The Art of Retwist: How to Palm Roll Dreadlocks (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781540362797)

With over 20 years braiding, loccing, and weaving, hair restoration and hair care in the cosmetology industry, Newark, NJ native Qiana Johnson, known as Yonni Red, brings a proven track record of new and exciting styling options to her clients. She began as a braider at just 12 years old. Yonni earned her cosmetology degree in the state of New Jersey in 1998. Learning how to add hair care from a professional standpoint. Working in a variety of beauty salons, African braiding salon, blow dry bar, barber shop, chemical service salon (relaxers and coloring), she is a hair care professional. Yonni is a perfectionist. Once a skill is mastered she moves on to the next skill. First braiding, weaving, coloring, locs, and now custom weaving and hair restoration have all been areas of expertise for this New Jersey native. She is a teacher of dreadlocks styling and maintenance. Hosting classes for her "Master Loctician Course" since 2005 teaching her craft and way of locking, caring and styling locs in 7 in 2012. Yonni has been known to make up new styling techniques for dreadlocks that many other locticians use daily. Hiring anyone who could show up on time to help with her large clientele.Yonni has trained 78 locticians to date, and have inspired thousands more through her Youtube channel, TheYonniRed (show) started in 2010 which is near 1million views and ground breaking and innovative pics from 2007-2010 in the nationally distributed "Salon Digest" magazine spin-off "Forever Braids" mag. The publication showcased 24 of lmagazine introduced barrels, fishtails, baskets, and neat retwist done on locs which many had never seen. Yonni has recently established a full curriculum for locs and dreads to protect consumers wearing this hairstyle Many states have not recognized the loctician craft as an industry in need of skilled professionals. After years of experience doing locs and dreads, Yonni will be launching a new product line for locs complete with shampoos, conditioners, and pomades that all focus on hydration of ethnic hair, which is one of the major causes of hair growth. Yonni has bought many new hair styling techniques to loc such as Looms, Zstitch, Barrels, Triple Barrels, and more to come. She dominates the loctician world in Styling and is know as your Favorite stylist's favorite stylist. www.yonnired.com for products www.redlocticianacademy.org for training