Black Cockatoo Dreadlocks

Bespoke Dread Maker And Creative Hair

Black Cockatoo Est in 20 13 brings crochet hook and hand built Dreadlocks to Newcastle in NSW Australia. Journey within to expose your creativity to be bold and be brave with your hair.

Our main studio is in the Heart of Newcastle, a place dedicated to the art of Dreadlocks and Hair Creativity. Its where all the magic begins , where clients come to have Dreadlocks installed and cared for but also people come to learn the art of loc’in Hair.

Here we offer all things Dreadlocks, washing, installing, maintenance, Human Hair, Wool and Synth Locs, extensions, permanent or temporary. Our speciality is in repairing if you have a problem with your locs we are confident that we can fix almost anything.

We pride myself on making dreadlocks with love, care and professionalism. Your Journey here with us is nourishing and full of simple advice. We are happy to hold your hand whilst your Locs develop and mature. ….

Our method is to get the best out of every hair type, quality and style. Using only a crochet hook, comb and hands. No Chemicals or waxes are used in this process, just a perfect method which I am proud to call a BCDreads Crochet Stitching Method.

Come experience BCDreads a trusted studio and a hand held along the Dreadlock Journey ……Gin x


 Salt Spray

For a simple salt spray add water to an recycled spray bottle and add a couple of tablespoons of salt. Pink salt, plain salt any really choice is yours. Just play around with the amount but you want it salty but not too salty.

Please don’t use a product from the shelf as will have other ingredients that will create build up within the locs. It also inhibits the ability for us to stitch the hair as it makes it too hard.

You can also add essential oils to the mix for freshness and scalp health.

Itchy Relief Spray

If you get a case of the crazy itches add to water in a spray bottle with peppermint and chamomile oil. Soak the scalp and leave in for a cooling effect. Hydrosols from these plants are beautiful too. I have heard chamomile tea once cooled is good too poured over the head.

Nit Spray

For a family with small children its easy to become exposed to nits. I like to use a spray bottle with water with the addition of essential oils like Tea Tree oil and Peppermint oil. Used daily a quick spray on the head in the morning. We used to leave it right next to the tooth brushes so the little ones could use themselves ;)