However, you can purchase Single Ended or Double Ended extensions to attach directly, similar to my own process. As long as they are synthetic or real human hair, you can cut the bases to make crocheting them in your own dreads possible. For my own hair, I used synthetic hair extensions and a couple real human hair extensions.
- Where To Buy Synthetic Dreads
- How To Install Artificial Dreadlocks
- How To Install Single Ended Synthetic Dreads
- How To Install Synthetic Dreads
- How To Attach Dreadlock Extensions
- Dreadlock extensions vary from a few different kinds of materials. Popular extensions used are usually made from wool, synthetic hair, or 100 percent real human hair.
- KK dreads come in a few different textures. A full install of dreads can be made up of one or more of these, depending on the look you want to go for. Smooth KK dreads – Smooth KK dreads are just that, dreads which are smooth and uniformed. They are sleeker than other textures, and are often quite tight/solid to touch.
Single ended dreads, also known as SE dreads, is a single dread with a loop on one end.
When it comes to installing them into your hair, you take the small section of your own hair, pull it through the loop and braid down,using the dread and separating your hair section into 2 to make the 3 pieces for braiding.
SE dreads lay flatter to your head and give more of a natural dread look, especially if your synthetic dreads match your own natural hair colour.
You typically need 70-100 single ended dreads for a full head install, but this all depends on the thickness of the dread and your own hair.
Here is a video tutorial from Doctored locks on how to install them in your hair, click here.
Where To Buy Synthetic Dreads
Double ended dreads, also know as DE dreads, are basically 2 dreads in one. It is one dread but with two ends. When installing them you fold the dread in half and braid your own hair down the one side of the dread.DE dreads give good volume, and helps cover the braids of your natural hair on the dreads.
How To Install Artificial Dreadlocks
Again, depending on the thickness of the synthetic dreads and your own hair, you will need 40-55 DE dreads for a full install.
A slight variation on the DE dread, is the harlequin dread. This is how I make all of my double ended dreads. It basically means it is two single ended dreads looped through each other at the end to make a double ended dread. This allows the dread to lie flatter against your head when installed. Although this varies from dread maker to dread maker, most normal DE dreads can lay perfectly flat to your head also when installed.
How To Install Single Ended Synthetic Dreads
Another great video from Doctored Locks on how to install DE dreads, click here.