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Make the holidays brighter for Hurricane Sandy's Salon Victims.

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Holiday Hair styles & menu

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hair trivia:

According to WebMD, Sweet potatoes are one of the top 10 foods for healthy hair. Sweet potatoes are a great source of the antioxidant beta carotene, which your body turns into vitamin A.  It also helps protect and produce the oils that sustain your scalp, and being low on vitamin A can even leave you with itchy, irksome dandruff.

So, since we're in the season of celebrating, we won't need to feel guilty about eating sweet potatoes at least.

Other options: Carrots, cantaloupe, mangoes, pumpkin, and apricots are all good sources of beta carotene.

What does it mean to you?

For a lot of people, Thanksgiving has become a day to watch football, eat turkey, watch the Macy's Day Parade & now go shopping on THANKSGIVING DAY ??? While these are not bad things, some believe the most important part of Thanksgiving - giving thanks to God for our many blessings - is being down-played or left out altogether.

Well, I've chosen to find something to be thankful for daily to prevent from taking God's blessings for granted. I'm very thankful for you (family, customers & friends) for enriching my life. Lets vow today, 

to not allow anything  to cause us to forget God's daily gifts of life, food, health, work, friends and "hair". Happy Thanksgiving!

Why Americans celebrate Thanksgiving:
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Strength, Courage & Dedication!

Veterans Day is largely intended to thank all American veterans for dedicated and loyal service to our country. November 11 of each year is the day that we ensure veterans know that we @ http://www.hairtalkandmore.com  deeply appreciate the sacrifices they have made in their lives to keep our country free.

check out these bald balloon beauty's !

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Two Tragedys Stun The Professional Beauty Community

Psalm 147:3
[God] heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Romans 15:4
For whatever things were written before [in the Bible] were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

"God is that Source! Our Creator knows our hearts and always knows best how to help us. All the answers to life's questions are in His Bible. When we are grief-stricken, if we will talk to God and read His Word, we will experience great comfort, hope and healing. Prayer and Bible study are the two things we need to do every day of our lives".     (freebiblestudyguides.org)

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Natural hair comments cont'd...

Comment from SC from the DC area :   I think women of color are embracing the fact that their hair doesn't have to be bone straight to look nice.  I haven't had a relaxer since June of last year however I let my beautician put a texturizer in my hair last week. It's not as strong as a relaxer from what I understand. Yes, that's true. I do however struggle with trying to keep my hair looking like it did when I left the beauty shop. I do have a question. I thought braids were suppose to help make the hair grow? I allowed my daughter to get braids some months ago but she sustained some breakage around where you would put a pony tail. Years ago when we lived in Georgia, she never had this problem but she did get kinky twist which were strand twist when we lived in the south. My daughter is getting ready to play basketball again and would love the flexibility of having her hair in braids but I don't want her to experience breakage again. Any advice? Reply  : Hi SC.  A combination of things contribute to hair breakage & hair growth. The reason braiding or kinky twist styles helps is because your hair has a break from excessive physical stress (shampooing, blow drying  flat ironing, combing, brushing etc) or chemical stress. However, hair is weak & prone to breakage when its wet,  so if your daughter plays sports or not, then its likely when her hair is in a ponytail she may have been  sweating (which opens the pores & causes scalp itch) & scratching or maneuvering wet hair in the same location could've caused the breakage. Options : For hairline & scalp protection don't have the hair braided to tight & occasionally try wearing a loose or 2 pony tails using a soft fabric (non-rubber) band in different locations so her scalp can air out. Also, ask her braider if your daughter would benefit from using a hydrating or braid spray. Hope that helps.  Comment from SW from Chicago : Why is it natural? - cost to straighten it - various styles are trendy - increase of 'this is who I am' attitudes. - not enough time or too lazy to maintain straighter style. Thank both of you for your comments! for more beautiful natural styles.....http://blackwomennaturalhairstyles.com/