by Paula Barker | Sep 16, 2020 | Braids, Chemical Straightening, Child's Hair, Coloring Hair, Curls & Perms, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Fails, Hair Styling, Men's Hair, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
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...
by Paula Barker | Sep 1, 2020 | Coloring Hair, Hair Care, Hair products, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Men's Hair, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
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 be...
by Paula Barker | Jul 15, 2020 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Repair, Hairstyles for summer, Lifestyle, Men's Hair, Natural Hair, Relaxed Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
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 took being...
by Paula Barker | Jun 9, 2020 | Braids, Curls & Perms, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Men's Hair, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
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. I have seen...
by Paula Barker | Jun 2, 2020 | Curls & Perms, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, fashion, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair products, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Men's Hair, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
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 day. What the...
by Paula Barker | May 26, 2020 | DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Fails, Hair products, Hair Repair, Hair Styling, Hairstyles for Spring, Hairstyles for summer, Men's Hair, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
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 dreadlocks? ...
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