Natural Beauty Spotlight : Leela James

Posted by Nathalie on April 23, 2008

Her first album entitled ‘Change is Gonna Come’ was released back in 2005. Her voice is a timeless, sweet raspy mix of soul and grace, and one attribute that made her stand out against the rest was her beautiful, full mane of natural hair. Come on, have you ever seen anything like it?!?! It’s gorgeous!!!

Check out Leela Jame’s official site for more pics.

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Give Your Hair Some TLC

Posted by Nathalie on April 23, 2008

On my wish-list is long, luscious, luxurious hair. Too bad, it still hasn’t happened, but I’d like to think I’m on my way. A lot of women of color have given up on growing their hair out, believing that they just can’t do it. I think our focus should be geared more towards HEALTHY hair instead of style and length. We need to start showing our hair some LOVE and TLC!!

I’ve added a few tips to help you along your journey to healthy hair.

• Always wrap your hair at night with a silk or satin scarf (NO COTTON!) Cotton scarves suck the moisture right out of your hair and can cause breakage in the longrun.
• Keep your hair moisturized! (But don’t overdo it and clog your pores up). Your run of the mill hair grease is pretty much out the window for me, but I do use that stuff when I have braids in my hair. I love to use Mizani’s – H2O Intense Night-Time Treatment especially when I wrap my hair at night.
• Use a good conditioner! (and try to make sure that you get one that’s also moisturizing). Biolage has a great moisturizing conditioner that smells great and leaves your hair soft and beautiful
• Styling is important, but pay attention to what you’re doing with your hair. Don’t overdo the heat, the alcohol based products such as spritz, gel, and other holding sprays, and try not to wear a tight ponytail too often either.
• Get a stylist you can trust. Just because someone has a license doesn’t mean that they will do what’s best for you. Communicate with your stylist to see if healthy hair is a concern of theirs (it should be)
• Stay away from doing critical changes such as chemicals (perms, coloring, highlighting) at home unless you really know what you’re doing

So in all, just show your hair some love, pay attention to it’s changes and reactions to what you are doing. ‘Communicate’ with your tresses so that you can get the result you’re looking for.

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