Lyss C Global

15:50 16th Jul 2011

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Tags: Dreads Michael Franti Bob Marley Reggae Handmade Wood artifacts Candles Incense Mayan coffee table

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Packing up my precious items for Guatemala

20:45 3rd Jul 2011

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Tags: dreads tuxedo party fashion photography couple fancy black tie

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17:15 20th Jun 2011

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Tags: graduation cap world peace peace rasta reggae dreads dreadlocks Georgetown

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Graduation May 2010

16:30 19th Jun 2011

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Tags: dreadlocks cool hippie race gender graph dreads rasta

Coolness of dreadlocks by race & gender

My best friend sent this to me last year!

Subject: because I love you.

My Response: I guess I am a black male cause I am super cool lyyyyy

23:14 14th Jun 2011

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Tags: dreads rasta

si porfa!

21:58 12th Jun 2011

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Tags: dreads dreadlocks backcombing

imagreatcaulker-deactivated2011 asked: Hi Lyss!
Thanks for your answer on my question, but since I'm pretty much no good at styling my hair and my back combing failed.
I have really thick, wavy hair do you think that I could just get natural dreads with it?
Or what do you suggest?
Much Love
Katrina

Hey Again!!

Umm, in my opinion I would not let them form naturally. The only reason is, that I have seen many girls just get a lump of hair in the back of their head where they sleep on a pillow. I would stop using conditioner and stop brushing but would highly suggest going to a stylist for help. Nothing too fancy, just find a stylist or friend, maybe african america, who specializes in braids or cornrows (like the ones you get on vacation in the caribbean). They will be the best resource for separating your hair into designated size dreads, and follow your head-shape to make them even.

So a stylist/friend can help you separate your hair into even sized ponytails (like 60+ depending on size you want - def smaller than the girlies in pic haha) and then help you backcomb the hard to reach areas. Then you can crochet them for hours and hours and have dreadies!!

I hope that helps!!!

☮

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Tags: dreads dreadlocks rasta hair blonde

imagreatcaulker-deactivated2011 asked: Hey Lyss, I had a question if you don't mind answering.

How did you do your dreads and did you use anything to take care of them (ie. products, shampoos?)

If you could answer that'd be amazing :)
Hope your day is great
Katrina

Hi Katrina!! Thanks so much for your question!! I really do consider myself a dread expert, I put so much of my time and energy into my dreads. I had them for 3 years and to be honest, they eventually just go too big, too heavy, and too in the way. I miss them :(

Here is a post I wrote a few months back.

To start dreads - separate, backcomb, then tighten with a crochet hook. I can literally create a tight mature dread in 2 minutes. I originally used WAX, but recommend using NO PRODUCTS, no wax, no gels, no sprays, no nothing. You can have no frizz and no fly-aways if you tightened them each week with a teeny crochet hook. You need to buy a .6 mm crochet hook, they are hard to find so look on the internet. Watch this video on backcombing and using a crochet hook!

I would use an all natural shampoo that has no fragrance, no perfumes, and no additives that would sit inside the dread and rot. Jason, Dr. Bronners, Save your Hair are all good brands. Always rinse out with water really well.

I kept mine very clean and tidy - showering when necessary and crocheting them each week. I have tons of pictures if you want to see just let me know!

I hope this helps, if you need more details or info I am here as a reference!!

Thanks again, talk soon!

Peace,
Lyss

20:01 11th Jun 2011

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Tags: Machu Picchu Peru Ruins Hippie Rasta Dreads Hipster Travel Abroad Backpacking

Near Machu Picchu, Peru

14:12 22nd Mar 2011

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Tags: dreads dreadlocks crochet hook rasta backcombing

gypsay-deactivated20120126 asked: Oh and I adore your dreads. :p ha How long did you have them? and how did you do it? Backcombing?

I had my dreads for about 3 years :( I miss them. I dreaded them when my hair was very long (past my bust) so I had a lot of hair to work with. My hair is stick straight so there was no chance for natural dreads to form even when I stopped brushing and using conditioner, nothing happened. I was living in Baltimore at the time and I called a few salons to see if they had a young hip stylist who was willing to give me an extra hand in separating my hair. I knew I wanted to leave the front bang area straight so I could have some diverse styling and I knew I wanted each dread to be relatively the same size. So I found a young lady who worked with me for about 5 hours to separate and backcomb my hair. I used wax for the first few month but DO NOT recommend that. A few months into my dreads I found out that using a tiny crochet hook was the best way to tighten the dreads, new growth, and tuck in the fly aways. This VIDEO is the one I used at the time because it has a good visual, but there are a tons up now. A crochet hook is really all you need, I can make a hearty mature dread on anyones hair in like 2 minutes backcombing then crocheting it.

This is a pic of me a few days before I dreaded it Feb 2008