Archive for October 2011

Have You Prepared Your Hair for Autumn?

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Autumn always rolls in and grabs your attention; colorful leaves falling, brisk cool weather, and fabulous Fall fashions. Unfortunately along with the beauty of the season comes unruly, lackluster, dry hair and scalp. (eeeek!)

Weight
“Lightweight” products are great for Spring and Summer with the added humidity in the air, but cooler climate calls for thicker ingredients that nourish and replenish.

Condition
Let’s not forget conditioner ladies! Conditioner helps to close the cuticle in hair, hence sealing in moisture. Your hair may seem drier as we increase the use of central heating throughout the winter…conditioning is key.

Relaxed & Natural Sample Kit

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You spoke – we listened, AGAIN! Whether natural or relaxed, you have no excuse not to try our fabulous products formulated with your hair mind. We’ve put together a Relaxed/Natural Sample Kit featuring:

Moisture Nourishing Shampoo – 2 oz.
Revitalizing Leave-In Conditioner – 2 oz.
Nutrient Replenishing Conditioner – 2 oz.
Nourish & Shine – ¼ oz.

Not only do you get to try our great products for only $9.99, we’ll ship it to you for FREE! Now THAT is fabulous! So, love your hair with our Relaxed/Natural Sample Kit. Order one today!

Don’t forget to check out the videos associated with each product – they will tell you a bit about the product and how to use it.

Love Your Spray Bottle

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Misting your hair with a trigger spray bottle is a great way to put some life back into your curls without the time and hassle of a full-blown shampoo and styling session. A spray bottle can be incorporated into your regular curly hair care routine, especially when using Curl Defining Cream - mist hair lightly with water to reactivate the product.

Water is a source of life for your hair! Water has a pH slightly more alkaline than hair and skin. A misting of water plumps hair up, providing body and fullness. Water will also reduce static and calm fly-a-ways.

Between the Now and Not Yet

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“Hope will never be silent.” -Harvey Milk

Hope is the emotional state which promotes the belief in a positive outcome, to cherish a desire with anticipation and expectation of obtainment. Hope is a waking dream that pushes, daily. It’s an inviting vision – a time that is free from the current trials we are facing. Hope is our life in the in-between time, between our current reality and anticipated victory.

Hope is language only understood by the hopeful, hope is a voice that is strong an ever-present. Hope is powerful and self-intoxicating.

Are you living with hope?

Your Breast Care: Helpful Hints for Women

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Except for skin cancers, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, but it can be successfully treated. Screening tests can find cancer early, when it’s most treatable.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure® recommends that you:

1. Know your risk - learn your complete family health history
2. Get screened – have a yearly mammogram every year starting at age 40
3. Know what is normal for you – notify your physician of any breast changes
4. Make healthy lifestyle choices

  • Maintain a healthy weight
  • Add exercise into your routine
  • Limit alcohol intake
  • Limit postmenopausal hormone use
  • Breastfeed, if you can

Visit Susan G. Komen for the Cure for more information.

Hair Loss with Breast Cancer Treatment

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Statistics tell us that one in every nine women will get breast cancer at some time in her life.

Probably the most devastating of the side effects of chemotherapy is hair loss. Although the medical profession is making progress in preventing it, hair loss is still very common while undergoing many forms of treatment. The loss will range from moderately thinning hair to total loss.

If you are dealing with the prospect of breast cancer or have a friend or family member who is, hair loss will usually begin shortly after the first treatment. It may start to thin gradually or possibly fall out in clumps. At this point, many women prefer to assume control and have their hair shaved off to avoid the daily heartbreak of watching it fall out.

If she prefers not to shave your hair off, there are ways to protect and to preserve your hair and reduce fall out:

  1. Try a slightly shorter and layered style. This provides for a fuller look to thinning hair.
  2. Prevent undue stress on your hair by refraining from brushing and to use only wide-toothed combs.
  3. Baby the hair as much as possible by washing it no more than every other day.
  4. Let your hair air dry as often as possible. This saves on stress and also will help prevent scalp dryness.
  5. Reduce friction and pulling on the hair, while sleeping, by using a satin pillowcase.