Fall is here. The students are back in Ann Arbor. I’ve been threading a lot!! I met with a friend last night to design the logo and the sign for Grateful Dreads, so you’ll see that soon! I have a very full week ahead followed by a week with three photo shoots!
I’m creating two new pages to show my work. One for Asian hair and another to show clipper work. If you or anyone you know would like to model for a haircut and some pictures for my page, please contact me! Thank you!
Kelly Lynne asked me to do the hair for her recent fashion show at Detroit City Airport put on by Detroit By Design. I am honored to have done this!! She wanted shapes, and that’s what I’ve been into, so it’s a great match! I call this collection…
E P I C H A I R
Much thanks to Kelly Lynne for having me! And to Becca Voigt. You are amazing, and I really loved seeing you again. Rich Rice I love you! Thanks for throwing these great parties all these years. Parties with airplanes. That is epic! And thank you to everyone backstage, Greg and Stephanie for assisting me, and to all of the models for being open to such experimental looks. You really wore them well!
I put in Jessie’s dreads for her recently. They look so cute! When I first saw Jessie, her hair already looked like it was in dreads! She was READY!
Teymour came by for an early morning appt. I’ve been cutting his hair for around 10 years now. Time really does fly!
I’m always messing around with extensions and color. This is my latest creation.
Look for these in future photoshoots!
Maeve is royalty of models. I love working with her and her hair! She’s so gorgeous, highly educated, and speaks from her amazing experiences. So cool! We met early for the shoot and got ready so fast that we went out for breakfast while we waited for Daighna Rayner, the photographer, to arrive. The day before, Maeve came to Grateful Dreads, and I deep conditioned her hair and braided it to dry. When I took out her braid for the shoot, her hair looked beautiful just how it was! I did a little detail work to create some smoothness. Maeve did all of her make up in all of the photos.
This is a very special shoot. I put a lot of myself and my ideas into this and was able to meet with both of my favorite designers, Kelly Lynne and Fotoula Lambros, to pull from their new collections. Given the concept and the model, we were all excited!
All photos by Daighna Rayner for Daighna Photography:
The dress in the last picture is the Monroe dress in black by Fotoula Lambros for Fotoula Lambros Design. The dresses in the above pictures are both by Kelly Sager for Kelly Lynne. The machine in the top picture is a Linotype and is how newspapers used to be printed. Maeve looks like she is from that era in Kelly Lynne’s beautiful lacy dress! I really love the red puffy sleaves on the middle dress. So haute couture!
Maeve has amazing energy. Thank you to all of you involved in this shoot!
The seasons are changing. The students are coming back, and a lot of people are coming home from abroad. Back to work!
Here are some highlights of the happenings this week:
There’s so much going on at and around Grateful Dreads!
Finished look:
The photos from Grateful Dreads’ first photoshoot are here! Ashley is so gorgeous! I really love her style. We met up early that morning, so I could make her hair platinum and touch up her mohawk before the shoot (you can view the process in the next post). Then I made her hair huge and added some bright purple and deep blue to the back! Ashley did her own make up then we drove out to a beautiful spot on the river.
All photos by Amy Hubbarth:
I love Ashley’s confidence! And I really love the one-lens sunglasses! What a special treat to work with these two amazing artists. Thank you I love you guys!!
Amy Hubbarth took some cool pictures while I worked on Ashley’s hair. They drove from Detroit for Grateful Dreads’ first photo session!
Finished Look! This is what platinum looks like!!
We liked Ashley’s roots, so I used foils to apply the bleach. After a double process bleach, we then applied a toner by Goldwell. I dried her hair and made it big and billowy and then touched up her sides with Oster 76 clippers, faded her nape, and lined her up!
Special thanks to Denise the barber for teaching me all about clippers. Denise owns and operates Goodfellows Barbershop in Royal Oak.
Tasha shines a bright light. She just graduated from U of M and makes jewelry. She’s got dreads, some old and some new, and she was Camellia’s nanny. Now she’s on her way to Miami!
We’ll miss you Tasha!!!!!
I am so thankful to have started something that people love! Grateful Dreads gets busier every week, and that is thanks to all of you. Thank you!
Here are a few pics of what I did this week:
Jeremy Porter does Quantum Touch Massage and is an Orgonite vendor. His studio will be open in the next month! I’ll post links. He is amazing!
Summer has reached it’s peak, and fall is in the air.
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.
I used Kevin Murphy Color Bug at her roots!
These are just shots with my phone! Mai got some beautiful, high-quality shots which I will post as soon as they’re ready.
I really love this shop! It’s a good time!
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.
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!
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!
The products came with a manual that describes every ingredient and talks about why Kevin Murphy chose them.
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!
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
New Look!
Congrats neighbor!!
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.
A very hip spot! I’m so happy to have them as neighbors!
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:
Special thanks to Karina for bringing me flowers! (in the background) The colors are so pretty together!
