Top 10 Foods for Healthy Hair - Part 2

Welcome to Part 2 of the Series, "Top 10 Foods for Healthy Hair". Let's get right to it....

Human hair grows about 1/4 to 1/2 inch every month, and the foundation of all of our new hair, skin, and nail growth are the nutrients we eat. If you eat a healthy diet, you will grow stronger and healthier cells throughout your entire body -- inside and out.

Top 10 Foods for Healthy Hair - Part I

When it comes to healthy hair, it’s not just what you put ON your hair that count -- it’s what you put IN your body, too.

"Lather, rinse, repeat" may be standard advice, but shampoo and conditioner alone won't give us the healthy hair we all crave. For a healthy head of hair, you'll need to

Two Easy Tips for Healthy Relaxed Hair

Relaxed hair, by its definition, undergoes controlled damage in order to straighten it, but maintaining this hair in a healthy fashion is possible with some simple steps. All hair should be pampered, but relaxed hair requires even more special treatment due to its processed nature. Here are 2 easy tips that will keep relaxed hair healthy.

#1. Don't over-process. If you relax your hair more often than every 8 weeks, most likely you are over-processing your hair. It is best to relax every eight to ten weeks; if you can go a little longer without experiencing breakage--go for it. Over-processing your hair will definitely result in damage and will ultimately lead to breakage, even with the best hair practices. You CAN have healthy hair with a relaxer but remember:

Magic of The Blue

March of this year marked my 3-year anniversary of no chemicals in my hair. While I'm very happy with the results, it's been a long road to glory, let me tell you!

My hair has always been very thick, and my coiled curls gave dear Mama a pure fit. She would work on my head for 30 minutes from start to finish, except on "time-to-wash-your-hair" days, when it took about an hour....with me pouting and fidgeting the whole time.

There were no wide-tooth combs of today in our house....we had one Ace-brand comb that I tried to break for years. When I was 11, it "mysteriously" disappeared in the Tuesday morning trash pickup. Mom seemed to grieve for that comb. I was smug and happy for a whole day.....until she purchased a new one.

Get That Paper!

It's not about the money. It's not about picking up a newspaper, either. It's all about knowledge. Once you get it, no one can take it away. This young lady really gets "IT". Enjoy the video....






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Ernestine Shepherd: Guinness World Record Holder

We're hi-lighting a truly phenomenal woman today!

At 74 years old, standing at 5′5" and weighing 120 pounds, Baltimore grandmother Ernestine Shepherd holds the Guinness World Records’ for oldest female bodybuilder!

She claims she used to be “too prissy to exercise because she didn’t want her hair or nails messed up.”

That all changed when she was 56, spending the day with her sister shopping for swimming suits to wear to a pool party. Standing in the store's dressing room, trying on numerous swimsuits and not liking what she saw in the mirrors, she decided to make a change.

Once she began to see the effects of lifting weights, Shepherd dedicated herself to becoming the oldest fitness competitor.

Public Service Announcement: Let's Talk

Denise Rolark-Barnes is the President and Publisher of The Washington Informer newspaper.

After earning a Juris Doctor law degree, she opted not to jump in the Law arena, but chose instead to join the family business at the newspaper. Rolark-Barnes took over the newspaper that her father (and Founder of the United Black Fund), Dr. Calvin Rolark, established almost 50 years ago in Washington, DC and made it the "voice" of the City's African-American community.

Now she is producing and hosting the talk television show,"Let's Talk". The video below is an episode of "Let's Talk" during an indepth interview with Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever and Ms. Terese Lowery.

Ms. Lowery is Director of the Washington DC Office of Women's Policy and Initiatives (http://owpi.dc.gov/owpi/site/default.asp )

Dr. DeWeever is the Executive Director of the National Council of Negro Women , and at the age of 41, she is also the youngest executive director in the history of the organization.

The video below is a discussion about the challenges and resources that women of color can individually (and thru our organizations) use to support each other:






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