Natural Beauty

It seems as though every year the food and personal care products we apply to our bodies are getting increasingly more polluted with synthetic chemicals, and because of this we are also seeing cancers skyrocket at an alarming rate.   If you take a look around at your friends and family it seems like everyone has some sort of illness they battle with, and most are a direct result of the products we take-in (internally) or put-on (externally). Many of the compounds found in makeup have been linked to side effects ranging from skin irritation to cancer.   As ladies ditch the cheaper chemically saturated cosmetics, they reach into their wallets to pay a bit extra for something SAFE.  Often we don't think about the chemicals we bath in, or apply to the skin as being dangerous, but absorbing chemicals through the skin can be more toxic than swallowing them because they hit the bloodstream immediately and are carried to vital organs.  With this said, more non organic companies are offering organic lines aside from their regular lines in hopes of cashing in on this growing market.  (Read More.....)

Oprah's long-time make-up artist shares his celebrity beauty secrets for African-American women. Reggie Wells discusses the beauty secrets of some of America's most beautiful and popular African-American celebrities.  Drawing from Wells's extensive client list, it examines the most alluring physical attributes, as well as the beauty flaws and remedies of stars such as Chaka Khan, Diahann Carroll, Oprah Winfrey, Iman, Whitney Houston, and more. (Read More.....)