There are so many different people who come to the salon for dreads work! I love meeting everyone and helping people with their hair really makes me feel great! I believe getting mature dreads washed in a salon has got to be one of the better feelings in life!!
Grateful Dreads! What a fun summer in the salon! I hope to see you here!
Adam and Courtney are two totally cool people with very cool hair!
He’s really got the hair-flip mastered!
A perfect mixture of sass and class!!!!
These pics do not express the intense red of her hair!
Thanks for coming in guys!!!! It’s always my pleasure!
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!
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!!!
This salon really really has the coolest clients! It’s been a fun week full of amazing hairstyles and wonderful people!!
Here are the pics:
Happy people and amazing hair!
It’s been an exceptional week full of great-looking clients and enjoyable company. These are some pics of the all-stars of Grateful Dreads!
Thank you to all of the new people who’ve come through for specialty work! And thank you so much to those of you who return. Good times at the shop!
June 5th, the weather was beautiful! And what an eventful day at Grateful Dreads! Some of my favorite people were in the salon today, and there was so much action at one point, we all just had to pause at the success of this wonderful salon!
Laura came to Grateful Dreads for a trim and some color. I’m so happy with her new shade!
Happy, bouncey, curly!
The Peony Garden in Nichols Arboretum is in full bloom, so we finished the evening there!
We are surrounded by beauty!
AJ is a really cool, really unique guy! It’s very suiting that he would choose dreadlocks for a hairstyle. AJ grew his hair for three years because, after researching what it takes to have dreads, he knew he’d need the extra length. AJ and I first talked over a year ago (before Grateful Dreads!) about putting in dreads. When the time came, he found this webpage and came to see me again! Our consultation was fun! The dreads session was totally awesome! AJ’s dreads took about 7 hours. We decided to tuck in his ends right away which I don’t usually do. I’d done it before with extensions, and it was okay. So I sent him home with important instructions to palm roll, palm roll, and palm roll those new dreads!!
Thanks so much AJ! I really had a good time. You are so knowledgable on so many cool things. I hope everyone else loves your dreads as much as we do!
The weather has been beautiful these past couple days! Spring is in full swing, and the heat of summer is on its way. I love the summer outfits and hairstyles that people wear this time of year! These are some pics of the wonderful beings who spend time at Grateful Dreads.
A faithful client, Patrick, brought his long-time friend Gabriella for a curly haircut. Her hair was almost all one length. She wanted something cute with fun style, so we got to work! A cut and some deep conditioning yeilded this absolutely beautiful, fun haircut!
You may recognize Sara from her wedding photos on this website. She’s now expecting a bouncey baby boy! Congratulations Sara!
Special thank you to the faithful friends of Grateful Dreads! Happy Spring!
Camille and I have so many connections! The dreads, the babies, the baby wearing! Her name!! These pics are of her and her little girl Skylan on their farewell visit to Grateful Dreads. Camille was in Ann Arbor for a very short time and is now on her way back home to the West Coast.
I’ll miss you both!
Dread Removal. It’s quite the process! The key to taking out dreads is to replace them with a totally cute hairstyle!
The three of us got to work combing out Sydney’s dreads. I think it took around 5 hours from start to finish.
Love! You look beautiful Sydney!
Look at Emily’s beautiful red curly hair! She loves it so much and has wanted dreads for a long time. They really fit her personality and lifestyle. She’s got so much hair!! Emily’s dreads look amazing brand new and will continue to become more and more beatiful with time!
Thank you so much Emily!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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.
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 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!
Hunter really is the complete vision. Special thank you to Hunter and her peeps for the kind and happy company. Happy Spring everyone!!