New Site No Name
I’m working on a new site . Currently it has no name as yet still in beta but it works. You can use the site to quickly find Body Butters and Essential oils on eBay. Other types of natural ingredients will be added soon.
If you can think of a name added comments
Shea Butter and it uses
Shea butter is a made from the nut of the African Shea tree. It contains a rich amount of unremovable fatty acid which renders it far superior to Cocoa butter and other natural vegetable butters . This fatty acid is crucial to rejuvenating and moisturizing the skin. Shea butter provides all the essential vitamins needed to make skin look and feel smoother, softer and most importantly, healthier. Its therapeutic properties protect the skin from wind, cold, sun and it helps heal wounds faster. Shea butter stimulates cellular activity, fights the effects of aging and repairs tough damaged skin.
No Lye: The African American Woman’s Guide To Natural Hair Care by Tulani Kinard
If you are trying to decide what natural style to wear? Should you loc? How much maintenance natural haircare will be, or just plain confused about natural haircare, this is the book to have. Tulani’s African-American Womens Guide To Natural Hair Care is a wonderful tool.
NO LYE! is probably my favorite book on the topic of natural haircare for Black women. Although I’ve owned it for several years, I still find myself pulling it off the bookshelf when I’m contemplating a new style.
Tulani takes a decidedly “Afrocentric” approach to hair styling so you won’t find any braid styles that “mimic” European hair (for example, there are no weaves or individual braids w/ human hair ends left free flowing).
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Nappy Hair 101 by Ayana Hardin
As a strong advocate of African-American women wearing their hair in its natural state I loved this book. It is an easy to read book. Meaning that one could breeze through the 41 pages of actual text quite easily and quickly. Nappy Hair 101 is not a book for those looking for lots of jargon, how to directions and formulas or vivid color pictures on the stylings of natural hair.What Nappy Hair 101 is in the beginning is the author’s personal journey to napturalism. Her journey is very enlightening and a must read for those who are afraid to take the plunge forward to a better being of self. Following are Questions and Answers for those pondering the idea of going natural from a relaxed, or as the author put it, chemi-kills state of mind and being.
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4 African American Hair Care Errors
- Over Shampooing
Black hair should not be shampooed every day, or every other day for that matter. Instead, shampoo your hair every 5-7 days. I know this may confuse those who shampoo daily; however, you must remember that Black hair needs oil, and because it distributes less sebum, frequent shampooing can dry out the hair and scalp.
Tip for getting through “shampoo-less” days:
Rinse hair with warm water, apply conditioner, and rinse well. This will give you a clean start and provide added conditioning and moisture without stripping away protective oils.
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When water isn’t such a good thing…
Moisture, moisture, moisture. I can never stress it enough. Your hair needs it. But your home’s water may be your hair’s worst enemy.
If your hair is dry and unmanageable, it may not be your products, it may be your water. Did you know that the quality of your water can actually determine how well (or badly) your shampoo and conditioning routine works? And if your house water is chlorinated, mineralized or fluoridated, it can cause your hair to break and split.
You may not have noticed the effects of water quality when you had relaxed hair because you probably didn’t wet your hair as often and had to employ extra damage control methods anyway. But now that you’re natural, water problems may present in the form of dry, hard, tangled hair. And no amount of conditioning, deep conditioning or product application will change it.
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10 Ingredients that you should never put on your hair
Most of the commercially available hair care products today use harmful, potentially carcinogenic ingredients. In the interest of good health, I list below, what are in my opinion, the 10 worst commonly found product ingredients things you can put on your hair (and body). Check the list of ingredients on your hair products. The more of a particular ingredient you have in a product, the closer it is to the top of the list of ingredients on the bottle:
1. ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL: This is a solvent and denaturant (poisonous substance that changes another substances natural qualities). Isopropyl alcohol is found in hair color rinses, body rubs, hand lotions, after-shave lotions, fragrances and many other cosmetics. This petroleum-derived substance is also used in antifreeze and as a solvent in shellac. Natural hair reacts very badly to isoalcohol and this ingredient should be avoided at ALL costs. It will dry your hair out and break it off. According to A Consumer’s Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients, inhalation or ingestion of the vapor may cause headaches, flushing, dizziness, mental depression, nausea, vomiting, narcosis and even coma.
2. MINERAL OIL & PETROLATUM: The best baby oil is made from almonds. But the oil which being sold as baby oil is 100% mineral oil. Mineral oil is a derivative of crude oil (petroleum) that is used industrially as a cutting fluid and lubricating oil. This commonly used petroleum ingredient coats the skin and hair just like plastic wrap. The skin’s natural barrier is disrupted as this plastic coating inhibits its ability to breathe and absorb the Natural Moisture Factor (moisture and nutrition). The skin’s ability to release toxins and wastes is impossible through this “plastic wrap,” which can promote acne and other disorders. It further hinders normal skin respiration/transpiration by keeping oxygen out. This process slows down skin function and normal cell development causing the skin to prematurely age. Holding in large a mounts of moisture in the skin can “flood” the biology and may result in immature, unhealthy, sensitive skin that dries out easily.
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Don’t Go Shopping for Hair-Care Products Without Me: Over 4,000 Products Reviewed, Plus the Latest Hair-Care Information by Paula Begoun
Are $20 shampoos and conditioners worth it? Can good hair-care products be found at the drugstore, or are the expensive salon products really superior? In this comprehensive guide to all things hair care, consumer advocate Paula Begoun answers those questions and more in her reviews of more than 130 drugstore, salon, and department store hair product lines, from Aveda to Matrix and Pantene to Zirh.
Thousands of products are described and evaluated according to their performance, reliability, price, and claims. Begoun compares good and bad ingredients, dispels hair-care industry myths, evaluates what helps and what hurts hair, and explains how to tell the difference between reality and hype with respect to a product’s performance. Hair sprays, shampoos, conditioners, gels, mousses, pomades, silicone serums, and other items are covered. Her “Best Products” lists make it easy to find items worth trying in any category. The consumer bible of hair-care products, Don’t Go Shopping for Hair-Care Products Without Me shows how to find the best products available at the most economical prices. Ultimately, Begoun shows consumers how to have beautiful tresses without spending a fortune.