Simple, if you want spiritual natty dreads (natural dreads) then simply dont cut your hair and dont use a comb and dont use residue leaving shampoo. My hair is only about two inches long and following that method i can already feel it beginning to work. Whatever you do avoid wax and chemicals, those arent natural. The whole point of dreads is to make a pact with jah and to denounce vanity (also it looks like the mane of a lion, lion of judah etc...) The best person to ask is 'SoaringEagle'