I have not publicly worn my locs out yet but I do take care of them. Use your preferred treatment for pain relief as needed.portrait of a couple in love image by studio vision1 from At the root of the dreadlock phenomenon is the idea that when hair is left alone, over time it will tangle and become matted in sections. If you comb out your dreads, you can keep your hair the same length, but it may take a couple of days to do. How about you? Just wanted to add…I’m two years into my second set of locks and finally settled. You can apply some light gel on the loose hair as you work it in as you twist it around in a clockwise direction.Retwisting can be done in either direction, either clockwise or counterclockwise. Looks like it demands a lot of attention and care, more than a normal hair routine. However, to make dreadlocks does not require much more than residue-free shampoo, dreadlock wax, and your patience.

From all the reports I receive from readers of this blog as well as from friends off the blogosphere, I have a list of jaunts to check out as soon as I get back to Nairobi. Wash your dreadlocks using a residue-free shampoo. You don’t need to worry about it, because hair extensions are here to help. More on that on email.

Miracle leave in conditioner, an oil, an essential oil and water into a spray bottle and spritz when needed.You know, you are not the first to tell me that plain water and oil is all that’s necessery to grow nice healthy locs. If you’re in TZ the salon I went to was down wind from the Mayfair (big mall) in Micocheni before you get to Mwinyi’s house. Is that where you started your locs? With the basic step-by-step process of twisting dreadlocks and applying wax you should be able to complete your whole head in two to eight hours depending on hair length.Wash your hair with shampoo, but do not apply any conditioner. Pull from the scalp away from the head. Three months later I tried again, upon which I tried the self maintenance stunts – THAT didn’t work out – at one point I washed the hair and could no longer find the twists as the hair was all tangled up – so basically I had to start over YET again, and this time I just tried to go to the salon whenever I needed a touch up; when I balked at spending the money at the salon, my sister, who has kept dreads for five years or so, helped me re-twist them.As we speak, I have some decent looking locks – about eight months ago I decided to get bigger ones by sewing two or three together, and I really love the size now, although they do not stay neat as long as smaller ones!Perhaps what nags me a little sometimes is the limited variety of things one can do with locks – I hear that one can find all kinds of funky ways to dress locks up on the internet but I have yet to go there – perhaps I am not that nagged – I am just happy I don’t have to give ANY thought to hair for weeks at a stretch, and if I have a special function or something, I just make sure I have them professionally done the day before, and then make sure I have some nice make up on What I would say about successfully growing locks is that one needs a lot of patience and 100% commitment!

However, as your hair never stops growing, you will need to add them to the locks by retwisting it. Whether you are having long or short hair, it could work effectively. Hehehehe….Way to go, girl! Twisting and re-twisting. It is also so soft its realy naging. OR, be 100% fed up with processed hair AND have unmanageable natural hair (like me) – I think all these factors combined made me stick with it. The loose hair is wrapped around the loc, from the root, palm-rolled and leave it to dry twisted.You need to spin the loc until it creates enough tension to compress it. How to retwist dreads? Cutting your dreads off is the easiest and fastest method, but will reduce your hair's length. 2. You may have to wet the hair to help get the knots out.