by Paula Barker | May 5, 2020 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Fails, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Men's Hair, Natural Hair, Uncategorized
Whenever a client gets dreadlocks, the common question, after you tell them to cover their head when they sleep is, “should I cover my dreadlocks when I sleep?” So, you repeat “yes” several times while they tell you: how hard it is to sleep with anything on the...
by Paula Barker | Apr 21, 2020 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Accessories, Hair Care, Hair Styling, Men's Hair, Natural Hair, Uncategorized
We are weeks into this unexpected confinement and I have been asked repeatedly to talk about how to twist dreadlocks for beginners. Desperate times call for desperate measures and if you are someone who was too scared to do your own hair, guess what? You have to...
by Paula Barker | Apr 1, 2020 | baby's Hair, Braids, Business, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Accessories, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair products, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for summer, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized, Wigs
I have totally become a two-year-old on “time out” during this quarantine! When you are used to being active, you do not know what to do when you’re stuck at home bored! I mean, don’t get me wrong, my house has benefited greatly from this isolation–it is...
by Paula Barker | Mar 24, 2020 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Uncategorized
Recently, I was completing some work on a client’s hair and after about the 50th time attaching some dreads, I had a thought: how do you appreciate a teacher? Well, in that moment, I had so much appreciation I decided to make it the subject of this blog! In...
by Paula Barker | Mar 17, 2020 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Styling, Natural Hair, Uncategorized
Myth: You have to cut your hair to get dreads.... Myths are described as a widely held but false belief or idea and boy are there a lot of them when it comes to dreadlocks! People ask “do you have to cut your hair to start dreads quite often and I just want to state...
by Paula Barker | Mar 3, 2020 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
If you are always on a diet, working out at the gym or careful to make minimal trims to preserve your long hair, you probably have figured out that averages can get you stuck, if you don’t have all the information. This same situation applies for people who want to...
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