by Paula Clarke | Sep 2, 2026 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, Hair Care, Hair Fails, Hair Repair, Health, Natural Hair, Self Help, Self Image
Since 2020 and the resulting behaviors of nonchalance to hair upkeep , what is the longest you can go without combing/detangling? Some of you may dismiss this question because you were lucky enough to recover from the last few years. However, there are...
by Paula Clarke | Aug 27, 2026 | 4C Hair, Chemical Straightening, Coloring Hair, Curls & Perms, Hair Care, Natural Hair
Sometimes people who want to explore a new hairstyle will ask you “are jheri curls good for your hair?” There has been renewed interest in this service, surprisingly from young people. This may be because wearing your hair “curly” is trending! The jheri curl...
by Paula Clarke | Aug 21, 2026 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Natural Hair, Self Help
We often get calls for combing out dreads/locs at the salon. There are various reasons given for wanting this: need for a change; dreads/locs too thin; there was excessive buildup and the most common reason of all – they want the length of hair resulting from...
by Paula Clarke | Aug 12, 2026 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, Blow Drying Hair, Curls & Perms, Fades & Hairlines, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Natural Hair, Relaxed Hair
Times have changed because I am not watching TV for hairstyle requests as much. Celebrities used to dictate the way we wore our hair but with so many social media platforms, everyone and anyone could become a “celebrity”! As a young hairstylist, I remember being...
by Paula Clarke | Jul 16, 2026 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, Blow Drying Hair, Braids, Chemical Straightening, Curls & Perms, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Fades & Hairlines, Hair Accessories, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Fails, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for summer, Natural Hair, Self Help, Troubleshooting, Weaves, Wedding Hair, Wigs
It turned out that this summer we should have been preparing for and understanding unpredictable weather. No one wants to get dressed up for an important occasion only to have it destroyed by sudden changes in weather! Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa have had some...
by Paula Clarke | Jun 24, 2026 | 4A Hair, 4B Hair, 4C Hair, Dreadlocks Repair, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Dreads/Locs Repair, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Repair, Hair Salon Business, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Natural Hair
Since reuniting with your dreads/locs has become a thing, I will talk about some best practices for reattaching dreadlocks as a loctician who has extensive experience. It is not hard to do but can take time if you are not prepared! These are some of the steps you...
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