What Are The Four Parenting Styles
At salons across the world, hairstylists who survive in the industry have developed themselves to know what are the four parenting styles. If you do not learn this quite early, your work life will be challenging. Not all parents are alike and since they are from...
How To Retwist Dreads With A Lot Of Regrowth
In the quest to have the perfect locks like their idols on Instagram, many people who do their dreads at home struggle with how to retwist dreads with a lot of regrowth. Let’s face it, we are human and prone to being a bit lazy at some point. Tell me you always...
How Can A Girl Look More Attractive
You may have always felt that life shortchanged you in some way and always asked yourself how can a girl look more attractive? After all, other women seem to have it all—men fall over themselves to date them and if you follow social media, their lives are one...
Does Retwisting Dreads Hurt
Now you have had your dreadlocks for a month and it is time to redo your roots but does retwisting dreads hurt? This is one of the questions that I can tell you will depend on many factors. After all, you figure making the dreadlocks was the most it was going to...
“My Daughter Cut Her Hair Short!”
Every now and then, you get that dreaded phone call from a frazzled parent telling you “my daughter cut her hair short!”. Read: What are we to do?--things have fallen apart and the world is ending! The child no longer looks normal and something has...
Ways To Repair Thinning Dreads
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...
How Much Does It Cost For Faux Locks
I don’t know what drives a trend but if dreadlocks were a stock, It would be a definite BUY! The single question that I get asked daily is “how much does it cost for faux locks?” I mean, everyone wants dreadlocks and even if they do not want it permanently, they...
Wearing Wigs On Vacation
It is Summer 2019 and extra long hair is back in fashion! For those of us who did not receive it naturally, a wig is a helpful alternative, but what do we know about wearing wigs on vacation? Don’t you want to have that long hair cascading down your...
Manage Your Expectations Before Deciding To Get Dreadlocks
Every now and then as a hairstylist, you have clients who want dreadlocks and you have to caution them: manage your expectations before deciding to get dreadlocks. They are usually the ones who have done extensive research before coming to see...
Is My Hair Too Long For My Age?
As women get more mature, the texture and colour of their hair changes and they tend to start asking their stylist questions like “is my hair too long for my age? As women we want to keep our youth but are subject to social pressures. These pressures dictate how...