Getting Cozy in Grateful Dreads

January 31, 2013 | Shikote

Winter is at it’s peak! These are some pics of the people who are getting great hair and staying warm in the salon during this cold weather.

David’s locks are gorgeous! These are interlocked, started by his mom, and for the past year maintained by me. I love how his hair looks twisted up like this. I pulled it up to fade his sides.

This is how people look after an experience at Grateful Dreads!

Ahn's trim up. Her hair was already very texturized, so I cut it to smooth her ends and give her lots of volume on top! — Ahn’s trim up. Her hair was already very texturized, so I cut it to smooth her ends and give her lots of volume on top!

Couples haircuts! What a concept! We had a great time hanging out and doing haircuts and color. Laura and this salon are such a great match! Symbiosis at it’s finest!

There were a couple pics I didn’t snap of some great work I’d love to share! I gave Teymour the best looking cut in over 10 years. I suppose we say that a lot!!

I gave Alloy Ash the most beautiful icey purple platinum dreads for her trip to Texas. Congrats Alloy Ash and best to you while you’re down south!!!

798433_4584691849952_23235547_o — This is a pic of Kristen’s dreads one week in. She’s really doing a great job with the maintenance!

See you soon!

Custom Ombré Fusion Extensions

January 24, 2013 | Shikote

I make custom fusion extensions at Grateful Dreads. For Alana’s hair I colored them and made the extensions piece by piece to suit her hair type and the style she wants.

This is what the fusion extensions look like dry and in pieces.

Alana came into Grateful Dreads, and I removed her old extensions. Her hair is very fine and has been colored many times which makes it brittle.

I colored Alana’s hair with some conditioning color and did some extra deep conditioning at the bowl. Then I added her new extensions piece by piece!

Alana’s full, long, gorgeous hair!! Completely custom just for her!!

Alana and I had a great appointment!

I had a lot of fun preparing for this, and Alana loves her hair!! I am so happy with the results. Thank you Alana for coming to the salon!

A Week of Many Specialties!

January 23, 2013 | Shikote

Wow what a great week! I just can’t say enough about how much I love the challenges that come into this salon!! I am so thankful to have so many special talents as a hair stylist. These are some of the fun people I got to work with this week.

Veronica’s dreads have got to be nearing a year. They look great!!

If you cut the loose hairs from the tips of your dreads, your dreads will unravel a little and become shorter. Someone trimmed her ends, so we made a special appointment to give her hair some of it’s length back.

She knew she had curls but had been flat ironing because it was easier. — Katherine knew she had curls but had been flat ironing because it was easier.

I gave her hair some deep conditioning and a cut for curly hair!! She can still straighten it, but I bet she wont want to!

Jenny came in for just a trim. She’s got interesting hair texture.

I cleaned up her cut and gave it some shape without thinning it since it was already very texturized. I like her hair left thicker, and the new shape is really nice!!

Skateboarders next door. They showed up just as I was having a break! Perfect timing guys!!

Kristen came in for a late night dreads session.
BEFORE!

Kristen looks great with her brand new fresh dreads!! This took me 6 hours.

Kristen's fresh dreads look really fuzzy, especially where we blunted her ends!She's really got a ton of hair!! Perfect for a huge mane of dreads! — Kristen’s fresh dreads look really fuzzy, especially where we blunted her ends.
She’s really got a ton of hair!! Perfect for a huge mane of dreads!

Alana is a really cool girl that I met over a year ago. She came in and got some very special customized hair!!

You can see this custom process in the next post!

The salon is getting busier, and I’m looking for an assistant. If anyone finds this type of hair interesting and would like to learn, please contact me!!

On another note… I’ve hired a professional graphic designer who is working on a few things including the signs for the salon!! I apologize that there is no sign yet!! It’s my (very realistic) goal to have an awning and two signs up by the end of Fetbruary. Thanks for being patient!!

Sophisticated Styles and Starter Locs!

January 18, 2013 | Shikote

Grateful Dreads had a fun and interesting week! A lot of regular clients came through as well as some new people. At one point there were 9 people hanging out in the salon getting dreads, extensions, and a haircut! That was fun 🙂

I really love all the different hairstyles that come through here!

Patrick came for a cut! We both like the length in front.

Sofia came in to take a couple inches off her length. She never knew her hair could curl like this!

Jacqueline’s twists to start her locs. The twists have been in for two weeks, and we tightened her roots this time. Looking good! And they’re starting to lock already!!

Dani came in with her entire head looking like the hair hanging in back. Messy and very greasy! Full of wax.

Dani had her dreads put in 2 days before she came for a consultation. I immediately washed Dani’s hair for about 45 minutes trying to get out all the wax. We determined that someone put about a life supply of wax into her hair all at once! The wax was also very oily. The theory was that wax is what starts the dreads, but the wax, at this point, was actually hindering the dreading process. Once most of the wax was out I was able to fix up her dreads. We also decided to take the dreads out of her bangs for a softer look. The whole process took around 3 hours, and we had great results!

Dreads, Locs, and Fine Blonde Hair!

January 7, 2013 | Shikote

These are some interesting pictures from last week!

This is a good before and after sequence. Lisa started her dreads a year ago with micro braids and didn’t do anything to disturb her hair except wash it. When she arrived at Grateful Dreads, her hair was very clean and somewhat dreaded. I worked on her hair, separating some and locking other parts, for about 3 1/2 hours. We had great success!

The next pics are of Cora’s locs. She’s had them for 4 years, and they were actually started by someone I’ve worked with before! Hi Renée!! Cora’s mom is so happy to have found someone in Ann Arbor to help with her hair, and I’m so happy to be found! The blonde woman in the chair is Cara. She came in for a cut just as we finished up Cora’s hair. I love the contrast of hair in this picture. Especially because their names are so similar!

Cora’s really happy to have freshly tightened and cleaned locs!

Cora just got back from a tropical vacation and into the cold snow. Stay warm Cora, and I’ll see you again soon!

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Month: January 2013

Getting Cozy in Grateful Dreads

Custom Ombré Fusion Extensions

A Week of Many Specialties!

Sophisticated Styles and Starter Locs!

Dreads, Locs, and Fine Blonde Hair!