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Old 04-21-2007, 01:51 PM   #26
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Wow, ask and you shall receive. you're a goddess. *praise* Excellent tutorial. Just what I was looking for. thank you!

btw, I saw your profile picture. Did you make those falls yourself? Very nice!
Thanks, cryptickisses. Yes, I made those. It took a few evenings to make but I think they turned out alright. I used alot of foam, air tubig, and wire protector.

I'm in the process of making dreadfalls from synthetic hair. I should have been done along time ago but my steamer broke :'(
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Old 04-21-2007, 02:26 PM   #27
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You're quite welcome. Judging by the picture, they turned out great. I'm sure it's fun as hell experimenting with wire and tubig. Once I "master" synth & yarn dreads, I think I'll move on to those.

The instructions I found for synthetic hair dreads mentioned nothing about a "steamer". Is that a tool you would use to seal the hair around the braided portion of the dread? Are steamers expensive?

Would you, perchance, have a website?
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Old 04-21-2007, 02:37 PM   #28
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The instructions I found for synthetic hair dreads mentioned nothing about a "steamer". Is that a tool you would use to seal the hair around the braided portion of the dread? Are steamers expensive?
I make single ended dreads, I wrap the hair over the lace, back-comb like its nobody's business, twist the hair, and then use steam to seal it. Another popular method is boiling water. Once the hair has been twisted, emerge it into a pot of boiling water to seal the dread.

I prefer steaming because I don't want to stand over a pot of boiling water. The steamer I had was hand held used for steaming clothes. It was roughly $30. It did a good job up until it broke.

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No, I'm far too lazy to maintain a website. However, if you look through this thread, I'm pretty sure I posted some youtube videos on some tips to make yarn braids and synthetic dreads (using steam).
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Again, thank you very much

I appreciate your advice. It's a pleasure meeting you.
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Old 04-21-2007, 04:37 PM   #30
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Yeah, cyberlocks are damn nice. Saddy is a freaking genius with them.

Actually, all that tubing and such... where do you find that stuff? I figured a hardware store would be a good start, but I think I'm a bit off on that assumption.
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Yeah, cyberlocks are damn nice. Saddy is a freaking genius with them.

Actually, all that tubing and such... where do you find that stuff? I figured a hardware store would be a good start, but I think I'm a bit off on that assumption.
*blush* You're too kind, Kontan.

I get my stuff from an art supplies shop and an auto parts shop
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Old 04-24-2007, 09:06 AM   #33
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Weird...

I just sorta made some hair falls and used them as ponytail holders. I pretty much put them on a rubber band...
hi there you can also make them that way hehe it doesnt matter wether its on a bobble rubber band or a ribbon. hehe i dont know about any1 else but i find it alot easyer and better to use elastic.

I know this is random but please can you all join this group on myspace?
i need more people that know what there on about when it comes to hair falls, cyberlox and dreads hehe
http://groups.myspace.com/sumsargirl
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hi there you can also make them that way hehe it doesnt matter wether its on a bobble rubber band or a ribbon. hehe i dont know about any1 else but i find it alot easyer and better to use elastic.

I know this is random but please can you all join this group on myspace?
i need more people that know what there on about when it comes to hair falls, cyberlox and dreads hehe
http://groups.myspace.com/sumsargirl
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I find lace to be more secure, especially when you have 30-40 dreads per fall.
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I don't really do pigtails just because they don't look right on me, so I am doing a single ponyfall with dark burgundy yarn in braids at very varying lengths and skull beads and wide black lace!
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