My name is Avani Joy. That’s the name on my driver’s license, but not on my birth certificate, before you ask. Avani means “Earth” in Sanskrit so my name is an homage to the love I have for this planet we call home. I am the founder and original dreadlock artist at Radiant Roots. I … Read more
Radiant Roots started as a home-based operation in 2010. Within six months, I moved into a local salon where I stayed from December 2010 until August 2014. In the late Spring of 2014, Radiant Roots had expanded to need it’s own space and was located in a standalone studio location in the historic Thompsonville section … Read more
Radiant Roots came from humble beginnings as a one-woman operation run out of my condo under the name “The Dread Queen”. What I thought would be a good opportunity to offer a niche hair services starting, maintaining, repairing, and extending Caucasian dreadlocks to an underserved market exploded quickly when I moved her business into a … Read more
