Adornment365 – Official Partner Salon for You’re Beautiful, Woman! 2009
Adornment365 is the salon experience brought to you by the producers of the pioneering Adornment Natural Hair, Health & Beauty Exhibition. With its salon based in Morley’s Department Store Brixton Adornment365 is a premium hair salon specialising in natural afro hair and natural beauty products.
The Adornment team of natural hair & beauty consultants will be at You’re Beautiful, Woman! 2009 offering guests the opportunity to experience Adornment365’s supreme natural hair & beauty services. With their very special approach to natural hair and beauty care the Adornment365 experience is a welcome addition to the You’re Beautiful, Woman event. Adornment365 will happily be providing complimentary hair consultations, quick-styling, mini-beauty treatment and samples of its natural and organic products in a dedicated mini-salon space at the Highgate Newtown Centre.
On August 15th 2009 – 7 successful businesswomen will be holding the 2nd annual “You’re Beautiful, Woman” event, an exciting and formidable event honouring black beauty and black women. “You’re Beautiful, Woman!” is a fun yet constructive & educational event celebrating black female beauty in all its forms – fashion, hair, beauty, fitness and more!
After holding a highly successful event at the Imperial War Museum in 2008 the event will be held at the Highgate Newtown Centre in North London this year to accommodate even higher numbers. The event is still fun and fabulous with the focus on education and motivation. The self-proclaimed dream team is made up of award-winning entrepreneurs, high-flying professionals and well-established business women – truly a force to be reckoned with.
For more information:
www.yourebeautifulwoman.com
Notes to Editor
You’re Beautiful, Woman! tickets are available to buy online – www.yourebeautifulwoman.com
Don’t forget to collect the special YBW/Adornment365 card for major in-salon discounts at Morley’s Department Store, Brixton over carnival week-end and beyond.
Categories: Black Hair Tags: adornment365, Afro Hair, Beauty, Black Women, Woman, you're beautiful
Adornment365 – Official Partner Salon for You’re Beautiful, Woman! 2009
Adornment365 is the salon experience brought to you by the producers of the pioneering Adornment Natural Hair, Health & Beauty Exhibition. With its salon based in Morley’s Department Store Brixton Adornment365 is a premium hair salon specialising in natural afro hair and natural beauty products.
The Adornment team of natural hair & beauty consultants will be at You’re Beautiful, Woman! 2009 offering guests the opportunity to experience Adornment365’s supreme natural hair & beauty services. With their very special approach to natural hair and beauty care the Adornment365 experience is a welcome addition to the You’re Beautiful, Woman event. Adornment365 will happily be providing complimentary hair consultations, quick-styling, mini-beauty treatment and samples of its natural and organic products in a dedicated mini-salon space at the Highgate Newtown Centre.
On August 15th 2009 – 7 successful businesswomen will be holding the 2nd annual “You’re Beautiful, Woman” event, an exciting and formidable event honouring black beauty and black women. “You’re Beautiful, Woman!” is a fun yet constructive & educational event celebrating black female beauty in all its forms – fashion, hair, beauty, fitness and more!
After holding a highly successful event at the Imperial War Museum in 2008 the event will be held at the Highgate Newtown Centre in North London this year to accommodate even higher numbers. The event is still fun and fabulous with the focus on education and motivation. The self-proclaimed dream team is made up of award-winning entrepreneurs, high-flying professionals and well-established business women – truly a force to be reckoned with.
For more information:
www.yourebeautifulwoman.com
Notes to Editor
You’re Beautiful, Woman! tickets are available to buy online – www.yourebeautifulwoman.com
Don’t forget to collect the special YBW/Adornment365 card for major in-salon discounts at Morley’s Department Store, Brixton over carnival week-end and beyond.
Categories: Black Hair Tags: adornment365, Afro Hair, Beauty, Black Women, Woman, you're beautiful
Black Hair Care Tips
Beautique.com is Urban Retreat’s online store, the luxury hair, beauty and Spa Company with salons in Harrods, Harvey Nicholls (Manchester) and Kingston.
With beauty tips and tricks on site, and a blog about pregnancy skincare, this beauty website really helps its customers to look and feel beautiful.
Beautique and Mizani, an afro Caribbean hair care range have also launched together a blog with many tips about how to style and care black hair http://black-haircare-blog.beautique.com/.
The blog readers had the opportunity to enter a competition through this blog, in order to celebrate the arrival of the premium black hair range, Mizani, at world renowned salon Urban Retreat, Harrods, and win a luxurious makeover and chauffeur driven to Harrods.
Black Hair is quite difficult to handle and to style, so find out here the 10 commandments to keep your hair curly and in an incredible shape:
1. Always use a conditioner after shampooing such as Mizani Fulfyl Conditioning Treatment or Moisturfuse Moisturizing Conditioner 2. When combing Afro or excessively curly hair, always comb from the ends working your way up to the root in order to reduce the risk of breakage3. Always use a wide-toothed comb to detangle, preferably with a conditioner4. Always gently blot dry hair instead of rough towel drying5. Always use heat protection such as Mizani Thermastrength Style Serum when using heated styling tools6. Have a conditioning treatment at least once a month such as Mizani Renew strength Shampoo, gelée, or Masque 7. Visit a professional stylist as often as possible to maintain the shape of your style and the condition of your hair8. Protect your hair at night from loss of moisture and friction by using a night time treatment such as Mizani H2O Night Time Treatment and covering your hair with a silk scarf9. Never have a permanent colour service less than two weeks before or after a relaxer service10.Always protect your hair from the sun and damaging UV rays with a finishing product such as Mizani Shimmer Reflects Spritz witch contains UV filters.
For more tips about how to style your black hair visit this blog http://black-haircare-blog.beautique.com/.
For more general tips and skincare, hair care, makeup, or wellbeing products you may need and fancy, visit www.beautique.com
Categories: Black Hair Tags: Afro, Afro Hair, Beautique, Beauty, Blog, Competition, Conditioner, Hair Care, Harrods, Masque, Mizani, Serum, Shampoo, Styling, Tips, Urban Retreat
The Best Way To Wash Afro Hair
The appearance of afro and curly hair can fool you into thinking that it’s stronger than it actually is. Afro hair in particular behaves very differently to caucasian hair when it is wet. Here are some tips that I have pulled together after doing some research on what is good (and bad) for curly hair when it comes to getting it clean.
The first thing to note is that hair doesn’t have to be washed with shampoo. Some people use a conditioner only (CO) washing regime, washing with conditioner instead of shampoo. Conditioner is gentler on your hair than shampoo, and may suit afro/curly hair better.
If you do use shampoo, make sure that it doesn’t contain sulfates.
If you are struggling to get hold of a sulfate-free shampoo, sulfate is the mildest form and will do the least damage.
When CO-washing, don’t use a conditioner that contains silicones as these coat the hair and will remain there after washing.
Don’t use shampoo more than once a week, as shampooing strips hair of its natural oils. It’s a good idea to give hair time to recover between shampoos. As CO-washing is gentler, you can use it between shampoos, or rinse your hair with plain water.
Only lather, rinse, repeat if you feel that your hair is particularly dirty – one application of shampoo/conditioner is generally fine. If you use a lot of products on your hair, it might be a good idea to use a clarifying shampoo once a month. This will get all the gels, conditioners and creams off your hair so you can start again with really clean hair.
When you are actually lathering and washing, take care to avoid tangling your hair – don’t bunch it up on top of your head or in your hands. Start at the scalp, applying shampoo (or conditioner) and rubbing carefully with your finger tips. Carry on working the lather along your hair right down to the tips.
After rinsing, apply a non-silicone conditioner or hot oil treatment to your hair and leave in for 30 to 45 minutes. If you can, apply gentle heat with a hood or hot towel (heated on a radiator or in a tumble dryer) as this will help the conditioner to penetrate the hair shaft and do more good. Rinse your hair and towel dry it. Try not to squeeze or ring your hair too much. You might need a couple of towels – one to soak up the initial majority of the water, and a second to get your hair somewhere approaching dry. Apply a non-silicone leave-in conditioner, and you are ready to comb your damp hair.
Never brush wet afro or curly hair, as the moisture it has absorbed will make it easier to stretch to breaking point. A comb is much better for removing tangles without causing breakage.
Separate your hair into small sections and comb through a section at a time with a wide toothed comb, starting at the tips of the hair and working your way up to the roots, combing out the tangles bit by bit. Take your time to reduce the stress you put on your hair and avoid breakage. When you have detangled your whole head of hair in this way, you can use a finer comb on it if you feel the need to.
Once your hair is free of tangles, prepare it for drying. Natural air-drying is best, as heat from a dryer is likely to damage your tresses. If you really want the effect you get from a hairdryer, try not to use one every time you wash – save it for special occasions.
Before you do anything further you need to introduce some moisture into your hair. Apply a skin moisturiser with some shea butter in it to your scalp and hair. If your hair needs a little more moisture, add a rich leave-in conditioner.
To minimise shrinkage and tangling as your hair dries, wrap or plait your wet hair. This can have the added advantage of putting waves or crimps in your hair. Don’t pull your hair into a tight ponytail or tight braids – if done too much this can damage your follicles beyond repair, causing traction allopecia – bald spots due to tension on your hair.
In summary
· Don’t use shampoo too often.
· Avoid sulfates and silicones.
· COMB wet hair from tips to roots.
· Find a moisturiser to suit your hair.
· Try not to apply heat.
Visit www.afro-haircare.com for more afro hair tips.
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The Best Way To Wash Afro Hair