Kindlefest is an annual event for Kerrytown. We all set up booths in the Farmers’ Market area, and people came from all over to celebrte the start of the holiday season. There were lots of vendors with hand made goods and yummy food and drnks fotr everyone. The fire pit and roasted chestnuts smelled really nice, and there were horns playing Christmas music. There were so many shoppers!!
Greg, Camellia, and I were at the booth talking to people about Grateful Dreads.
This was a fun week at the salon. There’s a lot of great hair happening here! It’s funny how some of the people I see regularly, I still have not snapped a picture!
Kindlefest was this weekend, and the salon has been busier than ever! I’ve had a lot of long-time clients and many new faces come through. Here are the pics!!
The holiday season is here!! Kerrytown is bursting with activities! The trees all have lights and there is Christmas music playing at the Kerrytown Concert House. The Farmers’ Market is full of wreaths and trees and shoppers! It’s so special to see all the families and to be there with my own family especially during this time!
Fan Cam and Gabi met at Grateful Dreads for quick Kerrytown photoshoot! Fan Cam is an extremely motivated and talented model. Gabi is a talented photographer as well as a gorgeous model! I knew they would really get along, so I was so happy to host this shoot. I love getting artists together for collaborations! We all had fun and got some great photos!!
I had already cut their hair, so I left things pretty natural. I styled Cam’s a little bit, and Gabi did some very light make up.
Photos of Fan Cam by Gabi Giacchieri:
I took these!
A hip urban feel. I took these photos inside the Kerrytown building. Such a photogenic place!
Thank you Gabi, and thank you Cam! You are both so talented and fun, and you both have amazing style! I think we all enjoyed ourselves. Special thank you to the person who loaned us this great camera!
Gabi Giacchieri came to the salon to take some photos of Cam and got these of me working on Anthony’s hair. Thank you Gabi!!!
Macenzie came in looking really cute with a straightened, assymetrical cut. Very stylish but a little fuzzy at the ends. We all agreed the cut was cute, and since she wants her hair long, we would do a cute style and let her hair grow!!
I left Macenzie’s natural curl on the sides and in back then added some curls with a small curling iron to the top. Kind of a pompadour look! Annette came in wanting a different look. We decided to push her hair forward instead of back, and I cut in a cute cut with bangs while accenting her natural hair growth especially in the back. Mama and daughter, so cute!!
Anthony and Annelle are two really amazing people! They drove here from Oklahoma, and I am so glad to have met them!! Anthony is part of a youth ministry where he lives. The whole family is so stylish you wouldn’t believe it!
I rounded the tips of Anthony’s dreads. It’s the look he wanted, and his hair texture and condition were just right to do this.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
I went to Start Gallery to cut and color some hair. We set up right in the gallery with the art. The current exhibit is called Vessels and features work by 10 artists. The opening party the night before was a huge success! I walked around with Jason to view the all the art and took some great pictures!
Start Gallery is on East Grand River in downtown Detroit. I love this gallery for the art and the location. Start has been open and running for a year and a half and has already featured over a hundred amazing artists! The current exhibit, Vessels, houses so many different types of art. I really enjoyed my private showing. Such fun. I took a lot of pictures but could have taken a lot more. They’ve really loaded the gallery with art!! The gallery itself and its surroundings are even art. Vessels runs for about 2 more weeks.
Start Gallery and Grateful Dreads have formed an event called H’art. It’s hair and art together. I’ll be in the gallery giving haircuts the second Sunday of every month from 4pm until 8pm. There will be beer and wine served, and the gallery will be open for viewing. What a classy and cool event! I would love to see you there!
Breanne came into Grateful Dreads for some maintenance and repair. She started her dreadlocks almost a month ago, and they were all growing together into one big mass of hair. I separated them and tightened them up!
What a difference! So happy to have met you Breanne! Best wishes to you with your move, and please stop in for a visit when you come back to town!
A lot of people put in dreads / locs, and as the hair settles in, they’re not sure how to care for the new style. I meet a lot of people this way! If you’re having issues with your dreads / locs, please call or come in the salon. Don’t panic! And don’t wait too long! I haven’t met a dread yet that was beyond repair 🙂
Kevin was the first client at Grateful Dreads! These pictures show the progress of his dreads.
Look at these dreadlocks! Kevin thank you so much for coming in. I really enjoy the conversation and being a part of this progress.
This is Tom Bird.
I gave T a haircut, not too long, not too short. Something clean. Then I threaded his eyebrows and nose!
Looking good Tom Bird! Thanks for the fun appointment and letting me post these great pics!!!
I’ve had a very busy week with clients and with the community!
Lane drove from Alpena for some dreads work. Lane is a hairdresser and has a small shop where she lives. What an honor to work on another hairdresser’s hair! She’s got great style too. Her hair is amazing!
Bron and I twisted up her hair into a cute side-part style. I’ll do a later post of her hair taken out of the twists.
Grateful Dreads has an ad in Community High School’s student run paper The Communicator!
Thank you Linda for designing this beautiful ad!
Meet Bronwen Gayles!
She’s in town for a few months, and she makes these:
Bron will be with me at Grateful Dreads until the end of December. She’s really fun, and we’re excited to share our trade! Bronwen is an expert with natural, kinky styles as well. If you have kinky hair and would like to be a practice model, or if you’re interested in dread / loc falls, please call the salon!
Thank you and welcome here Bronwen!!
Gabi, Suki, Mai, and I met for our first photo session as a team! What a great day! Beautiful weather, luxurious clothes, and a modern, artistic setting. We all worked very hard and had much success!
Stephanie (Suki’s mom) and Gabi took some behind-the-scenes photos with Suki’s iPad:
I was so busy I only had time to snap these pics with my little camera at the very end.
I’m so excited by this shoot. We all left feeling good, and we’re all still going with this great energy. I’m happy with how my skills and confidence have grown. Creativity was flowing through all of us. We worked hard and captured everything I had imagined! Thank you so much to everyone involved in this shoot! Gabi, Suki, Stephanie, Mai, Fotoula, and to my dear friends for letting us use this location. Thank you so much!!
Mai’s high-quality photos will be ready in the near-future. These are just some snap shots for a sneak of the session!!
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!
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:
