I just finished reading an article about the Wayans Brothers. One of their former assistants is suing them because he contends the brothers stole his idea for their book, You Know You’re a Goldigger…, Jared Edwards said he worked for them a decade ago and he wrote jokes about women using their wiles to secure status. He said the brothers rejected his book idea but later published a book that was similar in nature. After reading this I thought of the Chris Rock movie Good Hair. A woman that worked for him while he was doing Everybody Hates Chris said she showed Rock clips from her film Nappy Roots and some of the segments of Rock’s Good Hair are quite similar to the film she showed Rock. She too is currently suing Rock, and finally Steve Harvey’s book Think Like a Lady Act Like a Man. Sharon P. Carson  claims that Steve Harvey’s new book Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man is not his, but hers.  Carson said she holds the copyright to a book of the same exact title with the same exact premise. And much of his book is way too similar to hers. “She wrote her book back in 2004 and is speaking out about Steve (or his people) stealing it and changing some words, then slapping his name on it so he could go make money for the publishers and “writers”.” So are all of these people delusional or are celebrities actually taking their ideas and turning them into moneymakers? So often people know someone famous and they think that the person could help them. So they do share their idea with the celebrity hoping and trusting that they will help them make their dream come true  but sadly in some cases the celebrity sees a good idea and they have the clout and the connections to actually turn a concept into reality. I am no judge and I don’t know if the celebrities actually stole the ideas from these visionaries, but I believe the takeaway from this is before you share an idea you need to have the viewer sign a contract so that if they do steal your idea you will have some kind of legal recourse, and do not forget to copyright your work.

A Milwaukee city school teacher has assaulted a little first grade African-American girl in front of her class, by aggressively cutting off her French braids because she wanted the child to stop playing with her hair!

What is more surprising about this story is that her mother calmly went to the school to discuss the assault on her child, and when the teacher became indignant, she quietly left the classroom, to discuss the matter competently with the principle.

That is a good thing, and a good example for us all,…especially me. I commend her in her measured approach to this assault on her daughter’s hair.

I say this because, I probably would have handled it differently.

I remember a situation that happened to my brother, when he was in elementary school.

Apparently, the principle at his school, had taken it upon himself to spank my brother with a paddle, for some minor infraction, and to top that off, he was spanked in front of his classroom.My brother was in the third grade, and this was the late 60’s, not that long after black people had received our civil rights.

My dad , upon learning of this news, rushed to the school, that was not too far from our house, and immediately began a violent beat down of the principle, because he was upset over what he saw as a physical attack on my brother.

It was a traumatic situation for all involved, but no one was incarcerated  for any of it, the principle was reassigned,and I believe that my father got his point across.

My dad became a neighborhood legend for that beat down, and people still talk about it to this day.

Now, this assault on little Lamya Cammon, has similar overtones.

Lamya has a french braid hairstyle, quite nice I must say,…and she has a lot of beautiful beads that adorn her braids, and they dangle. Being a 7-year-old child, Lamya would twist twirl and fidget with the beads, like a little kid would do.

Lamya Cammon...teacher assaulted her and cut off her hair

The teacher, having a bad day, asked her to stop playing with her hair, and Lamya probably did not at the level that satisfied the teachers demands.

Lamya Cammon says the teacher called her up to the front of the class at Congress Elementary, took a classroom scissors and snipped the beaded braid that frames her face.

“I went to my desk and cried. They was laughing.  She threw it away.” Cannon said.

The teacher also went on to ridicule Lamya, and mocked her by telling her …..”now you can go home and tell your mother I did it”….and…”what you going to tell your mom now”… just to taunt her.

Cammon’s mother,Helen Cunningham, is furious. She went to the school and confronted the teacher, and she was able to keep her composure, unlike the approach that my father employed.

“I said, ‘Well, you know, you cut a lot of her hair off.’ And she was like, ‘Well, I do apologize.’ She said, ‘But I was frustrated,’” Cammon’s mother, Helen Cunningham, said.

Frustrated?…a first grade teacher at a public elementary school will be frustrated from time to time, because that goes along with the territory of teaching little kids.

I would hope that the teacher could source some patience and professionalism, and above all, keep their hands off of the children. There is no school district that I know of in America, that continues to spank children as a disciplinary action.

I find it highly inappropriate for any teacher to lay their hands on a child in their class, and in turn the students have no right to disrupt the class or physically abuse anyone there.

The teacher should have called Lamya’s mother, way before she resorted to cutting off her hair.

A report from Chicagonow.com states that… the teacher may face disciplinary action, but has not been removed from the classroom.

When the District Attorney’s Office said there were not grounds for criminal charges, police issued the teacher a $175 dollar ticket for disorderly conduct.

Ironically, the teacher received that weak punishment, but Lamya  has been moved to another class which separates her from her school friends, that she has bonded with for the past 2 years.

I call for the dismissal of this unnamed teacher, and I believe that if spitting at someone is a felony assault, then cutting ones hair , a physical crime, is far worse than that.

The school system has made statement about budget cuts causing mounting frustrations on the teachers, as a rationale for the assault.I say that if this is the case, then that school system should be taken over by the feds, so that they can put in place some competent oversight of the school system, and to hire some professionals to teach the children there.

As it stands now, Lamya has received the short end of the stick,and I have to wonder that if she was not black, then this  assault on a child by a teacher would be an even bigger story, with the appropriate charges, not this non-charge, being levied on this rogue teacher.

I see that for $175.00, which is the fine for a disturbing the peace ticket in Milwaukee, that the teachers there can physically assault and abuse our children at will.

I believe that my father’s approach, although not as refined as some would prefer, got more effective results from the school system, and served as a better deterrent than $175.00…which, even in these times of recession, still is not a lot of money.

I want the mother’s out there to comment on this case. What would you do if this were your daughter?….regulate the situation like my father….or what?…I do not think this minor fine will serve as any deterrent for this form of physical humiliation and assault on a little girl, to happen again.

Sources…

http://blogs.bet.com/news/newsyoushouldknow/frustrated-teacher-cuts-students-hair/

http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11677405

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/message-from-montie/2009/12/seven-year-old-lamya-cammon-gets-hair-cut-off-by-milwaukee-teacher.html

X Factor Finals

The X Factor is the best talent show ever with the biggest production. The staging makes American Idol look silly and childish. I watched the finals through a link on the internet on Sunday afternoon. I was not only impressed but I was overwhelmed by the production and the staging. From the lights, to the glitz that was on the show, it really exposes the contestants to what the world of stardom and having a house screaming at you offers. Talk about nerves! So there were two guys in the finals this year. They were Olly and Joe and boy did they rock it. They are two different artistes with two different ranges. The moment I heard Joe McElderry sang the first note I tweeted that his voice was simply magnificent, young and fresh. Enjoy his winning song, titled The Climb and it is inspiring.

Miss World 2009

This was by far the worst production of Miss World in years and I was not impressed. I could have missed the show and wouldn’t have felt bad about it. I did not like the fact that the girls were entertaining the crowd. Come on, use established names and singers to do that. The girls have enough nerves dealing with just coming on stage. The production had the best talents on show – although we might think that’s cool – it is tacky. I liked the ending so much it was like bringing the old version of Miss World back and it worked. The ending was simply the best part for me. I did not like all the drumming by the South Africans but guess what if that is your culture, show it off. I would have liked more diversity in the offering.

Paddy Jones

This next video is simply breath taking. Expect the unexpected. The video surrounds Paddy Jones who is 75 years old and still can deliver a performance that rivals the winner of Dancing with the Stars and all the other talent competitions around the place. I wish this old lady all the best. You will expect bones to break at her age but she makes it look easy, although it is not.

good hair day – it happens so rarely that I had to get a pic… and Tis the Season, I’m standing by the tree.

Gracias

A time to celebrate again! This blog received another 10,000 hits and we are now celebrating 20,000.

Merci

Thank You

I am so happy my blog is growing. I would never have thought bloggers would be interested in what I have to say. To the people who I motivate, inspire, and share information with – having fun, the laughs, the sad moments. This is for all for you.

My hair right now is a mess. It’s long, but not the luxurious, toss-over-your-shoulder kind of long. It’s shaggy and uneven. It hangs in my eyes and down my neck and the part that falls in front of my ears tends to curl out like I have wings. It’s a mess.

Even so, never have I had to think about whether I had “good hair” to the extent that I would spend $1,000 to wear someone else’s hair from a different race on my head. I never thought about whether other people thought I had good hair. Maybe a good hairstyle, but not good hair.

I think we all have our insecurities. Yes, I care about my hair, even though I shaved it. And I might shave it again. Because, although I care, it doesn’t consume me. However, there are things about my looks that do.

Yet, in all that, I am white with white people’s hair. Not only do I not think about good hair, just like I don’t often think about being oppressed, but other races or ethnicities emulate my hair. Not necessarily my hairstyle, but the texture, the way I can straighten my hair in five minutes and then put curlers in it for another 5 minutes and be happy with the results, that I can grow it as long as I want.

I saw this movie tonight and learned so much:

It’s a hilarious, fascinating documentary made by Chris Rock about black hair. His daughter came home one day and asked why she doesn’t have good hair, and so he searched for an answer. He went to India. He hung out in beauty and barber shops all over country. He talked to women.

I’d like to talk about everything I learned, but then you wouldn’t watch the movie and it is definitely worth supporting. Even if you don’t like Chris Rock, because it’s not about him and he doesn’t really talk that much. And the Rev. Al Sharpton makes some incredibly astute, non-self egrandizing points.

The movie would be enough to make my day, but contemplating the power system of good hair is an added bonus.

Shout it from the mountaintops! Alert the presses! Beyoncé has a full head of hair underneath her luscious lacefront!

word?

Yup. Last night, the new music video streaming website vevo.com (which I’m not too pleased with as of right now…) premiered the behind the scenes of Video Phone, Beyoncé’s latest single featuring Lady Gaga, which is basically an anthem for all dem ladies dippin, poppin, twerkin, and stoppin in low resolution videos on their boyfriend’s TracPhones. I can’t relate to that because the Beyoncé song that best describes my life is Single Ladies. But that’s not the point. The point is that at the beginning of the behind the scenes video, Beyoncé allowed the camera crew (whattup Ed Burke) to go where I and other Beyoncé stans never thought the cameras would go. We saw. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter’s. REAL. HAIR.

And for all you skeptical haters, no, her scalp had no resemblance to this:

Her hair was long, dammit! And it looked healthy, dammit! And I was jealous, dammit! I have openly stated my desire to own one of Beyoncé’s lacefronts. And if anyone from her team (Ty Hunter and Kim Kimble) ever reads this, I would please like this wig:

But back to the point. Beyoncé is often under scrutiny because, to put it bluntly, the girl loves lacefronts. Shit, I would too if I had the money to afford the quality that she wears. People hate on her because she doesn’t show her real hair. They say things like, “I bet the bitch is bald,” “I bet the bitch’s hair is brittle and dry,” and “I bet the bitch has Lord Voldemort underneath that wig.”

and if you don’t get the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone reference, make your way to the exit right now.

But I digress. Again. Back to Beyoncé’s hair. Her REAL hair.

See, I rock my hair natural. I’ve never had a lacefront, wig, or weave, and I just recently grew out my relaxer. The past few years with my relaxer were horrible, and my hair is finally almost healthy again. And I’m just a regular person. So why is it that Beyoncé is expected to have horrible hair? Did we forget that her hair is under contract with L’Oreal? Her hair has to stay healthy at ALL TIMES. And in the entertainment industry, how can you expect to do that? Beyoncé is BLACK. I’ll repeat it again for the L’Oreal art directors and colorists. Beyoncé is BLACK. She doesn’t have naturally straight hair. And aside from the Goldmember era, would you really expect her to wear her hair natural to all the events and awards shows that she goes to? No. Of course she would flat iron and straighten and do whatever to her hair. All those chemicals and all that heat can really damage a person’s hair. So Beyoncé uses her lacefronts as protection. Like a helmet for her long luscious REAL hair. I’m sure she doesn’t want to deal with lacefronts all the time (we’ve seen her real hair naturally in vacation pictures), so wouldn’t she want nice hair underneath the fake stuff to flaunt and enjoy when she doesn’t want to be all dolled up?

Now frankly, I’m quite jealous. I’ve been working hard to get my hair healthy and long. Ever since Beyoncé said that she hasn’t been using extensions (see the Dec. 08/Jan. 09 issue of Seventeen), I have been on a mission to get my hair looking like Beyoncé’s. Of course, I’m on a limited budget, so I don’t have the resources she does. But I DO have a Target 6 minutes away from my house that carries Kim Kimble hair products. Kim Kimble is Beyoncé’s hair stylist. And I’m coming to the realization that Kim Kimble comes from the Mathew Knowles School of Life. “Shit don’t work if it ain’t for Beyoncé.” Admittedly, my hair is growing, but the ends are still as split as Jon and Kate Gosselin.

Back to Beyoncé though. I admire her for maintaining a healthy head of hair, because I know how hard that can be. I just wish we could see it more often instead of those lavish lacefronts.

On the real though, Music World Entertainment, Sony BMG, Columbia, Mathew Knowles, Tina Knowles, Solange Knowles, Daniel Julez Smith Jr, Shawn C. Carter, Angie Beyincé, Munchie the Shih Tzu, anyone with any affiliation to Beyoncé, hook me up with a wig aight?

Each hair grows in cycles—it grows, rests, and then falls out. Usually, this cycle repeats approximately yearly. At any time, about ninety percent of a person’s scalp hair is growing, a phase that lasts between two and six years. Ten percent of the scalp hair is in a resting phase that lasts between two and three months. At the end of its resting stage, the hair goes through a shedding phase.
Shedding 50 to 100 hairs a day is considered normal. When a hair is shed, it is replaced by a new hair from the same follicle located just beneath the skin surface. Scalp hair grows about one-half inch a month.

Hair is made up of a form of protein, the same material that is found in fingernails and toenails. Everyone, regardless of age, should eat an adequate amount of protein to maintain normal hair production. Protein is found in meat, chicken, fish, eggs, some cheese, dried beans, tofu, grains, and nuts.

Abnormal hair loss can be due to many different causes, but about 50 percent of the population experience normal hair loss by the time they reach 50. People who notice their hair shedding in large amounts after combing or brushing, or whose hair becomes thinner or falls out should consult a dermatologist.

Your body naturally produces its own oil. The sebaceous gland is strategically placed next to the hair strand for nourishment and protection. Must of us never experience this oil because our hair is over processed and heavily coated with synthetic waxes and oils. If God created our hair like this why are we always complaining about our hair being dry and brittle?

How do you know if your natural hair is healthy. You can’t assume that being natural is enough. I see clients all the time with natural hair. Their hair often times is stagnant and makes no progress. If this is your issue here are some suggestions you should consider

Trim your hair regularly

Hair grows in stages, the only way you can be sure that the ends are even and not splitting is if you are trimming regularly. If your hair is curly the only way to trim your hair is to blowdry and straighten your hair to assure your ends are even. Must people with natural hair never do this. This is the main reason why whenever they want to wear their hair straight it is very difficult. They assume that  their texture is to course  when it’s really their method. If you havent trimmed your hair in over a year im sure you need to grow a new cycle of hair. Meaning you should hair your hair professionally trimmed every three months for one you until your current hair has been totally replaced

Shampoo your hair

Most of my client with curly natural hair do not shampoo as regular as they should. In stead they apply heavy moisturizers and oils that completely coat the hair. That actually isnt a problem, the problem is that when they shampoo their hair they are not able to remove the product buildup. Too much product on your hair will make your hair feel dry, brittle and eventually lifeless. We have natural oils that we never use because the hair strand is completely coated. If all the products for dry and brittle hair actually worked, then why is everyone’s hair still dry and brittle. Will it ever be right?

Good Hair
Directed by Jeff Stilson
Written by Lance Crouther, Paul Marchand, Chris Rock, Chuck Sklar, Jeff Stilson
Featuring Rock

The relative ignorance of white people about the hidden world of black hair isn’t something Chris Rock devotes much more than a passing joke to in Good Hair, but as a white guy, the peek into a world that I wasn’t even aware existed, much less had any kind of insight into, is more than enough to recommend this sloppy but charming documentary. Black hair is a chemical war zone, a construction site with rigging worthy of Cirque De Soleil and, as Rock reveals, a $9-billion industry that works as a microcosm for some of the problems and quirks of the African-American experience.

Rock is motivated on his exploration by his daughter’s complaints about her own hair, and it’s from the same basic concerns that the entire industry is created: basically, good hair is white hair—or, more accurately, the long, straight tresses of caucasians and asians. (Although Rock does seem to have a narrow conception of race: at a hair trade show, he learns that most of the black hair companies aren’t actually controlled by black people. The whites have it, he assumes; no, he’s corrected, it’s mostly asians. At least one part of the black experience seems to be a worldview that is quite literally black and white.) It’s awfully hard for natural black curls to go wavy or straight, though, and so they have derived a few potent methods for dealing with that.

The more brutal method is by using chemical relaxer, a paste with a fairly significant concentration of acid—just to drive this point home, Rock visits a scientist who shows us some dissolved pop cans, though the stories of chemical burns and torture-like sessions in the salon chair are enough—that’s used by African Americans as diverse as three-year-old girls to the Reverend Al Sharpton. It’s also given the nickname “creamy crack” by some of its users, though Rock doesn’t seem to take that much more seriously than the alliteration.

Part of the reason for that is that if relaxer is crack, than the weave, the other major source of good hair, is cocaine. Something like a wig that is either clipped or sewn to the natural hair, weaves are serious business, usually costing upwards of $1000, able to be put on layaway, never to be touched and so prevalent that India, the number one source of the hair used to create them, actually counts hair as its third-largest export. This has, unsurprisingly, created a whole culture surrounding them, from black men helping their mothers and girlfriends pay for them to the process underlying some fairly lucrative salon careers.

If those issues were explored a bit more fully, Rock would have something more than the breezy trifle he’s got here, but he’s an entertainer, not a journalist, and he uses a hair-cutting competition as an amusing but unenlightening framing device, leaving some of the meatier issues to be dealt with by short talking-heads bits. Still, the peek at a deep, unexplored subculture is worthwhile enough to hold interest.

I went to see Chris Rock’s “Good Hair” last night. I enjoyed the movie because it was funny but more so because it made me think about something I never had before: African-American hair. I was dumbfounded by the lengths black women go through for so-called “good hair.”

Women sitting for three or more hours to have hair braided, spending thousands of dollars for human hair weaves and using dangerous chemicals to straighten their natural hair. At first I thought these women were crazy. 

But on second thought, is this the most we’ve gone to for beautiful hair?

Upper-class women of the Egyptian Empire (1570-1070 BC) took great care to encourage growth and prevent greying, despite the popularity of wigs. A common ointment for hair growth included ‘paws of dog, kernels of dates and hoof of donkey.’ The mixture was cooked with oil and spread through the hair.

Greek women in 400 BC were known to singe leg hair by holding a lamp to their skin. Sounds painful but I imagine no more than waxing.

Extensions are nothing new. Around 1140 long hair was fashionable and wealthy women began buying false hair so that theirs would reach past their waists. Poor women however, not being able to afford it, made do with stuffing flax fibers into their braids and securing it with ribbons. The use of ribbons became fashionable and caught on with the more wealthy women.

European women of the 1300’s would condition their hair with dead lizards boiled in olive oil.

During the Renaissance period, high foreheads were all the rage. Upper-class women would pluck the entire front hairline and pull the hair back to achieve the look.      

The ladies of Italy, envying the fair-haired Europeans, began bleaching their hair. After using a serum made of saffron or onion skins, women would sit under the sun for several hours.

Bigger was definitely better during the 18th century. Women spent hours having their hair curled and piled up high. To keep the look, hair was heavily starched and powdered. Because of the time it took create these stylish looks, women went weeks between washing, attracting insects to set up camp.  Eww.

So I guess the women of today are no different than those of the past. As Maya Angelou reminded us in Rock’s film, “a woman’s hair is her glory.”

I wonder when it will become fashionable for women to shave their heads and call it a day? That would certainly free up some of our time.

 Chris Rock recently produced the movie Good Hair. In it he talked about black women’s obsession with their hair. A great deal of the movie was devoted to hair weaves, but many black women struggle with other aspects of their hair. One thing we avoid like the plague is “sweating our hair back”. Most black people know what I mean. It is when you exert yourself a little too much you and your hair becomes wet with sweat, and it literally starts rising. This happens whether your hair is permed or natural and it is something that most of us avoid. Today I was sent an interesting article from AARP which discussed black women and their aversion to exercise. “AARP finds that for many African American women not being able to manage their hair style is a key barrier to exercise. The report suggests that brisk walking for 10 minutes at a time, for a total of 150 minutes a week, can keep Black women active and alleviate some of the hair issues that come with more vigorous workouts. AARP held focus groups with African American women aged 45+ and African American hair stylists. Black women said they avoid physical activity that makes them perspire because it gets their hair wet, which ruins a hairdo and can present a large disruption to their daily schedules.” AARP fitness expert Donna Richardson Joyner said that she wishes African American women would take care of their bodies like they take care of their hair.” Joyner went on to say, “you have to have balance … your hair cannot be an excuse to keep you from working out.” Our physical health has to become as important as our hair and for some of us that is a tall order, but it is not impossible and if we want to avoid being a sad statistic we had better buy a sweatband and start ‘Sweating to the Oldies.’ For more information on health-related issues go to http://www.aarp.org/aarp/black_community/

Apparently stress can affect your hair as well. 

Any tension/stress can bring about disorders of the scalp . This could be a cause of the dandruff you have been fighting. 

It will make your hair weaker and thinner. 

Your hair will heal after you heal. 

10 Tips for Stressed hair 

1. Shampoo and condition regularly 
2. Take a chemical break. 
3. Does alot of brushing and stimulating your scalp. It will be very relaxing. 
4. Take a hair vitamin 
5. Dont speak negative about your hair. It hears you and needs your support as well 
6. Cut off any unwanted hair that has been hanging on. You situation my be over but the hair that went through it with you still remains. Prune off the dead wait its sucking the life out of the new birth 
7. Add exercise and a healthier diet 
8. STOP STRESSING Give it to GOD

If you are new to this blog I have a deep, deep passion for Marketing and Advertising. I will forever appreciate this field and any business that really use the basic skills to advance their companies and their products. I appreciate it so much because it is the only thing I know.

Advertising has been a sore point for many people. The impact advertising may have on potential viewers is great. Creators of advertisements understand this fully and they will exploit the opportunity while being legal to persuade the consumer to purchase a product or to buy into a service. Consumers therefore have a responsibility to take these advertisements with a grain of salt. There is a line in advertising that ad creators try not to cross and this is being deceptive. I have an issue with adverts deceiving people, misleading them to the point where they consume the product and it does not perform the way it was intended to.

We live in the 21^st century where everything has to look posh, awesome, appealing and appear to be the best. With demands from companies and an emphasis on profits to be made, pressures are placed on creative teams to create an advert that will rival the competitor. Not only to compete but also to make the advertisement so appealing those consumers will demand the product. Creating an advertisement should take time. Determining the image of the product, partnering that with the right talents, choosing the music, the lighting and the camera angles are all some of the factors which the creative team has to take note of. A whole slew of other considerations which make the final product appealing and persuading.

Can you imagine the thoughts that go in to advertise fashion and products for the face and hair? In developed markets like London, Europe and United States of America where the quality of advertising is high, it takes much effort to produce.

An advertisement in question in recent days is one produced by L’Oreal. The ad features Cheryl Cole (judge on X Factor, huge celebrity in the UK) who in the advertisement praises the product Elvive Full Restore 5 hair care line for making her chestnut “full of life, replenished with healthy shine”. The fact is Cheryl Cole’s chestnut was not entirely her real flowing hair. Should we be having an issue with advertisements like this?

C Cole

Beauty has come under scrutiny many times before and this will never be the last. I have an issue with people having an issue with this advertisement.  First and foremost females who wear extensions do not refer to their hair as fake especially when it blends in with their ‘real’ hair especially when their real hair accounts for much of what you actually see. Females can also confess that when commenting on a friend’s hairstyle they don’t say “Your wig looks good!” instead they say “your hair looks good.” This is in the context of wearing extensions coupled with your real hair. Now if your entire head of hair that I am seeing is from a plastic package then we can conclude that your hair is fake and you are indeed wearing a wig.

Personally I do not see anything wrong with the advertisement because an advert of that nature for it to be effective it has to have some form of fantasy (lies oops) to it. In the advertisement clearly not all of the talent’s hair is false and you would have only known that if you know what extensions look like and if you have worn them before or read it online. The celebrity in question has made extensions apart of her routine look so to say she has done this and it is deceiving to people is ridiculous.

I also have an issue with advertising critics who claim that adverts should be appealing to the normal person. Therefore, advertisements of this nature – fashion related will make ladies feel insecure and affect their self esteem. Rubbish! If an advertisement is going to make you feel bad, you felt bad long before you saw the advertisement. I will not buy the argument that advertisements should ever start using normal people to sell the products. If this worked more companies would have been doing it. Dove has started that trend – saw the features of Oprah but I do not like it. It contradicts the image and position of what the product has established. L’Oreal mentions in their ads ‘because you’re worth it.’ The marketing campaign works because they use celebrities who everyone seems to aspire to be. That image of everything looking right cannot be compromised. It is not by chance the make-up is always right. It is not by chance they are always smiling and telling you how wonderful the product makes them feel and look. It is all a strategy to make you walk to the retail store and purchase the product.

Stop complaining oh how she isn’t wearing her real hair. I must confess I know nothing about hair extensions and rightfully so. However, the first time I saw the advertisement I did not think about her extensions, I thought about the obvious she has great hair and any girl who uses the product will experience the same thing because they are worth it. When I buy facial products which I desperately need to look the way I do lol I don’t want to read or see that the product will make me look normal. I am looking for it to say it will give me clear skin and all those good things. So consumers gravitate to products which makes them look, feel better than they previously did – takes them to a higher level.

Stop again, did you see the advertisement. Really? Watch again and look at 0:21 seconds. At the bottom of the screen it says “styled with some natural hair extensions.” That is all the advertisement needed. Of course in that 30 second advertisement all you were looking at is her ‘real-hair’ and the outcome after using such a product. From an advertising, model-talent’s perspective that’s all that matters – you looked at her hair and wished you had it.

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Hair are a reflection of the health and personality. Hair is a remarkably tough material. Hair is basically made up of protein and keratin. The hair itself has no blood supply and no nervous system. A good hair care routine is significant and should be a daily ritual in everyone’s life.

List of Literature
Good Hair Days, Jonathon Johnson, 2004

Using a good Hair Product for beautiful hair is filed under good hair.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – About a third of black women cite complications of hair care as the reason they do not exercise or exercise less than they would like, according to Amy J. McMichael, M.D., the lead investigator of a study from Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
McMichael, associate professor of dermatology, specializes in hair and scalp diseases, ethnic and pigmented skin diseases, and general dermatology and skin care. “I see a lot of African American women in our clinic and had noticed how many of them are overweight. This puts these women at risk for hypertension, diabetes and other serious problems.”
In fact studies show that 77 percent of black women are overweight or obese, McMichael said. “I thought it would be interesting to look at what role their hair plays in their amount of exercise. Many African American women with coarser hair use either heat straighteners or chemical products to straighten their hair. Depending on how coarse or fragile their hair is, they can’t just wash their hair after exercise without having to go through the whole process again, and that can take hours. Over-washing fragile hair can make it break off easily.”
McMichael and the team of investigators from the Department of Dermatology, the Division of Public Health Sciences, and the medical school interviewed 103 black women about how much and what types of exercise they do, and the time, expense and complications of caring for their hair. Sixty-four of the respondents had relaxed their hair by various means. 
All of the respondents believed it was important for them to exercise. And 50 percent stated that they considered changing their hair to make it easier to exercise.
“We have now identified the problem – hair care does seem to be a factor – and it is one that is not easily solvable. Somebody might say, ‘Oh, just cut your hair,’ but that does not make sense. We have to figure out ways to address this issue, get some African American women in a forum or group meeting and talk about this,” McMichael said. “This is just a first step.”
The study was presented recently at the Fourth International Symposium of the L’Oréal Institute for Ethnic Hair & Skin Research by fourth-year medical student Shani Smith, MBA. Other investigators include Melicia Whitt-Glover, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Kismet Loftin-Bell, MALS, MSL, research associate, and medical student Rebecca Hall.