Men's hairstyles almost never catch the eye, always look restrained and stern. We are accustomed to seeing men with haircuts in a classic style, only occasionally supplemented with shaved temples, elongated bangs and other hairdressing techniques. Modern fashion is rich in experiments, it does not present itself without a cardinal change of image and challenging trends. And this applies not only to women's fashion, more and more often men want to look original, show their own individuality with the help of clothes, hairstyles and accessories. Dreadlocks are exactly what a man needs, who is not afraid to look catchy and extravagant.
Men's dreadlocks: original ideas for a custom image
For the first time male dreadlocks demonstrated famous rap singer Decl. Since then, many young people began to imitate him and make long and short dreadlocks on their heads. Beauty salons and barbershops began to offer men a new service - the creation of short, medium and sometimes long dreads.The great popularity of this hairstyle has led to the fact that even artificial materials are used to create it.
The real name of dreadlocks is dreadlocks, which means horrific curls. That is how the intellectual citizens began to call the hair of the Rastafarians. Dreadlocks were popular not only among the inhabitants of Africa and the Caribbean islands, the hairstyle was accompanied by images of Hindus, who mostly led a recluse lifestyle, did not comb or cut their hair.
Today, male dreadlocks are not considered to be such a frightening and shocking hairstyle, so many young people, especially those belonging to subcultural movements, prefer to do “terrifying curls” on their heads. Experts consider dreadlocks an ideal hairstyle for overly busy and very lazy men, as it does not require special care. Most often, men prefer to do dreadlocks for short hair, as long dreadlocks are not always practical.
According to the method of attachment, male dreadlocks differ little from female ones, but the design and style is completely different. Male dreadlocks are much thicker and rougher, created from wool or felt. Women prefer neat graceful braids.
Male dreadlocks are often performed in dark shades, while women can use multi-colored dreadlocks of the most unusual shades. To create dreadlocks from your own hair, it is necessary that their length be at least 10 cm. For attaching artificial hair, 5 cm of natural hair is sufficient.
Who are dreadlocks?
Experts do not advise dreadlocks for men with thin and brittle hair, prone to injury and loss. Care for afrokosichkami in this case will be problematic, yet the mechanical interweaving of braids can lead to loss of sebum and dandruff.
As for the visual perception of dreadlocks, they will ideally look on men with an oval and round face with normal hair type without obvious and pronounced problems. On men with small growth afrokosichki will look somewhat comical.
Varieties of male dreads
Most often, guys prefer to perform dreadlocks made of artificial materials. This is primarily due to the fact that they do not want to wait for a sufficient length of hair to grow to form even minimal tangles.
Male dreadlocks can be divided into 3 main groups:
- natural - to create such dreads, you must have a hair length of 20 cm or more. Sometimes natural dreadlocks are supplemented with kanekalon - an artificial material for weaving braids. The main advantage of natural dreads is gentle crocheting. In addition, a man can wear this hairstyle for several years.
- ja-dreadlocks - weaving is carried out by thin mats, which are created by the master from artificial materials. Ja-dreadlocks are recommended for men with short hair. Color and length of the dread is chosen individually, based on their own preferences. The advantage of this kind of dreadlocks is that they practically do not spoil the native hair of a man.
- de dreads - they are also called safe artificial. The hairstyle is created with the help of nozzles from Kanekalon, which are woven into the native hair. Dreads are easily corrected, pigtails can be removed without problems, while native hair remains the same, without significant damage.
If we are talking about long-term wearing of dreadlocks, then artificial materials are used to give volume to the hair. It is rather difficult to remove them, it is easier to cut off hair at all and to grow it again.
How to make short dreadlocks
When creating short dreads, it should be understood that the natural length of the hair in the process of weaving will be halved. The simplest and most popular methods of braiding of braids are twisting of hair, mechanical rubbing, combing with special tools. Often used special comb, which quickly knocks the hair to the maximum dense state.
If you choose the rubbing method, then to create short dreads you will need a special tool for working with wool.To begin with, the hair is rubbed with a piece of wool until the stalling is complete, then the curls are twisted clockwise, simultaneously knocking the dreadlocks into a pigtail, using a small comb. Creating your own short male dreadlocks is quite difficult, so if you want to get a really perfect hairstyle, it is better to contact the salon.
How to care for male dreadlocks
The advantage of dreadlocks is that they can be worn for several years without worrying about regular visits to the hairdresser. In addition, hair with dreadlocks need washing much less frequently than regular hair. It is better to wash hair with dreadlocks with natural rinses on the herbal and plant basis. You can use shampoo and conditioner, but in small quantities, otherwise we will not be able to rinse them out of Kanekalon. After washing your hair with hot hair, be sure to rinse the dreadlocks cool. Cosmetics manufacturers came to the rescue of men with dreadlocks and put on sale special products for the care of dreadlocks, since ordinary shampoos are not suitable for these purposes.
Hairstyle with dreadlocks always looks original and outrageous. With dreadlocks you can create many interesting hairstyles, tying them in a knot, fixing with rubber bands and ropes. Creating dreadlocks is not only time consuming, but also quite expensive. In professional barbershop the cost of such a service is from 5,000 rubles and more.
