How Do You Keep Natural Hair From Frizzing in Humidity
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...
When To Wash Dreadlocks For The First time
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...
Unprecedented Growth of Hair
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...
Importance Of Eating The Right Kind Of Food
Being quarantined and living on a tight budget, many people had to decide what was essential and this made them consider for the first time, the importance of eating the right kind of food. While everything was normal, buying that burger and fries was a...
Hanging On By A Thread
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...
Hair: Its Power And Meaning
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....
How To Look Good On Video Conferencing
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...
What Happens If You Don’t Use Product To Retwist Dreadlocks
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...
Ordinary Mishaps and Inevitable Consequences
Since the quarantine, many people, especially ladies, have become easy targets for ordinary mishaps and inevitable catastrophes. Granted, they did not go out looking to get in trouble but with the quarantine measures, many are missing their favourite beauty...
Should I Cover My Dreadlocks When I Sleep
Whenever a client gets dreadlocks, the common question, after you tell them to cover their head when they sleep is, “should I cover my dreadlocks when I sleep?” So, you repeat “yes” several times while they tell you: how hard it is to sleep with anything on the...