New Dreadlock Jewelry Pics

New pictures using my Nikon 7900 Camera!


Fruits of the Roots
Dreadlock cuffs






Copper dreadlock cowry cuffs





Ex. large copper dreadlock wrap





Black Illusion dreadlock cowry cuff

More Loc-N-Braid Cuffs

Here's another example of my hair creations:

and this:



Theres more to come....keep watching!

The birth of Zayunu's Loc n' Braid Hair Jewelry/Jewellery

Hi there Peeps,

As I work a lot with people with locs and also wear my hair in a natural twist style a lot I wanted to adorn my hair with jewelry/jewellery (seeing as I'm a jeweller and all)! But I wanted to be lazy and buy them. Everywhere I looked it was the same thing, either wooden beads or those tacky metal ring thingys that break before you put them in your hair. I wanted somethings different, something that would stand out . After searching I got fed up and decide that I would make my own hair jewellery, hence my Zayunu Loc n' Braid hair jewelry/jewellery was born.

At first they started out like this:

Zayunu's Hair Wraps

Where the hair wrap is coiled around the loc, twist or braid to look like this:


This style was good if you had very thin braids or twist but not if like me you had very thick hair. After twisting the wire around the hair a few times there was also the problem of metal fatigue (A weakening and then breakdown of metal parts caused by constant flexing).

I wanted something a little more durable and longer lasting, so I had to go back to the drawing board to come up with another style of hair adornment for my now very naked twists. I then came up with:

Zayunu's Loc and Braid Cuff

Which were a lot more versatile than the wraps, lasted longer, made big, medium or small and most importantly were FUN to wear. I started to experiment with them, by putting diamantes in them and making ones with drops like this:


Now I make all kinds of different styles, to see some of them go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/zayunubydesign/