Audrey Sivasothy

Is your hair dry, brittle or damaged? You may have an issue with your hair's porosity.

While no heat is best of all, domed heat dryers are better sources of heat than hand held blowdryers for the hair. Let me tell you why!

Before you start trimming away your hair's thin ends, you should pinpoint the exact cause of your thinning.

The question of whether lye based relaxers are better than no-lye relaxers ultimately depends on the individual and her preference.

Chemical relaxing is a very stressful process on the hair. If done improperly, chemical relaxing can result in follicle damage, thinning, breakage and permanent hair loss. Despite the risk, nearly 70% of the African American female population regularly relaxes their hair.

For the greatest moisture supplementation, deep conditioning with a moisturizing conditioner cannot be beat.

While water based moisturizers will offer you some much needed daily moisture, nothing can beat a gentle shampooing and deep conditioning at hydrating the hair.

Your scalp is the birthplace of your healthy hair care journey. It is helpful to think of your scalp as the "fertile ground" from which your hair will sprout and grow. If properly tended to, your hair will thrive.

A well executed scalp massage is beneficial to any healthy hair care regimen, and will leave your scalp with a warm, tingly feeling for several minutes after you've removed your hands.

A scalp massage is not a scalp massage without the help of essential oils. Essential oils are lightweight, volatile oils with high capabilities for scalp and skin penetration because of their unique molecular structure and size.

Feeling overwhelmed by the slew of information on hair care is almost a rite of passage when beginning a healthy hair journey.

Hair growth ultimately occurs by a two fold process: Hair Emergence and Retention.

Split ends. Nobody likes these bad guys, but unfortunately they are a fact of life. While our hair will never be totally free of split ends, there are certain measures you can take to ensure that they don't take away the beauty of your crowning glory.

Many people use these terms interchangeably to refer to any hair that falls from the head; however, this misinformed language can be a recipe for hair disaster.

Want to learn how to prepare your hair for chemical relaxing and straightening? Here are some tips and a three step hair preparation game plan that you can use!

There is no doubt that there is some small-scale diversion going on by dishonest distributors who may peddle counterfeit items, but to say that all salon-only hair products that appear on mass retail shelves are counterfeit is misguided thinking.

If you choose a professional stylist to administer your relaxer, there are certain things that you should be looking for before and during the application to ensure a smooth session!

For black hair, hair breakage is typically a result of an imbalance of important forces within the hair strand: moisture and protein levels.

Growing evidence suggests that regular exercise is associated with mental well being and that physical activity is an effective alternative treatment for major depressive illness

Establishing maximum adherence to medication schedules is one of the greatest challenges of the healthcare field and medicine. Non-adherence to medicine schedules may have adverse effects for patients

Interventions that address depression in America's institutionalized elders are greatly needed and long overdue.

Man uses his connection to the order of natural fertility both as an urgent invitation to ensure its continuance and as a reference point for understanding the origin of his own desires, qualities, and similar need for a system of order.

For some, this connection to nature's fertility often functions as a reference point for understanding the origins of our own need for order. However, for others, this connection takes on a deeper significance complete with a plethora of new responsibilities.

Declining sexual frequency in marriage is a phenomenon that has intrigued researchers and has intimidated fiances and long-term boyfriends around the world. This paper will explore how the field of economics provides one potential key for understanding this trend.

Menstruation is a universal occurrence that marks the beginning of womanhood for women in cultures around the world. In many cultures the act of menstruating brings with it various social implications and taboos for the young woman.