by Paula Barker | Feb 23, 2024 | Braids, Business, Hair Salon Business, Self Image, Troubleshooting, Uncategorized
One of the challenges of being a hairstylist is that you are often standing for long hours at work. Like all jobs that you stand for a long time, you have to take care to have good health, wear the right clothing and shoes! Before my hairstyling career, I thought it...
by Paula Barker | Feb 15, 2024 | Business, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Fails, Lifestyle, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
I feel like speaking on “how often should you wash your dreads” is like starting a never-ending argument, as there will always be someone who will react in shock if you say “one week” or god forbid “three weeks”. There are very different reasons for the times. ...
by Paula Barker | Feb 8, 2024 | Business, Hair Salon Business, Lifestyle, Self Image, Troubleshooting, Uncategorized
I am apparently behind the times, as I almost got in trouble because I did not know all the small talk topics to avoid. As an adult, you think you have been around long enough to know this, no, you have to have an app to update you these days! If you think you are...
by Paula Barker | Feb 1, 2024 | baby's Hair, Braids, Business, Child's Hair, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Extensions, Hair Salon Business, Hair Styling, Uncategorized
Earlier in my career, I did work on infants and toddlers at hair salons. It was not easy because kids move around a lot. As a young hairstylist, you learned to strategically hold their attention while sneakily doing a haircut. Some kids would not be fooled and...
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