Are Braids Good For Kids’ Hair
Busy parents often do their kid(s) hair in protective styles, but are braids good for kids' hair? Many of them lessen the amount of time they have to dedicate to hair care by doing braids. With all the areas competing for attention, cutting hair care...
A Good Exit Strategy Matters
Usually when you plan to do anything for a long time, you come to realize that a good exit strategy matters. For years exit strategies have been recommended for business or marketing products but what about dreadlocks? Seriously, there are...
Dreads vs Locs: What’s The Difference
Open for debate is the question: dread vs locs, what is the difference? Because of the passage of time, there currently is no difference. If you were living in Jamaica after it gained independence, it was a different scenario. Most of the songs...
What Are Some Workplace Challenges
When you start a business or get a job you begin with excitement and hope but what are some workplace challenges you may encounter? The textbooks do not tell you that most of what you learn in school almost never happens that way in real life. In a salon...
How To Wash Dreadlocks At Home
Many people regularly get their dreadlocks washed at the salon, But, what if you couldn’t make it in one time? You need to know how to wash dreadlocks at home. Yes it’s hair, it needs shampoo and some kind of conditioner but washing dreadlocks is a...
Face To Face For The first Time
The mask restrictions were lifted for some industries here and people have been meeting face to face for the first time. You never realize how important it is to see someone’s facial expressions until it is suddenly returned to you. . Over the last two years, I have...
What length Of Hair Is Considered Long
My first situation that disputed what length of hair is considered long happened in my first year working on commission. A lady came in and asked how much to have her hair coloured. Being green, I gave her a price based on the length her hair was at the time. I...
The Coming Of Age
Do you remember when you crossed that line between adolescence and adulthood? Now they call it life experience. I call it coming of age. Sometimes the event is a great experience, sometimes not so great. It can mean you have reached the age to...
Why It Helps To Have Social Media
As a stylist it is important to know why it helps to have social media. Countless times I meet people who present their reasons for now having a presence on any platform. I understand their reasoning. I also think that the kids of today spend too...
Following What Others Do
Over the years I have noticed that most people care for their hair by following what others do. As kids, we would see our friends get into trouble for copying another friend. The angry parent would ask “ If your friend jumped off a ten-story...