How to make synthetic dreads

It's back up!
READ THIS BEFORE ASKING QUESTIONS!
you can buy the fake hair here (called kanekalon) www.doctoredlocks.com/store/kk...
amazon also has it www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/...
for longer haired people you probably want to do dread falls
go here for how to put those in ikickshins.net/instructions.html
Before asking me a question I'd appreciate if you looked through this site a little www.angrycaninelovestick.org/
It answers most questions that I don't address here
If your question is a "if I do this minor variation to your directions will it still work?" type, chances are I won't answer because I have never have tried this specific variation and my answer is that you should try and see what happens. If it works post a video response about it.
I don't know answers to location specific questions unless that location is Boston or NYC. So, no I don't know if place selling hair online ships to your country you should ask them, not me. And no I don't know where to buy it in *where you live*. The best advice I can give if you don't want to go online to buy it is look in a beauty supply store.
I have no way of knowing how many dreads a package of kanekalon will make because a "dread" is not a unit of measurement. It depends on how thick they are and how long they are. There's no way for me to answer this question. I also don't know many many dreads it'll take to do a whole head of hair. How dense do you want the dreads to be? How think is your hair? How thick are the dreads? Too many variables.
There have been some language barrier issues with this so I'll clarify. Yes the water is hot. Boiling water is by definition hot.

[@TylerOakley]

Very cool! You were very easy to listen to the entire time... for a 9 minute video... you kept my attention :] Tyler

[@BambooPanda1313]

I can't tell you how grateful I am for showing us how to make our own dreads. Like 5 years ago I bought a cute short pair for like $40 and now I see everywhere people want like 90+ dollars for one short pair!! So yeah I'm a pretty creative person and I think my money would be better spent making my own stuff, since I usually make most of my own accessories anyway lol. Anyway, just wanted to say ty ty ty!!!

[@aquaristic]

Ya know, I never knew that making the synthetic dreads was so labor intensive. Compliments for 1) making a very good how to video 2) showing me how those funky hairstyles come about and 3) being a very good teacher. Also, I am glad you are sprared the G train, never an enjoyable ride.

[@ELFanatic]

Omg! Classic! Never did it. I was always like, one day! Here it is 15 years later. And my hair situation ain't as full as it once was. But one day!

[@smileformekid]

This tut is SO great! I can't wait to get home after exams and try this! I just asked my friend for a few bags of synthetic hair for X-Mas (and he called me crazy white girl). I think I am going to make some and loop them onto an ouchless elastic so that I can take them in and out more easily and not worry about washing them as often. I'll come back and let you know how that goes. Again, THANK YOU for this awesome vid!

[@Jessickuhno1]

you're my hero! i saw your vid, went straight to the nearest ethnic hair mall and spent like $30 instead of the $250 i was about to drop on this endeavor! zyloga be praised! i can't thank you enough, girl.

[@magdalena2113]

I think your video is very informative. I've been trying to ask people how to do this for a couple of weeks now and I was so afraid that I would have to cut my hair! Thanks for doing this video!

[@ZedralZ]

Thanks for making this tutorial. The directions online make it seem much more difficult than it actually is. I'm definitely going to try my hand at making dreads now that I've seen your video!

[@squirrlygig]

I finally ordered some kanekalon (after years of wanting to do this) Your vid is the best I've found on youtube, i can't wait to try it!!!

[@kzk]

This is seriously the most helpful video I've found on making dreads. You're my hero.

[@zlyoga]

thanks for taking the time to read the side bar before asking a question. I really appreciate it.

[@M377ow]

I used your method when i made my first set of synthetic, and i loved them so much ive decided that im going to actually dread my hair... i know i know its really different, but i found that the string on the chair it gave a lot and and made my loops big, so i took an old amp cord from my Strat that i no longer needed and modified it a bit, it comes out to the perfect size! - but i wanted to thank you for the video! it was really helpful

[@r0ckstarr]

I just ordered 4 bags of hair to experiment with. I've been looking to do something different with my hair, and this fits perfectly. Thanks for the how-to.

[@TheCupcakeGeisha]

SUPER CRAZY HELPFUL! I have asked and asked about falls, because I know NOTHING...And all everyone ever said was "just make 'em." Okay, how do I do that? Also, I didn't know how to put them in. No one provided me with a solid answer until you. thanks for doing this. I do appreciate the effort involved in both the video and the links provided. thank you.

[@RoggBatt]

Hey, gr8 vid! I've always wanted to know about fake dreads, but was too frightend to ask. But now I know! Also, as a *Bald Person*, I think finding out about different cultures and sub-cultures is very rewarding and it makes me a more well-balanced and understanding person. Long may this video remain on KZbin!

[@KHFanForAll]

I love the sped up sound of the brush when you backcombed. It was so cute xD

[@fieldofpads]

Wow, I never realised you could fit synth dreads to hair that short wohoo! I thought I was going to have to wait months before I could put some in, but thank you very much, I am enlightened! Many English thanks :D

[@DavinaFaerie]

Thank you so much for sch an informative vid. I had no idea about kanekalon & how cheap it is, checked it out & they sell it here also in Australia at the goth/punk shops & other stores, I always saw the most expensive hair extensions in the windows so I just didn't bother, but now that I know of kanekalon & realize they sell it everywhere I'll be getting some tomorrow & coming back to this vid. You're great! Thanks again for your time in showing us all this... :0)

[@XsumomoXchanX]

An annotation you could add is that you can steam the dreads using a coffee maker... what you do is you open the top of the coffee maker (I wore leather gloves and a long sleeved shirt to avoid steam burns) and twisted the dread tightly , and closed the lid on the dread to seal it. it takes a few tries to get the dread to seal evenly when you first start out, but it works really well!

[@xSpookySquid]

Thanks so much for this video! I tried to make dreads the other way, with a hair straightener and a spray bottle and all of that stuff, and it didn't work at all. I'll definitely have to try this out! It looks so much easier, too. Thanks again. :D

[@tehsquirreldude]

I -LOVE- this video. Very in formative, very fun to watch! And you list a great source of affordable hair to use :D Can't wait to make my own.

[@RunaeMoon]

Just wanted to say Thank you a ton for makin this vid! I totally tried this and it works perfectly! I found your video to be the best one very easy to fallow and works awesome!! Thanks soooo much! much love Runae

[@FraeuleinMKitka]

Excellent. The lighting is great and provides more detail. Thanks for showing how you back comb. I figured out what i was doing wrong. :)

[@ghostoftoast]

Thanks for this! I've been trying to figure this out following a text tutorial with little to no success. Seeing it done I found where I'm overcomplicating everything! Really helpful!

[@MissSpaz]

This is absolutely fantastic. I started making dreads using the hairdryer method when I used to have long hair and gave up after half a hair fall! I can't wait to try this method. I'm going to visit that store tomorrow as I live in Worcester and I have never been able to find a place that sells this kind of false hair! Hopefully they have white. >__> Thanks for this video!

[@emilyheartsrandomnes]

OH MY GOSH! I have been looking for this explanation video everywhere! THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[@twilight1936]

Thanks this taught me some new ways:) also if ur wondering about the hair straighter instead of boiling It's actually "steaming" ur hair all u do is have a: spray bottle, really thin cloth, hair flat iron; So what u do is put ur dread into the cloth spray the whole cloth until soaking wet. Then just straighten it like 5 time . Just another way:)

[@StitchGV]

yea thanks. i've bought a few of those hair packages, knowing synth dreads were made from them but not quite figuring out how.. i've also shopped online for synth dreads, seeing tripple-digit numbers and knowing FULL WELL one package of this hair costs less than 5 bucks, so even after doubling that plus labor, anything more than 50 for a set of 10 all-one-color is beyond rediculous... thanks for saving me from getting screwed! :-)

[@321livi]

Your chair technique is brilliant! Thank you very much. I just started making dreads

[@LizzyA2]

Ohh my gosh thankyou soo much for posting this!! i've always wondered how to make Synthetic dreads!! this will definately come in handy for helping my friend w/ her hair for her Xaldin cosplay from Kingdom Hearts 2

[@lilfuckinmannequin91]

Hey this is an excellent clip on how to learn to make synthetic dreads i went and bought the hair today and im ganna have a try to make them tonight and i hope it all goes well THANKS HEAPS!

[@LocoNativoz]

as soon as i seen this video you made!...i instantly went to the beauty shop & bought me some of that stuff you bought, & Yes i have dreads too....GREAT VIDEO!

[@anarchica04]

This was really really helpful, I always wanted some but had no idea where to begin and couldnt afford them but now Im gonna try, thanks!

[@Blackmagecat]

Yes! Thank you. i just got purple hair in today, and i just did EVERYTHING you explained in the video. It came out Very good, even for a newbie dreader like myself...Thank you SO much for the video~

[@JauntyOboe]

thanks you so much! I'm having dreads put in just before the summer, and I didn't know whether to buy skinny, DEs or make my own, and considering you did all that and it looked awesome, i'm considering making my own to install. I was also wondering if I could intall them, i have overgrown layered hair, and i was all "wtf, don't see this working for me" but you just installed that fine with your small fringe, so i guess there's hope! Cheers (Y) i've added this to my faves :)

[@nathaliemendoza2372]

2$ and something cents ? I whent to my beauty store and found 100% kanekalon hair for 99cents

[@Klunkemeister]

THANKS!! you are amazing at making videos like this. .. this is the first time i really think i have seen and heard everthing i have to know to do it.. :D!! your the best

[@Toynby]

This video saved my life... thanks so much for posting! You make it look so easy though

[@definatlydifferent]

You just saved me from buying a bunch of dreads for my scene queen friend for her birthday. Not to mention ive always wanted these :) thank you!

[@brokenchopstickz]

this video answered all my questions!! ur an angel!!!

[@ShoujoNagata]

Thank you! I was dying to know how to make my dreadlocks!

[@RogueNinja16]

Thanks for the advice. I'll be making a wig for DragonCon in Atlanta over labor day weekend. This was a lot of help!

[@mercymile]

I think so far every video on making dread or hair falls that I've watched, a phone has rung, lol. I like this tutorial. I think I may do this.

[@vanillacarnivore]

This is an amazing tutorial. Thanx for taking ur time to show us how to do it ur way. It's so simple compared to others that I have seen =)

[@craftgate]

I'm just starting out with the Cyber Gother style and i was DREADING having to by alreay made synthetic dreads! like you said they cost allot of money i'm so happy you made this video ^_^ you saved me allot of moey lol

[@zlyoga]

man i can not believe how many favs this has gotten. Where are you all coming from?

[@OnyxXinfliction]

Oh this rocks :D I was just going to buy the falls online, but now I think I'll make them instead. Thanks!

[@lizuhlette]

great tutorial! i def will be making my own soon, you make it look so easy!

[@ZeeZeeBun]

Fascinating little tutorial. I probably won't do it the same way.. (Don't want anything 'quite' that thick..) But you've given me some ideas.

[@Alec0209]

that was so creative, i wanna try it over the summer or something like that. thanks for posting :]

[@LostMemory1993]

Wiii, me love this!! Great :D I've been looking around for some people or site to explain it and I finally came here and I'm verrrryyy happy I found yeh xD thanks a lot!! :o

[@kornchik]

Agreed. You can take out dreads. I had them at one point for about a year, but I was able to comb them out. You just need patience.

[@9i991es]

Thank you for the tutorial, this is the best one I've found! Also, you're freaking adorable.

[@GreenGoldRedHair]

I tried it n it works I added hair spray. As a plus to keep it longer. When I do blk dreads I use hair spray n gel

[@mystlady]

It's pretty unbelievable that they would take down this video. It's really good by the way, really helps me understand how to boil them [cause my friend showed me but it was taking WAY too long] Thanks :)

[@scenechildification]

you are sooo pretty!! and i love your voice

[@shinibana]

thanks for the tutorial :) I wasn't sure if I could put dreads in short hair but this certainly prooved it! xP

[@Raviekins]

This is an excellent tutorial and even more so because this is the method I planned on using for trying my hand art synth. dreads. Thank you for posting it. :)

[@xSceneShawtyx]

Omg I love you!!!! It helps me to make my hair looks long. My hair is samething as it's but damage. I'm gonna wear it for my graduation '10!!!! Thanks!

[@goodgodgreg]

hey thank you so much for this video. i actually did all the steps, bought from the site you gave a link for and everything. it was fun. some hair colors work better than others to back comb. some just would take forever to back comb. and the hair was a really good price untill i got to shipping. shipping was more than how much my order was.

[@shyshu]

Hey! thanx a lot for the tip... I´ve just got a terrible haircut and this video is gonna help me getting out of my depressive, horrible new haircut...

[@CaptainRisu]

you're video helped me make my first 3 dreads, thanks a bunch!

[@MaitresseMalycia]

Thank you some much sweety, very good explained...I bought my dreads lock so expensive around 100 box!! now I do it by myself with length and colour I need thanks more!

[@minoentje]

I absolutely love your hair.

[@Zardagbum]

Thanks for the vid, it's hard to find actually good tips on this anywhere.

[@zlyoga]

@mackerz16 I have done it with one, but I can't promise that it would work for all wigs. Also for contrast I recommend adding in some kanekalon to the wig. This will also help with avoiding the awkward gaps that will appear when you start sectioning the wig's hair.

[@PssshhhyeaCP22]

Thank you so much for the idea I already had kaneolkon hair and I wanted to do dreads :)

[@SAMxxxONxxxFIRE]

thanks for this video it helped me make my first set of awsome dreads! (black and green and purple ones)yay!

[@nursewratchet75]

Thanks! This was really helpfull!!!!! I found that using a steamer sucks and I am going to try boiling mine. I also live near Boston and got all my synth hair at Venus Beauty supply in Central Sq. I was so excited to see how inexpensive their hair was!!! Thanks again! This was really helpfull!!!

[@evilejfan]

thanks! i have been looking for a way to make dreads for my pirate outfit, i know har har! but you really helped ALOT!! i wished you had included some more pics of yourself with them in! thanks again!

[@Licenciada]

A quick and good explanation! Thank you for showing us!!! The last 2 links do not work anymore.

[@YumFatale]

I like it, because we have the same hair cut and that provides everything! Nice !

[@yoroshiku137]

Oh thanks so much! That's really nice and helpful! Now all I have to do is go and buy the stuff and start making them!

[@zlyoga]

I do the twisting to get a sense of how its coming along and the pulling apart is to push the knots further towards the top of the dread

[@zerosynyster]

The clearest tutorial on the web!! and OMG ur really cute *-------* I originally was looking for dread falls tutorial, but your video really helped me ^^ unless ur link about the dread falls was useless ;O; cause someone baned the info or idk e.e well... thanks a lot!!

[@Edplosion]

This helps me out soooo much. A million "Thank You"s for posting this~

[@jadeorquid1987]

you are freaking awesome, love your attitude and the tutorial is fantastic. thanks a lot!

[@Ullobert]

I love this video

[@paniKomendant]

i've made some new dradlocks with this metod :D i used to make them with "knitting" way, but this gives so much voluumeee :D :D thx for sharing :D

[@kamikazeee9]

I am sooo trying that! Thanks for the tutorial!

[@staybeautiful101]

thanks so much for this. it looks so neat. i want to try it now!

[@angelamaziing]

I'm totally going to make dreads now. I've always wanted them. :3

[@Eyehatebrooke]

youu are soo pretty. I love this video, btw. it is very helpful :)

[@mochalipz10]

LOVE THIS VIDEO! i saw the video about them removing this, thats crazy! this helped me alot now i need to go get some hair lol!

[@Kriztastic]

Oh man, the video that got me started

[@Azieluz]

I have no questions this is the best explanation so far on a video for synth dreads. I just gotta something you might already heard tousand times, oh well I don't know how to say it... You are very very pretty, beautiful, goreous or whatever u wanna call it

[@Sims2freakazoider]

That's really cool! I use yarn dread falls!

[@theresamknight1030]

You are very talented! Too clever and Thanks for the ideas.

[@ItsAlwaysCat88]

Excellent video. Very easy to understand. I shall now attempt to make my own!

[@speaderella]

This is by far the best video I follow everything

[@blackOwhiteOredO]

OMG thank you soo much i only thought wool was the only thing you could use, unspinned wool and like i couldn't find that and that fake hair you used, i was like oh my gash i know where to buy lots of thoses, yeah with this tutorial i don't have to buy online 100$ dreads THXX!

[@TheKandiKid]

I love your video

[@onkelVoM]

I love this video! I looked for something like this a long time and now I've got all information I wanted to get, tank you :) In Germany it isn't such easy to get kanekalon, but ebay is your friend ;)

[@cyclonechamber]

LOVE this video, it's so helpful! Thanks so much!

[@blodgud]

this video answered all my questions, when you said you use boiling water I was like "YES!" because that's what I planned to use ^___^

[@parapaPAI]

WOW!! you really make me happy!! I was wondering witch will be the 2nd step after Backcombing the hair and I was really disappointed with the steamers, so for me your method is simply PERFECT!! Thanks!! =^.^=

[@Twwistad]

OMG! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! You got straight to the point. No Bio about your life. The technique is amazing. I'm so happy right now. so happy! omg!

[@Atomiclightbulbs]

Awesome vid! Really helpful. And thanks for the links to buy the hair.

[@Gerbil12690]

That was so easy to follow ^-^ And nice to know I don't have to spend a ton making them. Thanks so much! Side Note: You are so beautiful! :)

[@Killaya]

Thanks a lot. I have a bag of KK just sitting around and I didn't even know how to go about making them XD Thanks for the tutorial~~