by Paula Barker | Mar 3, 2021 | Braids, Coloring Hair, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair products, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Natural Hair, Prom Hairstyles, Self Image, Uncategorized
If you were born before the 90s, you probably have photo albums documenting your journey to adulthood. They were usually big, cumbersome things that were placed on shelves or under coffee tables for eternity. Visits from family, friends or being bored to tears were...
by Paula Barker | Dec 16, 2020 | Business, Hair Care, Haircuts, Uncategorized
As a hairstylist, if you have ever run late, you know why asking the right questions is important. When you attend hairstyling school, they cannot prepare you for everything. Your days are not going to be perfect all the time, bummer! And, to add insult to...
by Paula Barker | Dec 1, 2020 | Chemical Straightening, Hair Care, Hair Fails, Hair products, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Natural Hair, Relaxed Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
I just came to realize that many people, especially women, have no idea how to know when it’s time for a haircut! As a hairstylist, I think I took it for granted that everyone knows this like they know they need to wash their hair regularly. Well, turns out, it is...
by Paula Barker | Nov 17, 2020 | Hair Care, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Nautral Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized, Wigs
If you look it up in the dictionary, pruning means to trim a tree, shrub or bush and if you think about it, this is what you need to do when you ask how to prevent split ends on natural hair. The hair is like leaves that grow out of the tree, which is like your...
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 | 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...
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