by Paula Clarke | Oct 22, 2026 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, Blow Drying Hair, Braids, Hair Styling
Ask any hairstylist that has been in the business for a length of time how many clients have asked them “what is considered long hair?” While most are used to hair in various lengths, the view of the client is usually vastly different from the salon’s! Over the...
by Paula Clarke | Oct 16, 2026 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, Braids, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Natural Hair, Self Help, Troubleshooting
Over my time working in a salon, we would see instances of persons having allergic reactions to braiding hair. However, this happened with clients who often had skin issues. Nowadays, the amount of people reporting this problem has grown! I have had...
by Paula Clarke | Oct 8, 2026 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, Braids, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Styling
If you normally braid super curly hair and are now getting requests for braiding white people’s hair, you will find there are some things you have to do differently! Nowadays everyone feels allowed to do braids and they have been exploring new...
by Paula Clarke | Sep 2, 2026 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, Hair Care, Hair Fails, Hair Repair, Health, Natural Hair, Self Help, Self Image
Since 2020 and the resulting behaviors of nonchalance to hair upkeep what is the longest you can go without combing/detangling? Some of you may dismiss this question because you were lucky enough to recover from the last few years. However, there are still those who...
by Paula Clarke | Aug 21, 2026 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Natural Hair, Self Help
We often get calls for combing out dreads/locs at the salon. There are various reasons given for wanting this: need for a change; dreads/locs too thin; there was excessive buildup and the most common reason of all – they want the length of hair resulting from...
by Paula Clarke | Aug 12, 2026 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, Blow Drying Hair, Curls & Perms, Fades & Hairlines, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Natural Hair, Relaxed Hair
Times have changed because I am not watching TV for hairstyle requests as much. Celebrities used to dictate the way we wore our hair but with so many social media platforms, everyone and anyone could become a “celebrity”! As a young hairstylist, I remember being...
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