Hair care products that that deep clean and infuse vitamins proteins for growth, shine, health. Reduce thinning, prevent dry and oily hair, repair damage from breakage, frizzing, coloring, sun, chemicals, stress, and overheating. Hair Products should feed the root and repair structure to prevent dry, breaking, frizzy and splitting and correct problems associated with poor nutrition or environmental factors. Most hair care and skin care products in the market use synthetic petrochemicals that are harsh and may have harmful long term side effects on the hair and skin. Natural herbal ingredients have been used for centuries to effectively treat various hair and skin problems. Natural skin care products will protect you from skin aging sun damage. They are also gentle on the hair and skin and better for the environment.

For men, beauty care includes hair care products as well, so don’t overlook the hair thickening shampoo that makes thinning hair look fuller. We also have the best selection of high quality hairbrushes. Care for oily hair and scalp condition is the same as used for oily skin condition. For dry hair, scalp massaging with oil is recommended. For oily hair massaging with toning lotion is suitable. Herbal extracts are proven to heal but most companies do not use a 1 10th of what they need for hair and scalp health. Adding protein to hair relaxes is a great way to get the look you love without the drying affect that normal relaxes can have on your hair.

Hair Care Tips
1. Taking certain vitamins may be most helpful in improving the condition of your hair.

2. Use regular hair rollers, winding hair loosely around them.

3. Protect your hair with hair care products that contain sunscreen.

4. Brush your hair regularly before going to bed each night.

5. Always apply conditioner from the ears down never condition the scalp.

6. Add iron and minerals in the natural form in your diet.

7. Avoid excessive sun, chlorine and salt water during the summer months.

8. Wash hair with tea once in a week.

9. Never use a rubber band on your hair as it can pull and damage hair considerably.

10. Avoid pulling back your hair tightly.
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November 16, 2009

Water is the source of life, but it isn't always the source of a great haircut. Here, Tommy Buckett of the Sally Hershberger Salon Downtown
November 16, 2009in New York discusses the differences between a classic wet-cut and a dry-cut.

Try a Dry Cut If:

* A Your hair is long. "Women who have long hair and want to keep their length intact should definitely get a dry-cut," Buckett says. "Hair shrinks when it's wet, so the amount the stylist is removing might be deceptive."

* Your hair is curly, fine, or wavy. "When clients have wavy or curly hair, or lots of cowlicks, I always recommend a dry-cut" says Buckett. With a dry-cut, the stylist can plainly see what he or she is dealing with, how the hair falls, and where the weight is distributed.

* Your hair is looking weighed down. A dry-cut is the best way to remove weight and add texture without significantly changing the shape of the cut.

Try a Wet Cut if:

* You want to try something new. "The stylist has more control over wet hair," says Buckett. "It's easier to craft an entirely new shape when the hair is holding still."

* You've had several consecutive dry-cuts. "A wet cut is necessary once in a while because too many dry-cuts in a row can leave hair stringy," says Buckett. A wet cut is great for freshening and evening up the ends.

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Wednesday 11 November 2009

Back in the olden days, the changing of the seasons was marked by stuff such as cute baby animals and the colours of the landscape. Well, times change. In the modern vernacular, one might say that nature stuff just isn't getting the all-important public vote. Now, you feel the chill of autumn beginning to tip into winter not because of the angle of the sun or the bareness of the trees but on the day you walk into a newsagent and are confronted with X Factor stories in every newspaper (including, today, this one). Instead of children singing in harmony at Christmas, we now have John and Edward.

The X Factor has become an annual plague on all our houses, reaching fever pitch in the weeks before Christmas. With every passing year, the Cowell empire expands to dominate not just how we spend our weekends, but how we look. As the nights draw in and our world contracts to fit into our sitting rooms, Simon Cowell becomes as much of an influence on trends as his mate Philip Green.

This time last year we were a country united in gawping adoration of the glory of Cheryl Cole. Vogue even put her on its cover. Like credulous peasants taken in by some travelling salesman's dubious holy relics, we fawned over her Botticelli hair extensions. When her eyes glittered with feminine empathy under those Bambi-length lashes, thousands of hearts skipped a beat; never mind that statues of the Virgin Mary have wept truer tears.

But while last year's X Factor was all about Cheryl, this season is all about out-there hair. The poster girl is not Cheryl, with her dolly-waves, but Dannii Minogue. Dannii has ditched her Anna Wintour-esque power bob in favour of an extraordinary multi-tasking hairstyle that is styled differently for every show. These hair experiments are not always successful – the asymmetric fringe looked like she had let a toddler give her a trim – but the styles themselves matter less than the fact of their constant newness. By employing the element of surprise, Dannii has broken the spell cast by Cheryl's glamour.

Proof that Dannii is the one with her finger on the hairstyle pulse came a fortnight ago, when Victoria Beckham debuted a new tousled, growing-out crop look that was almost identical to the loose, finger-waved style Dannii had sported only a few days earlier on Big Band week. Even Dannii's more outre efforts have style pedigree: the crimped quiff she wore the night Rachel Adedeji was voted off ties in with a new vogue for crimped hair generally, as seen on the Etro catwalk in Milan. In the wake of The September Issue, swapping her power bob for Grace Coddington frizz puts Dannii right on-trend.

If last year was the year the judges discovered fashion and this is the year they stepped up the hair, I can only hope that 2010 might be the season they drag their make-up artistry into the 21st century too. I mean, can anyone please explain why women on Saturday-night telly – Tess and the Strictly ladies, I'm talking to you here too – still believe that four coats of fake tan topped with lashings of Touche Eclat around the eyes is a good look? But that's one for next year. The festive season is turning out to be about crazy hair – which surely means the odds on Jedward just got shorter.
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American comic Chris Rock's five-year-old daughter's question by as to why she doesn't have "good hair" was the impetus behind his documentary about black hair that is causing quite a stir right now. But, hair for women of color, with its tight curls has always been a bane of contention, and not an issue that started with Rock's film entitled "Good Hair."

The black woman's love/hate relationship with her hair has been an issue for time immemorial.

Good hair is seen as silky and straight and achieved with the application of permanents referred to in Rock's documentary as "creamy crack," while the loose curl texture of children of mixed race parentage is coveted. The kinky, thick, tight curly hair is seen as not good.

Natural hair stylist Candrice Orebanwo, 38, says good hair is simply healthy hair from a healthy body.

"Everybody has good hair. In reality, people think their [natural] hair is hard and they can't manage it, but it's just that a lot of people don't know how to care for natural hair," she says. Or even know what their hair texture is like.

"Our hair is tight coiled — and we have different types of coil. The tighter coil is what we call bad hair or 'peasy' hair, but the looser coil is what we call good hair," she says of the mixed race children whose strand coil tend to be looser. They are the people of color who are usually referred to as having "good hair."

Orebanwo, who works at Raquel Cleare's KaaRawBuNat saloon on Wulf Road, sports locked hair and knows all to well of the hair problems that comes with a permanent.

She was traumatized with her first permanent at age nine by her mother who sought to "relax" her curls with chemicals.

"I don't know why my mommy permed my hair, because I thought I had thick, nice hair. But when she started to perm it, it started to drop off, and then I always had issues. It [hair] was never the same. As an adult I decided to perm and dye it, and it all dropped out. I got pregnant, had a baby and had no time to be fixing hair, so I just left it like that. I kept it natural and years went by and then I decided to lock it." Orebanwo has had natural hair for nine years. For the past five years she has sported good hair that has been locked.

Her nine-year-old daughter also has natural good hair. Orenbanwo though, says if her daughter wants to ever put chemicals in her hair she will have to make that decision as an adult.

"All those chemicals in your hair just isn't healthy. When you relax your hair it burns, and a lot of people have sores in their hair, and are allergic to the chemicals and don't even know it," she says.

The natural hair stylist says she and her colleagues have had to repair a lot of people's hair that come to them with hair that is weak and falling out in patches. "Even though it's weak, they still want to put a weave on it, so the hair doesn't have a chance to breathe and get strong. Our hair is naturally strong, but when you put so many chemicals in our hair, it thins it out and makes it weak."

Orebanwo says people with good natural hair should take the time to care for their hair properly so that it remains good. She encourages adding moisture, because Black hair tends to dry out quickly, and plaiting off the hair periodically.

She says a lot of people are scared about combing natural hair, because they're afraid of breakage or it hurting. Her advice is to wet the hair with water, which is what she does for her daughter, and not use so many greases and pomades. Orebanwo says wet hair is easier to form. She also encourages the use of a satin cap at night, and that natural hair wearers should be cognizant of the fact that some people's hair are drier than others.

For those that may want to transition from a permanent to a natural good hair, Orebanwo says the best thing to do is to cut off the relaxed hair, so that you can return to the natural coil of your hair to work with it. But she admits that going extremely short can be traumatic for some people.

"If people are traumatized by that, we suggest that they braid it until they get to a length that they're comfortable with, then they can remove the braids and wear their hair naturally."

As the debate continues about what is good hair, Orebanwo says there are people who can never be converted, even when she tells them of the dangers of using so many chemicals. But she says natural Black hair is so versatile that there is so much that can be done with it.

"We all have good hair," says Orebanwo. She says when the person with the "nappiest" hair walks into her salon, when they leave, they're grinning from ear to ear because they can't believe how pretty their hair is.

CARING FOR YOUR NATURAL HAIR

How often should you wash your hair?

This will depend on your hair type and how prone your hair is to drying or becoming oily. Not all African Americans have the same type of hair. Generally speaking, our hair tends to be dry and shampooing too often will worsen that. Rinsing your hair with plain water every day and washing once every week to 10 days works for most of us. Bi-racial people may want to wash their hair more often as it may tend to be more oily. When you dry your hair, do not rub it. Rubbing your hair can cause breakage. Blot it with a towel.

How do I handle natural hair?

If you have super curly, kinky or (dare we say it?) nappy hair, your hair is best handled wet. You may find it easiest to comb it with a wide tooth comb while in the shower. Give up on that skinny little European comb and get one made for your hair. Try to avoid combing your hair while dry as the comb will tend to catch and break the hair. If you need to comb your hair while it's dry, be gentle. Try to spritz with some water or a cream first. If you're unbraiding your hair and get to some tangles, pull them loose with your fingers before you go on combing.

Why is my natural hair so dull looking?

With the obvious caveats about how we all have different hair types due to our diverse ancestries, natural African hair is going to appear more dull than Caucasian hair or even permed hair. It's just the structure of our hair. Our cuticles on our hair, because of the curvature do not lay flat. Flat cuticles reflect light better making that hair appear shinier. If you try to make your hair shine like someone with permed hair or a Caucasion person, you're going to end up making a mess of your hair.

Having said that, we can make our natural hair look very healthy. There are two things that many of us don't get enough of on our hair — water and oil. Make sure you are drinking plenty of fluids and wash your hair often enough. Make sure you are oiling your hair with good, natural oils that the hair can absorb. Too much of the wrong kind of oils, can actually damage the ability of the hair to absorb moisture and make the hair appear even more dull. Natural African hair is beautiful. But, it must be maintained properly to be and appear healthy.

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