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    Lisa Gilliam, Michaela Dunlap and Dawn Frazer of Sophie’s Garden. CENTURY NEWS PHOTO BY GARY ZUPANCIC
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BEST of Dripping Springs:

Sophie’s Garden – Best of the Best

Congratulations to Sophie’s Garden for winning Best in Dripping 2018. Sophie’s Garden owner Lisa Gilliam has been making people’s hair beautiful for 37 years and has been in business at Sophie’s for 19 of those years. In addition to that, Gilliam won Runnerup for Best in Dripping Hairstylist, and Sophie’s Garden employee Dawn Frazer won Best Hairstylist. But winning awards is nothing new to Sophie’s Garden.

“I do things your way. Having fun in this profession, keeps me here. I never get tired of making people happy with themselves,” Lisa said. “People judge themselves harshly and don’t realize how beautiful they really are.”

She also likes to teach others and has apprenticed many budding hairstylists. “It’s exciting to teach not only hair but to nurture creativity and model good behavior. I can do that,” Lisa said with a laugh. Michaela Dunlop is her current apprentice. “She protects me,” Lisa said.

She has in her own words “has done thousands of heads since 1981 and have never stopped.” In her younger days she could do 10 customers a day. But now has customers that can take up to two hours a day.

Although a hairstyle salon, her one rule is that there is no gossip, but everything else has been discussed there.

“You always provide value added service, more than what they expect.” And that is what has kept Sophie’s Garden so popular.

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