Why do white girls love to wear dreadlocks? Some women who wear dreadlocks are Hippies, punk or simply regular everyday people who want to express themselves through their hairstyle. You may ask why would someone who had long, straight or curly soft hair want their hair to get matted into dreadlocks? Some people feel that dreadlocks on white girls constitute cultural appropriation or appreciation. It all depends on your views.
In my humble opinion, I think that we, are placing too much emphasis on a particular hairstyle. People wear their hair in many different styles for many different reasons. It’s not just a Black thing or a Caribbean thing or a Jamaican thing or even Rastafarian thing. It goes a lot deeper than most people know. Some people wear their hair locked for religious reason, while others look at dreadlocks as simply a fashion statement. In an article from Vice, they asked white people why they wore dreadlocks. Here’s what one young woman said “I always loved the way they looked and wanted them for about five years and hated brushing my hair. Then, when I went traveling, I decided to finally get them made to keep my hair neat and low maintenance.”
Regardless of your reason for wearing dreadlocks, here is a brief history of the hairstyles origin:
Dreadlocks have been worn by nearly every culture at some point in time or another. Roman accounts stated that the Celts wore their hair ‘like snakes’. The Germanic tribes and Vikings were also known to wear their hair in dreadlocks. Dreadlocks have been worn by the monks of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Nazarite of Judaism, Qalandri’s Sufi’s, the Sadhu’s of Hinduism, and the Dervishes of Islam, and many more! There are even strong suggestions that many early Christians wore dreadlocks; most notably Sampson who was said to have seven locks of hair which gave him his inhuman strength!
Now that you understand where dreadlocks may have originated, you may want to take a look at the photos below to get some dread inspiration and learn how to make your dreadlocks uniquely YOU!
UP-DO’S
Longer dreads can easily be piled on the head for an elegant up do. Accessorize the look with bold flowers for a touch of color and chic flair sure to turn heads. If you prefer a more casual look, however, there are many other dreadlocks styles to choose from.
SHAVED SIDES OF DREADLOCKS
Shaving the sides of your locks are very simple. Here are the 5 steps:
- Place hair into a pony tail
- Take the hair that you want to cut and then pull out of pony tail
- Use a scissor to cut off long hair
- Use a clipper to shave the hair down close to the scalp
If you desire designs – use the T-Liner for easy designing of zigzag lines, circles or whatever creative drawing your mind can come up with.
DREADLOCK JEWELRY
How to put on your loc jewelry:
Step 1: Take a strand of your loc that best fits the hole of the loc jewel.
Step 2: Insert your loc into the hole of the loc jewel piece.
Step 3: Pull your loc through the loc jewel until it is secure.
*For those of you who wear loc extensions. Please note that you many need jewelry with larger openings to fit onto your thick locs. Use this quick beader tool to help place your beads or jewelry onto your dreadlocks.
Yarn & Synthetic Extensions
Yarn dreads, sometimes also called ‘knitted’ dreadlocks, are really faux dreads that you create with colorful yarn. As a Hair Braider, you can do Dreadlocks. It doesn’t matter if the hair is kinky or straight. You can be creative and make it look beautiful to show individuality. Visit Hair Braiding 16 Hour Course for information on how to get a Braiding License.
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