"...our hair is like a good friend. As with all friends, you must occasionally adjust to its temperaments and its tantrums, but you really love it deep down because it is a part of you. Coming to grips with your hair is a sign of maturity, and once you do, you'll realize that hair and hair care have long been at the center of women's friendship and women's bonding...It is a living witness to your personal history, a living link with your past -- and for that alone it deserves to be well cared for...Ask your girlfriends what are their hair challenges, and have a good time swapping "hair-raising" tales of childhood traumas and bad haircuts. Then shampoo them all down the drain metaphorically, and literally. Start loving your hair. It's one of the steps to loving yourself in all that you are and in all that you can be."
Jessica B. Harris, The World Beauty Book

:heart: I like that.

Amen I say!

:heart: Thank you!

Oh, how beautiful!

hair and hair care have long been at the center of women's friendship and women's bonding...It is a living witness to your personal history, a living link with your past -- and for that alone it deserves to be well cared for...


Lovely, thank you J12

I'm glad y'all like the quote. It's from a book I'm reading, which is about beauty tips from traditional cultures, mostly people of color. A lot of the tips I noticed we here at LHC already know!
One of the tips I liked was to rub the inside of an avocado peel on your face. I liked it because I hate wasting the avocado when I would rather eat it! The same goes for the papaya peel. You can also wipe off the avocado pit and massage your face with it.
Another interesting one was that Arabians would use the brewed peel of quince for their women's hair and also the manes and tails of their horses! Now where can I get a quince? :?

I have a quince bush in my yard. When they ripen I would gladly send you some. :flower:

I have no idea how rapidly they ripen or spoil or anything. I have never paid them much mind to be honest.

For a long time I have been meaning to write an article that pretty much says the same thing.

Everytime i have started to however my computer has crashed or something like that so it gets pushed aside.

I just wanted to bump this up in case anyone hasn't read it. Thanks J12 :)

Thanks for THAT post.

That was good :grin:

Meg

I really liked that! :D

What a great message, Hairstorm, on this dreary, snowy day. It gave me a comfy cozy feeling. :cloud9:

What a totally lovely thought. It is so true. I find that having come to embrace my hair with all it's sparlie grays and all is a big deal to me. Thank you HairStorm for posting that here.

You're welcome; it's inspiring and refreshing for me to reread it too!

Hi Hairstorm :waving:

I just flipped through this book at the bookstore. There's one recipie that uses something like a burnt corncob (can't remember exactly) to get rid of split ends? Do you have any idea how that works or if it works cuz I've been curious.


I'm considering getting this book too since it's not too expensive. But if I can read all that and more on LHC I think I'll stick to LHC :twisted:

Hi LittleFlower! Cute baby picture!
I got the book from the library, so I didn't actually buy it. I noticed the corncob-split end remover too. My guess is that it just rips off the weak splits that stick out and get caught in the corncob. Not something I'd want to try! I'll stick with hair scissors, although it takes a long time.
The book has lots of neat beauty tips but not all sound like they would work. I've tried the avocado inner peel exfoliation. (You rub the inside of the avocado peel on your face.) It's much rougher than you think so don't press hard. It works well. And you get to eat the avocado!
Not all of the tips sound like good safe tips, according to modern knowledge.
But the book is excellent for giving an emotional boost, and has an empowering feel to it. When I read it, I felt connected to womankind throughout the world and history.
I haven't read the book in a long time, but that's the way I remember it.
HTH!

Not all of the tips sound like good safe tips, according to modern knowledge.
But the book is excellent for giving an emotional boost, and has an empowering feel to it.

I thought some of them might not be safe, especially when I read about the corncob! I think I'll just stick to reading it in the bookstore...

Yeah, that's me at 2 years old, the only time I had 'longish' hair in my early childhood. We were staying in Scotland that's why I'm bundled up and I guess my mom let my hair grow to provide some insulation ;)
Oh and your hair in your avatar baby pic (cute too, btw!) reminds me alot of my childhood hairstyle. It was always short, thick and black :grin:

If my hair is a good friend, why does it never invite me out? :(

(Nice quote. Very helpful especially today, when my hair seems to have eaten something sticky.)

Thanks for posting that.

sums things up nicely :> thanks for posting that.

Thanks, Hairstorm. :)

Thanks for the reminder! Coming to peace with ourselves, in general, is the way to age gracefully. I'm glad I stumbled upon this today. I so needed it!
Hey, my mom always rubbed the avocado skins on her face. When one would be a tad too ripe to add to the guacamole, she would mash it with honey and walk around with a green face for a few minutes. My brother, sisters and I thought she was looney. *lol*

Thank you for that quote...sometimes I forget the joy in the journey, that it is the little imperfections that make us all unique.

~Tik

I'm glad you liked the quote. I thought it was very appropriate to LHC!

Avery, do you view your mom differently now? :wink:

How very nice. :) I like that a lot. It makes me think of the old days when women always wore their hair very long, and how elegant it was.
Thank you for that post. It was very inspirational.