Cool Video by Mai Truong, Melania Sneak

Mai made this from our Tuesday shoot!

 

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Mai Truong, Melania Plasko, and I got together at Grateful Dreads this Tuesday afternoon for a photo shoot!  Melania makes clothes and collects them, so we used her clothes and designs.  You can look at Melania’s Lookbook to see more of her designs.   For this shoot I did her hair and make up in the salon, then we ventured out to an older cemetery in town.  I love Melania’s bangs, so I styled her hair around them in every look!  We did a smooth first look and agreed to get bigger as we went.  I did her makeup using lavender and metal tones.  I added some huge thick eyelashes, and we made lipstick out of a mix of eyeshadows.

The first look was very smooth and sleek.  I did this with rollers and clips and using an Ibiza boar’s bristle round brush.

Mai and Melania

I used Kevin Murphy Color Bug at her roots!

Cute look

I really like this one.

These are just shots with my phone!  Mai got some beautiful, high-quality shots which I will post as soon as they’re ready.

A Fun Day at Grateful Dreads

I really love this shop!  It’s a good time!

Teymour and Andros stopped by for a visit. Two of my favorite people!
I put out signs, and people were pouring in!
The calm before the storm.

I wasn’t able to get pics of everyone, but here are some really good ones!

Naveen is an herbal healer in town.  He came in for his dreadlocks!  We did them on the spot!  They took about 3 hours.

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Look at this happy guy!

Sarah came in feeling like a wild animal, so we went with it and did some peacock ombré.

I love that deep blue!  I’ve been doing Sarah’s hair for a while now, and this was her first visit to Grateful Dreads!  We had a really nice time catching up.

Thank you to everyone who came in today!

Kevin Murphy Products are Here!

I like the new Kevin Murphy line at Grateful Dreads.  The products smell great and make your hair feel amazing!  I’ve been exploring a lot of new ideas for styling with them too!  Kevin Murphy is a session based company which means they do a lot of photo shoots and fashion events.  They’re based out of Australia, and the whole line is animal and earth friendly.  They use essential oils and leave out the additives which I love.  I’ve been having a lot of fun with this line with excellent results!


The color bug is a huge hit!  Everyone loves it!

Camellia loves the pink one!

The products came with a manual that describes every ingredient and talks about why Kevin Murphy chose them.

Paraben Free!
Sulphate Free!

I already notice a change in how I style hair since using Kevin.Murphy.  I’m really impressed and having a lot of fun with this line!

Kerrytown Concert House Gets a New Look!

Grateful Dreads is next door to the Kerrytown Concert House.  We share a garden, and I get to hear the concerts drifting from there into the salon.  I really like seeing people dressed their best, walking to concerts down Fourth Avenue.  The music is always great too!  I hear jazz, classical, and drumming.  The people who congregate here are people you want to know.  Friendly, talented, and full of grace.  I have to add that they serve sparkling water alongside the usual “still” water when they have outdoor receptions.  The only other place I’ve experienced that was in Amsterdam. The Concert House had a makeover these past few weeks!  Here are the pics:

During

The crew worked very fast! They’re from an eco-construction company which is always nice to see.

New Look!

Congrats neighbor!!

Clayton and the Cool Kids

Clayton came for his first haircut at Grateful Dreads!
Success!
We watched some really huge bees ravishing these flowers.
We saw about five distinctly different bees. This is a honey bee. My favorite kind!

After a short break at Crazy Wisdom to look at some pics for editing, and a lovely little tea party, I met with Sydney back at Grateful Dreads!  We put in her dreads exactly a year ago!  I like that she left out her bangs.  It adds softness and design.

Sydney is totally cool!
Band of Gypsies
We went to The Espresso Bar afterwards for yummy almond milk lattes!
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A very hip spot!  I’m so happy to have them as neighbors!

A Very Busy Week!

Grateful Dreads has been so popular this week!  I’ve had many clients come for their first appointments in the shop.  And I’ve met some new people too!  I’ve been doing lots and lots of hair!  I wasn’t always able to snap a pic, but here are a few:

Kirsten had her first curly cut! We had a fun appointment with amazing results!
Rodney came by for a visit. It’s been 5 weeks since we put in his dreads.
Audrey gets the SoCaps! So lovely!!

Special thanks to Karina for bringing me flowers! (in the background)  The colors are so pretty together!

Long hair!
We did some pink ombré real quick with the new Kevin Murphy Color Bug. It looks so cool!
A busy day! I am so thankful!

Saturday Morning Farmers’ Market

Farmers’ Market is across the street from Grateful Dreads.  I walked through on my way to pick up my special order of triple tea tree shampoo for cleaning dreadlocks.  Yay!!  Here are some of the highlights!

Giant Heirloom Tomatos

Seeley Farm Seasonal Greens

WATERMELONS!!!!!
Tasty Bakery
gluten free and vegan yummy desserts!
It’s important that anyone with EBT know about this. You get double your food money when you shop at most farmers’ markets. Eat fresh!
The Kerrytown Concert House is getting a makeover!
I found this flower by the mailbox.
The Espresso Bar hosted the Batata Shop for a pop-up! I went right inside to say hi to Tawnya! She’s really cool and makes very yummy sweet potato goodness. She really radiates a bright light.

So good to see you Tawnya!  Next time you’ll have to come by the salon for some relaxation and yumminess for your hair!

Curly Hair, Before and After

Monique came into the salon on her way to a lunch with friends.  I nourished her hair with some deep conditioners and yummy hair products, all by Original Moxie.  Then I twisted her hair into a cute set!

Before:

And after!

Thank you Monique!  So good to see you again!

Original Moxie Products

Original Moxie products are made locally in Ypsilanti by someone with curly hair for people with curly hair.  The products are all natural and organic when possible.  They’re made of herbs and flowers and natural butters.  They smell so yummy you could eat them!  This is one of the best product lines I’ve ever used;  I am so happy to have this in the salon!

The Gardens Outside are Really Flourishing!

Some new pics of Grateful Dreads’ surroundings:

A fairie’s view of the mailbox!

A very special pic of a hidden flower.

Lavender

These look like snowflakes!
Grateful Dreads is in the old Burkhart Building. Maybe someday this sign will say Grateful Dreads!

Such a beautiful place!  I am so happy here!

Knotty Boy is in the House!!

The Knotty Boy products arrived a couple days ago!

Bob Marley watches over Grateful Dreads.
I really love these bar soaps. They make the whole shop smell yummy!
Tightening gel, conditioning sprays for mature dreads, freshening sprays, and a cooling spray. The one on the right is a pre-dreading soap and also removes wax.
The beads are here too!  Made locally by the lovely Rebecca Ariel-Michelle

Knotty Boy products are all natural, organic, earth-friendly, and cruelty-free.  They smell amazing, and they WORK!

Nicole’s Ombré

This is a pic I found that was just taken of my friend Nicole Ciccarelli.  She lives in Chicago where she is a writer, a model, and an advocate for holistic wellness.  Nicole came to visit me last week, and I gave her some double ombré!!

This photo was taken by Usuf Khan in Chicago.  I like the simplicity of this photo and how he used the light.  The colors are just right too!  And I’m really into top-knots as a hairstyle right now!!

Maeve, Daighna, and I

Måeve, Daighna, and I got together on Sunday and had the first ever photo shoot at Grateful Dreads!  We got very creative, worked hard, and had a lot of fun.  I love that I get to spend time making art with such wonderful people and am so thankful!  The pics below were all taken with my iphone.  The real pics were shot by Daighna Rayner and are currently being looked through and edited by her.

Here’s a sneak of our last look.  Måeve in a beautiful grassy meadow.  She’s wearing the wrap dress designed by Fotoula Lambros for Fotoula Lambros Design.  This dress was the closing look in FLD’s most recent Detroit fashion show but in white.  She graciously loaned us the black one for this shoot.

Look at those clouds!

The rest of these photos are of the salon after the shoot.  I really love my new salon!  And I really loved this shoot.  Everything about it.

Most of those clothes are by designer Kelly Lynne. She and I pulled from her newest collection which was totally fun!

A very special day

Thanks to everyone involved!

 

Paige Glamour

Here are two good shots from a recent photoshoot with Paige Mobley.  Marygrace D’Aleo did her make-up and brought the red dress.  I styled Paige’s hair off her face and neatly to the side for the beauty shot, shown first.  For the last look of the shoot we got very glamorous with a roller set, and I pinned her hair into a bob.  Paige is an excellent model and really worked the look!

I am so happy to have worked with the photographer, Acacia.  Watching her work was energizing, and her edited pic below is a piece of fine art.  What a pleasure to work with such an amazing and talented artist!

Photos by Acacia:

The faux bob!  Very glamorous!!