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Should I Wash My Natural Hair While It Is Braided

“Would you not wash your face for 4 weeks just because you had on a mask?” No you wouldn’t because your face would break out and you would be walking around looking CRAZY. Well your scalp is skin just like your face and it needs care too

17Feb2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Make your hair healthy with Chocolate.

For most people, the word “chocolate” certainly would not be considered synonymous with the word “healthy“. Healthy infers a food source that provides nutritional benefit for our bodies.
A recent study conducted by scientists at Cornell University found that cocoa powder, the base from which chocolate is made, contains nearly TWICE the antioxidants of red wine, [...]

27Feb2009 | Admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Why Do Lace Front Wigs Cost So Much?

Why Do Lace Front Wigs Cost So Much?
Have you ever stopped to wonder just how much it costs the average person to go from cute to stunning?  Make up: $40.  Clothes: $200.  Shoes: $140.  Contact Lenses and or designer sun glasses: $100.  But of all the costs, it seems to pale when compared to the [...]

14Dec2008 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued

Shampoo could be bad for your health…

What’s so bad about shampoo anyway?
Shampoo is a detergent, just like laundry detergent, dishwashing powder and the stuff you use to clean your bathroom. It cleans out the dirt in your hair, but is very harsh and also takes the natural oils that make your hair shiny, soft and strong. Shampoo wasn’t introduced until the [...]

29Sep2008 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued

How to prevent your hair from turning green this summer

So you think that getting green hair after swimming only happens to blonds??
Well let me shed some light on the situation by letting you know that it can happen to you if you have:
 
Blond hair
Light brown hair
Highlighted hair
Or color treated hair (going from a darker shade to a lighter shade)
 
It obviously effects blonds more dramatically [...]

22Jun2008 | Admin | 1 comment | Continued

The best style for growing your hair natural

I have so many people who want to know what style they should get while growing there hair natural. I tell them all tree braids! Here are the top 8 reasons why Tree braids are the way to have your hair styled while growing out your hair.
1. They take about 3-4 hours to complete
2. [...]

19Jun2008 | Admin | 30 comments | Continued

Why Lye Relaxers Aren’t Good For Your Hair

I have a new section on the website that deals with hair care advice. The following is a sample of the types of articles you can find on that section, called Urban Hair Care Guide. I hope these articles are beneficial to you.
People have different types of hair. Many people with frizzy or [...]

16May2008 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued

What kind of hair should I use and do I need a relaxer?

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Should you get a relaxer before getting tree braids:
Well first I do not reccomend that you get a relaxer before any braided style and that includes tree braids.  Getting a relaxer will  cause your hair to be pulled out from the root.  I suggest that you wait at least 2 [...]

10May2008 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued

Who Invented hair relaxers anyway?

Well let’s start with a little History:
The creator of the product we have coined a “Perm” was Garrett Augustus Morgan,Sr. He was born in Paris, Kentucky on March 4, 1877. Garrett was a natural born inventor. Among his creations was the three-position traffic signal, a traffic management device that greatly improved safety [...]

22Apr2008 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued

Hair Relaxer side effects

I am a natural sista, what do I mean by that? I have given up chemical relaxers which have been proven to have side effects including but not limited to total or spot hair loss, hair breakage where hair breaks at the scalp line, bald spots scalp rashes, irritation and potential scarring of [...]

22Apr2008 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued