Frequently Asked Questions

The easiest way to wash your dreads is to mix a little shampoo and water in a bottle and wash your scalp with it. Then rinse well, wrap the dreads in a towel to soak up the water (no rub!) and then just let them dry on their own. Do not use hair conditioner or a hair dryer on Dreads and Braids please. 

When you have only part of your hair braided, separate your hair from the set and wash, dry and style it as usual and dread with braids as described above. 

This is easiest done by tilting your head forward so that the free part of your hair hangs down and the dreads are gathered at the back in a bundle or any other convenient way. 

After you take of the dreads, you can put them in a wash bag and wash them in a washing machine on a light regime at 30 degrees, adding a little detergent and conditioner. Or by hand, as long as you rinse them well. Then just let them hang and dry. 

If you want to freshen up the set, you can neatly trim the sticking out hairs of dreads and braids. Smooth out the ends with a styler or straightener. It is important to know that most of the sets are made of material that cannot be straightened directly with an iron, but only through a damp cloth or tissue, otherwise it will melt. Watch the video please 

If your set has curls, please read the curl care guide.

If your dreadlocks come with curls, for the first week after installation, you should separate them 1-2 times a day with your hands, moisturizing them at the same time. You can do this with wet hands or by spraying with a pulvilizer. It is necessary to separate them from other strands and dreads for a few days, so that they take their shape and keep it for a long time.

It is even better if you prepare a curl care formula. Dilute 10-15g of conditioner in 150-200ml of water in a sprayer, mix well and you can use this compound instead of water to care for your curls.

At night, the curls should be braided into one or two braids to prevent them from tangling during sleep.

The ends of synthetic dreads are likely to lose their original form of wear time - unlike natural hair, synthetic hair eventually becomes dreads itself. To make them smooth again, you can use curling iron, but only with a damp cloth so as not to melt the plastic hair. Or steamer without damp cloth. You can do it while still wearing it, the main thing is to be careful not to get burned. Below is a link to the video, where I show how to straighten the ends and what else you can do with them. @deadcatdreads_

Like any other interaction with the living human body, braiding has its own contraindications.

Here are the main ones:

☠️ Alopecia, all forms of focal alopecia

☠️ Chronic skin diseases: psoriasis, neurodermatitis

☠️ Seborrhea, eczema, pediculosis, dermatitis

☠️ frequent headaches, migraines

☠️ pustular skin diseases

☠️ Scalp injuries, sunburns, fresh scars

☠️ Unhealed aesthetic modifications: tattoos, microdermals, piercings

☠️ Recent or pending medical surgeries

⠀Warn your hairdresser if you have moles and scars on your head that need to be treated with caution.

Some contraindications, can be rather classified as non-strict. For example, I have suffered from neurodermatitis on my head since childhood, and at an older age I started suffering from chronic migraines. But that doesn't stop me from practically wearing dreadlocks all the time, having picked the right treatment shampoo and pills. 

Temporary dreads are a great thing and completely harmless, but there are situations to watch out for.

DE - Double Ended - when 1 dread fold in half and you get two ends (dreads)

SE - Single Ended - 1 dread with a loop. How do you install it on your head?

The advantage of DE over SE is less braiding, but more dreads, more volume, and better coverage of the partitions.
SE are good when the head is braided partially or, for example, to extend natural dreadlocks.

For the entire head, you will need 55DE (60DE for the very thick hair) Double Ended dreads or 80-100SE - Single Ended dreads.

45-50DE for normal hair (70-80SE)

40-45DE - if you want to leave your bangs unbraided.  

Mohawk/ Undercut/Shaved Temples - 25-30DE (35DE for thick hair) or 50-60SE dreads.  

For the back of the head 5-25DE (5-30SE) - depends on the desired volume.

The same instructions with pics you can see at the Custom Order page.

Email me at info@dcdreads.com to discuss your order and then I will send you a personalized invoice to place your order.

I can't give you an exact price for your unique set of dreads before we discuss all the details. You can be guided by the prices of similar sets in the Catalog, but the price may be higher if the set is significantly different from what you might call a typical set.

Please, let me know next information:

🕸 what colors you want? Any color is possible.

🕸 solid colors or with color transitions (see examples in the photo)

🕸 the type DE (Double Ended) or SE (Single Ended) and quantity
(If you're having trouble choosing a quantity, see the description below or message me)

🕸 length (note that the transition in 3 colors does not allow for short lengths - 16-18 inches (50-55cm) is optimal)

🕸 do you want to add braids and how many of them?
For example, if you are ordering 45pcs and wishing to add 10 braids i will make 35 DE dreads + 10 DE braids

🕸 do you want to add fishtails?

🕸 what decorations you want?

For example:
- you choose textured dreads 45DE 28-30 inches and want them black to white ombre with black braids 10 pcs
- you choose 55DE 24-26 inches from burgundy (red) to light grey.

All photos in our store are examples of what is possible.
There may be some color differences which are due to the different monitor settings.

I use 100% high quality, time-tested kanekalon for our sets. It is a hypoallergenic synthetic fiber dreads of which can be used many times and can be recycled if desired.