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A hair conditioner is a must, here is why:

To fight against winters, the best method is to apply a good conditioner each time you wash your hair. But make sure not to apply conditioner on your scalp but only on the strands of hair. This provides a shine to your hair and prevents them from breakage. Another important point is to choose a conditioner as per your hair type. Like, if you have dry hair, choose a conditioner that will restock your hair with essential substitutes needed by them.

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Relaxer Care

 RELAXERS

Lets Talk Relaxers aka " The Creamy Crack". To most African American women, this is a hairstyle life saver. Relaxers allow us to manipulate the hair is various ways to create a certain look and keep it. Straight flowing hair is actually the desired result. Smooth edges, disappearing kinks ( just to name a few ) are technically the real results we are looking for post relaxer.

Most relaxers, contain a chemical called sodium hydroxide ( LYE). When the manufacturers say that a relaxer is "NO LYE" they are leading you to believe that there are no chemicals. That is not the truth. All this mean is that it is replaced by another chemical which is usually lithium.

Understand that , relaxers are not a choice but they are a high maintenance. Once a relaxer is applied, it never stops working. The neutralizer ( shampoo) allows the ph to balance enough to slow the process down to almost non existent . This is the reason why as the hair strands get older you may experience dryness or breakage if the hair isn't reconstructed properly.

The bottom line is, this should never be serviced by anyone other than a licensed professional !
 

Should I Relax my hair or Not ?

                                   Hair Strand under a microscope


Consumers who relax their hair generally turn to alkali relaxers formulated with sodium hydroxide, guanidine hydroxide (commonly called no-lye relaxers, they have a slightly lower pH of 9) or thioglycolate-based formulas. Relaxers are one of the most potent alkali chemicals you can use on your hair. They raise the pH of the hair so that the structure of the hair can be altered by the other ingredients of the treatment. Peptide bonds create the strength in the hair. The purpose of relaxers is to break down the peptide bonds. When the bonds are broken down the hair straightens because it’s strength is now compromised. 

The active ingredients in the majority of relaxers have a pH of approximately 13+. This is very alkaline (a neutral pH is "7", "0" is very acid, "14" is extremely alkaline).  Relaxers also deplete the hair of essential fatty acids normally found in the scalps natural oil, sebum. This can result in –thinning of the hair –damage to the hair – breakage to the hair – discoloration to the hair – dryness to the hair – brittleness to the hair. This is why it is very important to visit a professional stylist bi weekly or at least monthly in order to receive treatments that will strengthen the hair to its max.

Make Up

The Naked Truth

Most people think that make-up has to look like make up , it doesn't, it can be used as an enhancer, enhancing your natural beauty ( as seen above)

Natural Hair Sistas

Dear Flawless readers,

I would like to thank you in advance for taking the time to read the articles listed in the Flawless Newsletter. Being a beauty professional for more than 17yrs I will be sharing with you my personal knowledge and skill in order to help you understand the true meaning of the word BEAUTY.

Beauty is everywhere and is (of course ) in the eye of the beholder. what you may think is beautiful others may not understand. The great thing about beauty is that you have total control over what you accept as beautiful. Culturally we usually give props to the same things or things that are similar to the traditional characteristics of  people, things, places etc. I will share with you my ideas of beauty and feel free comment, suggest, etc.


I hope you enjoy! Your question and comments are highly requested!