glue in your hair. YOu should never put glue in your hair. Not a lot of White people can pull it off but I did, and Some people can. I like them because they are as I;'ve said--a commitment, and they're beautiful if they're taken care of. I hate the fake dreads (lockign glue, wax...etc) because they are greasy looking, and when you touch them they feel like sticks. My ex girlfriend had dreads, and she looked amazing with them. I never let mine grow out past 3 weeks before I decided otherwise. I figured that my hair needed to be longer, because my hair is to my shoulders, and when I back-comb it and all that, it comes to my ears......So before I go about letting them be dreaded out--again, I'm going to let my straight-ness grow to my back.

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Old 06-26-2010, 07:55 PM

No offense, but I hate dreadlocks. I'm one of those people who's really obsessive about hair. I like hair to be as shiny and soft as one can possibly make it, and just about cry when people ruin their hair. That's not to say dreads ruin hair! It just doesn't look very soft or pretty.

There are a rare few who can pull them off well, but the numbers are too thin for most people to be able to consider getting them with my approval.

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Old 06-26-2010, 07:59 PM

That's understandable. While I love dreadlocks, I adore soft and shiny hair too.:]

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Old 06-26-2010, 08:29 PM

IMO, certain guys can make dreadlocks look cool.. At the same time, they can also look awful on some people.

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Old 06-27-2010, 02:36 AM

Personally, don't care for dreadlocks at all. I can't really recall one time in which I've seen them on a person and been "Well, that looks ok." I just can't find anything attractive about them. :/

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Old 06-27-2010, 03:09 AM

I find a lot of people actually look very attractive with genuine dreads. It's very tecchy.

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Old 06-27-2010, 07:44 PM

For. The. Win. When people can pull them off, anyway. :)
I think it's a clever use of hair that is quite different and makes people stand out. I like stuff like that. But likeother people have said it can look really horrible on some people.

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Old 06-27-2010, 08:50 PM

I absolutely love dreads!! I want dreads myself, but I'm not sure if I could pull them off sadly :(

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Old 06-27-2010, 11:59 PM



I really like dreads. I've got some in the back of my head and I love them to bits, my friend who has a full head of dreads did them by using just backcombing and a crochet hook. There's five long, thick ones, and another five shorter ones on top because I had this weird long-in-the-back haircut. The shorter ones look a little odd, but I'm hoping they'll look better when they've grown a bit more.
They all look a mess at the moment though, I'm still working on finding someone to fix them for me since I'm home for the summer, away from my friend, and I can't do it myself.
Here's a picture that's a couple months old, the rest of my hair is a bit of a mess and you can't see them properly, but it's the best I have. I'm going to get a better one as soon as I've had someone fix them up a bit, the root is such a mess. And if people have good tips on maintaining, I'd love some, I've only had them for a couple of months so I'm a complete newbie. I'm washing them with shampoo and someone told me to rub the base of them to prevent so much tangling when they grow out, which I'm doing now.

While I like dreads on all kinds of people, most of the time when I've seen a person with dreads who's made me go 'Woah!', it's been white people.. I guess it's just because it's a bit unusual. And maybe because I reaaaally like burning red and bright blonde dreads. Mmmm.



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#41
Old 06-28-2010, 12:14 AM

I have to admit that I love them.
I'd never damage my own hair that way, but it think that dreadlocks are a very strong fashion statement. If you have the courage to wear them, then I'm behind you 100%. :lol:

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Old 06-28-2010, 12:47 AM



It's not damaging if you take good care of them. But I guess it's not for everyone. I recommend it though, somehow it's boosted my confidence, and it's always a good ice breakers since people are not as afraid to come up to you and comment on your hair since people usually have questions about them or whatever.. or, like in the video on the page before, they just want to touch them. This one friend of mine loves the smell of dreadlocks so he always asks people if he can smell them. :lol: He has some himself, so it's a little less freaky, but still..



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#43
Old 06-28-2010, 12:51 AM

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I have to admit that I love them.
I'd never damage my own hair that way, but it think that dreadlocks are a very strong fashion statement. If you have the courage to wear them, then I'm behind you 100%. :lol:
dreadlocks is the least damaging hairstyle
it actually promotes healthy hair
thats why it doesnt take long for people to get really long hair with them.
wearing your hair regularly is more damaging than anything

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#44
Old 06-28-2010, 01:05 AM

Huh, thanks guys. I never knew that before!

Since people always talk about having to cut their dreadlocks out, I assumed that it was because the hair itself became damaged.

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#45
Old 06-28-2010, 01:16 AM

I saw this guy with GORGEOUS dreads at a show I went to. I decided to be a creep and touch them when he wasn't looking :lol:

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Old 06-28-2010, 02:47 AM



Knerd, ever tried brushing out/untangling a dreadlock? Unless it's very flimsily done, it's a lot easier to just cut it off. :lol:



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#47
Old 06-28-2010, 03:15 AM

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Knerd, ever tried brushing out/untangling a dreadlock? Unless it's very flimsily done, it's a lot easier to just cut it off. :lol:


Exactly, that's why I had just assumed that dreadlocks would be damaging.

It isn't as if you can easily wash them out and have shiny locks after a few days. :lol:

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#48
Old 06-29-2010, 01:25 AM

I think it depends on how they accomplish their dreads for them to be appealing or not. Certain people also just look better than others do with them. There was a girl at my school who had dreadlocks, and they really suited her. Unlike some people, hers were clean, as well. Rather than being greasy and gross, like some... They looked spiky. o 3o

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#49
Old 06-29-2010, 02:25 PM

I personally love dreads, even though I can't commit to them myself. XD I have several friends who have dreads, and I've always thought it'd be awesome to have them and decorate them with random stuff. XP

It's definitely a huge commitment, and that's mainly why I never had them. I did make fake dreads in college with some hair wax and some backcombing, but that's about as far as I want to go when it comes to dreads on my own head. Plus, my hair's all thin and only slightly wavy. I think I'd have a hard time making dreads anyways.

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#50
Old 06-29-2010, 05:08 PM

On some people it's FTW and on others it's deff a GTFO. I think it also has more to do with attitude than looks as well.

 


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