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How to Care for Dreadlocks and Mohawks

Caring for your Dreadlocks and Mohawks
Caring for your Dreadlocks and Mohawks
Published: February 1, 2022 · 11:15 am

Fashion is a way of life. It describes your lifestyle. Feeling funky, uncomfortable, sad or happy? These emotions subtly find their way out in the colours you choose to wear, even how you choose to carry your hair.

Remember when the popular hairstyle ‘galax’ was rocked by a lot of people? They are Mohawks named after the American natives. Hair from the forehead runs down the nape of the neck with both sides shaved off.

Not many people pulled it off, as this a not a style for the faint-hearted.

Cut it too long for the shape of your face and you look like a horse. Trim the mid-hair too short and you just might be looking like a lizard. Leave it unkempt and you might be scaring the fine boys and girls away.

The hair needs constant grooming and these tips will help;

Trimming or shaving helps you look kempt and will keep your personality from screaming ‘ruffian’. Some people love to curl the mid hair up but you know curls do not last forever, applying gel will help curls stay longer.

Gels can be used for much more than curls, you can apply them to hair to style your ‘hawk’ into the desired shape.

Colouring hawks are also in style. Colours should not be kept in too long to prevent hair from breaking off.

Caring for your Dreadlocks and Mohawks

Applying wax keeps hair firm and shiny.

Mohawks should be washed regularly and retouched to give you a clean look always.

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Dreadlocks on a lot of people look super amazing, depending on the length and fit, it is quite easy to pull off.

It used to signify spirituality and still so, even now. It has ventured to be a beautiful fashion trend and those who do not have the energy to lock their hair to maturation can have the ready-made ones installed.

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Dreads are matted hair, and will likely trap dirt and sweat. To keep your dreads shiny and clean smelling,

Wash as regularly as you wash your hair, it is still your hair, only locked in.

Drying your dreads as fast as possible after washing should be a top priority, we would not want your hair smelling like wet cloths that did not get to see sunlight. You know what we mean…nothing a hairdryer cannot fix.

Your locks might seem slightly loose after washing, using a loose hair tool can help fix that.

Apply hair gel to separate and twist locks.

Wearing a headscarf to bed helps prevent your dreads from picking lint and dirt out of your hair.

These are DIYs, you need a professional touch on your locks from time to time.

Lastly, find the perfect product for your locks and mohawks, as with various hairstyles that are maintained with different hair products, same also your dreads require the perfect product for an all-round clean and beautiful look.

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