by Paula Barker | Apr 30, 2024 | Braids, Dreadlocks Repair, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, fashion, Hair Fails, Haircuts, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Men's Hair, Nautral Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
I have had quite a few people ask the question: haircut before or after a retwist? It sounds like a strange question but post pandemic, it has become a very real issue. Clients were bringing it up because their locs were getting thinner after a fade! When things...
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 | Jul 31, 2019 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Nautral Hair, Uncategorized
A number of the requests for maintenance at the salon have to do with ways to repair thinning dreadlocks. Quite a few people will ask for thin dreads when they are first being made. This is fine, except as the dreads mature, they lose some “width” and slim down...
by Paula Barker | Jan 17, 2018 | Braids, Chemical Straightening, Coloring Hair, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Nautral Hair, Relaxed Hair, Uncategorized, Weaves
It is January, and the beginning of a promising new year. if you are like most people, the new year also means catching up on those bills accumulated during the holidays. Here is a time to reflect on why you just had to buy that expensive gift or have such a long...
by Paula Barker | Sep 19, 2017 | Braids, Hair Extensions, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Nautral Hair, Uncategorized, Weaves
With so many women getting hair extensions, it is to be expected that there will be questions if weaves can cause hair loss. Weaves have long been touted as a protective style for the hair. It provides needed hair coverage for persons having issues with hair loss,...
by Paula Barker | Aug 9, 2017 | Color Shy, Coloring Hair, Hair Extensions, Natural Hair, Nautral Hair, Uncategorized, Weaves
Quite a few people have told me they would dearly love to color their hair but were scared the hair would break. They tell me of horror stories when they attempted during their teens and I have seen a few people come to get a chop after a botched job. The question...
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