Braiding Specialist, for all your protective styling needs.

Current Location: Bad Windsheim, Germany Jamaican by birth, its in my blood to love and appreciate lovely styled hair. I take immense pride in my work, because i truly believe my work represents me. There is just something about neatly styled braids that shows that the stylist has put time and effort into the craft. Because lets face it, Hair is Art.

Hair braiding has a long history, dating back at least 5000 years. It has been a big part of many cultures all around the world including Asia, Africa, the Americas, Egypt and even Europe. For instance, in Africa hair braiding can be traced back as far as 3500 B.C. There it was a social event among women. In Europe during the renaissance, the France braiding was used to keep the hair as clean as possible as it wasn’t always an option to bathe as often as you might wish. Aztec women, in the Americas, would take narrow strips of colorful cloth and braid them into their hair then winding the braids around their head. In Egypt, hair braiding was practiced on wigs that Egyptian royalty wore. Braiding has more than one function. In Africa, braiding is still a chance to socialize, and there are some particular styles that are specific to your social standing in the community. Hair braiding can have the function of passing down a tradition. In Europe, as we mentioned, braiding was used to keep the hair clean, and as surprisingly as it may sound some people today still practice braids when they don’t have time to wash their hair. Along with helping to keep it clean and neat, having your hair braided keeps it out of the way while you are working. This was one of the main functions for hair braiding among Native Americans. Furthermore, hair braiding can also serve a cultural function. For example, among the Hopi tribe, only married women can wear their hair braided. Today, hair braiding is the function of style, rather than anything else.