Alloy Ash Photographed by Steve Ragland for Grateful Dreads

March 6, 2013 | Shikote

Hair and wardrobe by Grateful Dreads.
Make up by Debbie Helinski.
All photos by Steve Ragland in Detroit.

aIMG_0008A1f — Alloy Ash wearing a dress by Fotoula Lambros Design

Behind the Scenes With Alloy Ash

December 30, 2012 | Shikote

Alloy Ash, Steve Ragland, and I collaborated for a photoshoot last Sunday. Steve had some very beutiful ideas, and I had this cute sweater I really wanted to shoot. Ash has a Doc Martens collection spanning from the 90’s, so we had fun with that too!

Alloy Ash in Grateful Dreads the night before the photo shoot.

I took these pics with my phone while they worked.

Setting the lighting and exposure times.

Steve uses a live stream for his photos that goes right to his iPad! Ash is wearing a beautiful silk robe from Thailand.

A shot of Steve’s iPad. The beauty of this photo speaks for itself! Dress by Fotoula Lambros Design.

I love these oxblood Docs with the navy Polo golf sweater!

This was a fun shoot! Everyone was very professional and we worked fast. I got to play with some more alternative looks than usual, and that’s always fun. Alloy Ash you are truly amazing! I could go on and on. I keep thinking about your cool pink shoes!

Cool Clients of Grateful Dreads with Gorgeous Hair!

December 28, 2012 | Shikote

I love the people who come to Grateful Dreads! I’m really happy with these pics. For anyone who follows this blog, you can see the progress of Josh’s and Cam’s hair. You will also recognize Nicole from previous posts.

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It’s been two months since I first cut Cam’s hair. He’s growing it out, and it’s looking so good!. You can click here to see his first cut at Grateful Dreads.

You can see Cam’s natural wave coming out now that his hair has some length. It was his idea to part it on the side with the straight part. I love it! Classic smooth styles are really where it’s at right now!

Josh has had his dreads for 10 months! We put them in around Easter time. Click here to view Josh’s dreads freshly done, and click here to see them after 10 weeks!

My fabulous jet-setter friend Nicole blew through town and spent the day with me at the salon. I gave her a pretty roller set and did her make up!

Emily is an Ann Arbor townie and a U of M student. She’s also a nanny, and she’s really nice!

She came to the salon for a trim and a little shaping.

I gave her bangs and some shaping around her face and took off a few inches. Still long!! I dried it to be curly!

Alloy Ash came to the salon late night to get ready for our shoot the next day.

I touched up her roots and put in some icey Carribean blue! She’s had her dreads for around 6 years and has previously maintained them herself or in California where she does a lot of modeling work.

How lucky am I to have so many amazing clients visit me in just one week! Thank you so much to all of you for being so cool and loving good hair!

Cheers!