by Paula Barker | Mar 2, 2024 | Hair Care, Hair products, Hair Salon Business, Salon Pricing, Uncategorized
Based on the reactions from enquiries, some people haven’t realized that the prices of hair salon services have changed. Post lockdown, prices have increased for hair salons too. It is not unusual to find that the price of most products doubled! Still, many people...
by Paula Barker | Feb 23, 2024 | Braids, Business, Hair Salon Business, Self Image, Troubleshooting, Uncategorized
One of the challenges of being a hairstylist is that you are often standing for long hours at work. Like all jobs that you stand for a long time, you have to take care to have good health, wear the right clothing and shoes! Before my hairstyling career, I thought it...
by Paula Barker | Feb 8, 2024 | Business, Hair Salon Business, Lifestyle, Self Image, Troubleshooting, Uncategorized
I am apparently behind the times, as I almost got in trouble because I did not know all the small talk topics to avoid. As an adult, you think you have been around long enough to know this, no, you have to have an app to update you these days! If you think you are...
by Paula Barker | Feb 1, 2024 | baby's Hair, Braids, Business, Child's Hair, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Extensions, Hair Salon Business, Hair Styling, Uncategorized
Earlier in my career, I did work on infants and toddlers at hair salons. It was not easy because kids move around a lot. As a young hairstylist, you learned to strategically hold their attention while sneakily doing a haircut. Some kids would not be fooled and...
by Paula Barker | Jan 17, 2024 | Business, Hair Salon Business, Self Image, Uncategorized
It may seem that things are going badly for the start of the new year, but you need to ignore the noise and focus on your work. This Christmas was the quietest I have seen since 2020. It was also the best in terms of being as close to a green Christmas you can get...
by Paula Barker | Dec 7, 2023 | Dreadlocks Repair, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Fails, Hair Repair, Hair Salon Business, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
In a previous post titled “How do you appreciate a Teacher”, I highlighted the fact that a stint in Home Economics class in high school (along with some help from my mom) helped me enormously when fixing broken or damaged locs. It is crazy to think that something...
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