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 22, 2020 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Repair, Lifestyle, Natural Hair, Uncategorized
People behave differently based on how they were brought up and when I make dreads for a new client, one of the questions that come up is when to wash dreadlocks for the first time. Over my career in hairstyling, I have spoken with clients who wash their hair...
by Paula Barker | Jul 15, 2020 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Repair, Hairstyles for summer, Lifestyle, Men's Hair, Natural Hair, Relaxed Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
While the quarantine changed the lives of everyone, some in a challenging way, one of the good things that I found came out of it was the unprecedented growth of hair. I have clients that for years swore they were doing right by their hair, yet it took being...
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