braids

My biggest thing is always trying to get it as big as I can; as colorful as I can if I’m doing braids or twists.

If you see the braids, they are woven to mimic the celestial bodies in the heavens.

We waited for roughly 15 minutes before finding ourselves in front of a cheery woman with blonde braids and a baseball cap emblazoned with the words “Honey Deuce.”

A man sits between a woman’s legs as she braids his hair into cornrows, while another guest taps a tambourine to the beat of the music.

Manon, whose father is Ghanaian and mother is Swiss-Italian, has long boho braids and waist beads that she got in Ghana, which she wears with every look as a nod to her culture.