by Paula Clarke | Jun 3, 2026 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, Business, Color Shy, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Self Help, Troubleshooting
Over my career as a hairstylist, I came to realize the importance of knowing how to speak your client’s language. Not everyone is good at communicating and as a hairstylist, it is your job to learn the underlying message in what your client says! Telling someone they...
by Paula Clarke | Apr 28, 2026 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, Color Shy, Coloring Hair, Gray Hair, Hair Accessories, Hair Care, Hair Styling, Self Image, Wigs
Aging changes a lot of your features such as your skin and hair so people want to know what hair color makes you look younger over 50? We want to look the same as the years go by and you can by making simple wardrobe changes. I must explain here that I found that not...
by Paula Clarke | Mar 12, 2026 | 4C Hair, Color Shy, Coloring Hair, Dreadlocks Repair, Hair Care, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Natural Hair, Relaxed Hair, Uncategorized
Changing hairstyles is endemic to afro-centric culture, therefore bleaching 4C hair is no longer a trend for relatives considered “wild”. Many folk still think blonde is a color strictly assigned to a certain group but because “black” covers the full spectrum of...
by Paula Clarke | Mar 21, 2025 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, Blow Drying Hair, Business, Color Shy, Curls & Perms, Hair Care, Hair Fails, Hair Styling, Natural Hair, Self Help, Self Image, Uncategorized
Sometimes at the salon we get asked to do services that confirm why questioning your traditions is a good thing. Often people carry on traditions that affect them but only question it if it threatens their mental health and hair! Hair salons get calls for help with...
by Paula Clarke | Jan 29, 2025 | Color Shy, Coloring Hair, Curls & Perms, Hair Care, Hair Fails, Hair Styling, Natural Hair, Troubleshooting, Uncategorized
If you want to color your hair and are wondering “will dying my hair ruin the curl pattern (4C hair texture), this might help. There are so many myths about color in the super curly hair community, we want to give you the back stories that are keeping you from...
by Paula Clarke | Aug 30, 2024 | Braids, Business, Color Shy, Coloring Hair, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Salon Business, Hair Styling, Natural Hair, Relaxed Hair, Salon Pricing, Self Image, Troubleshooting, Uncategorized
The internet was divided on where the term” calling the shots” originally came from but everyone agrees on the meaning! I thought it was an appropriate name for this post since as hairstylists, we encounter these situations daily. The meaning of “calling the shots”...
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