Braiding Dreadlocks With Extensions
To avoid starting out on a dread/loc journey with short hair, some people resort to braiding dreadlocks with extensions. At the beginning of the dread/loc process, the hair tends to lose some length. The amount lost depends on the thickness of the hair. For those...
What Happens If You Leave Braids In Too Long
There are times when I observe people on public transportation who kept their braids in way past the redo date and thought I would speak on what happens if you leave braids in too long. We know you are on a budget or you don't have time but jeez, when are you going...
What Does Keratin Treatments Do For Afro Hair
If you read a recent article I wrote on “What You Need To Know Before Getting A Relaxer”, you may be at a loss as to what to do with managing your super curly hair! Well, if you are no longer a fan of being fully natural, you may have heard of keratin treatments and...
What Could Go Wrong When You Interlock Improperly
I have been seeing examples of what could go wrong when you interlock improperly with new clients. I do not interlock myself, but I do get clients who grow concerned when their dreads/locs are falling off or hanging by a strand!Interlocking, which is when the...
What You Need To Know Before Getting A Relaxer
If you have natural hair and are considering straightening them, here is what you need to know before getting a relaxer. Managing natural curly hair requires work. I have had to correct people who say “it's just hair, how hard can it be? That’s you. Other people...
Why Questioning Your Traditions Is A Good Thing
Sometimes at the salon we get asked to do services that confirm why questioning your traditions is a good thing. Often people carry on traditions that affect them but only question it if it threatens their mental health and hair!Hair salons get calls for help with...
Why It Is Good To Know How To Sew
Over the last ten years of my loctician career, it has become apparent to me why it is good to know how to sew. Making little repairs to clothing or adjusting the waist of pants aside, it has become a valuable skill in dread/locs repair.At first, when clients would...
How Long Can You Keep Braid Extensions In
It seems the people in our industry no longer agree on how long you keep braid extensions in. It was a well known fact that braids lasted a certain amount of time depending on the one chosen. However, these days the information being circulated is different...
Lost Almost All Hair While Combing Out Locs
What if you had dread/locs and decided, like a lot of people, to do a makeover and lost almost all hair while combing out locs? It is safe to say that people change their minds all the time. They love a style today and want another the next!Many people who decide to...
What No More Slacking Off Means For Business
We had two massive snow storms that inspired me to write on what no more slacking off means for business. With all that white stuff blanketing the city and sending many to the emergency room trying to get rid of it, appointments would usually get cancelled. But, this...