Recycled short blue dreads

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Recycled short blue dreads

Post by sally » Fri May 06, 2011 3:33 pm

Hi guys, long time no post from me! I decided I wanted to give curlies a go, so I curled my last set of blue dreads (that I last wore over a year ago, shocking!) and tried to install them (please note, the dreads had to be braided then boiled to make the waves... I tried corkscrew curls but because the dreads are so short they ended up being ridiculous!)

On my head are 36-ish dreads, install is a bit crappy at the back as I am so out of practise (and normally get my mum to do it) Would have uploaded a pic of that too, but have you any idea how hard it is to take a picture of the back of your head? Eeesh!

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So yeah... Has anyone got any bright ideas how to UNCURL these bad boys once I'm done wearing them? hehehehe ;)

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Post by MrsEss » Fri May 06, 2011 3:39 pm

Resteam em, they'll straighten back up or pour boiling water over them.

That blue is gorgeous!
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Post by sally » Fri May 06, 2011 3:48 pm

Good plan! They'll need a fair bit of maintenance after this wearing anyway ;)

The blue of my actual hair is a mix of Directions Midnight Blue and SFX Fish Bowl (scraping the dregs of the blues I had left! heh!) and the purple streak is Directions Plum (which is the devil, and sticks to EVERYTHING... my forehead is still purple under here!)

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Post by Goffy_lucc » Fri May 06, 2011 5:56 pm

What gorgeous colours. And I really like the wavy curls they have too.

They really match your hair, which is awesome.

(also, I have two mirrors in my bathroom just so I can take a photo of the back of my head and see what it looks like. I sound so weird XD)
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Post by I Am The Asylum » Fri May 06, 2011 6:42 pm

These look amazing and I love that blue. :)
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Post by twigletstar » Fri May 06, 2011 7:15 pm

Ooh the blue is lovely :D

And as DSM said, just reseal them straight again :)

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Post by CryptiquesBizarre » Sat May 07, 2011 4:55 am

When I restraightened some of my curlies, I just tried to pull them as tight on both ends as possible when steaming. It got them pretty straight although some are a bit bumpy in some areas but they still straightened out really well. And those colors are lovely!

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Post by Mkatsi » Sat May 07, 2011 7:31 am

YAY dreadies :) they look great! Really cute, and the blue is perfect.

Yeah to re-straighten mine, I just pull em tight and reseal.

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Post by Monique_marion_may » Sat May 07, 2011 11:09 am

Aww wi actually really love the wave! The remind me of the seaaaa

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Post by SdSiNthetics » Sat May 07, 2011 1:14 pm

I really like the wave effect, I'd actually never thought to braid seal my dreads x
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Post by Shedandy » Sun May 08, 2011 3:56 am

Your fringe is amazing
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Post by depechemaid » Sun May 08, 2011 2:10 pm

I love purple and blue together! lovely:)
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Post by trippytroll » Sun May 08, 2011 5:42 pm

so cute and gorgoues colours
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Post by thecutealternative » Mon May 09, 2011 9:31 am

Good to see you back on the board Sal!

Loving the colours, really gorgeous and mermaidy!

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Post by sally » Mon May 09, 2011 8:16 pm

Cheers Kel!

I don't remember any legends about mermaids having such itchy scalps though... sigh! ;)

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Post by HairAndStuff » Tue May 10, 2011 1:52 am

Oooh I love the color of these!
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