Dreadlocks & natural hair · Nairobi
Loc care with a steady hand, right here in Kahawa Wendani.
Dreadlinks is a beauty salon in Kahawa Wendani, Nairobi, working mainly with dreadlocks and natural hair. Availability, timing and cost are settled on the phone — so call before you travel across town.
- 5.0 on Google From a single review — a good start, not yet a pattern.
- Kahawa Wendani Nairobi. Full address and map on the visit page.
- Call first Opening hours aren't published anywhere online.
Before you come
Hours aren't published online, so a quick call saves a wasted trip.
Call 0704 513 335 →How a visit works
Three steps, no guessing
Nothing on this page books you in automatically. The salon is small and the diary isn't online, so the honest route is a short conversation first.
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Call and describe your hair
Loc count, length, when you last retwisted, and what you want done. That's how a fair answer on time and cost gets given.
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Agree a day and a time
The salon confirms directly with you. If you'd rather write than talk, prepare a message on the appointments page and send it by WhatsApp or SMS.
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Come in and talk it through
Ask what's happening at each stage. If something isn't right for your hair, you deserve to hear that before the work starts, not after.
Common reasons people call
What people come in for
Tap any of these to start a request — the topic carries over to the form so you don't have to type it twice.
The studio
A neighbourhood salon, not a chain
Dreadlinks appears on Google Maps as a beauty salon in Kahawa Wendani, Nairobi. That's the whole of the public record: no website, no price list, no published opening hours. Rather than dress that up, this site tells you what's actually known and sends the rest to the phone line where it belongs.
What we can point to is a 5.0 Google rating from one review, and a phone number that gets answered. For a first visit, that's a reasonable starting point — and worth topping up with a call.
Not sure what your locs need?
Call and describe them. Saying "I'm not sure" is a perfectly good way to start a conversation.
Services
What to ask about
Dreadlinks has never published a service menu or a price list online, and this page isn't going to invent one. What follows are the topics people most often call about — dreadlocks first, natural hair generally. Use it as a starting list, then confirm the details on the phone.
Please read this bit. The descriptions below explain what each topic usually involves in a loc salon. They are not a published list of Dreadlinks' services, and nothing here is a quote. Call 0704 513 335 to ask what's available, how long it takes and what it costs.
Topics to raise when you call
Loc maintenance & retwisting
Keeping parts clean and roots from merging into one another. How often you need it depends on your hair, your loc size and how fast your roots grow — so the right interval is a conversation, not a fixed number someone types on a website.
Starter locs
Beginning locs from loose natural hair. Worth asking which method suits your hair type, how long the first stage takes, and what the first few months will realistically look like — including how you'll maintain them in between.
Washing & scalp care
A proper wash and someone actually looking at your scalp. If it's sore, flaky, itchy or has bumps, say so when you call so it can be looked at properly instead of covered over with product.
Styling for an occasion
Up-dos, gathered styles, something that holds for a wedding, a shoot or a Friday. Bring a photo if you have one, and be clear about how long the style needs to last and how much pulling your scalp will tolerate.
Thinning or loose locs
Locs that are thinning at the root, or ones that have come loose after a wash or a bad night. Ask before you try a home fix — sometimes the honest answer is a trim, and sometimes it's a repair that needs more time than you'd expect.
Natural hair, worn loose
The Google listing puts Dreadlinks under beauty salon, not only locs. If you're wearing your hair out and want it washed, trimmed or styled, call and ask what's possible — that's a question only the salon can answer.
How pricing works here
Prices aren't published anywhere we can verify, and they shouldn't be guessed at. Loc work varies with length, the number of locs, how much new growth there is, and how much repair the hair needs.
Nobody can give you a fair number without seeing your hair or hearing about it in detail. So the useful move is: call 0704 513 335, describe your locs, and ask for a range. Ask how long the session is likely to take at the same time — it usually matters just as much as the price.
Practicalities
Before you come in
- Call aheadOpening hours aren't published. A walk-in can meet a closed door.
- Ask about prepWhether to arrive with clean, dry hair depends on the service — ask when you book.
- Bring referencesOne photo of what you want, and one of what you don't, saves a lot of explaining.
- Know your historyRoughly when your last retwist was, and whether anything has changed since.
- Agree the cost firstAsk for the price before the work starts, not after.
Signature styles
Reference gallery
Straight talk first: Dreadlinks doesn't have a public gallery of its own work that we could find or credit. So this page shows publicly licensed reference photographs of loc and natural-hair styling — not the salon's clients, not the salon's premises. Use them to find the words for what you want.
If you want to see actual work, ask. Call the salon and ask whether you can see current photos or come past to look at what's being done. That's a fair request, and it's better than trusting a stock photo.
Loc & natural-hair references
Photographs from Unsplash, used under the Unsplash License. They show loc and natural-hair styling generally. They are not photographs of Dreadlinks' clients, staff or premises, and are not presented as such. If an image fails to load, a plain colour panel appears in its place.
Describing what you want
Four things worth saying out loud
Photos help, but they only get you halfway. These four details do more work than a saved screenshot.
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Size
How thick your locs are now, and whether you want them to stay that size or change.
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Length & weight
Long locs carry weight. Say if your scalp is sensitive to pulling, because that changes what's realistic.
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Time you have
An hour and a whole afternoon are different appointments. Say which one you've got.
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How long it must hold
A style for one evening and a style for three weeks are not the same job.
Got a photo saved on your phone?
Bring it in, or describe it on the phone. Either works — the point is a shared idea before anyone picks up a comb.
The studio
A small salon with a short public record
Most salon websites pad this page with a founding story and a mission statement. Dreadlinks doesn't have one on record, so here's the honest version instead: what's confirmed, what isn't, and how to fill the gaps.
What's actually confirmed
These are the details that appear on the salon's Google Maps listing. Nothing here has been embellished.
- NameDreadlinks Kahawa Wendani
- CategoryBeauty salon
- LocationKahawa Wendani, Nairobi
- Phone0704 513 335
- Rating5.0 on Google, from 1 review
- Plus codeRW3G+F6 Nairobi
Why this page is short on detail
The salon doesn't run a website and hasn't published opening hours, a price list, staff names or a service menu. The only other public trace we found is a post inside a Facebook group, which may require joining the group to read. That's a thin paper trail — and making up the rest would be worse than admitting it.
So this site does three things instead: it tells you exactly where the salon is, it gives you a number that reaches it, and it hands you a form that prepares a message you send yourself. Everything beyond that has to come from the salon.
On that 5.0 rating. It's real, and it's from one review. One happy customer is genuinely good news, but it isn't a track record. Ask around the neighbourhood, or ask the salon for recent work — both are more useful than a single star count.
Approach
What good loc work looks like
The points below are general principles of loc care, not published Dreadlinks policy. Read them as the questions worth asking, then check them against what you hear on the phone.
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Consultation before tools
Someone should look at your hair, or at least ask detailed questions, before quoting a price or a duration.
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Honesty about what's possible
If a style will pull too hard on your edges or won't hold with your loc maturity, you should hear it plainly.
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No rushing the roots
Retwisting done too tight to save time is how thinning starts. Comfort matters more than speed.
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A plan for next time
You should leave knowing roughly when to come back, and what to do in between.
Appointments
Prepare a request
There's no online diary here, and this form doesn't book you in. It writes a clear message from what you type, then hands it to WhatsApp or SMS so you can send it to the salon yourself. The appointment exists when the salon replies and confirms it — nothing before that.
Your message is ready
Send it using one of the buttons below. This page cannot send it for you, and it does not confirm an appointment.
Message copied to your clipboard.
Prefer to talk?
- Phone0704 513 335
- WhatsAppMessage the salon on WhatsApp
- EmailNo email address is published for this salon.
- HoursNot published online — ask when you call.
Beauty guide
Living with locs, between visits
Most of what keeps locs healthy happens in the weeks you're not in a salon chair. Below is general guidance — the kind you'd get from any careful loc professional. It is not a description of Dreadlinks' products or methods, and it isn't medical advice.
General guidance, clearly labelled. Dreadlinks hasn't published its own care instructions. Where this page says "usually" or "many people", it means exactly that — not a salon rule. Ask on the phone what the salon recommends for your specific hair.
Six things that matter
1. Washing, without wrecking the parts
Locs get washed — the idea that they shouldn't is a myth. What matters is how: a residue-free shampoo, a thorough rinse, and drying that reaches the middle of the loc, not just the outside. A wet loc left damp for days is how mildew starts. If you're unsure whether your current routine is working, ask the salon to look at your scalp and give you a straight answer.
2. Retwisting on a rhythm, not a rumour
Retwist intervals commonly sit somewhere between four and eight weeks, but that range is wide on purpose. Fine, soft hair can lose a retwist quickly; thicker hair can go longer. Retwisting too often, or too tightly, is one of the most common ways edges thin out. Pick an interval that keeps your roots tidy without tugging at your scalp.
3. Moisture is a routine, not a product
Light, water-based moisture and a little oil on the scalp generally do more than heavy butters and waxes, which can sit in the loc and attract lint. If a product makes your locs feel tacky or leaves a film, that's a signal to use less of it. Ask the salon what they'd suggest for your hair type rather than copying someone else's shelf.
4. Sleep protection
A satin or silk scarf, or a satin pillowcase, cuts down on friction and lint and helps a retwist hold. It's a small habit with a visible payoff after a few weeks — and it costs nothing like as much as a repair.
5. Tension is the thing to watch
Soreness that lasts more than a day or two after a retwist isn't normal, and neither are bumps along the hairline, persistent itching, or a scalp that feels hot. Loosen the style, give your hair a rest, and speak to a professional. If something looks like a skin problem rather than a hair problem, see a doctor or dermatologist — a salon isn't the right place for that.
6. Colour and heat are decisions, not errands
Colour on locs, and heat on natural hair, both do permanent things to the hair shaft. Neither is off-limits, but both deserve a conversation before they happen rather than after. If you're planning either, raise it when you book so the appointment can be sized correctly.
When it's worth calling rather than guessing
Most loc problems are easier to fix early. These are the moments when a phone call to the salon beats another week of hoping:
- A loc has come loose at the root and you can't tell whether it needs repair or removal.
- Your edges look thinner than they did six months ago.
- Your scalp is sore, flaky or itchy after a retwist.
- Locs smell musty even after washing.
- You're thinking about colour, cutting or combining locs.
Questions
The honest answers
Some of these have a real answer. Others don't, because the salon hasn't published the information — and in that case we say so rather than inventing something plausible.
Kahawa Wendani, Nairobi. That's the address on the Google Maps listing — there's no street number or building name published. The plus code RW3G+F6 Nairobi will take you to the map pin. The full detail and a map link are on the visit page.
They aren't published anywhere we could verify, so we're not going to guess. Please call 0704 513 335 before you travel, especially if you're coming from outside Kahawa Wendani.
There's no published price list. Loc work is priced on length, loc count and how much new growth there is, so a fair number needs a conversation first. Call, describe your hair, and ask for a range — and ask how long the session should take while you're at it.
Walk-in policy isn't published. The safe approach is to ring first and ask whether there's space today. A quick call is cheaper than a wasted trip.
Not at the moment — there's no online diary. The appointments page has a form that writes a message for you, which you then send by WhatsApp or SMS. It doesn't confirm anything on its own; the salon's reply does that.
The name points at locs, and Google lists the business as a beauty salon rather than a loc-only specialist. What's actually on offer isn't published. If you wear your hair loose and want it washed, trimmed or styled, call and ask — it's a one-minute question.
Yes — and it comes from a single Google review. One five-star review is genuinely encouraging, but it isn't a pattern yet. If you visit, leaving your own honest review helps the next person far more than any number on this site.
There's no public gallery we could find or credit, which is why the styles page uses clearly labelled reference photographs instead of pretending they're the salon's. Ask on the phone whether you can see current work.
Payment methods aren't published, so ask when you call or before the work starts. It's a normal thing to check, and better than finding out at the end.
The only public trace we found is a post inside a Facebook group, which may require joining to read. That isn't the same as an official page, and it isn't a booking channel. For anything that matters, use the phone.
Question not here?
That's expected — most of the useful details about this salon live in a phone conversation rather than on a page. Ask directly and you'll get a proper answer.
Visit & contact
Finding the salon
Everything below is what's actually published. There's no building name or street number on the listing, so the map pin and a phone call are the two reliable routes.
Address & contact
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Address
Dreadlinks Kahawa Wendani
Kahawa Wendani, Nairobi, Kenya - Plus code RW3G+F6 Nairobi
- Phone 0704 513 335
- Email No email address is published for this salon.
- Hours Not published online. Call before you travel.
Getting there without guessing
Kahawa Wendani sits in the north-east of Nairobi. The listing doesn't include a building name, a floor or a nearby landmark, so the sensible thing is to use the map pin and then call for the last few metres — especially the first time.
By map pin
Search "Dreadlinks Kahawa Wendani" in Google Maps, or paste the plus code RW3G+F6 Nairobi. The coordinates behind the listing are −1.1962641, 36.9256222 if your app prefers numbers.
By phone
Call 0704 513 335 when you're close. Ask for the landmark, not just the street — it's the fastest way to be found.
If you're travelling from far
Ring before you set off. Hours aren't published, and there's no online diary to check against. A two-minute call settles whether today is a good day and roughly when to arrive.
Other ways to reach the salon
WhatsApp · Facebook group post
The Facebook link goes to a post inside a public group — you may need to join the group to read it. It isn't an official salon page and isn't a booking channel.
Ready when you are
Prepare a message with your details and send it in one tap, or just call and talk it through.