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Origin

One of the universal phenomenon's that have survived the onslaught of time, dreadlock has its origin rooted in the ancient Vedic Hindu culture. In the Hindu mythologies it is described that Lord Shiva took the force off the holy river Ganges coming to the earth on his dreadlock and thus saved the earth from destruction. Historically too the earliest evidence of dreadlock is found around 2500 years BC and have been mostly the favorite hair style of sages and monks.

Following are the ways to create a successful dreadlock:

Pure natural method for making dreads:

Artificial way to make Dreadlocks:

1. Dread wax, metal comb, shampoo and some rubber bands

How to use:

First of all, wash you hair using residue free shampoo and dry them using a hair dryer or let it dry itself by air. Divide your hair into sections of 1*1 inch and use rubber bands to hold these 1*1 sections. Now, start backcombing of hair one section at a time and remove the rubber bands. This will ensure that dreads loops are being formed. After finishing backcomb, tie a rubber band on the top and on the root of the section. Add dread wax to it and roll your hair. Repeat this process for all the sections.

2. Ingredients Required: Dread wax, brush with soft bristles, rubber bands and shampoo.

How to use:

First of all, wash you hair using residue free shampoo and dry them using a hair dryer or let it dry itself by air. Then use a brush having soft bristles and rub it around your head in clockwise direction. Once you see the dreadlocks are being formed then add a little bit of wax to each of the dread loop or dread ball formed.

3. Ingredients required: dread head wax and synthetic hair

How to use:

To make dreadlocks using this method you will have to buy synthetic hair from a saloon or a store and then dread the hair using backcomb method. Finally, clip the synthetic dreads on your hair and your dreadlocks are ready.