Adam and Courtney

Adam and Courtney are two totally cool people with very cool hair!

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Adam’s long but neat haircut

He’s really got the hair-flip mastered!

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A perfect mixture of sass and class!!!!

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Courtney may possibly have the coolest hair ever! Big fat dreads underneath red silky gorgeous hair!
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Courtney is an OG!

These pics do not express the intense red of her hair!

Thanks for coming in guys!!!!  It’s always my pleasure!

Recent Clients at Grateful Dreads!

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A stunning curly cut!
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Look at her bouncy curls!
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Carlee’s dreadlocks after almost 5 weeks. We blunted her ends this time!
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Heather is a mermaid with her pink wavy hair!
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AJ, it’s always a pleasure!
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AJ’s dreads after 3 weeks. His hair has made amazing progress!
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I love Victor!
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Sara stopped by!
Look at all that hair!  Knotty dread locks!!
Look at all that hair! Knotty dread locks!!
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We had a late night dreads session and fixed up her hair! She’d put in her dreads with some college friends, and came in for some maintenance. We had fun and are all happy with the results!
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Kai ‘el has new extensions on some of his mature naturally locked hair.
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Gabi is so beautiful. She’s on her way to a photoshoot!

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!!!

Gorgeous Hair!

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:

Josh has amazing dreads and style to match!
Josh has amazing dreads and style to match!
Josh in front of Grateful Dreads
Josh in front of Grateful Dreads
Deonta's new dreadlocks!
Deonta’s new dreadlocks!
Deonta has a lot of hair!!!!
Deonta has a lot of hair!!!!
She is totally rad!  I love her new platinum!!
Kaitlyn is totally rad! I love her new platinum!!
Her curls look beautiful with her new cut!
Her curls look beautiful with her new cut!
David's hair is really getting long!  His hair is entirely interlocked.
David’s hair is really getting long! His hair is entirely interlocked.
Long locks rolled up in a hat from the Virgin Islands
Long locks rolled up in a hat from the Virgin Islands

Happy people and amazing hair!

Looking Good at Grateful Dreads!

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!

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Erik’s new dreads! I love that he shaves the bottom of his hair with the dreads!!
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Fresh medium-sized dreads! These took almost 4 hours.
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Ciarra is probably the most fashionable person in Ann Arbor. Her curly hair is getting longer!
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Brian is an OG
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Waves
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Ebonie’s hair is really looking nice! She made this visor to fit her dreadlocks, a great idea for hats!
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Allie had her first curly cut! This is just the beginning!!!!!

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!

Beauty and Success at Grateful Dreads

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!

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John and Ellie. Ellie grows organic food!
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John’s superhero photo spread in Hour Magazine. He is a hometown hero for his exquisite cooking and artisanal use of fresh foods. Congrats John! I love this photo of you!!
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Laura!

Laura came to Grateful Dreads for a trim and some color.  I’m so happy with her new shade!

Happy, bouncey, curly!

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Summer Goddess

The Peony Garden in Nichols Arboretum is in full bloom, so we finished the evening there!

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We are surrounded by beauty!

AJ’s Dreads!

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!!

AJ before dreads
AJ before dreads.  I love his shirt!
Almost done!  Look at the difference in length!  We decided to tuck in his ends right away which took most of his length.
Almost done! Look at the difference in length! We decided to tuck in his ends right away which took most of his length.
AJ's dreads.  Success!
AJ looks happy with his new dreads!
Fresh Dreads with Japanese Greenery
Fresh Dreads with Japanese Greenery

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!

 

 

Beautiful Curls and Tight Dreads!

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!

Gabriella after a nice shape up on her beautiful curly/wavy hair!
Gabriella after a nice shape up on her beautiful curly hair!

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You may recognize Sara from her wedding photos on this website.  She’s now expecting a bouncey baby boy!  Congratulations Sara!

Sara's hot ma purple hair!
Sara’s hot ma purple hair!
Hunter!  She's happy because her dreads look great after almost a month.
Hunter! She’s happy because her dreads look great after almost a month.
Hunter's dreads from the back.  They are just over 3 weeks old.
Hunter’s dreads from the back. They are just over 3 weeks old.
Nevan's looks great with dreads!  These took about 7 hours.
Nevan looks great with dreads! These took about 7 hours.
He had tried everything to get dreads, so there are a lot of happy people out there knowing they're in to stay!
He had tried everything to get dreads, so there are a lot of happy people out there knowing they’re in to stay!
Shikote watches the squirrels :)
Shikote watches the squirrels 🙂

Special thank you to the faithful friends of Grateful Dreads! Happy Spring!

Camille and Skylan

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.

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I’ll miss you both!

Sydney’s Dread Removal

Dread Removal.  It’s quite the process!  The key to taking out dreads is to replace them with a totally cute hairstyle!

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Sydney and her beautiful dreads! One year and nine months old.

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Faithful friends!
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I cut off most of her dreads. There is a point on dreads where, if you look closely, you can see when the matting changes. I left as much length as we could without killing our hands from the comb-out process.

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The three of us got to work combing out Sydney’s dreads.  I think it took around 5 hours from start to finish.

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Sydney’s new totally hip and beautiful curly haircut! Complete with double dreads rat tail!!

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Love!  You look beautiful Sydney!

Emily’s Dreadlocks, At Last!

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!

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Emily and her long, curly, red hair BEFORE
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And AFTER! Fresh fatty dreads!
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We left out some of her hair in the front and left the ends loose to show off her beautiful natural curls!
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Beautiful dreadlocks

Thank you so much Emily!

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!!