Teaching Adoptive Parents To Care For Natural Hair
Many couples and families now are interracial and this has increased the need for teaching adoptive parents to care for natural hair. The parent who takes charge of the hair is usually at a loss of what to do if they have no family who understands it. They...
Have Dreadlocks And Suffering From Hair Loss Or Thinning
I did a post on this back in August of this year and was requested to speak more on the subject. There are many people that have dreadlocks and suffering from hair loss or thinning. What starts out as an exciting journey, can become a battle with...
Overcoming The Language Barrier
At some point in your hairstylist life, you will have a situation that requires overcoming the language barrier. This does not happen very often, but every now and then there is a “situation”. Most times you can probably figure it out because both...
Why Can Some People Handle More Pain Than Others
People with curly hair have regular “entanglements”. We can comb our hair and five minutes later, it goes right back to tangles. Not to say this does not happen to those with straight hair, it just seems to like curly hair more. After a few...
Interlocking vs Crochet Method
Many of the calls I receive on dreadlocks will often ask what I think of the interlocking vs crocheting method. It is like asking what is the difference between planting flowers: they will all grow but each has its requirements. Many people...
How Many Locs Should You Start With
Starting a dreadlocks journey will be different for everyone but when you do, how many locs should you start with? To answer this question we would have to know a number of things including what texture is your hair, the density etc. Once you know these...
The Importance of Good Judgement
Recently, while viewing some videos of people adding hair extensions, I was "shook" (as my 18-20 year old clients would say) because they did not seem to know the importance of good judgement. I saw ladies who had lost hair, obviously to glue, still having...
Can You Dye Dreads Without Bleach
ummer is the time I like to go blonde and some clients with dreads like the colour but want to know can you dye dreads without bleach? This is a loaded question because the answer can be either yes or no. Blonde can be a very hard colour to get as it...
Practising Self Care While Job Searching During Covid
Recently, I had a conversation with a gentleman who was obviously practising self care while job searching during covid. The gentleman asked a favour and I was surprised at his request, at first. After thinking about it, I realized how important it is to...
Have Dreadlocks And Suffering From Hair Loss or Thinning
No one likes to lose hair and usually you don’t lose it in the areas you wish you would either. One of the things I am seeing more of are people who have dreadlocks and suffering from hair loss or thinning. Just like grey hair, the places where it appears...