How To Install Single Ended Dreads
Materials • • A sturdy comb for backcombing (the comb shown in the pictures is a ) • A tea kettle or steamer for sealing • Pliers or gloves (to hold the ends of the dreads and keep from burning your fingers) Instructions • Section off some kanekalon jumbo braid to make your dread. The amount of hair you section off will depend on how thick you want the dreads to be. A piece that's roughly as big around as a pencil is a good place to start, but you can play around with different amounts to get different sizes of dreads. Try experimenting with different amounts of hair until you find the size that you like. • Now its time to make the loop at the top of the extension. The quick and easy way to do this is to make a lark's head knot or rubber band the hair at the top, but the knots get pretty bulky so I like to do it another way. Separate a small section of hair from what you've already got.
How To Install Single Ended Dreads
How To Install Single Ended Dreads
• Now, while holding the all of the hair securely, wrap the section around the top of the hair to create a loop, then pull the small section through the loop. • Pull the loop tight. You have now formed the top of your extension. This loop will come loose VERY easily at first, but once you backcomb the dread and seal it, it will stay in place. It will take some practice to be able to backcomb the hair without the loop coming loose or the hair ending up uneven.
