Derrys Dready Thready!

went to a wedding yesterday! curled my locks again

 

3 years & 4 months ish, at a semi-local Edwardian house and gardens

 

whoa curly looks awesome!

 

what did you do to curl your dreads?

 

the first time i curled my dreads i did this - http://thegeologyshop.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/curly-dreads.html

the last time (last weeks photos), i washed my hair, and while they were still soaking dripping wet, i group dreads into sections of 3 or 4 dreads, twisted them around each other and then spiralled them into buns. so i ended up with 12 or so buns on my head:




and then three days later i took them out of the buns, and spent a while de-tangling them all, and voila! really fucking crazy, medusa-esque curly locks hurt like hell to sleep on the buns for the first night, but after id gotten used to them it was ok. they were really springy, tres fun

 

And That's Exactly How Life Should Be....



Cheers Glen.

 

looks like fun! i will have to try it one day when i get bored

 

I love the curls how long did it take for them to dry in the buns? i reckon mine would still be wet three days later if they were tied up, haha

 

i did it on the friday, i think they were probably dry by the sunday evening, but i left them in until we had to leave for the wedding on monday lunch time.

my dreads usually take a day to dry, and i did give them a blast with the hairdryer on sunday too. sooooooo probably two days or so

 

cool will have to give it a try

 

thats not too bad then. i think i'd rather sleep with tiny wet buns for two night then it down and wet for one night. i feel like the large surface area of wet hair creates its own yucky humid microcosm overnight.

 

yeah, i hate sleeping with wet dreads. i tend to wash them in the morning so they can dry a bit before bedtime! horrible having a damp pillow

 

I used to always wash my dreads at night- I'd have two towels on my pillow xD I much prefered that than have heavy soggy dreads through the day ><

 

naww see i wash them, then go out.. for a walk, or up my allotment or something, and they dry in the wind

 

Wet dreads and a cool summer's breeze.
That's the stuff that awesome is made from

 

I think drying issues are pretty much the only thing I don't enjoy about dreads. I mean theres the odd little annoyance but drying options are generally: go to bed with them wet; walk around with a wet shirt all day; or tie 7 years of hair up and get neck cramps. Still, its all a walk in the park compared to trying to style hair everyday like a large chunk of the population. If I could just sit and dry in the sun all the time life would be perfect, haha.

 

qft!

 

um, did we forget the blowdryer option?

 

i use a blowdryer after having a towel on for a 1hr works great

 

i dont use a hairdryer, takes too long