Maeve, by Mike Frieseman

These are the finished photos by Mike Frieseman.  Mike, Maeve, and I got together for a quick shoot before she left town.  I styled her hair, and Maeve did her own make up.

The resulting photos are exquisite!

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Thank you so much Maeve and Mike for making these beautiful photos happen!

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Maeve, The Queen of Kings, Behind the Scenes

Mike and I had the pleasure of shooting with Maeve. She and I met at Grateful Dreads where I styled her hair then we went to Mike’s studio for a mega session!

These are some shots I took with my phone during the shoot!

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Model-esque
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Beauty!
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Hair!

This last look is my favorite of all the photos I took.   Flawless.

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Ramble on Maeve!  We love you!!

Please look for Mike’s professional and complete collection of photos on this site in the near future!

Haircuts for Locals and Those Who Travel!

I’m so happy with all of the new people who’ve come to the salon! We have a good time! I don’t always get pictures of everyone because of the rhythm of things, but here are some great shots of recent haircuts!

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A detailed and stylized haircut for a clean look!
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I love men’s haircuts! He likes his a little bit longer all over.
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Her hair is almost all virgin curly hair! She used to straighten it which relaxed her curls. We did some deep conditioning, and I updated her shape while taking off some of the damaged ends. We agreed it looks very nice!
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A beautiful ombré. It’s very natural and we’ve taken out the old red tones.
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A healthy cut to go with some beautiful color!
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Karen looks great!
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Her hair is so healthy and curly! It’s a completely different texture than when we first met. So happy about this!
Veronica and Andrei with his stylish new cut!
Veronica and Andrei with his stylish new cut!
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Karen came to see me from 3 hours away! Christine drove here though in half that time. 🙂 So good to see you both!!

Sara and Her Dreads Getting Some TLC

Sara came to Grateful Dreads for some dreads maintenance. She’s had her hair dreaded for seven years and had never been for any maintenance. She let them form naturally and grooms them with her special wool gloves. She loves her hair very much and so do all of her friends! Her hair is so long and healthy, and Sara is full of wonderful experience and happiness! I really enjoyed this day!

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Incredibly long, natural dreadlocks!
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The tightening process: I tightened her dreads at their roots and pulled in any loose hairs.
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Two new baby dreads!
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We’re having fun!
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Sara’s dreads are out!
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Fishtail Braided Dreads

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Sara really looks amazing!  Her dreads are loved by many!  They’re all freshly cleaned, separated, tucked in, reformed, and healthy.  Happy dreadlocks!

What a fun day filled with love and friendship!  We had many visitors which made it even more lovely!  Sara it was so nice to spend the day with you!  Thanks for coming in and thank you to her two scouts!!!  Chaeley and Allison!  We did it!  Sara I’m so happy I was a part of this rejuvenating experience!!!

Riley’s Visit to Grateful Dreads

Riley came to Grateful Dreads with her mom, Jade, who is my good friend from high school. I was so excited to get this call! “Riley has dreads, and she has some photos coming up!” Hahahaha!! This is what life is all about!!  I worked on Riley’s hair while Jade went and played at the Farmers’ Market!

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Riley 🙂 Her hair actually looks very beautiful down, but we wanted to play around with it!
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Riley’s dreads are so artistic! They’re full of wraps and vintage beads. She added some extensions herself as she put her dreads in, and I showed her how to add more!

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Cute!
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Jade sent me this picture of our fairie babies playing in the fairie tree. So cute!!!!!

Scott’s New Dreads!

Scott came to Grateful Dreads for a consultation about a month ago. He wanted dreads and had been growing his hair out for three years to get them! He wasn’t sure how it would go because people told him that his straight hair wouldn’t go into dreads. During our consultation I assured him his hair could, in fact, be dreaded! This past Saturday he came walking down the driveway for his appointment, and we got to work!

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Scott’s long, smooth hair before dreadlocks
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He’s glowing with excitement!
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Scott’s dreads about 2 hours in.
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Sweet success!
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Loving the new look!
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Scott and Jane under the dreadlock tree!

Thanks to both of you!  I am so happy to be a part of this accomplishment, and I really enjoyed spending the afternoon with you!

Happy Spring!

Dread Extensions All Day Long!

These are two amazing examples of what dread extensions can do.

Stephanie has wanted dreads for years!  This was so fun to make her vision come to life!  Abbie, a local dreadie and artist, came to Grateful Dreads to help put in Stephanie’s dreads.  We used extensions to add thickness to the ends and just a little length.  The color match is amazing!

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Stephanie’s hair before dreads
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Freshly dreaded!
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Yes Zach loves her dreads, but he’s really smiling because we’re done!

Stephanie’s dreads with extensions took 8 hours with 3 hours of help from Abbie.  Thanks for coming in Stephanie!  You and Zach are both great and very patient.  We had a nice day!

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This next set of pictures are of Nicole.  She came to Grateful Dreads from Chicago to have her dreads put back in.  She had recently cut them off to try an A-line style and quickly knew it wasn’t for her.  Nicole and her boyfriend arrived that morning, and Abbie and I were waiting.

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Abbie and I doubled up on Nicole’s thick hair.
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You can still see Nicole’s thick, short, A-line bob with just a few extensions at the bottom.
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Nicole got her dreads back!

Nicole’s dreads with partial extensions took 8 hours with 4 hours of help from Abbie.  Thank you so much Nicole for coming to Ann Arbor to get your dreads done!  And thank you Abbie for helping!!  This is a good thing all around!

Hunter!!

Hunter came to Grateful Dreads on one of the first beautiful spring days this season. We had a good time putting in her dreadlocks. Her hair was really perfect for them! We were even able to blunt her ends which is very rare in the beginning.  Hunter’s dreads took me about 4 hours to put in.  No wax.  No rubberbands.  Just her natural hair!

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Before, looking like a spring goddess!
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After, Hunter’s beautiful new dreads!!
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Happy Hippy Chic! Hunter’s new blonde dreads are totally cute!!!

Hunter really is the complete vision. Special thank you to Hunter and her peeps for the kind and happy company.  Happy Spring everyone!!

Maeve and Freya

I love when dogs come to the salon! And I love when amazing people come to the salon!! So I really had fun when Maeve brought in Freya, and I got to pratice some braids in her hair. I’m really making progress with my braids endeavour!

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First thing’s first.  Freya is happy with her rawhide!
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Swirly ponytail braid
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Traveling Dutch braid
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I love pictures of lots of hair in the shampoo bowl! This is a huge bowl!
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Freya and Maeve
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Puppy Love!

Fun Hair From Last Week

The salon has been very busy!  Hash Bash just happened, and we’ve been working out some new additions for Grateful Dreads in between doing some very fun and beautiful hair!!

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A beautiful, smooth straight blonde hair cut
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I love when people smile after I cut their hair!
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The beautiful Amarylis is blooming!! I want to do someone’s hair like this!
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Lane came for a quick dreads session. She looks amazing with her blonde and pink dreads!
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Bright purple bangs with a naturally wavy haircut!
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Jane and I have the same hair! I think I’ve invented a new way to cut our hair becuase we’re both loving her new cut, and it was very easy to do!!

Alex’s Dreads After 5 Weeks

Alex came to Grateful Dreads about 5 weeks ago for new dreads. After around a month, new dreads will start to look fuzzy and like they are falling out. This is because the new dread work is tightening towards the center of each dreadlock. The tightening causes any shorter hairs to fall out at the roots and the ends to look longer. These pics are of Alex at his first tightening session about 5 weeks after we put in his dreads.

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Alex’s new dreads look loose. The front section is freshly tightened!

He came in for a tightening session, and I workied in all the loose hairs, tightened his roots and ends, and put on some tightening gel by Knotty Boy.  Before tightening, I washed Alex’s hair with a clarifying tea tree shampoo and separated any dreads that were stuck together.

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Freshly tightened locks after 5 weeks! Alex looks great in dreads!

Thank you Alex!

Love Your Hair!

I’ve worked on so many different hair types recently that I just can’t put them into a category except for happy clients who leave the salon with healthy hair that they love!  I’ll let the pics tell the story:

Kelly's pink hair!
Kelly’s pink hair!
I've been into braids. This is a dutch flower braid.
I’ve been into braids. This is an early attempt at a dutch flower braid.
Michelle came in for a haircut, and we added some blonde around her face. Her hair is blown out smooth here but has a very beautiful wavy natural texture!
Michelle came in for a haircut, and we added some blonde around her face. Her hair is blown out smooth here but has a very beautiful wavy natural texture!
Anna's got beautiful wavy hair too! She likes to straighten it, but I cut her hair wavy, so it will look amazing with it's natural texture as well.
Anna’s got beautiful wavy hair too! She likes to straighten it, but I cut her hair wavy, so it will look amazing with it’s natural texture as well.
Lots of angles and assymetry!
Lots of angles and assymetry!
Cora's freshly rolled locks
Cora’s freshly rolled locks!
Laura came for a cut with her friend from Cincinnati. It's official. Grateful Dreads is a destination spot! We talked a lot about hair products and regimens for curly and wavy hair. Happiness!
Laura came for a cut with her friend from Cincinnati. It’s official. Grateful Dreads is a destination spot! We talked a lot about hair products and regimens for curly and wavy hair. Happiness!
Sidney stopped by for a quick visit. Look at those beautiful dreads! She's had them slightly over 18 months. Thanks for coming by! I love when you visit!
Sidney stopped by for a quick visit. Look at those beautiful dreads! She’s had them slightly over 18 months. Thanks for coming by! I love when you visit!
Adam is a hip hop musician. He came for a cut. Still long but clean it up!
Adam is a hip hop musician. He came for a cut. Still long but clean it up!
I love Adam's haircut. He's cutting up samples of his live music on his iPad!
I love Adam’s haircut. He’s cutting up samples of his live music on his iPad!

This is a very special set of pictures.  Allison brought in her daughter to talk about her hair, and Camellia just happened to be in the salon.  We got to work right away while talking about products and methods to care for Connie’s very curly, delicate hair!

Connie and Camellia
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Camellia helped with Connies hair strengthening treatment. So cute!!!
Camellia helped with Connies hair strengthening treatment. So cute!!!

Connie went home to let the conditioning really soak into her hair.  Her mom rinsed it out and combed through.  Then they came back the next day with good results!

Connie's hair after some conditioning and a cute curly cut!
Connie’s hair after some conditioning and a cute curly cut!
Bouncey!
Bouncey!

I really love what I do!!

Diana

Diana Mellon, Mike Frieseman, and I got together for a small shoot inside Grateful Dreads.  I put Diana’s hair in hot rollers and did her make up to be very soft and warm.  Mike got some great shots!

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These are some very beautiful pictures, and they really create an ambience.  Romantic and clean.  Very special thank you to both Mike and Diana!!!!!!

Sneak Peek of the Shoot Last Night

We did a photoshoot last night at Grateful Dreads.  Mike Frieseman took the photos, and Diana Mellon did some modeling.  We had a lot of fun and created some really amazing shots.

These are some pics I snapped with my phone:

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Diana is modeling a dress by Fotoula Lambros Design.
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Dress by BCBG.
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Mike Frieseman taking photos inside Grateful Dreads
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Group photo!
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Diana and Mike

Fun times!  We created some very artistic and fashionable looks.  Thank you Diana and Mike!

Custom Ombré Fusion Extensions

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.

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Custom ombré color
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This is what the fusion extensions look like dry and in pieces.
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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!

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Finished look from the back!
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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!