My first Dread ever... what do you think?

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My first Dread ever... what do you think?

Post by VictoriaVWilson » Thu May 26, 2011 7:51 pm

Ok so here is the dread..
the end is not showing in the picture
because i burnt it off not good ....

not really sure on how to do the ends but here is what the rest of it looked like.

the back combing
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the 1st dread
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The 2nd dread
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Re: My first Dread ever... help

Post by los » Thu May 26, 2011 8:03 pm

This looks good for your first try, what are you using to seal?

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Re: My first Dread ever... help

Post by Goffy_lucc » Thu May 26, 2011 8:20 pm

Looks great for a first try! The blend is beautiful!
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Re: My first Dread ever... help

Post by VictoriaVWilson » Thu May 26, 2011 8:29 pm

I just steam them .. and tried to do the end with a flatting iron but that was a bad ideal
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Re: My first Dread ever... what do you think?

Post by toxic trish » Thu May 26, 2011 9:57 pm

the colour combination is lovely and i think your doing well, maybe work on the sealing more than the back combing as i think you have the back combing covered. :)
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Re: My first Dread ever... what do you think?

Post by VictoriaVWilson » Thu May 26, 2011 10:02 pm

ya i think i got the backcombing down :P

but i dont know how to do the ends of the dread
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Re: My first Dread ever... what do you think?

Post by los » Sat May 28, 2011 3:07 pm

Are you just applying the flat iron straight to the dread? that could be why the end got burnt off. Try using a damp cloth/lower heat setting. =]

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Re: My first Dread ever... what do you think?

Post by VictoriaVWilson » Sat May 28, 2011 9:27 pm

I used a wet / damp cloth
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Re: My first Dread ever... what do you think?

Post by Goffy_lucc » Sat May 28, 2011 10:11 pm

That second dread looks great, in fact the end looks perfectly fine to me.
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Re: My first Dread ever... what do you think?

Post by CandySecretion » Sat May 28, 2011 11:11 pm

Love the blend, and they look very good for a first try. I used to do the wet cloth/flat iron for the ends but it's a bit fiddly and I don't care for scratchy ends. Try steaming them, use a pair of needle nose pliers or something similar so you dont burn your fingers and while steaming GENTLY pull the pliers towards your body. Keep an eye on it, you can watch the hair stretch under the steam, if you pull too hard the hair may thin and break, but you can get really nice tapered ends that don't unravel. Hope this helps a little :D

I'd say once you've made a bit more your going to have a really gorgeous set of dreads, so keep at it!
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Re: My first Dread ever... what do you think?

Post by Zombiæ » Mon May 30, 2011 11:01 am

Whoah, your first try? My first dread look like it had been through a shredder, even after sealing! lol I think it looks really smooth and you made a great blend of colours :D Impressive
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Re: My first Dread ever... what do you think?

Post by Kandiihaar » Mon May 30, 2011 12:41 pm

It looks loverly!!!

Looking forward to seing the rest of the set!

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Re: My first Dread ever... what do you think?

Post by SdSiNthetics » Tue May 31, 2011 2:03 am

looks god :) especially for a first, I'd say give it one extra seal though just to wack it up a bit :D x
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Re: My first Dread ever... what do you think?

Post by rivetlicker_ » Tue May 31, 2011 3:17 am

Don't use the elastic for the loop and then they'll be perfect!!!!!!

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Re: My first Dread ever... what do you think?

Post by poxabomination » Tue May 31, 2011 3:39 am

rivetlicker_ wrote:Don't use the elastic for the loop and then they'll be perfect!!!!!!
:lol: :lol: was waiting for this <3 is it elastic though? From the pictures it looks almost like hair or thread maybe?
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Post by filthy_dreads » Tue May 31, 2011 7:04 pm

this second dreads looks perfect :D
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Re: My first Dread ever... what do you think?

Post by rivetlicker_ » Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:00 am

poxabomination wrote:
rivetlicker_ wrote:Don't use the elastic for the loop and then they'll be perfect!!!!!!
:lol: :lol: was waiting for this <3 is it elastic though? From the pictures it looks almost like hair or thread maybe?
Actually, having a closer look at it on the computer (over the iphone), it is hair. NVM!

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Re: My first Dread ever... what do you think?

Post by VictoriaVWilson » Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:41 pm

hehe THANK I am work on ther rest of the set but, need to order more hair lol :)

thank you for the lovely comments... and that is hair not elastic :D
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