Ep. 351 • From Military Dropout to Dreadlock Expert w/ Alin Leslie
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Alin Leslie, creator & founder of @dollylocks, shares her fascinating journey from the military to a dreadlocks expert with entertaining and often hilarious anecdotes along the way. Listen in as she highlights the unexpected turns and decisions she made in the pursuit of self-discovery.
This Week's Topics:
• A Journey from Hair School to the Military
• Unexpected Turns and Creative Pursuits
• Challenges and Experiences: Alin's Unique Narrative
• Transition to Hair Artistry and Dreadlock Journey
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| 0:00.0 | I was going to say this story is heading towards treason somewhere. There must be, yeah. Let me just say I left with an other than honorable discharge. So I wasn't, I wasn't, you know, it wasn't honorable, but it wasn't dishonorable. Hello, this is O'Sill. This is J. Cash, the Hair Tech. This is Adrian Derrett. Hi, this is Jacob Khan. This is the Platinum Giraff. And you're listening to the Hair Game Podcast. |
| 0:23.6 | Hey, everybody, Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game Podcast. |
| 0:31.6 | We have two new Salon Republic locations opening this summer, West Hollywood on Santa Monica |
| 0:36.6 | Boulevard and in Westwood. |
| 0:38.3 | People are reserving their studios now, so go to Salonorepublic.com, book a virtual tour, get first dibs on your space. |
| 0:45.3 | The West Hollywood on Santa Monica ones coming along quickly. We have the walls up for the studios, and those studios are going pretty quick so go ahead and check that |
| 0:56.5 | out and schedule a tour. Also some of you out there are DMing us to let us know who we should |
| 1:01.9 | bring on as guests. Please keep doing that. That's very helpful. There's someone you think we |
| 1:05.9 | should bring on that we haven't. Shoot us a DM at the Harrigangin Podcast. Let us know who they are. All right, now |
| 1:12.4 | to our first of two episodes with Alyn Leslie, aka Dolly Locks. |
| 1:18.4 | Hey, Alyn, how are you? I'm fantastic. How are you, Eric? |
| 1:22.5 | I'm doing great. So you and I don't know each other yet, but Sorai Speer, I believe Donovan told me, |
| 1:29.1 | was the connector here. She's the one who said, we have to interview Aileen Leslie. So here we are. |
| 1:35.8 | Well, you know, and I would trust every word that that woman says. |
| 1:40.2 | We love Sarai here on the podcast. I think we've had probably, I don't know, three or four episodes with her over the years. |
| 1:48.7 | I think we're in year seven now with the podcast. |
| 1:51.4 | So I'm starting to get a little fuzzy with the details. |
| 1:55.8 | And I'm sure the listeners are a little fuzzy with the deal. |
| 1:58.9 | We definitely have longtime listeners, but hard to get |
| 2:03.3 | super clear on the details. She is one of our favorite, though, the platinum draft for those |
| 2:07.5 | listeners who don't know Sorai. So really, really cool that she's a mutual friend. And I'm |
| 2:15.3 | excited to hear why she thought you would be such a great guest. |
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