Avoiding Problems from Matting in Dreads

We suggest waxing!

The reason that I created the Monkey Locks range of products was that I could see the lack of natural ingredients in other products. In other products that claim to be natural, the only thing that was genuinely natural was the Beeswax, which only made up 10% of the total product! This meant that 90% of the product, was made up of Petroleum Jelly and Fillers which makes your Dreadlocks greasy and oily.

Scalp irritations and skin problems have also occurred when these products have been used on Dreads. This is not very friendly. Funny huh! Dreadlockers are nature lovers, carers of the environment yet unfortunately, they are fooled into believing that the products that they are using are natural.

It took me (Bruno Rossi), eighteen months to perfect and make a totally natural wax!

Making the Monkey Locks range from scratch was a painful process but worth every effort.

The Monkey Locks range has 80% Beeswax in each tub!

I came about sourcing locally made ingredients like Beeswax, Olive Oil and other ingredients that make up this product. I was constantly mixing and blending ingredients, trying to come up with a mixture that would not be greasy like the others.

I was also looking for something that would allow the product to disappear once applied to the Dreadlock, and not appear on the back of clothes and pillows. Other waxes can remain greasy for two weeks after the application.

Monkey Locks Wax has no chemicals whatsoever and only has what nature has created!

So try this product and I guarantee that you will be impressed with the difference. The Monkey Locks wax will make your Dreads look more beautiful and grease free!

Why do Dreadlocks need maintenance?

As we all know, hair never stops growing. Every month hair will grow a centimetre, and that means that eventually you will have loose, fuzzy hair! We lose about 50-150 hairs a day, and new hair is always replacing itself. A lack of maintenance may result in some Dreadlocks falling out. This is caused by the hair at the base of the dreads becoming too thin and therefore falling out.

This is why you need to merge all new hair back into the same section of the dread, to keep the strength at the base of each dread. Simply cutting loose fuzzy hair away is not the answer to gorgeous tidy looking dreads. So maintenance is necessary every 2-5 months depending on the growth of your Dreadlocks. We simply put all of the loose hair back into your dreads by mashing the hair back into your dreads, which is a totally natural process.

Avoiding problems with your dreads

- Waxing will keep your dreads neat and tidy.
- Without the use of wax, they will rub against each other and merge in time.
- When sleeping on a pillow, this can also merge the dreads; one solution would be to sleep with a beanie or bandana. This will keep the dreads in place and prevent rubbing.
- Always use a bandana when wearing a helmet. This avoids squishing the dreads in the tight spots and dragging the Dreadlocks, which could pull and damage them.