by Paula Clarke | Jun 3, 2026 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, Business, Color Shy, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Self Help, Troubleshooting
Over my career as a hairstylist, I came to realize the importance of knowing how to speak your client’s language. Not everyone is good at communicating and as a hairstylist, it is your job to learn the underlying message in what your client says! Telling someone they...
by Paula Clarke | May 28, 2026 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, Blow Drying Hair, Coloring Hair, Curls & Perms, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Fails, Hair products, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Natural Hair
At the salon we often get requests on how to fix matted extensions. Not as often as before, because wearing quality hair is now required, but there are incidents! We try to help with making it look better, however, this depends on how long you kept them this way! In...
by Paula Clarke | Apr 17, 2026 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, Braids, Chemical Straightening, Coloring Hair, Curls & Perms, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Gray Hair, Hair Care, Hair Fails, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Health, Natural Hair, Self Help, Self Image, Uncategorized, Weaves, Wigs
If you have had the same hairstyle for a long time, this post might be reaching you at a point when you want change! Unfortunately, a lot of people only do this after a significant event in their life such as a breakup or sickness! I realize most people who have had...
by Paula Clarke | Jan 12, 2026 | Business, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Salon Business, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Men's Hair, Uncategorized
When people ask me “how did you choose your business name”, they are always surprised that it did not take me tons of thought or research! It was done quickly because I had to take advantage of an offer to help! It still amazes me that the name of my business “Silkie...
by Paula Clarke | Nov 5, 2025 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, Business, Coloring Hair, Hair Care, Hair Salon Business, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Self Help, Self Image, Uncategorized
There have been a few times over my hairstyling career that I have met clients who have said “I would like to change my hairstyle but I am afraid of other people’s opinion”. Technically, it was mostly females but it always blew me away because these women are...
by Paula Clarke | Aug 25, 2025 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, Hair Care, Haircuts, Natural Hair, Relaxed Hair, Uncategorized, Wigs
Over the years while consulting with clients on why their hair has not grown, I get asked the question ”can natural hair have split ends?” Some people in the super curly hair community have a tendency to avoid trimming their hair on the culturally preserved myth that...
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