She cornrowed imaginative designs as Al Green crooned he was tired of being alone. She intertwined zigzags through hair as Aretha shouted for people to rock steady. She laced rows with beads as Marvin Gaye wailed of injustice that made him want to holler.<\/p>\n
Now, every six weeks, LaShonda Hollins reserves the salon chair at Davette\u2019s Braids and Locs on San Antonio\u2019s Northeast side. For more than four hours, Mabrie retwists Hollins\u2019 micro locs hairstyle.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is passed down from our ancestors,\u201d Mabrie, 59, said. \u201cIt soothes my soul and takes my anxiety and stress away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Behind the red front door of the salon dotted with green ivy and ferns, wooden Afro picks from Africa line the walls of the home studio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After seeing her mother\u2019s friend braid her older sister\u2019s hair, Davette Mabrie took up the craft at 14. She\u2019d braid hair for hours on the front porch of her family\u2019s home in South Central Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":3491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,36],"tags":[7,30,38],"class_list":{"0":"post-3494","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-lifestyle","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-culture","11":"tag-lifestyle"},"yoast_head":"\n