by Paula Barker | Jul 1, 2020 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for summer, Natural Hair, Uncategorized
Hair salons are allowed back to work and whew! it was just in time because I think most of us were hanging on by thread! If the Premier had extended the emergency measures once more I would have had to do a sit in outside his offices! There is only so much holiday...
by Paula Barker | Jun 24, 2020 | Business, Hair Styling, Haircuts, Uncategorized
On July 12, the city of Ottawa went to stage 2 of its reopening and many hairstylists breathed a sigh of relief only to realize we are open by appointment only. This tight scheduling is totally in line with keeping clients as well as workers safe, but in an industry...
by Paula Barker | Jun 16, 2020 | Business, Hair Fails, Hair Styling, Self Image, Uncategorized
Many years from now in Ottawa and most of Ontario, June 12 might be remembered in greeting cards as the day when you catch up with friends. After 4 long months of quarantine, people spilled out onto the streets, happy for the easing of more restrictions. s. I was...
by Paula Barker | Jun 9, 2020 | Braids, Curls & Perms, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Men's Hair, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
t has been an emotional last two weeks with lots of turmoil and angst which led me to think about hair: its power and meaning. I did so because the last time there was this much upheaval on this grand scale was during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. I have seen...
by Paula Barker | Jun 2, 2020 | Curls & Perms, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, fashion, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair products, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Men's Hair, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
The authorities may have put my salon on lock down but in staying active in my other business I was having challenges on how to look good on video conferencing. I admire video influencers because I know how much work they put in to look fabulous all day. What the...
by Paula Barker | May 26, 2020 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Fails, Hair products, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Men's Hair, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
It is a few months into the quarantine and people see they have to do something about their hair because there are these modern day snitches called Face Time, Zoom and Skype. This leads to them asking what happens if you don’t use product to retwist dreadlocks? ...
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