First try at fat dreadies

.::CirCuit::. · Post by **.::CirCuit::.** » Tue May 17, 2011 12:39 am

Ok so I usually wear pretty thin to medium dreads (usually no more than the width of a sharpie) but lately I have wanted to try some thick puffies! I came up with these so far but my problem is the colors do NOT want to seal together D= I back combed quite a bit and I have sealed them now twice.... any suggestions? I would love some critique on the sealing and how they look overall please!!

Up close

And this last one has a normal (sharpie width dread) thrown in for comparison.

Any and all opinions are welcomed! Please spare no feelings! Thank you lovelies

Librarynerd · Post by **Librarynerd** » Tue May 17, 2011 1:50 am

Those are fantastic!!! I love fat dreads. Your taper is perfect.

How dense/heavy are they? My problem making thick dreads is they get REALLY dense and hard, and weight a ton.

.::CirCuit::. · Post by **.::CirCuit::.** » Tue May 17, 2011 2:12 am

surprisingly they are not that dense or heavy... they are pretty soft but still much heavier than I guess a "normal" sized dread?

thank you for the nice comment =D

UrbanHairDesigns · Post by **UrbanHairDesigns** » Tue May 17, 2011 2:28 am

These look absolutly amazing and flawless. Great colors.

..::AtomicLox::.. · Post by **..::AtomicLox::..** » Tue May 17, 2011 2:44 am

Those are absolutely beautiful, honestly. Gorgeous taper, and I love the texture your particular movement of twisting creates. Some colors are just harder to seal... it looks like you may be using a few of those, but the seal doesn't look too terrible from the pictures!

.::CirCuit::. · Post by **.::CirCuit::.** » Tue May 17, 2011 3:22 am

the colors seal nicely... to themselves. they are coming apart where the two colors meet =( It's extremely frustrating. I will try another round of steaming on them to see if that helps... or maybe boil them?

thank you for the compliments!

Couture_Coiffure · Post by **Couture_Coiffure** » Tue May 17, 2011 3:26 am

Perhaps try backcombing the two colors together slightly? You might wind up with a bit of a swirl/marble effect, but could also get them to seal better.

..::AtomicLox::.. · Post by **..::AtomicLox::..** » Tue May 17, 2011 8:29 am

You could also try stabbing through a few times with a felting needle!

iddylove · Post by **iddylove** » Tue May 17, 2011 7:28 pm

wow very nice. felting needle definitly sounds like a good idea to remedy your problem though. but honestly, if theyre not coming undone by themselves, i wouldnt worry to much about it.

trippytroll · Post by **trippytroll** » Tue May 17, 2011 9:22 pm

they look extremely lushous, and i would say use a felting needle too, thats what i used to do on mine when i made them

IKickShins · Post by **IKickShins** » Tue May 17, 2011 10:48 pm

They look fantastic. I agree with the others about the felting needle. A few good stabs should keep the swirls together

Post by **NirvanaMarie** » Tue May 17, 2011 11:10 pm

They look really awesome! You can't really tell in the pics that they are not sealing together well.

FaerieGirl · Post by **FaerieGirl** » Tue May 17, 2011 11:38 pm

WANT!!!!!
They look beautiful! Gosh, how much hair did you use per dread?! lol

.::CirCuit::. · Post by **.::CirCuit::.** » Wed May 18, 2011 1:19 am

FaerieGirl wrote:WANT!!!!!
They look beautiful! Gosh, how much hair did you use per dread?! lol

Thank you =D

I didn't use that much hair I just backcombed like craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy!

I would say one pack= 5-6 dreads this size.

Is that a lot of hair? lol

.::CirCuit::. · Post by **.::CirCuit::.** » Wed May 18, 2011 1:23 am

thank you for the tips! I will try a felting needle!! they don't really come apart on their own I'm just worried about some damage from day to day wear. They only come apart when I twist them opposite. I received a request for some extra fat falls and I just want to make sure I can actually make them really well before I agree to take the order ya know?

PrettyDreadful · Post by **PrettyDreadful** » Wed May 18, 2011 1:54 am

Zombiæ · Post by **Zombiæ** » Wed May 18, 2011 2:22 am

I would buy such a set!

.::CirCuit::. · Post by **.::CirCuit::.** » Wed May 18, 2011 4:23 am

Thank you all!!

I am going to put some steam on them again and if it works I will make a full set!

SdSiNthetics · Post by **SdSiNthetics** » Wed May 18, 2011 6:51 pm

lovely colour combo, fat dreads are great

x

MissPlastik · Post by **MissPlastik** » Thu May 19, 2011 12:17 am

ommm nomnomnom...

that be all

.::CirCuit::. · Post by **.::CirCuit::.** » Thu May 19, 2011 1:18 am

you all are so nice!! i will make a few more for a set then post them in the show offs ^.^ you've all boosted me!

toxic trish · Post by **toxic trish** » Fri May 20, 2011 7:23 am

i really like the these and how they taper so dramatically and the ends look well sealed.

MedusasDreads · Post by **MedusasDreads** » Fri May 20, 2011 5:20 pm

Those are gorgeous!

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