Blunted Tips

[killer55527]

Sweet dreads man can't wait tell I get my hair to my chain so am just watching a alot of vids so I know what to do:) love the vid

[yoyosnowboardbeast]

Where did you get that rubber band thing on your dread

[DeadRiverProductions]

your canadian? SICK!

[dbtrock17]

@LinasItsMe the length doesn't really determine the thickness. I'd say start with at least 4 inches though. The thickness is determined on how big each section dreaded is. Maybe like a 1x1 inch square of hair in each section for 1 cm thick.

[LinasItsMe]

@NedTheDread Hey, i was planning on making dreads, like 1cm thick, how much length does a 1cm thick dread take of the hair? An answer would be VERY helpful, Thanks! ; )

[rastamandan]

ur dreads r crap,so messy and tbh look more like shit than dreads

[hitabong20]

@rastamandan dude their only 3 months old.... in his other videos they look pretty damn good... i thought you rasta guys were all about some one love type shit, ease up man damn....

[beirney82]

My dreads are coming off at the end of the month for charity. 7 years in the making, but it's for a good cause

[grimreap93]

how long was your hair before you started dreading



[SmittyKat]

THis is an awesome video, thanks for the tip. I am dreading my husbands hair with no product so this will really help the ends, because I don't like the wispies hanging out either.

[theysay45]

how hard is it to start dreadlocks with a crochet needle?

[staybrutal19]

@theysay45 Its pretty hard to do i think, i suggest backcombing to start them, thats what i did, and they looked good right away and it was not to hard to do

[guitarist2994]

freakin awesome dreads...

just got mine like...a month ago so they're still locking but im gonna do this later on!

[jcdiamond]

good advice dude

[xobrien123]

Can u pay to get them blunted???? say when you get dreads done can they blunt them for you?

[Maxymarley]

you got it like natural i dont get it my friend is white and he wants dreads but i dont want em to look messy

[RottingwhileIbreathe]

Yeah man i'm glad you stuck wit them this just goes to show as long as you have stick with dreads they end up looking pretty awesome. (not to say your dreads in this video look horrible) but it is pretty awesome that they go from this to just about the best dreads i have ever seen.

[VipIzZ]

this tape in your dreads.. what is that? how you did that? i want a... like a startline 4 my dreads.. after years i can see how many the grown

[bwjn2008]

Shut up!.. For one second.. Sorry. Lol <3

[xant4141]

THANK YOU BABY IT WORKS

[deathmetalterrorist]

Is it possible to have "pointed" tips? If so, how can it be done?

[Lreg478]

If you do it this way, will the tips stay blunted because I do them a different way with a 1mm crochet hook and they fall out whenever I wash them. My dreads are at three-four months.

[TheInditribe]

@Lreg478 use a smaller hook and it might b because of your method.  See skillteacher.

[AmbientMW]

Dude, you and MattsWhatsUp have the nicest dreads I've ever seen. I want some so freakin bad, but my school is so uptight about hair. So I've been trying to figure out a way to grow it out and dread it. Anyways, nice dreads:D

[NedTheDread]

@AmbientMW

Thanks man,

Your school won't let you have dreads??? What school do you go to? lol

Pretty sure you have the right to whatever hair you want...

[AmbientMW]

@NedTheDread Yeah, my school doesn't allow hair below the eyebrows, bottom of the earlobe, or touching the collar of a COLLARED shirt. I've been battling them for years. Apparently, long hair makes you "raggedy and unable to learn". That's what they told me. A friend and I are just trying to keep working the system until they break.

[SmittyKat]

@NedTheDread At my school you couldn't have brightly colored hair (purple orange, green, etc.) so I know what he means. Most schools are so lame about dress codes and all that shit.

[Jahgreenyellowred]

@NedTheDread for me its my work, its ok to have long hair, but it cant be in your eyes. so i have to some how grow my hair out long enough to be out of my eyes without having it be in my eyes whie its growing.

[delrhyme]

yeah these tips helped. (black male hair) but i dont really have dreads, more so locks. but this helped me fix the ones that were kinda messed up at the bottoms

[ducksinger]

haha dude thanks for the tips bro

[2guys1account949494]

did you section your hair into squares?

[Thecoon91]

Your tips are sure goin to help my dreads. Thanks man! [:

[REY4262]

what does it look lik when yo hair starts growing does it come out da side

[euphoriaphase]

good tips man! I have had mine for a year or so (white female hair) and have always had trouble with the blunt tips. Thanks!

@ colocolino-duh. you are basically and idiot.

[NedTheDread]

@euphoriaphase

Not a problem, glad I could help!

[colocolinoDePortland]

u can use the poker for ur bong u fuckin stoner!!!

[NedTheDread]

@colocolinoDePortland

Good observation...

[Anarchy1249]

@colocolinoDePortland aint nothing rong with a stoner !

[Ilovechewedupgum]

@colocolinoDePortland U mad?

[GAShunger111]

@colocolinoDePortland wait he smokes pot? ewww!!

[ch1ps1]

what dread comb is that? where can i get

[NedTheDread]

@ch1ps1

I got it from the grocery store, in the pet section... I believe it's a flea comb.

Grocery store, pet stores, Walmart. Under $5

[iommi0]

can u do the ones in the back to?

[NedTheDread]

@iommi0

you can do all of them! :) the back ones are a bit tricky tho, just because you can't see

[sasunarufanboy]

i saw this one guy who had not wispy ends but pointed, like perfect pointy triangles at the end of his dreads. it was sick, he reminded me of the PREDATOR from that movie.

[NedTheDread]

@sasunarufanboy

I was gunna go out for halloween as the predator!! that's sick!

[sasunarufanboy]

@NedTheDread i loved those movies, especialy the second one. their making a third one called PREDATORS it comes out like in july sometime, it's gonna be siiiiiiick

[TheChyna1]

Awesome awesome awesome you rock ned the best tutorial on here ie; we can see what you mean...kool kool kool

[NedTheDread]

@TheChyna1

thakns!

[sprecker]

i use the smallest crochet hook i could get then fold the bottom up and stab it a 100 times and it makes then really tight

[supervirtuouswoman]

do thr blunted tips come loose when you wash it?

[NedTheDread]

@supervirtuouswoman

they can, and some have, but generally no, if you do em right

[liltjb]

great!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Streetzisdeathrow]

oh and my friend did another way to get his tips blunted you take your dread and place your index and middle finger on each side sorta like scissors on the dread right where you feel the dread stop and the whispy soft hair starts and hold the dread tight between your index and middle finger then take your other hand and rub the whispy tip in a counter clockwise motion on the palm of your hand, by doing so the hair gets tangled and the friction knots the whispy tip into a round blunted tip :)

[Streetzisdeathrow]

so in my opinion dont use wax if your impatient try sea salt instead its a much tighter natural look to them but my blunt tips still has a bit of a tail but its getting pulled into the dread slowly i personally dont like my whispy tips because my hair is naturally curly so my dreads whispy tips curl into spirals and sorta look like Arby's curly fries lol

[NedTheDread]

@Streetzisdeathrow

the sea salt is a good idea, and i am against wax as well, it's only a temporary solution by any means, my dreads are super tight, other wise i would do it

great tip tho

[Streetzisdeathrow]

i too am a natty dread and i backcombed them once when i first did them back in november and my hair was lookin messy with a bunch of fuzzies and the dreads were loose so my friend told me to buy sea salt from the grocery store and mix it with water and let my head soak in a bucket of the water for about 20-30 mins..after letting them air dry they felt tighter so i continued to do this about once every two weaks and it tightened them considerably some of them are even blunting up by themselves

[watergirl666]

are dreads umcomfortable to sleep in?

[EvilMonkeytime]

No... But they do feel wierd on your head at first if you Backcomb since your scalp isn't used to them.

[NedTheDread]

@watergirl666

not really, can be awkward tho, they piss my gf off more than anything...

[BornBomber]

where did u get that dread comb? and i agree blunted tips look nicer

[NedTheDread]

@BornBomber

it's a dog or cat comb, i got it in walmart i think

[StraightNirvana57]

Thankk you sooo much dude!! Aaaahh finally a good blunted tip turtioral thing hwoever you spell that. Sickk lockss off love not gonna lie. But yeah i got whispies, and i've wanted blunted tips, awesome job once again.

onee loveee.

[NedTheDread]

@StraightNirvana57

thank you!

my dreads are so sick now, they were so young in this vid, and now they're at a nice length too, bonus!

thanks again

[Dsmiff160]

Hey dude your dreads look sick. I think I have the same kind of hair as you and i just got my dreads in like a week ago how long until my dreads start to smooth out and get tight? Or at least how long did it take your dreads?

[NedTheDread]

@Dsmiff160

not sure, it takes like 6 months before they look real nice i'd say...? that's my guess, after a year they look sick no doubt

[Mr420Sk8er]

u can palm roll it

[13ClownKru]

would you say those funky loose hairs on the sides hold down more when your dreads mature?

[NedTheDread]

Definitely

[13ClownKru]

kick ass...

[Nodickfilms]

I've got my dreads for about 2 months now and they're starting to lock real good now:D Thanks for this awesome tutorial, i was trying to find one for days xD Should have just tried youtube in the first place:P

[NedTheDread]

No worries! Good luck with your dreadlock journey!

[kingarturo9]

my nut sacks have dreds

[NedTheDread]

good for you buddy...

[matthewray123]

which method did you use to make your dreads?

[NedTheDread]

Back-combing

[Grunzaa]

CHEERS BRO, just got my dread 2 days ago and ive got the whispy tips since my hair was a bit naturally layered, so ill try this out a few months down the track to get a few of em blunted up like yours.

[Streetzisdeathrow]

im growin dreads rite now n im curious if u make ur tips blunted can u get them back to whispy ends later on? cuz i just started dreads a few days ago n the blunted tips makes them look nicer rite now but when there more mature i want the whispy tips on them

[NedTheDread]

maybe? but it'll be hard... it essentially dreads the wispy part into the dread, so, you could probably just yank on em until they came out, but it probably won't be the same.

[Streetzisdeathrow]

@NedTheDread ye i decided to leave them whispy n see how they look in a few months :)

[TheIronParasite]

Is it normal for your dreads to looks all crazy when ya put em in? the centre looks like a dread but the outside looks like normal hair and frizz trying to grow around it

[NedTheDread]

That is exactly what they normally look like when you put them in! They'll be frizzy like that for about a month. They'll also stick up more than usual for about a month. After that it's all gravy!

This is the only time I would advise to use wax, but very very small amounts of it.

After a month, don't use wax, it'll just slow down the locking process.

[TheIronParasite]

Cool man thanks, a few people have recomended using wax to start, but thats it! so i may do that. i only have 1 dread lol(seein what its like) and im going to order a dread kit so ill have em in a week or 2 hopefully. I got a crochet hook yesterday, it tidyed it up alot also...

[josh4223]

I would advise using wax even after your dreads are mature because it helps keep them hydrated so they don't dry out and break.

[TVBlackandWhite]

@josh4223 nah wax fucks your shit up. all it does is make your hair look like its been dreaded for a long time when it hasnt. it keeps dirt and moisture in your hair which will cause mildew and shit to form in your hair. PPL NEVER USE WAX ITS BAD FOR YOUR HAIR!!!! BE PATIENT AND JUST TAKE CARE OF YOUR DREADS AND THEY WILL LOOK BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

[josh4223]

it doesn't lock in moisture if you make sure your hair is dry before you put it on

[NedTheDread]

That may be true, but what happens when you wash your hair the next time after putting the wax in? Undoubtedly there will still be some wax in your hair, and now it's wet...

[josh4223]

wax doesn't get wet. have you ever put water on wax? it just beads up and rolls off. so, if there is wax on your dreads when you wash it, it is super easy to dry and you don't have to use as much wax next time you wax your dreads.

[NedTheDread]

@josh4223

Yes wax repels water, I agree with you on that one, however the wax isn't completely covering all the hair in the dreads, there will be gaps, and the hair is moving around, mashing the water between strands of hair and so on. If the wax surrounds a drop of water it could be there for much longer than it should...

Either way, I don't want to argue, I've seen first hand what wax does to dreads and it isn't pretty... take your chances, my advice is don't use it. not only because of mold.

[SMD2012]

use a hairdryer!

[GiantRobotNTT]

@TVBlackandWhite you're wrong... josh4223 is right, its like a dread moisturizer and it'll keep them healthy (as far as dreads go)

[NedTheDread]

It won't keep them healthy... it'll keep them dirty...

Wax is sticky, and dirt will stick to them. Also, wax repels water, which will make it hard to wash out, not to mention if the wax traps water in you hair, and there is stuff stuck to the wax, mold can start to grow, and no one likes mold.

[josh4223]

@NedTheDread ok..well obviously we have different views on wax lol. how about we agree to disagree? I like wax and use it, you don't. How about we stop arguing before this ends up one of those gay internet fights that kids who have no lives get into. On my part, I extend peace : ) haha

[ninjattak]

good stuff man. i did this when i had my locks, after you do them, wash your hair with sea salt, or ocean salt. it helps your locs lock tighter.

thanks for the video again, always good too see how others do things.

best to your lock jorney!

[NedTheDread]

Thanks man!

[bangtizzy]

Should I wax the tips aftewords? I did this but a few days later some hairs are coming out the tips

[NedTheDread]

I don't think it'll hurt, if they are coming out, I find it works better when they are tighter.

I'll add that in an annotation for everyone...

[goosebucket666]

definatly this crochet hook... not exactly this one but.... LOL

[NedTheDread]

lol you like that eh, lmao

[Hrko1992]

burn em :P

[TheBrownTies]

hey , thanks for this video man.. helped a lot

[Gr666bo]

how long was your hair when you started

[NedTheDread]

down to my chin

[jonbrewer17]

6:00

"dude come smoke this herb"

"shutup >_> "

Hehe :]

Dreads foreva!

[92lukeash]

hey bro, lovin the dreads, can you message me back about how you whent about making yours nd what products u may use in them and everything about yours bro? pleas message me back thank man,

Luke A

[22westindies]

yo yo jus wana say the whole blunted tips lol thing worked out great for me im actually mixed wild ass mix by the way indian german and dominican but uh the helped thx!

[YourBaptistFather]

Hair cancer

[JERNIGANSIX]

excellent tutorial.

[urajmina]

nice video

great job!!!

[jamesdunn96]

nice blunted tips ned the dread btw nice names

[xShaddixx]

You'r dreads rock!

[ZomB732]

thanks brotha fo showin me this technique i had braids now i started the dreading process and this really made them look good

[volto2]

cool thanks for the vid man im totally going to try that... how long you been growin your dreads!?

[NedTheDread]

It was their first birthday a couple weeks ago, on March 21st!

[NedTheDread]

so I guess in the video around 4-5 months, if that's what you were asking...

[BalanceIsForLosers]

Mine too!

I love them so much, but my tips are a real problem so thanks for the vid =]

I was also considering the "burning in" method.

Anyone heard anything good/bad about that?

Besides the smell, I can live with that! =]

[voodoochile9547]

ha i was gonna say the smell but then you said it

[maxtrata]

Forget about that please! Dont hurt your hair! Dreads must be treated with care and love, but never with pain!

[Kingofdiam0nds]

What size sections do you have?

[NedTheDread]

ranging from around 1.75 inches(mostly on the back bottom row) to around 1 inch. I'd say just over an inch on average.

[danlash656]

hey man nice lock, u know the locks with the like undreaded hair on the end? well if i ever got them i would probabli cut the ends, and how did u make ur dreads? they rule plz reply

[psycomikey8889399]

will try that :P

[jadetheseahorse]

how did you get your dreads? the natural way or backcombing or.. something else ..?

[NedTheDread]

back combing

i did about an inch then pulled the loose hairs apart to push up the knots as tight as they would go, and then repeated until i had a nice tight dread.

[ned2one]

Your dreads look almost exactly like mine (without the bluntips) I'm thinkin of gettin them done by my hair dresser (the blunt tips) only cuz I have to go back there next month to get everything backcombed and shizle, so yeah might ask her to gimme some blunties!!! thanks for the tips as well I found them really easy to follow!

[jamaicanboy54]

my dreads are very natruell and dreaded there self at bottem

[jazzermonk]

it's sooooo much easier and faster to just burn off the tips and hold yer dread so that you can control the flame. All you have to deal with is the smell .. which goes away next shower.

[MysticGanjaMan420]

thanx mann

[zacwashere2007]

i just cut the undreaded peices off but be careful not to make it flat but its worked out fine for me

[brfhuop]

thanks for the idea. but i did em diffrently i pulled the tip inside the dread not weaving it cuz they came out when i didem like yours just a tip for any one doing this it looks great way better than usual

[sk0rponok]

awesome, this is something i did "knot" know that i do now, ah the answer box is great!

nice dreads btw!

[tintala]

those arent even dreads.lol

[entersilenthill]

tintala

You are either blind and listening to the sound of the video or mentally retarded.

[NedTheDread]

lol ok? what are they then?

[rastanitaa]

Like everybody else said before..

I haven't found anywhere else these tips and i was looking for a long time something exactly like that!!!!

Many many many thanks man..!

Keep doing good :)

I have them for 2 years, i hope they won't comin out..well i'll see!

Thanks again..

[qualqui]

Yeah Mon, got some mighty fine dreadlocks there! Saludos/Greetings from Mexico!=D

[FiIthy]

Warlion23; huh huh ^^

Thanks for the tips, good guide :)

[warlion23]

thanks 4 the BLUNTED TIPS !! u get the pun.. huh?.. huh?.. ok, i'll stop now... lol.

[ninjapickle426]

that looks really good! i wait to try it on mine.

[tovenissen]

perfect! looking great !

[SonicBlastMan]

after a while of strugglin to keep my loose hairs under controll ive found that after you crochet the hair into the dread a few times and then with the extra hair that sticks out of the side hold em in your hand like you would a pencil and then rub it in cirlces against your palm until the hairs are in a tight ball then you push that ball in to the dread and palm roll it a bit it doesnt work 100% of the time but it helps em stay in longer for a better chance to knot into the dread perminently

[CoTrI]

yo dawg u know how to get rid of the loops in dreads with a crochet???

[BibelibimzD]

Shut up, for one second sir

[tttooommm111222333]

mine all seem to come loose after a while.. do yours stay in permanently and lock up inside the dread?

[NedTheDread]

refer to the comment right after yours.

no, and yes, some do some come out a bit.

there's always going to be some that don't want to go, you just have to work on em a bit more. just use the smallest hook that still works.

[knottyrasta13]

brahh i did this to mah tips and mah dreads look sick wit the blunted tips. but they keep comin out on some of the dreads.. wat do i do..

[NedTheDread]

I'm not sure, a bunch of mine came out, and I just re did them until they stayed. I also have three hooks now, from i think 3mm to .5mm? I find the smallest hook you can use for the amount of hair you need to pull through works the best, and only go up a tiny amount each time you pull the hair through. in the last 3 months only 1 of them has come out...

[Narlz85]

thanks alot mate for this tip

[parkpatt]

I've seen people just take the end of their dread in one hand, stick it into the palm of the other hand and roll it around in a circle. It seems to work.

[mx117dude]

Thanks brah cool tip. I like that band on your lock, were did you get it!!

[NedTheDread]

I'm not sure where I got it, but it's actually just a bunch of hair elastics, "stacked," if you will, one on top of another. Red, orange, yellow, orange, red.

[PrettiBoiShai]

this is cool...ima try this!

[ketaminebean]

i just waited 2 months til they were comfortably tight then just cut the whispy bits off, im too lazy for the hook

[ctdyno]

haha shut up....for one second...sir

[sevar157]

thanks man, been wondering how to do this.....and your dreads are sick!

[wildmanwilz]

rudde boi!...thanks alot dawgyy

[Yekex]

i cut(ed) off the loose hairs at the end of my dreads. if u backcomb the hair tight, it wont get loose after u cut it. But ye, i too have some blunted tips on the front. about 10 from 50 dreads.

[loveboobhsqd]

awesomw man thanx lots

[knottyrasta13]

dayum good tip on how to blunt tips..i looked everywere but i couldnt find out how to do it..mah dreads look so much better..paycee

[dreadss64]

niceee

[jclone]

sweet vid, thanks alot man! leaving to buy my hook now!

[bundangbear]

I've had dreads (off and on) since you were a baby, and you're teaching me new things, man! You rock! My ends suck right now, plus I'm going bald.

[inferno1591]

thanks, for the tutorial..sick dreadlocks by the way.. bless

[CrisFake1]

Fucking sweet dreads

[luis12w]

now i want dreads even more!!!! i like the blunted tip dreads, can't wait to try this :)

[MetalDread69]

man those tips look mad

im definitly gettin maself a crochet hook ASAP

ive got dreads and i want nice blunt ends like those

peace :P x

[thatsrightisaidit51]

hey man....thanks for the vid....it really helped man...

[XdreadheadXjourneyX]

i like this video it seems like the best way to get those blunted tips

[NedTheDread]

Thanks man!

I haven't found a better way to do em... to go from loose end to blunted tip in 5 - 15 minutes is pretty sweet, and the best part is, once they're locked there, you don't have to worry about em again!

[edySQUASH]

thanks for the tips man. ive been meaning to find out how to use a crochet hook for my head roots cause they are all over. I also dig the blunted tips as well. mine are still young about 3 weeks old so ill probably do that once they get tighter like in 3 or 4 months. thanks alot. =]

[NedTheDread]

Ya it works wonders on the loose hairs by the roots as well and it won't be as hard either!! Like you said, I'd wait just a bit longer because it is time consuming and you might have to come back to fix em up again later. In any case, thank you and good luck!

[solytwd]

Very good vid. I'll definately try this when I'm at that stage. Thanks.

[NedTheDread]

Just something I forgot to mention in the video, I've also done this maybe a week after getting dreads as well, but most of them fell out. Partially because I didn't get the technique down-pat and partially because I was using too big of a hook. I did it again to the ones that fell out with a smaller one maybe the 2nd week, and most of those fell out too, leading me to believe the dreads have to be semi-mature... The ones I've done about a month ago (3rd month) have all stayed intact and locked.

[devmenard]

best video for the tips of your dreads and has no views yet!

[NedTheDread]

Thanks dude, I did A LOT of searching for how to get them like that after trying the shitty dread head method. I finally found someone using the crochet hook to put loose hairs in and was like...hey that'll be extremely useful to get the round blunt tips I've always wanted!