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Starter Kits & Combos
Everything you need to create and maintain your own clean, healthy dreadlocks. The Starter Kit comes with easy to follow, comprehensive instructions and combo's are a great way...
Locking & Tightening
Perfect for accelerating the maturing of new dreads or maintaining tight smooth ones - our locking and tightening products are fantastic products to use at any stage of the...
Shampoo & Deep Cleanse
From the woody scents of cedarwood to the invigorating burst of citrus, essential oils and organic ingredients are combined to create the ultimate in dread care. Our shampoos...
Treatments
Strong healthy hair means strong healthy dreads! Our conditioners have been made with dreads in mind and unlike normal hair care products, our range of all natural dread...
Extensions
Hand crafted quality dreadlock extensions! Our Human Hair dreads are the crème de la crème of extensions and perfect for lengthening existing dreads. Crocheted Synthetics are...
Accessories
Dread beads, cuffs, visors and dread bands are not only funky accessories but are a practical way to keep your dreadlocks out of the way and in check. Our custom made swim and...
Swim & Shower Caps
A custom made range of swim caps and shower caps for kids to adults which are large enough to accommodate very long hair, dreadlocks, braids and afro hair. Now taking a dip and...
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Dreads can most definitely work in thin and fine hair. In fact, they create so much volume! Here’s a few recommendations:
⭐️ Work with what you have so go for a thinner dread and make your sections smaller. This will minimise the amount of scalp showing where the hair is sectioned.
⭐️ Consider a partial head leaving the top undreaded. Again, this will help cover the scalp and soften the look.
⭐️ When maintaining, avoid making the base of the dreads too tight. Tension can lead to breakage and further thinning and tight bases expose more scalp.
⭐️ Did you know, more hair can also be added to a dread to thicken it up? Just becareful not to make it too heavy which leads to tension - it’s a great option if you have just a couple of thin dreads you want thickened.
#thinhair #finehair #dreadlocks #dreads #dreadlockinstallation #dreadinstallation #dreadlocktips #locsApril 25th 2025 -
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How cool is this! @dreadlockgypsy works stretchers and pretty keepsakes into your dreads ❤️ it’s also a good way to keep track of growth / length. Dreadlocks Gypsy is your Brisbane based loctician #brisbanedreads #dreads #dreadlocks #loctician #dreadmaker #dreadinstall #dreadmaintenance #dreadempireApril 25th 2025 -
There’s plenty of ways to crochet dreads and in our How to Make Dreadlocks tutorial, we keep it as simple as possible so anyone can pick up a hook and get dreading! The method on display here is a little more complicated but with a bit of practice, it producers a lovely tight, condensed dread.
Essentially, you’re grabbing hair from the outer circumference of the dreadlock and forming a web around the backcombed core.
Let’s break it down…
1️⃣ Take your backcombed section of hair and scrape the hook across the back from left to right grabbing a few hairs as you go.
2️⃣ Now roll your hook so it’s now facing towards the hair and scrape the front from left to right.
3️⃣ Repeat this action, slowly moving down the length of the dread.
4️⃣ It’s also good idea to go back over the newly crocheted section and focus more on the core, pushing the hook in and out of the centre, focusing particularly on areas which are a little bit looser.
#dreadmaking #howtomakedreads #howtomakedreadlocks #howtocrochetdreads #howtocrochetdreadlocks #dreads #dreadlocks #dreadinstallation #hippyhair #dreadempireApril 25th 2025 -
From Perth all the way across to NZ and everywhere in between, these dreadlock magicians weave their magic creating and maintaining the most divine locs ❤️
For a full list of our recommended locticians and stockist of Dread Empire, head to 👇🏼
https://www.dreadlocks.com.au/content/6-locticians-and-stockists
@riverbed.dreads
@lockness_dreads
@ocdlox
@wanderlust_locs
@darkershadesofbeauty
@funkylocs.1
@dreadlockgypsy
@isisknotdreadlocks
@cosmicmanadreadlocks
@twistedroots.byleaf
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Mermaid Locs 🧜♀️ These beauties are synthetic & we also have them available in human hair #dreadextensions #dreaslockextensions #MermaidLocs #mermaiddreadlocks #dreads #dreaslocksApril 25th 2025
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The AMAZING Darker Shades of Beauty turned 18! The place to go for loc installation and maintenance for Adelaide based dread peeps. Congratulations & happy birthday to Lynda and her team @darkershadesofbeauty #adelaidedreads #adelaidedreadlocks #dreads #dreadlocks #loctician #dreadmaker #dreadinstall #dreadmaintenance #dreadempireApril 25th 2025
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A recent human hair custom order ❤️ a mix of blonde and Sandy blondes, a mix of thicknesses and open tops ✌🏼 #dreads #dreadlocks #dreadempire #dreadhead #longdreads #blondedreads #dreadextensions #dreaslockextensionsApril 25th 2025
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@valhalla.hair.dreadlokks weaving her magic 🪄 with our human hair dreadlock extensions and her own crafted purple locs 💜 #dreadempire #dreads #dreadlocks #dreadinstall #dreadextensions #dreadlockextensions #dreadloveApril 25th 2025
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We’re out of the office this Friday to Monday. Order before 9am this Thursday to avoid delay ❤️ #dreadempire #dreads #dreadlocks #dreadproducts #dreadextensions #dreadmaintenanceApril 25th 2025 -
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THA gorgeous @piixiequeen and our human hair extensions ❤️🖤More dreads coming soon for va via volume #dreadextensions #dreadlockextensions #dreads #dreadlocks #dreadempire #longdreads #dreadsandtattsApril 25th 2025 -
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Gorgeous 😍 dread work by @riverbed.dreads Waikuku Beach, NZ #nzdreads #dreadsnz #loctician #dreadmaker #dreadmaintenance #dreads #dreadlocks #dreadempireApril 25th 2025 -
Big hair, don’t care 💥 Everyday conveniences to make caring for your locks of breeze available at www.dreadlocks.com.au ❤️April 25th 2025
