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FAMILY TIME
Word Count: 633 Contact: info@togetherparenting.com Copyright Nine Twenty Press URL: Family Time When you pick up any magazine, it’s easy to find an abundance of articles to help you organize your life. Most offer tips for cleaning out the...
How to Pick the Best Name for Your Baby
Expectant parents spend hours preparing the nursery, poring over pregnancy and delivery books and going to childbirth classes. Yet surprisingly, many decide their child’s given name within a matter of minutes, often spending more time selecting...
Replacing Your Lost Wedding Ring
Imagine it’s Halloween evening and you’ve just gone to the door to greet another eager child with your big bag of trick-or-treat candy. You look down at the grinning costumed child with a smile and share some kind words as you throw a generous...
Mommy & Baby: Baby Equipment
Once you visit your OB for your first prenatal visit, you’ll find yourself bombarded with magazines, advice, and ads for every possible piece of baby paraphernalia under the sun. While many are nice and have come to be necessities, some are just...
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What Condition Is Your Hair In?
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Written By:
Nicole Elizabeth Smith
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Our hair can be categorized in three different ways:
Characteristics of Healthy Hair
- Smooth texture and feel
- Shiny
- Hair loss is 75–100 strands per day
- Hair loss consists of entire hair strands (contains bulb)
- Holds curl well
- Relatively easy to comb while wet
- Good elasticity (hair strand stretches when pulled)
- Healthy scalp
- No breakage
- Minimal split ends
Characteristics of Dry or Stressed Hair
- Hair loss is 75–100+ per day
- Hair is dry to the touch but responds well to moisture
- May have some scalp problems
- Dull appearance
- Itchy scalp
- Loses curl easily
- May be frizzy
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has poor elasticity (does not stretch before breaking)
Breakage (hair strands are short)
Split ends
Characteristics of Damaged Hair
Dull
Dry
Coarse
Frequent use of oil does not help retain moisture and/or the effects do not last long
Tangles easily, difficult to comb while wet
Frizzy
Breakage is severe in spots
Visible split ends
Scalp may be unhealthy
May have excessive dandruff
Nicole Elizabeth Smith, the author of "Healthy Black Hair" (2003), is a freelance health and beauty writer and a graduate of Michigan State University. She and her son Zack live in Michigan. Currently, she is beauty editor for www.myhairbook.com.
nicole@myhairbook.com
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Attention: New Moms - A Few Useful Household Cleaning Tips
New moms are very busy people, indeed they are. I remember when I was a new mom with a baby girl, I could never find time to clean the house. And after that came twin boys so imagine the lack of time to do house cleaning. I hope these tips help...
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