How can I put dreads on a wig?

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How can I put dreads on a wig?

Post by xxdollfacexx » Sun Apr 26, 2009 10:27 am

I was looking around and I saw these amazing dreads that this girl put onto a wig.
Does anyone have a tutorial?
I wanna know how to make something like this.
Can you please help me? :3

This is one of the girls wigs.

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Re: How can I put dreads on a wig?

Post by luvplacebo » Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:57 am

Thats one of ls sevens wigs, i'm pretty sure she sews the dreads onto the wig
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Re: How can I put dreads on a wig?

Post by [[Violet.Nightmare]] » Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:16 pm

You can sew them on or use cable ties. Either way is good
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Re: How can I put dreads on a wig?

Post by OrangeMicol » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:33 am

LS seven's dread style is very organic and tentacle-y. super amazing. You could just ask her directly how she attaches the dreads to the wigs...

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Re: How can I put dreads on a wig?

Post by IKickShins » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:52 am

I don't know how LS Seven makes her wigs, but in general, there are two ways you can go about it:

Dread the wig hair (obviously you'll need to use a kk wig for this), then add more dreads to fill in the gaps.

OR

Thread kk onto the wig and backcomb it with the wig hair, then dread it. You will still have gaps in the end and will need to add extra dreads to fill them in, but you won't need to add as many as with the above method.

As far as the texture goes, you're going to want to wrap and/or braid bits of hair around your dreads to get the right look.

Honestly though, I'd recommend ordering one directly from her if you can, because her work is awesome :)
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Re: How can I put dreads on a wig?

Post by MissAnthropik » Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:22 pm

or some people attach the dreads to a wig in the same way you would to a head (ie braid them on). But you may find that leaves gaps, so you could then have to sew dreads into the gaps, or sew weft on to the wig base and dread it, or thread hair through the wig base and dread it
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Re: How can I put dreads on a wig?

Post by Lilinth » Sat May 02, 2009 6:25 pm

i use SEs and sew through the loop onto the wig net...a bit like attaching a giant dreaded button :D
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