After suffering the devastating effects of severe hair loss and damage related to the mishandling of her hair, Eddie began to research ways to grow her hair healthy and strong. She purchased every product in the beauty supply store that claimed to be a miracle cure for damaged hair, but found that these products did not live up to their claims. Along her journey to healthy hair she discovered priceless information regarding the harmful ingredients contained in hair care products geared towards African Americans; the most effective ways of washing, conditioning and handling African American hair; the most beneficial ingredients for African American hair; and much more. She has compiled her 12 years of research and produced the comprehensive guide to growing African American hair to its fullest potential. The guide includes everything one would need in order to grow and maintain healthy hair. The book is extremely informational, entertaining as well as easy to follow and understand. There is a chart included in the book which reveals the hair-friendly foods, vitamins and minerals, a glossary of ingredients that you should stay away from, as well as a section of homemade deep conditioning recipes. The back cover documents 18 months of hair growth, which is quite impressive.
The information Eddie discovered during her research was found to be invaluable, but it did not solve the problem of finding healthy hair care products at reasonable prices. This led her to formulate a complete line of natural hair care products. For years she created homemade concoctions that contained ingredients essential for the health of African American hair. While using these products in conjunction with the information in her book, Eddie consistently saw tremendous improvements with her hair. She then began to make the concoction for family and friends along with providing them with a copy of her book. They too began to reach hair goals never before achieved. In 2007, Eddie decided to market her natural hair care line along with her guide and has found much success. Her website www.fabulousblackwoman.com displays testimony after testimony of accolades and praise for her wonderful products. Eddie currently does online and phone consultations, as well as workshops to teach African American women of to effectively grow and maintain healthy hair.
As researching hair and caring for hair became a major part of Eddie’s life she decided she wanted to display her passion in a hot and trendy way, so she designed the Natural Headed Girl line. The line includes shirts, hats and bags that display an African American woman with natural hair. The line was created to encourage African American women to see the natural beauty in themselves and to be proud of every aspect of the culture, heredity and distinctive physical characteristics of the African American woman. While searching for beautiful hair, Eddie found beauty within her that she had neglectfully overlooked for many years. She also noticed that she was not the only woman that failed to realize the strength and beauty of herself and the African American woman as a whole. As she looked around her she noticed women being neglected, abused, mistreated and run down by life. This led her to create her website www.fabulousblackwoman.com. The purpose of the site is to uplift and encourage women, especially African American women. Her mission is make sure that every Black woman knows how fabulous she is and that she shines so bright that everyone who looks at or even thinks of a black woman recognizes her FABULOUSNESS.
Our mission is to make sure that every Black woman
knows how fabulous she is and that she
shines so bright that everyone
who looks at or even
thinks of a black woman recognizes her
FABULOUSNESS
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| | | February Spotlight~Apostle Tracy Foreman |  How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!--Romans 10:15.
Many would agree with this scripture when it comes to the life of Apostle Tracy L. Foreman, a young woman on fire for the Lord. Apostle Foreman is helping women across the globe of every race, culture, and economic background. It was in the year of 2006, when it started with a simple website to share with others about her life and love for her vision/mission, A New Woman Ministries. It was then that she began to cultivate the ground for many great things to come in the future.
By no means was she born with a silver spoon in her mouth, this great international ministry was actually birthed from the greatest traumas and oppositions in her life as a child. Tracy, affectionately known as "A New Woman" across the internet, was brought into this world by a mother, Mrs. Linda McDuffy, who was at the time a chronic alcoholic. The late Mr. Henry McDuffy, her father, who was also an alcoholic, lost his life suddenly in a tragic car accident, leaving Tracy as an infant child to be raised up by the spirit of the Lord. She was abandoned many times by her mother, raised by several family members, and protected by Angels, as she endured severe physical, emotional, and mental abuse from the hand and mouth of her grandmother. to read more CLICK HERE!
At Your Service,
Mrs. Tracy L. Foreman
Royalty Spa Collection, CEO
www.royaltyspacollection.webs.com
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| Join Me for Ladies Not Out Superbowl Party |  Sisters-N-Charge is hosting it's 6th annual "Ladies Night Out" Super Bowl Party. This is an alternative for boredom at home on Super Bowl Sunday or just to get out and have some fun!! Local vendors will be on site with cosmetics, jewelery, massage therapy, lingerie and more. This is a night of networking, fun and friendship. There will also be hustle dance lessons, party games, prizes, food, a cash bar, and live male entertainment (so bring your singles for tipping). University Quality Inn 3121 E. Grand River Ave. Lansing, MI 48906
When:
February 07, 2010 5-10 p.m. TICKETS:
$25.00 Tickets available at: Shanora's 829 W. Saginaw Rhonda's Reflections 6070 S. MLK Avis & Ebony 609 E. Jolly Deedre Williams and Wanda Williams Sisters-N-Charge ladiesnightout@comcast.net 517-488-1222 or 517-719-8420 |
| Sandra Sedgwick |  Her writing career actually began back in elementary school when she would write short stories and share them with her best friend at that time, Debbie Ott. When Debbie suddenly passed away, Sandra's passion for writing also left momentarily.
In High School, Sandra began writing love poems for her friends to help solidify the success of their quest to capture the hearts of the ones they loved. Her success rate was 100% and eventually helped lead a couple down the aisle and across the broom to the land of Holy Matrimony.
When Sandra married in 1975, her desire to write poetry surfaced again. When she was invited to attend a meeting with the publishers of Vanity Press who gave very good reviews to a manuscript she had submitted to them for consideration. Her husband at that time remarked, "If I wanted a wife with a career, I would have married one." Reluctantly her pen an pad were quietly folded and put away once again. The marriage proved to be both physical and verbally abusive and ended with Sandra taking their 4 sons and returning back to their long time home in Virginia.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE!
CHECK HER ON REVERBNATION! She's currently number 100 on there R&B Chart. Please check her out and become a fan. Click on her music link and let her music play all the way through so that she can continue to climb the charts!
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| February is Black History Month | | Did You Know... Black History Month originated in 1926 by Carter Godwin Woodson as Negro History Week. The month of February was chosen in honor of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, who were both born in that month.
Muhammad Ali (1942 - )the self-proclaimed "greatest [boxer] of all time" was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Jesse Ernest Wilkins Jr. (1923 - ), a physicist, mathematician and an engineer, earned a PhD. in mathematics at age 19 from the University of Chicago in 1942.
Lewis Howard Latimer (1848 - 1928) drafted patent drawings for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, while working at a patent law firm. He also patented an improved way to produce carbon filaments for light bulbs.
The banjo originated in Africa and up until the 1800s was considered an instrument only played by blacks.
Jesse Jackson (1941 - ) successfully negotiated the release of Lieutenant Robert O. Goodman, Jr., an African-American pilot who had been shot down over Syria and taken hostage in 1983.
Jack Johnson (1878 - 1946), the first African-American heavyweight champion, patented a wrench in 1922.
Lewis and Clark were accompanied by York, a black slave, when they made their 1804 expedition from Missouri to Oregon. York's presence aided in their interactions with the Native Americans they encountered.
Isaac Murphy (1861 - 1896), a great thoroughbred jockey, was the first to win three Derbies and the only jockey to win the Kentucky Derby, the Kentucky Oaks, and the Clark Handicap within the same year.
Buffalo Soldiers is the name given to the all-black regiments of the U.S. Army started in 1866. More than 20 Buffalo Soldiers received the highest Medal of Honor for their service -the highest number of any U.S. military unit. The oldest living Buffalo Soldier, Mark Matthews, died at the age of 111 in 2005.
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| Happy Valentine's Day... | We All Know This Is The Season Of Love Right... 
Or is it?
The truth is...
For a lot of couples, even though there might be a special dinner, flowers, or a night out together to celebrate (or not)--there's still an underlying tension or distance that seems to always be there. The fights, arguments and disagreements just seem to erupt out of nowhere and neither person knows how to stop the pattern.
If you (or someone you know) would like to cut your fights in half (or even more), here are some tips you're going to love... This way, there's more love no matter what time of the year it is...
Idea #1 Make a Non-Argue Pact
Even though this may sound like a simple "duh" idea, it's actually not that common for couples to do. It takes both people recognizing what they say and do when they get triggered by the other person and recognizing how they each pull away from each other. It takes consciously deciding not to react from old patterns but rather to breathe and make other choices. Making a pact not to argue doesn't mean sucking in your hurts and putting on a smiling face when you
don't feel like it. It means being "real" with yourself and with your partner about how you feel without blaming the other.
Idea #2 Use "Magic Words" When You Talk to Each Other
It's a fact... When it comes to your relationships and getting the love you want...All words are NOT created equal. Some words cause fights and arguments and others don't. Think about this for a second... One of the ways that many people keep a fight or disagreement going is by blaming and accusing. If you think your partner is spending too much time away from home, the tendency might be to accuse him or her of ignoring you and the relationship. Use this phrase instead to open the conversation rather than close it..."I'd love to spend more time with you. How can we make that work?"
Idea #3 Be a Good-Finder rather than a Wrong-Finder
To a great degree, the success of your relationship relies on what you both focus on. Do you focus on what you want and enjoy in the other person or do you focus on what irritates you? It is pretty "normal" to get caught up in only seeing what irritates you in your partner. It just seems that as hard as you TRY to not focus on that irritating habit, it just gets bigger. Believe it or not, many fights and disagreements are born from these petty irritations.
Just try this for one day...
When your irritation comes up, change it in your mind to something you like, love and appreciate about your partner. Keep focusing all day on that aspect of him or her and watch what happens.
Idea #4 Appreciate Your Partner
Many fights, arguments and ill-feelings begin and are kept going because one or both people don't feel appreciated in the relationship-and they don't know how to get the appreciation they need--so they do the second best thing...
They pick fights and start arguments to get some attention. If you feel like you aren't appreciated, your tendency may probably be to withhold appreciating your partner; who wants to appreciate someone else if they don't feel appreciated themselves. In order to break the cycle, just try some sincere appreciation anyway. And this appreciation should go further than "thank you," although that's nice to hear too. It might be a loving thought that flits through your mind but you never say because you either assume that he or she knows or you don't say it because you don't feel appreciated yourself.
Idea #5 Honor Your Partner, even when he or she isn't present
Be very careful how you talk about your partner when he or she isn't in the room (or even if he or she is). If you have a tendency to complain about your partner to others, stop and consider what this does. It keeps you focused on what irritates and annoys you--not on what you want. And believe it or not, it keep arguments going-- he age-old "I'm right and you're wrong" argument. We know that sometimes it's helpful to talk to a friend to get some clarity about a situation but be very careful how you do it; talk to each other first before we say anything about a situation to someoneelse. This is honoring at its highest and builds trust. |
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