20 tedious beauties: fashion fades, memories remain (20 photos)

Today you rarely see a once fashionable attribute in hairstyles - dreadlocks. Today, few people are interested in this, dare I say it, art - making real “nests” out of hair. attracting with their unusualness and undoubtedly beauty.





Dreadlocks, dreadlocks, locks (English dreads) - a similar name is used for a hairstyle consisting of tangled strands of hair



In the 1930s, dreadlocks became a distinctive feature of representatives of the Rastafarian subculture in Jamaica, and in the 1960s, the wave of popularity of Rastafari and dreadlocks itself covered the whole world - all thanks to the legendary Bob Marley and other reggae music performers.



There are a huge variety of dreadlocks: safe dreadlocks (de-dreadlocks), dreadlocks ja) and dangerous dreadlocks (natural), men's dreadlocks and women's dreadlocks (there is practically no difference), short and long dreadlocks, artificial dreadlocks and natural dreadlocks.



Artificial dreadlocks are made using kenakelon (artificial strands).





Dangerous (natural) dreadlocks are matted braids made from your own (natural) hair. They are worn for more than a year if correction is performed in a timely manner. This variety is very difficult to unravel, but it is possible.



Industrial dreadlocks are a type of natural braids, but with a braided frame made of thin wire or string.



D.E (Double Ended) - have a double end. Kanekalon is attached to the hair in a figure eight pattern.



S.E (Single Ended) - single end.



Double dreadlocks (spiral) - such locks begin to be woven from their own strands. Next, Kanekalon is woven into them step by step, connecting them in a spiral.



Permanent dreadlocks are made wavy, which looks interesting and original.



Nepalese dreadlocks or felt dreadlocks are pulled over your own strands like covers.



Locks are washed approximately once every 10 days, not more often. The first month it is better to do this even less frequently. Do not use balms and softening shampoos, they spoil the structure.





It is better to remove artificial locks every 2-3 months and replace them with new ones. Dreadlocks that begin to “grow together” need to be carefully separated with your hands from time to time.