Brothers and Sisters, I’m going to need you to break it down for me: why, why, WHY are we STILL endorsing and subsidizing the mega-monopoly that Koreans have on the Black Hair industry? If you saw the 2009 film Black Hair, then you understand the total domination and blanket nepotism at work in keeping the… Continue reading Wear It, Buy It & KEEP It Black: Overcoming The Beauty Supply Bogart
Category: Health, Beauty & Knowledge
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Heads-Up For The Ladies: High Heels, Stretch Marks & Reducing Bloat
Get Rid of Your Stretch Marks Naturally Stretch marks appear when skin is stretched beyond its ability to accommodate changes in body mass, causing the layers beneath the surface to tear. This typically occurs due to rapid weight, or chan ges in size brought on by pregnancy, among other life changes. This can affect… Continue reading Heads-Up For The Ladies: High Heels, Stretch Marks & Reducing Bloat
Rock The Natural, NOT Relaxers: ‘Attractive’ Isn’t ‘Assimilated’
Ladies, I get it: there has been centuries of Eurocentric influence and pressure from within and without to conform to the mainstream ‘standard of beauty’ at any cost. Some of us have made it a family tradition to relax one another’s hair and to tame the presence of the kink to get easier hairstyling and… Continue reading Rock The Natural, NOT Relaxers: ‘Attractive’ Isn’t ‘Assimilated’
What You Should Know About GMOs
Suppose you wanted a dog with a long, lean body and legs: would you search for a greyhound, or would you want one that was created in a lab with extra giraffe genes? If you like big juicy apples, do you choose red delicious type, or would you select one injected with watermelon DNA to… Continue reading What You Should Know About GMOs
Our Skin, Our Melanin and Vitamin D
You touch it, scrub it, clean it and injure it dozens of times a day, but what do you really know about your skin? Before I get into the specifics of our complexions, here are some general facts about that crucial and complex organism…. FACTS: Your skin is the biggest and heaviest body organ, covering… Continue reading Our Skin, Our Melanin and Vitamin D