During the summer, we tend to spend a lot of time outside. Time in the sun, on the sand, and at the sea. This exposes your hair to heat, wind, salt, and chlorine. All of which can do a number on hair, drying it out and causing breakage and split ends. This makes keeping our relaxed hair protected a…
Protecting and caring for relaxed hair doesn’t end when you go to bed. It’s a 24-hour commitment. What you do at night plays a big role in how healthy and strong your relaxed hair stays. One of the easiest yet most impactful things you can do is protect our hair while we sleep. I have had a nightti…
With oily skin comes the challenge of keeping your makeup from melting off halfway through the day. Even with the best primers and mattifying foundations, a little more help can be needed. This is when using a good setting spray as the final step can make the difference between a face with a dewy g…
While I love using some higher-end (or, as Ulta calls them, “prestige”) makeup brands, I also like to mix in drugstore products here and there. Doing that helps me keep my makeup bag a little more affordable, especially when I'm trying to stretch my beauty budget. Plus, drugstore finds can be f…
Wow. It seems like every day, there is more news about one company or another laying off several workers. Layoffs stink. They really stink. I know because I’ve been laid off three times over my career. What also stinks is worrying that you may be laid off and not knowing for certain. Especially if …
Have you ever stood in the hair care aisle holding a jar labeled deep conditioner in one hand and a jar labeled hair mask in the other, wondering which one your relaxed hair really needs? I know I have—several times. I find the terms deep conditioner and hair mask to be so confusing that I’ve been …
Mother’s Day is coming! Have you done your shopping yet? Whether you’re shopping for your mother, grandmother, sister, best friend, or mother figure you’ll be able to find something on this gift list. I’ve compiled a list of 30+ great gifts that you can easily buy online and have shipped directly t…