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...
by Paula Barker | Jun 16, 2020 | Business, Hair Fails, Hair Styling, Self Image, Uncategorized
Many years from now in Ottawa and most of Ontario, June 12 might be remembered in greeting cards as the day when you catch up with friends. After 4 long months of quarantine, people spilled out onto the streets, happy for the easing of more restrictions. s. I was...
by Paula Barker | Jun 9, 2020 | Braids, Curls & Perms, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Men's Hair, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
t has been an emotional last two weeks with lots of turmoil and angst which led me to think about hair: its power and meaning. I did so because the last time there was this much upheaval on this grand scale was during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. I have seen...
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