2013 NOBLE HAIR SHOW

At the 2013 Noble Hair show....Lagos!

BASIC GUIDE TO ACHIEVING THE HAIR OF YOUR DREAMS - CONT.

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  We continue our comprehensive but basic guide to achieving the healthy, beautiful and bouncy hair of your dreams; Black hair is difficult to handle, slow to grow, with a tendency to excessive dryness, and easily susceptible to damage-sometimes irreversibly. There are techniques that you need to combine with good products to achieve great-looking hair. Black hairdressing has its own science, theory, and practice; and you would do well not to treat it as you would Caucasian hair. You also need to know what are good and bad hairdressing practices, because styling your hair in a certain way could lead to breakage or damage.

   STAY LOYAL TO YOUR WINNING FORMULA: Do not experiment or allow your hair to be used as a guinea pig. If you have a winning formula, stick with it. Why change just for the sake of change, or because the new packaging is brighter or because the girl on the new pack is prettier? You need to be sure about a product’s performance and delivery before you alter the status quo. If you feel your product is mediocre, still sick with it unless and until you have evidence that he knew magic product you have discovered is as magical as it is suppose to be. Some ladies will insist on trying some new thing because it has Beyonce on the new package. They do not know that it is only a fantastic endorsement deal for her, and nothing to do with how effective it is. It is the same way that people think the possession of NAFDAC number by a product is evidence of its efficacy rather the real meaning, which is that it is safe to use. So if ’AGOYIN SHAMPOO’ works for you then stay with it, at least until you start to perceive deterioration in the texture of your hair.

2                    BE REALISTICALLY OBJECTIVE: This brings me to this important tip-you must know when to stop! If you can be realistic with your requirements, you will be able to recognize when you have crossed the rational line, before charlatans take advantage of you. When you are not realistic, you will find yourself buying and using all types of strange concoctions prepared by those, I call the ‘treatment mixers’. They will mix just about any combination of things to justify collection your money. Look objectively at all the factors that you ought to be considering, such as your lifestyle, your diet, your genetic history, your hair type, and of course, all those bad hairdressing practises you subjected your hair to all these years you have been growing up and experimenting with different fads. You will then realize that damaged inflicted over a period of three years cannot be willed away, prayed away, wished away, or wiped off in three weeks.

3                    BE INFORMED: Do determine the characteristics of your scalp and especially your hair. In fact, it is the logical place to start for any serious woman who desires healthy, vibrant hair. Is your scalp dry or itchy and flaky? Is your hair fine in texture? Is your scalp sensitive and your hair difficult to straighten? You need to understand what you have, so that you can work with it to achieve your dream hair. When does your hair thrive, and when does it have a bad day? What things did you use on the hair that gave you a result that you liked or did not like? How does your hair react and cope with chemical applications? And which procedures would you rather avoid in your quest for healthy hair? The more informed you are about the pros and cons of your hair, the more information you can ultimately give to your stylist and the more control you can exercise over the proceedings.

4                    BE SELECTIVE WITH PRODUCTS: Use superior products only. Once you determine the essential characteristics of your hair and scalp, stick to superior products that are really suited to your specific needs. Remember that once you can get a winning formula, you do not want to change it. So for best results, read the labels before you buy. Or better still, get your professional stylist to recommend products for you; avoid salons that are contract-tied because they can only offer you products from a certain manufacturer. The product you need may not be in the range offered by the manufacturer with whom your salon/stylist has endorsements. From experience, good products exist in all ranges but it takes an experiences professional who has had extensive contact with a wide variety of products, to narrow the selection and give you the best options.

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BASIC GUIDE TO ACHIEVING THE HAIR OF YOUR DREAMS

Our comprehensive but basic guide to achieving the healthy, beautiful and bouncy hair of your dreams; Black hair is difficult to handle, slow to grow, with a tendency to excessive dryness, and easily susceptible to damage-sometimes irreversibly. There are techniques that you need to combine with good products to achieve great-looking hair. Black hairdressing has its own science, theory, and practice; and you would do well not to treat it as you would Caucasian hair. You also need to know what are good and bad hairdressing practices, because styling your hair in a certain way could lead to breakage or damage.

The only way to beautify black hair is not to wait for the rot to set in; you must avoid damages so that you do not have to go through the stress of trying to restore your damaged locks. If you follow these hair rules, you will be living healthy hair. Your hair will be so much better if you only can listen to it. Close your eye and feel the texture of your hair, rubbing the strands of the hair between your fingers. If you are not listening and feeling your hair, you cannot allow it to be its best. The secret lies in continually conditioning the hair without respite, so that the hair’s shock absorbers would have been prepared for any negative hairdressing procedures. No specific generic products are mentioned, but some general terms have been used such as cholesterol conditioner or peppermint shampoos that are easy to identify.

This guide is simple and easy to use. These golden rules are simple to understand. Learn them over and over so that they become second nature to you.

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1             BE REASONABLE: Once you can communicate your needs and wants, do have reasonable expectations. You know, your hair comes with its own DNA, its own hereditary and its own drama. Therefore, you must not expect your hair to look as good as your friend’s, whose father and mother come from a long line of people with gorgeous long thick locks. If you did not know it before, then you better know it now-genes matter! There is no point expecting luscioius locks when the entire family has no history of exciting hair on anyone dead or alive. Do not expect the stylist to manufacture new follicles from which hair will grow; do not expect any cream to add hair to the bald hairline you inherited from daddy or mommy. That is your lot in life, and if you want to avoid the bald hairline of your ancestors, I suggest stopping all forms of chemical procedures early enough, especially before you hit the age of 40 years.

2             BE WEARY OF FANTASTIC CLAIMS: I know that sometimes a bargain may give you good results. But from experience, this does not work with hairdressing practice. You need to know that no cream can grow a single hair for you, especially if all other enabling factors are absent. These include good genes, good food, good products and a real understanding of the hair and scalp. Avoid inferior products because they complicate life further; avoid fantastic claims because they cannot be supported with science. Do not assume that because your scalp is tingling after you applied a menthol-based cream, then a strand of hair will just pop out of your scalp. Feel-good factors form a great part of formulations for the skin and hair, so do not be fooled. The menthol is meant to also make you feel good, and that is what makes you feel it is working. You cannot seriously expect a conditioner worth three dollars to be effective as that worth thirty dollars. A lot of research, time and effort go into developing new products, and this is normally reflected in the price of the product. Therefore, you go cheap at your own peril.

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HOW TO REMAIN ATTRACTIVE AND DESIRABLE AS A WIFE & MOTHER… LET'S SHARE IT TOO!!!

In today’s article, I am going to let you know those little things you do ignorantly thereby destroying your vaginal area.

Lack of Exercise: Are you one of those who believe exercise is just for weight loss? You are wrong. Exercise goes a long way to affect your sex life. Your man wants to have his woman fit and flexible in bed. The more weight you gain, the more difficult it becomes for your man to enjoy sex with you. Lack of exercise will make your vaginal muscles weak. The best exercise to improve sex is the Kegel squeeze, which basically strengthens your PELVIC muscles which holds up your vagina, uterus, anus, bladder and urethra. The stronger the muscles are, the more intense your orgasms will be. Try to stop urine flow when you pee. Hold the squeeze for five seconds, then release. You can also squeeze your pelvic area while cooking in the kitchen or right there in your office. Doing 50 to 100 Kegel squeezes a day will help keep those muscles in good shape. Don’t do Kegels constantly because it can lead to urinary tract and bladder infections.

 Wrong Underwear: That particular underwear looks nice doesn’t mean it is good for you. Always go for cotton under wears. Avoid panties made from synthetic materials as they inhibit the circulation of air around the vaginal area, creating the damp, warm condition ideal for bacterial growth. Cotton is by far the best fabric to wear and if you enjoy wearing silky under wear save it for occasional rather than everyday use. In addition to this, avoid constant wearing of tight-fitting trousers, panty hose and girdles.

Poor Hygiene: I get goose pimples whenever I hear women talk about going to bed sometimes without having their bath. Some celebrities have even said it on national television. Are deodorants and perfumes supposed to take the place of a good bath in a woman’s life? How can a normal woman sleep without a night bath? Some even sleep with their bras and panties. Girl, it is not healthy. Smelling good outside doesn’t mean you are clean inside. Always keep your genital area clean and dry.

Douching: Please avoid those douching products in the market. They do you more harm than good. They are one of the major causes of vaginal itching. Your vagina doesn’t require cleansing other than normal bathing. Repetitive douching affects the normal organisms in the vagina and can actually increase the risk of vaginal infection. Douching won’t clear up a vaginal infection.

Scented and Harsh Soaps: Don’t use scented or harsh soap such as those with deodorant and anti-bacterial components. There are different ranges of feminine wash in the market. These are soap-free and safer for you. Just get into your local drugstores and ask for feminine wash like Sebamed, Femfresh, Summer’s Eve, and Beauty Formula. These are affordable. I don’t know what you feel about the popular Lactacid in the market; but I can tell you it is harsh for your vagina.

Also avoid scented tampons and sanitary pads. Keep that can of body spray away from your vaginal area. Avoid those feminine sprays; they will only lead to irritation. Coloured toilet paper and bubble baths should also be avoided. Wipe from front to back after using the toilet. This stops the spreading of faecal bacteria to your vagina.

41 WAYS TO LOOK YOUNGER!!! FINIS PAGE.....

          

   

                WHITEN YOUR TEETH- You don’t have to spend N12,000 at the dentists; get your hygienist to give you a full scale and polish, then choose a decent kit off the internet or investing a Britesmile Teeth-Whitening Pen, which you can use at home. The only catch? You must have a proper consultation beforehand.

32            CUT DOWN ON ALCOHOL- Not only does drink have a dehydrating effect on the body, but it dilates the capillaries, which leads to a rosy flush on the face (not in a good way) and has a general inflammatory effect on the body that encourages ageing.

33            TREAT YOURSELF TO A PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP LESSON- Many of the staff on department- store make up counters are professional makeup artists. Seek one out and see what they can suggest for you. In addition, if you do not like it, all you have to do is wipe it off, and try elsewhere.

34            DON’T DIET TOO STRENUOUSLY- Its a sod’s law, but if you lose enough weight to make an appreciable different to the size of your stomach and hips, the other place where the loss will really show is in your face. You don’t want to end up looking gaunt – even the word is ageing.

35            PRACTICE RELAXATION- We all are super-busy these days, which raises stress levels, which is ageing in itself. Relaxation is a habit that can be learnt. Taking time, watching the clouds, practicing deep breathing – will all help ease the lines of stress and worry that settle in through habit and then become a permanent part of the landscape of our faces.

36            ZAP AWAY AGE SPOTS- Brown pigmentation marks on the face or hands are a giveaway of ageing skin. Treatment with IPL (Intense Pulse Light) or lasers helps disperse the pigment, leading to a smoother, more even complexion. It’s neither that painful nor, in the scale of non-surgical treatments, that expensive but you do need more than one treatment for best results.

37            EAT THE RIGHT SUPPLEMENTS – Not hyaluronic acid, although that sounds logical; what works better is something that encourages the body to produce more hyaluronic acid, which keeps the skin moisturizer from within. Try Skin Radiance capsules.

38            FIND THE SHADE OF LIPSTICK THAT SUITS YOU – The right colour, whether nude-y beige or cerise, will light up your face. Experiment at makeup counters, and consult the Bobbi Brown Lipstick Wheel (at counters nationwide) which tells you that if you are, for example, a ‘Tulle Brown’ sort of girl, which other colours will also work for you.

39            EXFOLIATE – Not harshly, but with a muslin cloth wrung out in hot water, preferably every night. That is enough to take the dead cells off the surface, which makes your skin smoother, so it reflects light better, which is what makes it look more radiant.

40            USE AN ANTIOXIDANT SERUM – Used after cleansing and before your normal moisturizer as a kind of skin-booster treatment, these contain vitamins that help to repair and protect the skin.

41            AND FINALLY, HAVE MORE SEX – Yes! Studies have found that couples who make love frequently look more than 10 years younger than the average adult who has sex less often. The current thinking is that the pleasure derived from sex is a crucial factor in preserving youth.

Trust you enjoy every detail!!!! Any question is welcome!

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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.

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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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