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Healthy hair starts on the inside

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There are so many products on the market today to make great claims about turning the worst hair into long, shiny, healthy, gorgeous hair in one application. Personally I have many doubts with these claims since I began my hair journey over 3 years ago. I have come to understand that products do not grow your hair and sometimes these products do not even improve the look or condition of our hair. Healthy hair starts on the inside. Vitamins B, A, E and C is often found in multivitamins supplements and a variety of foods. In order to get the most of vitamins, you need to maintain a healthy hair regimen with the right products for your hair needs. Also protective styling to prevent hair breakage helps as well. Less breakage leads to better length retention. It is best to figure exactly works on an individual basis. There are so many options, tips, and tricks for healthy hair growth that it can be quite overwhelming. Trial and error is often what happens when trying to find the best te
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Healthy Hair Journey

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I decided to start this blog to chronicle my hair journey. I think that it is important for me to better understand myself and what I a capable of especially during this journey to create this journal. Now actually hair has always been a big part of my life. My mother began me on this road when I was still a toddler by taking me to hair salon to get my hair pressed. For that day forward I cannot this of a time in my life where I don't have some sort of memory about what was going on with my hair. I have done it all from press and curls, to relaxer and roller set, the lovey jheri curl, weaves, braids, natural, and finally back to relaxers. But during that time the health of my hair was never an option. I did not know a thing about getting my hair to a healthy state and maintaining it. In 2010 I started watching YouTube videos and I discovered so many videos about healthy hair for African American women. Who knew this existed? I didn't for sure. I just did whatever my hair stylis
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Firm Foundations

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.- Henry David Thoreau I came across this quote today and it just stood out to me. Building a foundation to support your dreams (castles). Your dreams are suppose to be set up high and it is up to you to put a solid foundations under it to give the needed support. Why not aim high with you dreams? One of Oprah Winfrey's favorite saying is "God can dream a bigger dream for you than you could ever dream for yourself". Dream big, aim for the highest, and then support that dream with the proper foundation.
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The Top 4 Reasons for Natural Skin Care Carcinogens - Many chemicals used in personal care products contain carcingens or other detrimental ingredients. Allergens - Many personal care products contain allergens or ingredients that cause the immune system to react. Aging - There are hundreds of products that claim to reduce the signs of aging but many of these products contain only minimal amounts of actual anti-aging ingredients. Natural products contain a much higher percentage of skin-safe natural anti-aging ingredients. Natural is better for the whole family- natural skin care is gental yet effective enough to be used on the whole family even babies sensitive skins and senior skin that needs extra strenghth. Products like shea butter make great diaper rash creams. Mango butter fights away wrinkles and age spots.
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