The Dreadlock Blog

Do I need to do dreadlocks on all of my hair? 
No you don’t have to do dreadlocks on all of your hair, partial dreadlocks are a great way to have dreadlocks but still keep some of your loose hair. Maybe something for you If you are not ready to go all the way and get a full head of dreads!

Here I have a video for you to look at were I talk about everything that you need to know about partial dreadlocks.

How many times have you heard the story about Bob Marley’s dreadlocks and what they found inside his dreads when he died?

The story is that he had several new beetle species in his dreadlocks when they cut them off (or some kind of insects).
The fact is that Mr Bob did not even have any dreads on his head when he died due to that he was to weak to hold them up.

There are so many different stories that are going around, people usually say that a friend of a friend know a guy or a girl that had a spider living in their dreadlocks, or any other kind of insect.

You might have heard that you use dirt or poo to make dreadlocks? Is there any truth in this?
Well if you are in the Namib Desert in Africa you can find the Himba tribe, the women of this tribe wears dreadlocks and cover their whole body and dreads with a red clay that can be found in the desert.
But apart from tribes in nature reserves in the world you will not find dreadheads that have made their dreadlocks...

Simon had been dreaming of getting dreadlocks for the past 14 years, when he was younger his mom was against it but now Simon had grown out his hair and felt now is the right time.

Yesterday I hold my regular livestream and answerd your questions about dreadlocks. Find the replay here: 

I get loads and loads of questions about dreadlocks every day in my salon, online etc. It seams that alot of people have so many things they are wondering about dreadlocks. So I decided to start doing FAQ about dreadlocks videos for all of you to share my knoallage about dreadlocks after working with dreadlocks for over 18 years.

In this video I will answer:

How often do I need to seperate my dreadlocks at the root and maintain my dreadlocks?

I get questions about dreadlocks on a daily basis, that's why I have started to do live streams every Monday 7pm Swedish time to answer your questions about dreadlocks.

In this video I will answer the following questions and some more:

How can I get my lumpy dreads to become more uniform and straight?

What’s a good marketing technique to get more dreadlock clients?

So i like trimmed the bits that were out of place instead of using a crotche hook to put them back in place? Now those hairs have grown and was wandering if its common and how to fix it?

In the summer I am constantly swimming. Therefore my dreads are wet. I make sure they are completely dry before I lay down or anything like that. But are there any other tips and tricks that I can do to keep their round like form while swimming so often???

Let me know what do you want to learn about dreadlocks?

Last Monday I had my good friend Karen from http://modlocks.com/  to hang out with me on Facebook and Instagram and talk about dreadlocks. Here you can watch the replay. We are chatting about how it is to work as a loctician and about dreadlocks in general. Here you can see the full video of our Facebook live stream.

I’m doing facebook lives every monday at 7pm swedish time and make sure to join me and ask me anything that you want to know about dreadlocks!

The question that I get a lot is how long hair do I need to make dreadlocks? You need minimum 10cm to be able to make dreadlocks with extensions. This is my client Lisa she had dreamt about dreadlocks for a long time but was uncertain will it work on my hair and will I look good in dreadlocks. I would say if you have the longing of dreadlocks then you should go for it! The only thing is to addapt the style so that you feel comfortable in the dreads! Lisa was super exited from the first to the last dreadlock that I make and now is a happy dreadhead!