How To Start Dreadlocks With Long Hair

Hey guys in today's video, I'm gon na show you how to start in dreadlocks with long hair. My hair is about 14 inches and I do have a high-top fade of just long curly hair, if you guys do remember, actually, is to have dreadlocks. So it's gon na be pretty interesting, restarting the process, but in today's video, I'm literally just gon na pull my hair down, wet it really good, and then I'm going to get my sections and then twist my hair with my fingers. I don't believe I'm gon na be doing comb calls today, I'm mostly just going to be using my fingers and to tell you the truth: I'm not gon na be using any product, but if you were to use products, I would recommend using the jamaican mango a Line walking gel and the reason I'm not using products, because my hair is long and it's gon na hold a little bit better than if you were to have. You know shorter hair with shorter hair. You would typically want to use a locking gel, and my favorite overall is the jamaican mingle inline, which I'll link down below, but since we're talking about the products, I'm using, I'm also going to be using this spray bottle. Now this is my favorite spray bottle, just because it like sprays really long. So it gets a lot of coverage and I'm also gon na be using a rat tail comb, and I like this one because it has a metal tip at the end of the comb. And this is for me to get my separations and possibly do comb coils with this, if I'm not doing finger coils, but both of these will be linked down below as well, and that's basically all I'm gon na be using, but, like I said you would want To use to make a mingle on line blocking gel if your hair is a little shorter, I mean you can't even use it on longer hair, but in today's video I'm gon na do it without using any products. So say you wanted to start today and you didn't have time to go to the store or order any product or you don't even have money to do it. You could honestly just use the products that I'm using in today's video, but I would definitely recommend the shorter hair use, locking gel or if you want it to start working immediately, use locking gel so right now, I'm just gon na take my hair down. Also we're going to mention my favorite hair ties. These are thicker hair ties and they work really well, I'm a link these down below as well. Just because there are my favorite hair ties and I always get these ones. So this is what my hair is looking like right now, it's pretty messy washed it a couple days back. I actually went swimming in the ocean not too long ago as well, but you can see. How are you really curly right now looks actually pretty interesting if it wasn't as frizzy. Well, I'm gon na go ahead and take my glasses off, so I don't get them too dirty. Then I'm just gon na start out by wetting there and then gathering my sections. So the biggest thing you want to do is just make sure that your hair is fully saturated and you don't have to use a spray bottle. You can like shower and wait your hair, but I'm just doing this so that I can show you guys on film. So my hair is wet. I'M running my fingers through my hair. My hair is detangled that typically stated to tangled as long as I to tangle it and then pull it up. But you definitely don't want your hair to be super tangled up wire to open this whole process, because it's gon na be hard to get your sections and then, at the same time, it's going to be hard to even twist the hair. If it's combined with all this other hair, now I'm just going to get my Center part and when I'm doing this, I'm not trying to get like perfect sections cuz, I don't like I mean when I had my dreadlocks first, I didn't have perfect sections on, like The way that looked but a big pointer is that your dreadlocks are gon na be sectioned. However, you section them the first time, but if you can bind dreadlocks, then it will look different. But, however, you want your sections to be. This is how you make them right here, because I typically don't change after you have established the dreadlocks, so I'll go ahead and get this Center one real quick! Now that I got the middle section out of the way I'm gon na start doing what's called braking. That'S where you stack the sections as if they're bricks, so that they lay down flat versus stacking on top of each other, so I'm gon na do each side by themselves, so we'll go ahead and pull this side up now that you have this side to work With its gon na make it a whole lot easier to manage that area, I'm sweating the hair again to let it stay saturated. Okay. Now I'm just gon na get this first section. I'M gon na make a pretty decent sized sections note this first one you have to follow your hairline follow all the way down to where your hair stops. Okay, so you can see where I have this section off right here and it matches my hairline really well. So I'm just gon na brush through it really quick. So now that I have this, I'm gon na go ahead and do two sections right here. I'Ll tell you the truth. This is gon na be the longest part, especially with maintain dreadlocks. It'S just getting this sectioning comb, i -- q, that's gon na be the longest process, so now that I got that I'm just gon na gather all the roots and make sure to comb them out, so that all the air is in there. Alright, now that we got that, I'm gon na put I'm gon na twist. All of these clockwise I'm just going in and literally just twisting and like I said I would do comb coils, but I actually just want to do these with my fingers, and this is gon na hold the separation very well yeah. So that's what that's gon na look like, and this does just typically look like a finger quo like if you to do finger coils or comb coils. Even what happens during the drilling process is that this hair will bud up and then it starts to tangle and then it'll lock up. So it's the whole process of getting close-up, budding up and then locking up. So it's a three-step process and it takes a couple months for this whole process to take place. But at the same time, if you wanted to after doing this, you can immediately go into crochet hooking and have a crochet hook right here. I'Ll leave a link to a crush needle down below, and I use the size. 12 / 1.00. After you get your section like how I did right now and did a twist. You can go on and instantly lock up your dreadlocks, but if you want to enjoy the process, just go ahead and leave it like this and then you make sure that they stay in their sections. Now that I got that one, I'm gon na start on the next one and your hair to be slightly damp so that it can hold since you're not using any product. But if you are using product. Obviously, you want to make sure that it's damp as well and then apply the product mostly at the root, then distribute it throughout the length of the hair while you're twisting it. But now, if that's a damp, it should hold it in really well, you can see how this one's holding, so I'm just gon na go ahead and start with this one is I'm literally just literally wrapping my finger around it like this, and I'm just doing it Over and over again so that it tightens up just try your best to not pull in any of the other loose hair in one way you can do is I do the twist and then grab it with your opposite hand, so that you can keep that twist And keep it tight and you want it to go all the way down to the roof as tight as possible, and, like I mentioned earlier, if you have locking Jill, I would recommend you use it, but if you don't have it, it's not necessary, mostly because these Will hold a whole lot better, alright, so there's those two and it's gon na look a whole lot better after I finished up with everything, so I'm just gon na repeat this whole process with the rest of my head, so I'm gon na go in and get My section of hair okay, so I got that section of hair I'll, throw this back again now in this, where I'm showing you how to start your dreadlocks with basically using no products whatsoever, but another product that you can use. That will help out a whole lot with this process is using duct clips and duck lips will basically hold the roots together. So like with the two that I already started. If I were to Det clip those together, the roots would hold a little bit better and it would have a better result in the end. But if you're not using any products like, I said you can just do it, how I'm doing it you'd be perfectly fine. Just got ta be patient it. I am gon na pull back this extra set of hair just because it does kind of get in the way. Okay. So I was going to go ahead and brick this section, but I'm actually not I'm going to do two dreadlocks with this section as well, but I will go over slightly so that they are heated now just saw the twisting process again. One thing you want to be aware of is like, however, you twist an RV lay it down is kind of on the dreadlocks are gon na lay for a while. You see how these ones are the front hanging down forward, and that's just because of how I laid them down now time to just keep on working my way back, I think I can make two or three more sections with this hair. Okay, guys, I finished the right side of my head and you can see how it looks now. One thing that you'll notice is that you can't really see this sections too well, and this is what I'm saying about using products. If you use Jamaican mingle and I'm locking gel it will help you get that section. A whole lot better and it'll be more visible. At first, but one thing is, is like these are all gon na lock up the same, just as if you were to use locking Joe walking Joe is one of those things. That'S not really a permanent solution to locking up your hair. It'S one of those things that temporarily holds your hair so that it looks good over the time of you getting your dreadlocks. But if you use no products, your hair will naturally lock up a whole lot easier versus having build-up and anything like that. But if you want your hair to appear to look a lot better during the whole process, then use locking John, I would recommend using my favorite, which is Jamaica, mingle, nut and locking Joe what you guys. I'M gon na finish this side of my head and try to even it out and then I'll show you guys what it looks like when it's completely finished. Okay, guys, I just finished doing all these starter locs and I'm not gon na lie. They look really cool. Reminds me a lot of when I had my dreadlocks, which really cool, seeing my hair like this, and I think it's even better now that I have the tapered hair line. I think it just ties everything and a whole lot better and, like I said guys, they are pretty messy, but the good thing about it is like dreadlocks over time. It'S like it all it is, is just your hair, knotting up and then locking together. So if it looks messy or if it looks frizzy that all is going to tighten up over time, especially with being patient, the main ingredients to dread is being patient. I don't care anybody, tells you. If you plan on having good-looking dreadlocks, the best thing to have is patience, one thing that you notice is that the dreadlocks appear very thick and I'll, be truly honest with you is that I think these are gon na turn on really well. As long as you allow them to lock up, because eventually the user will lock up and they will be tighter, they're, not gon na be as thick and I'll break down the process to you really quickly on how everything's gon na lock up so we'll take the Tip, for instance, you can see that it's still just a curl and it looks like just a comb coil or a finger coil what's going to happen is this eventually is going to butt up which basically the hair kind of separates, and then it's going to start To compress, then it'll lock up and then blunt off the tip and eventually it'll work, its way all the way down to the root and that's how dreadlocks lock up a lock from the tip all the way down to the roof. So that's a huge pointer on doing crochet hooking. If you were to crochet hook, your hair make sure you start from the tip work your way down to the root and, like I said earlier, you can't take a crush needle to this right now, if you would like to and get instant dreadlocks, but it just Depends on what kind of dreadlocks you want and get if you want to have dreadlocks that look, maintained and coiled up then stick with this and just wait a couple months and then it'll start to eventually lock up or if you want to instantly lock them up. You don't only care what they look like up, close, go ahead and finish off with the crush needle and your hair will lock up really fast, but here's a quick 360 and I'm super stoked on how this looks actually looks, really good. I'M gon na pull it up for you guys and show you what that looks like. So this actually looks pretty good. You know I mean they're all pulled back and then one thing I cannotice right off. The bat is that these are gon na shrink whole bunch. Just because they are coiled up so if you want to eliminate that shrinkage, I would recommend going in with the crochet hook right after this. But if you don't really care about all the shrinkage, that's gon na happen, then you're gon na be completely fine, but I mean, if you look up close, you can see all the separations now all the way down to the scalp, but you can see where they Are - and they are very invisible, but they are all the way down the scalp. Now they go completely funds that and the cool thing about this is now that I have this sections. I could go for a similar, freeform look and just allow them do whatever they want right now, since they already are sectioned off and to tell you the truth like up close, they look like faux dreadlocks like they look like they were just installed, but it is Just my hair coiled up and they're actually standing in really well, as you can see, I've been pulling it up and pulling it down and it stays in, and it's just how I mentioned in the beginning of the vid, since my hair is longer, it's gon na Have a better hold just because there's so much more link to the hair, but if your hair is shorter, it's gon na be hard to lock it up. If you don't have any gel, so you guys that's today's video. Hopefully you guys really enjoyed it hope. You'Re. Looking forward to this whole little series, I'm doing you guys quick. Another 360 show you that it's still okay, even after pulling it up, but I will tell you this to encourage you just be patient to the whole process and join the way. Her looks today and be okay with it. Don'T worry about what other people think just know that the end is gon na, be better than how it looks at the beginning. But the biggest thing is just to enjoy your hair. How it looks now, because it's gon na look what people like to call ugly or it's gon na, go through an ugly stage, but an ugly stage is all based on your perception, what you think of yourself. So hopefully that encourages you. Hopefully, this soil helped. You all out on how to actually start dreadlocks with longer hair, but I would recommend using the Jamaican mango and lime walking gel and also, if you wanted to get instant dreads like I said you can use a crochet hook. You know all the products that I'm mentioning or that I used in this video are gon na, be linked down below and are on great locs calm, so be sure to go check all that out and then I'll see you guys next time. Hopefully, guys do own amazing day matter of fact have a great day: peace out and God bless