by Paula Barker | Aug 19, 2020 | Hair Care, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Natural Hair, Uncategorized
“Learning to artistically cut and groom curly and over-curly hair presents a challenge to the well-trained barber-stylist” is a quote from the Standard Textbook of Professional Barber-Styling, Milady Standard revised 1983. To do this a stylist needs to know cutting...
by Paula Barker | Aug 12, 2020 | Braids, Curls & Perms, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, fashion, Hair Care, Hair products, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Natural Hair, Relaxed Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
You might have seen the infinite number of women on and off social media who suddenly developed numerous baby hairs around their hairlines. They talked about “laying” their edges and you wondered what does edge control do? If you haven’t tried it, maybe your hair...
by Paula Barker | Aug 5, 2020 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, fashion, Hair Care, Hair Styling, Lifestyle, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
Dreadlocks have certainly come a long way from being rebellious to maybe the most popular hairstyle around. The last 10 years has also brought a large number of people who are starting dreadlocks with short hair. How does a style that could get you ridiculed,...
by Paula Barker | Jul 28, 2020 | Curls & Perms, Hair Care, Hair products, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Hairstyles for summer, Natural Hair, Uncategorized
It’s July and Ottawa, Canada, is the humidity capital of the world! All the ladies with super curly hair are asking how do you keep natural hair from frizzing in humidity. Isn’t it glorious to have regular stuff to complain about after that confinement? We all...
by Paula Barker | Jul 1, 2020 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for summer, Natural Hair, Uncategorized
Hair salons are allowed back to work and whew! it was just in time because I think most of us were hanging on by thread! If the Premier had extended the emergency measures once more I would have had to do a sit in outside his offices! There is only so much holiday...
by Paula Barker | Jun 24, 2020 | Business, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Uncategorized
On July 12, the city of Ottawa went to stage 2 of its reopening and many hairstylists breathed a sigh of relief only to realize we are open by appointment only. This tight scheduling is totally in line with keeping clients as well as workers safe, but in an industry...
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