by Paula Barker | Jun 22, 2022 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Accessories, Hair Care, Hair Fails, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Lifestyle, Natural Hair, Uncategorized
Occasionally I have clients who ask “why are my locs thinning in the middle?” This happens more often to dreads than we realize. No matter how thick they are, this is something that can happen to anyone! If a client comes in with dreads thinning in the middle, there...
by Paula Barker | May 10, 2022 | Business, Hair Care, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
When people fear that something might not go their way, they do what is “called hedging their bets”. In the salon industry, I feel we are seeing more people doing this practice. Since the lockdowns, many people have tighter work hours with less time or...
by Paula Barker | Apr 19, 2022 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, fashion, Hair Styling, Lifestyle, Men's Hair, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
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...
by Paula Barker | Jun 1, 2021 | Business, Hair Styling, Lifestyle, Self Image, Uncategorized
Since the lockdown, being stuck at home has revealed more of the challenges women face in their daily lives. I recall the days women who stopped working to nurture their kids found it impossible to return. Their years of working at home were dismissed as...
by Paula Barker | May 19, 2021 | Hair Styling, Lifestyle, Self Image, Uncategorized
Last Saturday it occurred to me that I like, what’s another word for “goofing off?: relaxing! For so many years I would listen to smug Monday to Friday workers talk about how short the weekends were. Try working until late on a Saturday when all the barbeques,...
by Paula Barker | Feb 24, 2021 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Fails, Hair Styling, Lifestyle, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
As humans, we take everything for granted so we have no idea of the importance of drying the hair. For most of us, the hair grows without us ever wondering what would happen if it didn’t. Others obsess over it; sometimes to its downfall.  Normally, it is only...
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