My Story

Hi everyone, my name is Hollie, and this is my business! So a little about me! I am 37 and I live in Cornwall with my little boy, Reno who is 2 years old (true of 2025) I work as a Loctitian officially two days a week sometimes three, and I work at my local mental health hospital the remaining two days as an Education and Training admin. I am a self-confessed Raver and music lover and spent my youth in the free party scene. I am all grown up now so I don't go out nearly as much as I used to, but I do DJ at, and organise sober raves (when I have time!) I love my jobs, I love my family, and I love my life, and I have never been so grateful as I am right now!
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I had my first set of Dreadlock extensions plaited into my hair (by me) in 2009. I wore many different beautiful sets of these virtually non-stop until 2014 when I went to India for a month with a friend and decided to install my own set of permanent Dreadlocks whilst on a two-day train ride. I used the twist and rip method and I had no idea how to use a crochet hook at that time. I did a pretty good job considering it was my first set but I did not do any sectioning. I kept these dreads in until 2019, when I decided to shave my head and start again. This was an important shedding process for me, as I cleaned up my act in 2016 and I felt like I was carrying my past around with me in my hair. I had a friend shave my head to grade 1 in public down on the harbourside in Torquay, I raised £250 for the charity 'DrugFam'. 
I hated having normal hair and had a mild identity crisis as a result of this decision, and as soon as my hair was 10 inches long, I put my Dreadlocks back in - this time with sectioning AND extensions. I had initially promised myself I would not dye these dreads, but I was unable to keep to this and I have dyed and bleached this set many times, but they are not nearly as toxin-fuelled as my last set! I now know that having Dreads is part of who I am, and I will always have them now.
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Here is a little video I made about my journey to getting to this point in my life, I own the pictures and videos and the songs are both Sleep Token remixes that I created. These are available with many of my other tracks on my Youtube channel (Holliana8647)
Track 1 - Past Self (Sleep Token - Holliana Remix)
Track 2 - Emergence (Sleep Token - Holliana Remix)
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