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Knotty Boy FAQs
.: Starting Dreads
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Before You Dread.....
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My son has baby fine, thin light brown hair with a wave curl, 4 inches long. After bleaching his hair, he was ready for dreadlocks. The hairdresser we went to said his hair was good texture & length for the dread locks. She sectioned hair in 1/2 inch squares, total of 61, split each square in two, twisted it with beeswax, used a salon product on it and shaved up to ears at back. He loved it! But before we got home, we drove 2 hours looking for beeswax because the twists were untwisting! We finally found a salon that sold us Walnut Bees Wax, she also told us we didn't have dread locks, we had twists and we would have to twist and wax everyday. So 1/2 hour each morning I am twisting & waxing. Thru the night with a stocking, the wax wears off at the pillow area, and untwists but the top of head does not make contact, so the beeswax is still there but twists still undo. So now that I know we have twists, am I going to be twisting and waxing my life away every morning at 6am for 1/2 hour? When the new growth of light brown hair grows in under the squared teased spot, how is it that this becomes teased? Your dread wax seems harder. With using your wax will it give us staying power for the twists, and less greasy shine & less redoing the twists? (My wax is soft but not runny and the twists remain soft.) DREADS, TWISTS, LOCKS, BRAIDS - are these 4 different hairstyles?
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8-24-2006
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Knotty Boy Salon Questions
Before You Dread.....
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