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Grow Your Hair Pumpkin
Hair Quickie: Did you know that pumpkins contain potassium as well as Vitamin A making them excellent for promoting hair growth and a healthy scalp? Create a simple hair growth mask by combining about two cups of pumpkin with dollops of yogurt, honey and coconut oil. Blend mixture together well then apply to strands wrapping them in saran wrap or placing in a plastic cap. Allow the mixture to nourish hair for 20 minutes then shampoo and condition locks as normal.
How to Get Shiny Hair!
Ever watched a hair commercial and say to yourself, “Man, I wish my hair looked like that!” Well, without all the lights, glam squad, retouching and editing magic you can get shinier, healthy locks. Unfortunately, many of the products on the market for black women will make their mane worse, not better, so taking a more natural approach to haircare is really the best way to go.
For shinier, healthier tresses you need to apply a hair mask that includes moisture and protein to make hair nice and strong. In a bowl combine coconut oil (moisture) and egg whites (protein) then heat the mixture in the microwave for half a minute. Next, apply the homemade hair mask to your hair and let it sit for 15-20 minutes before rinsing. Shampoo your hair like normal and enjoy your shiny strands!
Maple Syrup Hair Treatments
Did you know that maple syrup could be used to help restore dry, brittle hair? Maple syrup has proven to be so effective in adding moisture to tresses that if your locks are already prone to being oily then maple syrup treatments will be too much for your strands to handle. However, if your hair is in desperate need of repair perhaps to hair coloring or excessive heat from flat/curling irons then syrup would be an excellent option. Mix the syrup with honey and apply the mixture to your hair and give it plenty of time to rest on the hair before rinsing.
Hair Tip: When performing a maple syrup hair treatment always make sure that you are not using the high fructose version. You want to opt for the REAL grade A maple syrup in order to derive the most benefits.
Fresh Ponytail Hair Ideas for Fall/Winter 2014
Ponytails are an easy chic hairstyle that are perfect for daytime or night. However, with any style sometimes you can begin to feel in a creative rut. Here are some fresh ideas as well as a few of our celebrity favorites to help you design the perfect ponytail to your liking.
Avocado Hair Mask
Don’t knock it until you try it! Avocados are another power hair food that can benefit your tresses in numerous ways. This week we have decided to write about a few foods that can be applied to your hair to help give it a powerful boost.
Here are just a few of the many benefits that can be derived from avocados:
- moisturizes dry hair
- smooths the hair shaft
- cuts down frizz
- repairs hair damage
Avocados contain oils that are very similar to the oils that our skin produces which is why the moisturize provided is so perfect for our tresses. This power hair food is also great for our curly/wavy hair girls who wish to gain a little more control of their strands. Since avocado smooths the hair shaft, frizz is decreased giving hair more manageability.
So then, how can this food be utilized on hair? Take a very ripe avocado and mash it up well in order to form a deep conditioning treatment. Apply the mashed avocado to your locks and let it sit for half an hour before rinsing. There you have it ladies, sometimes the best products are found in nature!
Hair of the Week: Janet Jackson in Dubai
Janet Jackson gets our Hair of the Week due to the fierce high ponytail she rocked in luxurious Dubai. Jackson was on hand for a Vogue Fashion event and made onlookers do a double take over her new look. Tons of drama was associated with this hair look, from the length of the locks to the wrapped hair around the band. Foolish is the woman who said that the ponytail is a boring style!
Beauty Obsession: Yes, we loved Janet’s tresses for the Vogue Fashion Dubai Experience, but we could not ignore her perfectly arched eyebrows! It seems the fierceness spilled over into the beauty department as well…
Oh Honey! Hair Power Food
If you do a thorough search on hair products you may notice that honey is often listed among the ingredients. Honey is a hair power food that deep conditions and softens tresses. Honey makes for an excellent conditioner because it is a humectant, meaning it attracts moisture which it then draws into your hair.
This natural ingredient can be used alone or with other hair power foods to make your hair healthy and strong. Want to give a honey a try? Combine honey with yogurt or olive oil and apply the mixture to your strands. Wrap your hair in saran wrap or slip on a plastic cap and let the honey mix sit for about 30 minutes. When time is up rinse your hair of the unique deep hair treatment and enjoy your moisturized locks.
Want More Hair Luster? Try Dudley’s Protein Conditioner!
Protein is essential to the health of black women’s hair considering we tend to do so much to our hair on a regular basis. From heat styling, seasonal hair color changes, installing extensions and more …
Rihanna Keeps It Sultry At AmfAR With A Ponytail
Rihanna arrived wearing the designer, Ford who was honored at the evening event, and a smooth tail tied at the nape, albeit her ensemble was a bit breezier—her gown dipped low at the rear and slit high …