iKandi’s been offering dread wigs since we first opened. However lately I am getting more and more orders for them so I figured I should write a little maintenance blog so people understand how to keep their wig looking natural and beautiful!
First I’ll give a breakdown of my wigs for the first time wig wearers.
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For natural dreads there are products you can buy that are specially made for shampooing your dreadlocks. Generally these are gentle, no detangling shampoos. Meaning don’t buy anything that has intense moisturizers in them because this will cause your dreads, real or not to unravel. For natural dreadlock maintenance, care and cleaning I recommend Knotty [...]

Is it bad for to go into a swimming pool with natural dreadlocks or synthetic dread extensions?
There are many misconceptions about dreadlocks in general, such as; dreads are smelly, they make your scalp flaky. Or the most popular, you can’t wash your hair when you have dreads. This is not true, whether you have natural [...]

I notice that my influx of orders greatly decreases in the summertime. =P I can see why! With a full head of dreads it’s just not cute to feel the sweat slipping between your braids. However don’t lose hope fake dread lovers! There are some simple solutions to still looking great in the summer but [...]

As mentioned before in my last blog, when visited the Orlando Premier Show I was disappointed to see very little extension booths. Making dreads is a tedious and time consuming process, one that I would love to outsource to people looking for work. Particularly, a salon owner and hair dressers. Dread extensions are something [...]

So June 6th was the start of the Premier Orlando Hair Show! I went for one out of the 2 days I got free tickets to. The free tickets made me kind of glad that they screwed me over last year on an extensions class.
Last year I signed up to be certified in So.Cap Fusion [...]

Our dreads are generally made to be very durable. However there are those out there that love to style their dreads in crazy ways, tying lots of knots in your dreads can sometimes cause bumps after long wear. There are a few easy things you can do so you don’t have to send them back [...]

I want to make it known that I do not work in salon. I have no where to do a natural dread set unless I know you personally and you come to my house. I can give you tips and hints and full instructions on how to form and maintain your dreadlocks, but I cannot [...]

Hey I think it’s time for another general hair care tip post. After wearing your dread extensions you may want to get a trim because the rubber bands or ties tend to break your ends a little bit. Usually you can solve this with a quick trip to the salon for a trim but if [...]

So for as a favor I filled in to interview Canadian rock band Silverstein a couple weeks ago. That was pretty fun, got to talk to the bassist. If you haven’t already go check them out and more of music like theirs at http://www.krradio.com/ . It’s a music streaming website and you can join for [...]