HERE ARE SOME TIPS AND HAIR BEAUTY SECRETS TO BE THE PERFECT DIVA THAT YOU CAN TRY AT HOME, WITHOUT SPENDING A FORTUNE IN THE BEAUTY PALORS AND WANDERING FROM BEAUTY CLINICS AND SALONS.

Remember, these Hair Beauty secrets are not to be passed on to your friends!...Kidding!

.           Hair Beauty Secrets to make your hair smell aromatic is to prepare your own hair perfume at home. Mix 6 tablespoons of powdered charcoal, 5 tablespoons of powdered myrrh and 1 tablespoon of powdered benzoin together and sieve it thoroughly. Add 2-3 drops of bergamot oil and 2-3 drops of sandalwood oil, 1 tablespoon of potassium nitrate and mucilage of tragacanth to the mixture until it acquires the consistency of a stiff paste. Heat the mixture over a water bath. Shape it into little cones and dry them. Whenever you wash your hair, light one of the cones while your hair is still damp and let them soak the smell of the cone.

.           A perfect way to get rid of dry, brittle, dull hair is to massage mayonnaise into your hair thoroughly, starting from the roots to the hair ends. Then pile your hair on top of your head and cover them fully with plastic food wrap. Wrap the pre-heated towel around it and keep it on for 10 minutes. This will help in deep-conditioning your hair. Now, replace the towel with another pre-heated towel and leave it on for 10 minutes too. Now remove all the wraps and shampoo your hair. This cholesterol treatment once a month for your hair is a boon that will it soft and shiny.

.           If don’t have time to shampoo your oily hair daily, you can try this out. Pour some comstarch into a dish and dip a clean, large blush brush into it. Brush your scalp and hair roots thoroughly with the comstarch and leave it on for 10 minutes to soak off the oil. Then brush away the comstarch flakes, ridding your hair with all that unwanted greasiness.

.           Make a mixture by adding ¼ cup of apple cider vinegar with 1 gallon of distilled water and store it in the refrigerator. Once a fortnight, shampoo and rinse your hair thoroughly and then pour 2 cups of the mixture over the scalp and let it saturate the hair. Rinse your hair with cold water to get rid of all the drab of hair styling products.

.           A possible cure for your impossible dandruff is vinegar. Massage it into your scalp and leave it to dry for a few minutes. Wash the hair thoroughly and repeat the process daily. Dandruff usually disappears within a few days.

.           The ancient Mayan women used avocados to keep their skin and hair healthy. Here is their infallible hair mask that you can use too – Mix ½ ripe avocados, 1 tbsp. olive oil, ½ small banana and 1 egg yolk together and massage it into your hair. Cover it with a plastic wrap and leave it on for one hour. Rinse the mask with warm water and then shampoo your hair thoroughly.

.           Say goodbye to your dandruff by dissolving 2 aspirins in your dandruff shampoo before washing your hair with it. Moisture your hair with a good conditioner later.

.           Powder your greasy hair by putting it a little at the root of your hair before straying. For very oily hair, powder your hair heavily and keep it on for 15 minutes. Then wash the hair completely and condition lightly before making the desired style.

.           To bleach your hair naturally or just lighten their colour, rub lemon juice on them and wander out for a walk in natural sunlight.

Enjoy IT?....I BET!

HAIR GROWTH - THE NATURAL BLACK HAIR SECRET

A journey to good hair, better health and great results from the inside out!

Through almost everything in Life, we have been taught on necessary actions to take to fix things on the outside… …well as a meta-physical practitioner, I show people how to work on the inside to bring and manifest every single thing they want in life on the outside.

If you have an understanding that everything is energy, then you also know that power does not exist outside of us- but within us. So I teach you the secret techniques and tools on how to harness that power to grow your beautiful black afro hair longer, fuller and thicker than ever.

Rate of hair growth and retaining the growth achieved is determined by other factors. One of which is to reduce the amount of hair breakage you may experience/or are totally unaware of.

Black Afro Hair is very fragile and delicate, also prone to dryness and breaks easily. So one of the best protective measures is to use a silk/satin scarf, or hair bonnet to wrap hair at night before sleeping.

Okay, so using silk/satin hair bonnets and scarf should not be the death of romance. You want to keep, master and learn the art of romance while expressing yourself right? But at the same time, you definitely want to keep ‘Sexy Suzy’ in the bedroom and keep ‘Grandma Willow’ in the farthest future right?

So what do you do…?

You want to grow, retain your black afro natural/relaxed hair longer, fuller and thicker without having to look like athwart raggedy mess…

Use Silk/Satin Pillow cases and bed sheets.

Yes-these work just as well

While the benefits of using a silk/satin hair scarf and bonnet are.,

-to protect your natural/relaxed black afro hair

-prevent it from snagging, getting caught up and torn as a result of friction and rubbing off on hard surfaces while you toss and turn at night.

-keep the ends tucked in and contains the moisture levels of your hair over time.

The ADDED advantage of using Silk/Satin Pillow cases and Bed sheets cover are.,

According to Dermatologists, they consider it an investment.,

-as it helps you to keep and retain moisture

-Other fabrics and material used for bed and pillow covers (non-silk) draw moisture away from you and age your skin fast. They also leave unattractive lines on your face and skin over time.

-Silk contains amino acids similar to those found in the moisturizers for our face and skin.

-So when you use silk pillow cases and bed sheets, your skin and hair is not losing any essential moisture.

You must care for your hair, give it the tender loving care and attention it so rightly deserves-your hair is an extension and a part of you-so you deserve to be treated with such beauty!

If you really think about it silk is gotten from mother nature- a derivative of the waste products of the silk worm, honey is also gotten from nature, a derivative and waste product of the bee.

So therefore- all you really need, desire and want has already been given!

ARE YOU BORED OF YOUR HAIR COLOUR?

Do you want to revamp your look? If yes, then the easiest way to change your look would be to opt for hair colouring.

A new hair colouring can add a new dimension to your personality, making you look more confident and impressive. However, with the need to be in sync with the competition around, people are left with little or  no time to flock to the salon. Nonetheless, when time or money doesn’t allow you the pampering of salon colour, you’ll find that at home hair colouring preparations are both affordable and easy to use.

Here are some handy tips that will make your hair look healthier and glow with the desired colour and give you salon-like results, along with quick and easy solutions to common problems related with Hair Colouring Tips.

.           Shampoo your hair properly and then condition them. Thereafter, wait for two days, to give the natural oils in your scalp time to resurface. This is an essential step to protect the scalp from chemical reactions and also would help your hair colour to set better, giving you uniformed results overall.

.           On the day of hair colour, you need to first arrange the toolkit for the hair colouring purpose. Put on an old t-shirt and collect some older towels and washcloths. Get some hair clips for sectioning your hair, a handy timer and a hand mirror, which will enable you to view the back of your head.

.           Section your hair so that you can handle your hair better, during the colouring process.

.           Before starting, make sure you read the instructions at least two times. Each of the colouring brands follows a definite style or process, so if you don’t want to do a blunder, ensure that you read the instruction. Also, do not forget the strand test.

.           Put on the gloves and start the colouring process. If you are touching up the roots, be sure that this is the area that you target. You shouldn’t be applying the colour to the entire head as in the first application.

.           For those of you, who are colouring for the first time, start at the crown or at the nape of the neck. This is because it is here that the natural hair colour is the darkest.

.           For the ends, apply hair colour that is one level darker, without adding the developer. The colour at the end of the hair tends to fade faster than the rest, because the ends are porous and does not hold colour.

.           Once you have applied the colour, use timer to keep track of the time. Often while reading a magazine, we completely forget to keep track of the time. So, a timer would be beneficial in this case.

.           After the specific time is over, rinse your hair thoroughly. Rinse until the water runs clear.

.           Make sure to condition your hair properly. After the colouring process, hair becomes very vulnerable to damage.

PRECAUSIONS

.           Always colour your hair, when they are fully dry because colour of damp and wet hair may get diluted later.

.           If your current hair colour is darker than the next shade chosen, use a colour remover to completely loose the old tint. However, they are effective on only artificial colours and not natural hair colour.

.           For gray hair, use a shade darker than the shade of colour used on the rest of the hair.

.           After colouring your hair, do not perm or straightened for several weeks.

.           If you go out in the sun or swim regularly, your hair colour may wear off quickly. To avoid this, condition your hair regularly to negate the effects of summer heat and water.

.           If light-reddish blonde tones fade to orange colour, you can use a little red-gold accent to give fashionable highlights.

41 WAYS TO LOOK YOUNGER! PART II

16                 TRY AN ANTI-AGEING CREAM – It doesn’t have to cost so much, there are brilliant offerings on the high street from RoCs new Complete Lift range, via Olay’s Regenerate, to Boots No 7’s famous Protect & Perfect Intense serum.

17                   GIVE UP SMOKING – Just in case you need another reason to quit. It deprives the skin of oxygen, accelerates the process of skin ageing by hastening the degradation of collagen, which means more wrinkles- faster. Oh, and it’s not great for your health, either.

18                  TAKE UP MEDICATION – Not the most obvious way, perhaps, to roll back the years, but if you can learn to achieve the odd patch of focus and stillness in your life, it will help. Getting into the habit of relaxing your face as you concentrate on your breathing will ease the lines of tension and worry that we all develop with years.

19                  SLEEP ON A SILK, OR SATIN, PILLOW CASE – Slippery fabric such as silk or satin drags less on the skin, so doesn’t pull it into wrinkles, which sounds like an old wives’ tale but actually holds true. Hair stylists recommend these, too, for longer-lasting blow-dries.

20                 EAT MORE GOOD BACTERIA – If you have what nutritionists call gut dysbiosis, or an unhealthy gut, this will be reflected in the condition of your skin. Taking acidophilus, a probiotic supplement, every day will enhance levels of good gut flora, which should soon result in healthier-looking skin.

21                   TAKE UP YOGA – It is soothing, de-stressing, improves your posture, help loosen the knots of tension that we all accumulate in our bodies and can be done anywhere. All you need is a space to unroll a yoga mat. Also, yoga devotees always look remarkably youthful – and if you can’t beat them, why not join in and see if it works its magic for you.

22                 TAKE EXPERT ADVICE ON YOUR HAIR COLOUR – “Having a few lighter strands around the face suits almost everyone and will take years off your face,” says Susan Baldwin, creative colour consultant at John Frieda.

23                  RELAX YOUR JAW – When your jaws relax, we have a “freeway space” between our back teeth. Wearing a special fitted mouth guard, the Oral lift, for a couple of hours, twice a week, gradually increases this space, activating the facial muscles and, slowly subtly, gives a natural facelift effect. It sounds unlikely, but the case-history pictures are compelling.

24                  TAKE THE HERBAL ROUTE TO HEALTH – In the new book that leading to naturopath Elizabeth Peyton-Jones is working on, the first chapter will be called “Eat yourself young”. Until that is published, content yourself with her wisdom as revealed in First Aid Kitchen Remedy.

25                HAVE YOUR EYEBROWS SHAPED – Having your eyebrows professionally shaped- and possibly timed- is one of those minor beauty revelations that makes you wonder how you ever got by without it before. A define brow opens and lift the eye area in a way that’s little short of wondrous.

26                LEARN TO CURL YOUR EYELASHES – Give them a squeeze with an eyelash curler, which look like a giant pair of nail scissors with a clamp on the head, before you apply mascara and see how it opens up your eyes.

27                WEAR BLUSHER – Get blusher right- the right colour, in the right place – and your face will look instantly fresher and livelier. The easiest way to start is with a sheer gel blusher – simpler to use and to spread thinly. Smile, pat onto the apples of your cheeks, and blend up and out from there towards the hairline. And remember that less is more.

28                GET A GREAT HAIR CUT – Updating your hairstyle can be enough to make you look years younger and a fringe hides a multitude of frown lines. Cosmetics surgeons will often send would-be clients off for a makeover, frequently, a haircut will give them enough confident to skip the scalpel.

29                SPEND TIME DOING THING THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY – You’ll feel better and look better as a result, and in the same vein, try to smile a bit more. Its nicer for everyone else and its tricks the body into changing its mood. It also uses fewer muscles than frowning.

30                SPLASH OUT ON A LASER TREATMENT – Fine lines and age spots can both be softened by treatment with fractional laser (the “fractional” bit means that between each hole in the skin created by pinpoint laser beams, there remains a fraction of whole skin that encourages faster healing).

EBUBE NWAGBO VEER INTO HAIR BUSINESS!!!

Ebube Nwagbo is a beautiful actress no doubt. She is one of the A-List actresses that have made Nollywood tick. She recently explained her reasons for going into hair business.

 ”My going into Posh Hair was my love for looking good. I wanted to invest into something I love. A woman is never complete without a good hair, and at that time the craze for human hair just set in.

Every lady wanted to look good. But truth is it's not everybody that can afford to buy them because they are quite expensive. So I decided to do something for people out there that can't afford the luxury to look like their celebrities. With Posh Hair, you can still get the celebrity look without breaking a bank. Posh hair cuts across for everybody. We have got varieties depending on your budget.

There's something for everybody. No matter who you are, we have different products to suit different tastes and classes. Going into posh hair was also because it is something that will help me to expand and grow, because it was part of what I needed.’’ 

She also said that her acting career will not be forfeited for her new hair business; the reason is because she is a multifaceted person. ‘’I am not leaving any for the other. I juggle both. I am an actress as well as a producer and an entrepreneur. I am happy about that. It has not been easy, but hard work is very important in any success story.’’

culled from naija.com!

KATE HENSHAW-NUTTAL ROCKS IN SHORT HAIR STYLE

Kate Henshaw-Nuttall is rocking the short hair style with all the grace and class that befits an African woman and a role model, with a black silky skin tone to die for. The warm and beautiful star is also a model, a former Glo Ambassador, face of Onga (brand from Promasidor) and has since earned a whooping N20 million between 2008 and 2010.

SECRET TO HEALTHY AND SILKY HAIR & GREAT SKIN

Healthy hair and beautiful skin often begins inside and radiates outward. A healthy diet is important which means eating good food. Fruits and vegetables should be a larger part of your daily diet. Fried food items should be reduced. Drink at least eight cups of water in a day instead of alcoholic and caffeinated beverages. Exercise is good component of skin care. Regular exercise keeps the skin toned and makes you feel good.  Engage in activities like biking, walking, jogging and swimming.

Using moisturizers should be a must. Darker skin tends to appear ashy when it is not well lubricated. Creams and lotions are applied after showering when is slightly damp. For the face, it is best to use a separate moisturizer made specifically for your facial needs. A facial cleanser should be used in the morning and at night to wash off cosmetics and day grime. Dry skin tends to do better with non soapy cleansers since soap can be even more drying.

Black hair needs protection from the damaging rays of the sun, so does the skin. Make sure to use Shea Butter for your hair and sunscreen daily year round, to prevent hair breakage, wrinkles and skin cancer. Weaving wide brimmed hats while going outside will shade the face from the sun. Black skin is more prone to developing keloids as a result. Keloids are scar tissue caused by trauma or surgical incisions. It is important to treat the acne gently. Washing too vigorously and handling roughly will only make the problem worse. You have to find a cleanser and moisturizer made specifically for your skin’s need.

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41 WAYS TO LOOK YOUNGER! PART I

1                     WEAR SUNSCREEN – I can’t stress this enough. A large percentage of the visible signs of ageing (wrinkles, age spots) result from the accumulative effect of ultraviolet rays on the skin, over time. Wear sunscreen and you’ll keep these at bay.

2                     GET ENOUGH SLEEP – the whole idea of beauty sleep is not a myth. Your body needs time to restore itself overnight and that includes your face, too. While you sleep, cells are busy repairing DNA and damage from the day before, so snuggle down and give them a chance to get on with it.

3                     USE A CLARISONONIC CLEANSING BRUSH – in the same way that the ultrasonic toothbrush gets teeth cleaner than the other method of brushing, this hand held gadget has bristles that oscillate 300 times a second and are designed to bounce dirt out of pores, for noticeable smoother – and hence younger – looking – skin.

4                     RESOLVE TO EAT MORE OILY FISH – Or failing that, high – grade fish – oil supplements. None of us consume enough essential fatty acids, which as well as helping our brains to function more smoothly are considered vital to keep skin – cell membranes in good health and therefore stop the skin from getting too dry.

5                     LEARN WHERE TO PUT CONCEALER – Dabbing a bit onto the skin between the inner corner of the eye and the nose has the effect of casting light into a notoriously dark spot and brightens up the face of anyone over 30. Sneak a bit around the edges of your nostrils, too, to minimize redness.

6                     TRY A NEUTROGENA WAVE – If cleanliness is next to godliness- and in the beauty canon, it certainly is – then get super – clean with this handy little battery – powered machine. It comes with pads filled with cleanser and has a vibrating motion for better de-clogging of pores. Not as powerful or as effective as the Clarisonic, but it’s cheaper.

7                     WEAR TINTED MOITURIZER – If your complexion looks even in tone, you appear younger. That’s not just supposition – it’s been proved by research. Try Olay’s Touch foundation.

8                     DRINK PLENTY OF WATER (H2o) – It won’t hydrate your skin directly, but it will improve the way your insides work and good gut health is soon reflected in glowing skin.

9                     EXERCISE REGULARLY – Whether it’s walking the dog, rock-climbing, scuba – diving, anything that gets you moving will improve your circulation. That in turn will encourage blood flow in the skin and help give it healthy, youth-enhancing glow.

10                 CUT SUGAR FROM YOUR DIET – The body doesn’t need it and sugar, according to nutritionists and skin experts, exacerbates a process called glycation, which accelerates ageing in the skin. A study found that two weeks off sweet stuff made my skin noticeably clearer and brighter.

11                 ADDS THE ODD FACIAL INTO YOUR BEAUTY REGIME - Regular TLC from a skincare professional will pay dividends in terms of a fresher- looking complexion with more bloom and spring to it. If you feel guilty about treating yourself, ask for one as a present.

12                 BOOK A DERMAROLLER SESSION – It’s the latest treatment in what might be called the “brutal beauty” movement and involves having a finely spiked roller passed repeatedly across your delicate facial skin. It may seem a bizarre way to enhance its texture but, once the skin’s repair-processes have kicked into action, generating new collagen and elastin, you’ll reap the benefits of finer, brighter, smoother skin. Not cheap, but many women swear by it.

13                 WEAR THE RIGHT PERFUME – One study last year showed that observers who sniffles a particular perfume while judging the ages of women, judged them several years younger. Bonkers? Maybe. But worth a try.

14                 TRY BOTOX? – It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but injections of botulinum toxin A, to give it its proper name, will certainly ease wrinkles brought on by frowning or squinting. It’s very safe, but results depend greatly on the skill of the practitioner.

15                 REVISE YOUR MAKE-UP – Most of us are guilty of falling into a make-up time warp and ignoring the fact that what suited us five or 10years ago might not look so good today. Also, cosmetic formulations are constantly improving, so newer products are nicer to use, with better results.....MORE TO COME!!! cull from Life&Style E....

41 WAYS TO LOOK YOUNGER!

So do you want to look younger and start as you get older? It’s really a silly question, of course. We all do. Well, not that much younger. But just a bit.

There is nothing wrong with looking your age- or with looking old, for that matter- except that few of us relish the idea. Certainly, we should learn to accept ourselves as we are, to embrace our changing faces and physiques as the years take a toll, but given the current national preoccupation- make that obsession- with the beauty of youth and with finding ways to cheat nature and look “good for our age”, its no wonder that we feel we need to make the best of ourselves.

Would we be better people if we looked younger? Would we be kinder to each other and would the little glitches in our lives sort themselves out? I rather doubt it. But there’s no doubt that when it comes to bolstering a fragile sense of self-esteem, if you think you look good, then you feel better about yourself and more confident, too, which can’t be a bad thing.

It stands to reason that, if you want to bring about any changes in the way you look, you’ll have to make a few changes in your way of life, which required sustained effort. Your sleeping partner, emotional balance, eating habit, exercise regime (or lack thereof), skin-care routine and stress levels – all of these have an impact on the face of your present to the world.

To improve the outlook, here is a whole bundle of things that you could try. You need to be realistic, though. As leading cosmetologist Dr Nick Lowe often says when lecturing on the subject of facial aesthetics, “Choose your parents with care.” How we look and how we age is largely – about 50 per cent – determined by our genes, and there is only so much you can do to change what your genes have in store for you.

None of these suggestions is going to make you miraculously appear a decade younger, like a candidate on a makeover reality show. Nor would they turn you into Claudia Schniffer or Keira Knightly. Pick out what appeals to you and give it a whirl. There’s nothing to lose but a few wrinkles.

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TEEN FASHION AND HAIRSTYLES

Teens are not left out in fashion trend in the society, and they attract a lot attention whenever they step out, whether in gele or head gear and weaves. As we all know, teens CRAVE a lot of attention which can not be ignored.
Below are styles you would love on your kids!...

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SKIN CARE TIPS

Too much stress is bad for your skin, so make sure you get adequate rest. Yoga is a great way to relax and delay the aging process. Both AHA and Vitamin C help reduce fine lines and other signs of aging. Thus, use a cream that contains Vitamin C during the day and AHA bases night cream.  Be gentle, after all it is your skin do not apply too much or too many skin care products, a must to follow skin care tip.

Eat well: A well balanced diet will not only have you looking younger, but also ensure that the luster of your skin can be maintained for many years. Use a toner, it is important to keep your pores closed and skin cool by using a toner. Look for a brand that suits you or try rose water. Always keep a small bottle of rose water in the refrigerator. Saturate a bit of clean cotton with cool rose water and dab liberally on your face.

It is very important to remember that cold drinks are full of sugar that is not good for your skin. Instead drink some water, fresh lime and fresh fruit juices.

Well nourished skin results in healthy HAIR!!!!!!