I'm just a tad concerned about Black women not having any hair in a few years....due to weaves. It's not that I wake up every morning thinking about hair weaves, but I write a lot of hair stories, which means I talk to a lot of experts. They're pretty much all saying the same thing, that hair loss, due to the tension or glue from weaves (and lace fronts actually) is common today. And it doesn't seem to matter whether I'm talking to a stylist, dermatologist or trichologist (scalp expert), they're all seeing, regularly, compromised hairlines, bald patches, or major thinning, from weaves. I asked Kim Kimble, kimblehaircare.com (stylist to Beyoncé, Mary J and plenty of other gorgeous-haired celebs) to enlighten me on this particular issue. She started off by letting me know that, for the most part, hair weaving isn't taught in beauty school. You need a license to color or relax hair, but you don't need a license to weave. And most stylists learn to weave by trial and error.

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POSTED: OCTOBER 27, 2009
Weave Got Issues: How to Protect Your Hair When Wearing Extensions
Pamela Edwards Christiani
Adrin Washington, a weave pro at the Ted Gibson & Hela Spa, helaspa.com, in D.C., says he has a host of weave-wearing clients with healthy heads of hair. How so? Washington says you need a great stylist (one who knows what your hair can take and will weave accordingly) and quality human hair. Sounds simple enough, but this combination just isn't the norm. A great stylist will make sure your scalp remains clean and healthy. She/he will give you plenty of deep treatments, regular trims and more than likely suggest you give that weave a break every now and then. FYI, a lot of talented stylists get their quality hair from Extensions Plus, extensions-plus.com and getgorgeoushair@ymail.com,

This was an interesting article that I found on Essence.com. During the fall and winter it is usually the time when most clients want to weave hairweave to give their hair a restight.Most weaves are set to last for about 8-10 weeks.The essential part of a good hairweave is the foundation.The hair cannot be braided to tight or sew in too tight.It is important to research what techniques that the stylist uses to give you a desired look.Once you have the weave it is important to not pull or constantly tug on the hair. Another thing is to keep you scalp clean and stimulated by massage. I recommend NNR Scalp Refresher which a witch hazel based natural scalp astringent.

Hairweaves are a mere accessory to the woman who loves to change things up here and there. As a matter of fact I am thinking about upgrading my swag and gettting a weave for the winter.Stay tuned for the pics

Until Later,

Nekesa J.Smith

Todays Business of Mommyhood

Hello to all,
The beauty about being a momprenuer is the flexibility you have to hang out at you kids school. This blog is of course about haircare, products and the beautybusiness but the key element for the blog is the fact tht I am a full time mom and wife while running my business. I was inspired to start this blog last summer because I knew in adition to me there are other supermoms accomplishing so much.I figured that someone would read this blog and relate to the fact that being a supermom is allowing time for yourself, knowing that nothing is perfect, staying prayed up and laughing at yourself ...a lot. Laughter is good for your soul.I always say if somene were to video the happening of my home and business life they would see that it is never ever a dull moment.I love ever bit of it. Today for example , just as I dropped the kids off to school and was rushing home to get some additional snoozing on in all this beautiful rainy weather I get a phone call.My daughter is like Mom the Student of the Month breakfast is today @ 745. I knew about the breakfast for a while now and posted a note on the fridge but the bed was calling my name.So needless to say I get to the breakfast , meet her friends, stopped at my sons class,my niece and basically did the check in with the teachers and no nap for me.It's ok because I had product orders to fill which requires me to make them and new stores to follow up with.I will make sure I get in the bed early tonite.I promise to do no research online, no schoolwork,and definitely no tv.Tomorrow I work with clients @ www.nekesanrhairloft.com and need to be rested.
Until Later,
More Hair
Nekesa J Smith