by Paula Barker | Aug 13, 2019 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Natural Hair, Uncategorized
Now you have had your dreadlocks for a month and it is time to redo your roots but does retwisting dreads hurt? This is one of the questions that I can tell you will depend on many factors. After all, you figure making the dreadlocks was the most it was going to...
by Paula Barker | Jul 31, 2019 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Nautral Hair, Uncategorized
A number of the requests for maintenance at the salon have to do with ways to repair thinning dreadlocks. Quite a few people will ask for thin dreads when they are first being made. This is fine, except as the dreads mature, they lose some “width” and slim down...
by Paula Barker | Jul 17, 2019 | Braids, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, fashion, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Natural Hair, Uncategorized
I don’t know what drives a trend but if dreadlocks were a stock, It would be a definite BUY! The single question that I get asked daily is “how much does it cost for faux locks?” I mean, everyone wants dreadlocks and even if they do not want it permanently, they...
by Paula Barker | Jul 3, 2019 | Braids, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
Every now and then as a hairstylist, you have clients who want dreadlocks and you have to caution them: manage your expectations before deciding to get dreadlocks. They are usually the ones who have done extensive research before coming to see you. ...
by Paula Barker | Jun 18, 2019 | Braids, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized, Winter braids
Sometimes, ladies who have grown long dreadlocks, have asked about adding fake wispy ends to natural dreadlocks. They no longer want to have the rounded ends that is the norm. There is something about long curls or wisps that calls to the romantic side of most...
by Paula Barker | May 27, 2019 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, fashion, Hair Extensions, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Natural Hair, Uncategorized
Are you one of those precocious kids wondering how to convince your parents to let you get dreadlocks? Occasionally, I meet some of them and like most teenagers, they have parents who would lock you in a convent/monastery before they would let that...
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