Love and Empowerment for Life!

Happy New Year!

Straight out the door of 2012 and into 2013--- no more "resolutions". We need to make commitments. To ourselves and to those who love us!

Let me start with myself. I will do my best to love and empower myself to be the best I can be every day of my life.

By making this commitment to yourself, it becomes easier to love and empower those around you. But do you really want to give this gift to all other people? What if you really don't like someone? If that's the case,

Acceptance and Understanding

Happy Holidays! 

A few days ago, I read an article in which the male Author came down hard on women of color who do not choose to wear their hair "naturally" (without chemicals). My initial reaction was: "This is something he should discuss privately with the woman/women in his life, not the rest of us." It took me a minute to realize that I was reacting to something that really is not important in my life---the author's opinion.   Had to check myself, as I wasn't about to allow this guy to steal my joy!  I already know that no matter how many styles and ways I wear my hair----I am not my hair. I've gone from childhood braids to a beautiful Afro, perms, back to braids and twists.... from long to shoulder length to short-short! My styles were dependent upon

Pretty Dangerous

A manicure may look beautiful, but some chemicals involved in the process of getting one, especially the application of artificial nails, can affect the health of your nails, the surrounding skin, and other parts of the body. Many common nail polishes contain what’s referred to as the “toxic trio” of chemicals: toluene, formaldehyde and dibutyl phthalate (DBP).   These three toxic chemicals have been linked to serious health concerns including: birth defects, asthma, developmental problems, headaches and other illnesses.  While nail polish brand leaders OPI, Orly and Sally Hansen make polishes sans the toxic trio, polishes with these dangerous ingredients still can be found in nail salons.

Recently, the California Department of Toxic Substance Control released their official report stating that some nail polishes claiming to be free of the toxic trio instead contain large amounts of

Skin Care Series - Ingredients to Look For

Before we have a discussion of specific ingredients, it's important to educate ourselves a little bit more on skin itself and what makes a product good or poor.

The biggest reason our skin, whether on the face or the rest of the body, develops lines and/or starts to sag, is that the collagen and elastin in our skin begins to break down. This article is the most technical of all the "Skin Care Series", so bear with me as we discuss "good" ingredients to look for in your skin care products.

Skin Care - Ingredients To Avoid

It seems incredible, but many skin care products are loaded with ingredients that actually harm your skin over time. In this post, we'll identify them and tell you how they are harmful.  Let's get started.

Mineral Oil.   I have seen this oil used in literally hundreds of products I've looked at. Mineral oil may also go by the names liquid paraffin, paraffin wax, and petrolatum on the product label. Mineral oil is used so pervasively in skin care products for one reason:  it's cheap! The danger is that

Skincare Intro

By the time you finish reading the postings found on this website, I guarantee you will be a more educated consumer on how to choose quality skin care (and hair care) products that give you the results that you seriously desire. At the very least, you'll learn more about what to look for and what to avoid when it comes to taking care of your precious skin.

For the next few weeks, we'll be focusing on skin care. Maybe we've never even met, but I'll bet that if you're like me, you're sick and tired of skin care products that don't do what they claim to. The worst part is that most times, the most expensive products are the ones that are the most ineffective.

Now, of course, there are some good products on the market that genuinely help make your skin look smoother, more radiant, youthful. Not only should a quality skin product help reduce bags under, and fine lines around, the eyes, but it should even out coloration inconsistencies caused by age spots and other unwanted pigment concentrations.

The problem is that

The Trayvon Martin Tragedy

This post is not about hair.  It IS about skin.  Skin color in particular.

Unless you live under a rock, you've heard the recent news about the Trayvon Martin case in Florida. 

The whole thing somehow reminds me of the Troy Davis execution in September 2011. 

To keep us updated about what's going on, The Huffington Post has set up a news page ("The Trayvon Martin Tragedy") dedicated to coverage of this case at "Black Voices".    Check it out and stay informed.   

Special thanks to Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Trymaine Lee, for sharing  Trayvon's story from the very beginning until other influential columnists and the media picked up on it.  With Florida and 23 other states determined to keep this law on their books, all of us should be communicating with our loved ones  near and far about what happened to Trayvon.  We also need to talk about this so called "stand your ground" law that  effectively allows  "alleged" killers to view the men in our lives (who are fathers, brothers, husbands, and sons) as a threat---simply because of skin color.  

In the meantime, Jasiri-X, the Pittsburgh-area activist and rapper who spends a great deal of his time traveling the US in support of various causes and solutions, has made a name for himself by weighing in on current events and issues of race.  Jasiri-X has just released a video about the Trayvon Martin case set to the beat of Kanye West and Jay-Z's "No Church In The Wild." Check it out.....and share your thoughts:

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