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...
by Paula Barker | May 7, 2019 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, fashion, Lifestyle, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
I have been asked the question “Why are Dreadlocks Called Dreads” and found the answers given online were a starkly romanticized version that would have many “real” Rastafarians rolling on the ground laughing! One version stated that the term came about...
by Paula Barker | Apr 24, 2019 | baby's Hair, Braids, Child's Hair, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, fashion, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair products, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Lifestyle, Natural Hair, Uncategorized
There are many differing opinions on the subject of dreadlocks on children. They usually fall in Two categories: “for” or “against”. Each side presents strong arguments for their platform so it is easy to be swayed....
by Paula Barker | Apr 16, 2019 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, fashion, Hair Accessories, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Lifestyle, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
As a professional hairstylist, who is also expert at making dreadlocks, I often get a few dread “researchers” who are definitely disappointed that I do not have locks flowing down my back. I guess they associate the hair with a lifestyle so today I...
by Paula Barker | Mar 18, 2019 | Braids, fashion, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Lifestyle, Self Image, Uncategorized
There comes a time in everyone’s life when you have to do something that unnerves you like how to tell someone you wear a wig. You have met the love of your life, your soulmate, and they are everything you want in a partner. The problem is, you met...
by Paula Barker | Mar 5, 2019 | fashion, Hair Extensions, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Lifestyle, Self Image, Uncategorized, Weaves
Picture this: you are wearing a sexy, new dress, hair and makeup is on “fleek” to meet up with some old friends. You grab a drink; they rain you with compliments and the loud one you don’t know pipes up “Is that your real...
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