by Paula Barker | Feb 12, 2025 | 4C Hair, Braids, Business, Coloring Hair, Curls & Perms, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Fades & Hairlines, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Salon Business, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Natural Hair, Relaxed Hair, Uncategorized, Weaves
Celebrating Black History Month with hair care is acknowledging the achievements of black hair stylists. Of all the hair stylists out there, I think those whose service includes afro textures have to be superstars! On a daily basis, hair stylists that specialize in...
by Paula Barker | Feb 7, 2025 | Business, Hair Care, Hair Salon Business, Self Help, Self Image, Uncategorized
I was shoveling snow that fell overnight at the salon and started thinking how do you run a business correctly? So many people have invested copious amounts of money into starting businesses, launched grand openings and disappeared within the same year! It cannot...
by Paula Barker | Nov 28, 2024 | Blow Drying Hair, Braids, Chemical Straightening, Coloring Hair, Curls & Perms, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Salon Business, Lifestyle, Troubleshooting, Uncategorized
Over the years, there have been a few gray-hair inducing moments when I realized why sleep schedules matter. Many people are not sleeping enough. Their schedules are intense and this is resulting in them often feeling tired and falling asleep while in the chair! Age...
by Paula Barker | Nov 19, 2024 | Blow Drying Hair, Braids, Business, Chemical Straightening, Coloring Hair, Curls & Perms, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Fades & Hairlines, Hair Care, Hair Salon Business, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Health, Natural Hair, Relaxed Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
Working behind a chair and standing all the time can make you prone to getting work-related back pain. Service jobs are notorious for this although you can have this problem sitting at a desk! Other things such as maintaining your weight and a proper diet also play...
by Paula Barker | Oct 26, 2024 | 4C Hair, baby's Hair, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Fails, Hair Salon Business, Haircuts, Hairstyles for summer, Self Image, Uncategorized
After abruptly refusing to cut her broken ends, a client blurted “is it normal to be scared to cut your hair?”- perhaps out of embarrassment. One thing I have learned in life is never to dismiss other people’s feelings because you don’t know how they came about. We...
by Paula Barker | 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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