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Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Journey To Waist Length – Four Simple Rules
Ismail oubarka | 7:32 AM

The name of the hair game for me is almost always Keep It Simple! My journey to waist length hair will not be achieved if I have to practice anything complicated. I have watched and observed many of my own hair crushes and they have one thing in common is they are creatures...
How to Bring Dry, Neglected Natural Hair Back to Life with Juicy Essence
Ismail oubarka | 1:29 AM

It's about to get juicy...
A lot has changed with my personal life since 2017 came to a close. I'll share some details in a future blog post, but the most major life change?
I got a new job.
And I'm thrilled about it - because I had been praying for God to open some very...
Sunday, January 28, 2018
How I'm Leveraging My Weekends to Transform My Life.
Ismail oubarka | 8:59 AM

How was your weekend? Did you catch up on some much-needed rest? Or were you busy taking care of errands that you can't fit in during the week? Perhaps weekends are a time for socializing and hanging out with friends.
I really want to tell you how I've been spending...
Single Strand Knots, The Natural Girl’s Foe
Ismail oubarka | 7:12 AM

I have been natural for over 3 years and I have NEVER been able to rid my hair completely of single strand knots. SSK’s occur when the hair strand wraps around itself and literally forms a knot. The reasons they occur are varied but the 2 general causes are simply due to dry hair...
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Tips To Get An Outrageously Natural Looking Weave – Part 2
Ismail oubarka | 7:33 AM

Yesterday I posted the first part in this series of posts on how to get a natural looking weave. Now I’m no weave queen myself in that I don’t wear them month in month out but when I do, I want my own mother to ask me for the umpteenth time ‘Is that your hair?’ […]
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Friday, January 26, 2018
The Highly Potent Form of Vitamin C that's Giving Everyone Amazing Skin.
Ismail oubarka | 9:53 AM

As you may already know, I recently touched on the topic of incorporating the help of vitamin C in the battle for flawless skin. The article was inspired by a comment I read on a forum where a woman who loaded up on vitamin C to battle a stubborn cold experienced glowing skin...
Tips To Get An Outrageously Natural Looking Weave – Part 1
Ismail oubarka | 7:08 AM

Bad weaves annoy me. It may sound harsh but in the fast world we live in with computers having almost as much processing power as the human brain and being able to chat to your friend in China while seated on the loo in Philadelphia there is just no excuse for a bad weave. A […]
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Thursday, January 25, 2018
The Hair Growth Cycle
Ismail oubarka | 7:08 AM

While reading up on various growth aids for my Shoulder Length in 2012 challenge, an article on MSM lead me to information about hair growth cycles. Which made me realize how silly it was of me to be trying to growth healthy hair, without knowing anything about the way hair grows....
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Stretching my Natural Hair- 2 methods
Ismail oubarka | 7:33 AM

Combating shrinkage can be not only challenging but downright annoying. There are many blog posts and videos on the internet that describe various methods of dealing with this phenomenon and of the many ideas I have studied I have narrowed it down to two basic methods that work best...
[trending.] Perfectly Poreless Skin & How to Create It.
Ismail oubarka | 7:18 AM

Is it just me or have you noticed the flawless skin trend on Instagram? Not too long ago my feed was saturated with heavily contoured faces coupled with an opaque matte lip. Slowly, things started to shift and everyone wanted to show off their bare face. ...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
My Hair Don’t Care – Debunking Hair Myths
Ismail oubarka | 7:08 AM

There are some common natural hair rules or no no’s that often scare us half to death to the point where many of us absolutely swear up and down we would never do ‘this or that’ to our hair. I do not follow all the rules if I did…. I may as well lock my […]
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Monday, January 22, 2018
The Do's and Don'ts of Maximizing Your Workplace Earning Potential
Ismail oubarka | 8:51 AM

There's an important conversation taking place right now about the pay wage disparity between women and their male counterparts. This topic impacts millions of people and hopefully, the public conversations that are taking place will bring about real change in how pay...
Hair Products You Can Eat!
Ismail oubarka | 7:13 AM

Remember the Rio Relaxer..We’ve Come a Long Way Baby! I think this whole use a hair product you can eat stuff, started when that bad Rio relaxer came on the scene back in the 90’s. I remember Debbie Allen doing those cute, soap opera type, infomercials, and my giggles would...
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