If used frequently or in excess, the residue from wax can dry out your locs and cause thinning and breakage. Remove excess wax by heating each dread with a hair dryer and then wrapping a paper towel around the dreads to absorb the excess wax. Follow up with a mild shampoo wash and a warm apple cider vinegar soak to completely remove the residue.
And repeat the process if necessary. To avoid the buildup of using dread wax, use a lighter alternative like a DIY conditioning spray for dreadlocks. Although it is not a crucial aspect of your dreadlocking journey, wax is a useful tool to improve your experience with your locs. The bottom line is use wax if it suits your preferences and if you choose to, use dread wax sparingly. Join 1, people who use our positive lifestyle strategies everyday to make more money, save valuable time, and get ahead!
The small amount that finds it's way into the middle of the dread is all you need. It will stay there, helping the dread compress and lock, until you give it a hot rinse at the end of the month.
You'll only add additional Dread Wax if there is no detectable dread wax in the dreads. The amount to add will vary slightly depending on the thickness of the dreads but for maintenance waxing all waxing after the first waxing when you started them you'll only need a very small amount. See the maintenance waxing page for the exact amount of wax to add for your size dreads.
After waxing always use a hair dryer to melt the Dread Wax in fully and remove any extra wax from the surface. If you've over waxed a paper towel can be used to quickly absorb the extra wax.
After you've melted it in palm roll each dread that was waxed really well. One minute per dread is perfect. This will ensure that the dreads get the full benefit of the wax as they will be able to compress quite a bit. As a sweet smelling bonus you can add a tiny bit of Dread Butta to the surface of the dreads after palm rolling. It will knock out that "freshly waxed tackiness" and make the dreads feel great.
Just put a small amount of Dread Butta on your hands and rub them together like you're applying hand lotion. Then run your fingers through your dreads. This will apply the perfect about of Dread Butta to the surface of the dreads.
This stuff helps you make the hair more malleable. Just apply hair gel onto your tresses and create dreads, you may find it a lot easier than try on dry hair. Using beeswax for dreads Beeswax is a helping hand for cresting dreadlocks. During the early stages, the stickystuff will hold the dreads in place —especially when your hair wants to do anything but that. Wax is terrible. The only way to get dreads is time and patience. Your hair must be allowed to move about freely, and wax inhibits movement and turns them into a candlestick.
Trying to unknot your dreads will cause breakage, loss of hair and unfixable damage. The only way to get a short-term dreaded look is to have a loctician twist your hair with wax to create a similar style that can be washed out. Thick butters and creams can cause build up in your locs and scalp. Results vary from person to person, but overall most people will benefit from avoiding putting coconut oil, shea butter, and thick moisturizing creams on their hair.
These ingredients tend to strip moisture from the inner layers of hair proteins and can potentially damage the cuticle of the hair strands. Covering your dreads will also minimise the attraction of lint. Ideally, you want to minimise lint being attracted to your locks, so sleeping with a silk or nylon headwrap and pillow will minimise the risk of lint getting into your dreadlocks. If your dreadlocks smell like mildew, mold, sweaty gym bag, wet dog, etc.
If your dreads stay damp for too long, mold can start growing inside of them and they will eventually start to stink. This is why it is exceptionally important to ensure that dreadlocks are thoroughly dried after shampooing. Using a towel, or a hair dryer on low heat to avoid heat damage to dry your dreadlocks thoroughly helps to avoid mould and unpleasant smells.
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