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Today’s Black Hairstyles have increased in beautiful design and diversity thanks to new formulations in black hair products allowing hair to maintain strength, reduce breakage and maintain moisture.
Long, short, and wavy hairstyles have pushed their way to “center stage” with increased functionality and beauty. Hair extensions, coloring, straightening are now made increasingly possible with advanced designs and proper hair care.
What’s new in Black & African American Hairstyles
Women’s hairstyles have become more diverse with longer, wavier cuts becoming most popular in 2008. Thanks to Beyonce and numerous celebrities, smooth, silky and wavy designs are the look. For those of you with shorter hair, don’t despair. The same techniques used for long hair apply equally to short hair as well.
Smoothing and straightening with African American hair products has become less damaging thanks to products containing Jojoba Oil. Mineral oil, used for years to clean and moisturize, is damaging to hair follicles. Jojoba oil has made intense styling more safe without as much risk of breakage or hair fall. Straightening, relaxing, perming and highlighting allow for some beautiful designs and the risk of harmful over-styling is becoming reduced.
For men, the short and tight look of the past few years is subsiding. Short, but more natural styles are coming on the scene with lengths from 1/2 inch to two inches most popular. Moisturizing conditioners, styling aids and periodic use of clarifying shampoos has allowed hair styles to maintain their luster and shine without depleting moisture.
Braids and dreadlocks continue to be the style for longer hair, but fast hair growth or extensions (or growing your hair a very long time) are necessary.
Keys to maintaining healthy Black Hair
Black and African American hair is dense and its molecular cell structure is compact. This leads to dryness. Sebaceous glands at the hair root emit sebum (oil) which is inhibited not only by the thickness of the scalp follicles, but by the often kinky or tightly wound nature of black hair.
Oils are unable to coat the follicle as efficiently therefore dryness, breaking and product build-up are common. Infusing moisture is the key to maintain healthy hair enabling advanced hairstyles.
Moisture can come from within – drinking plenty of fluids, maintaining a healthy diet of raw vegetables and fruits, avoiding moisture depleting styling, or hydration can be topically applied externally with rinse-out and leave-in conditioners and moisture shampoos.
Advances in Black Hair Products
In the past several years, two ingredients have emerged from manufacturers that have helped dramatically improve black hair products. One, LusterPlex, an active ingredient in many hair products, has been shown to greatly enhance the shine, sheen, silkiness and manageability of black hair care. Used primarily in shampoos and conditioners, it was originally formulated to add shine to long, smooth hair.
As often is the case with many products or ingredients, it found uses far more diverse. In studies it has been shown to improve tensile strength, strengthening weak or breaking hair, and greatly increasing shine, while softening – allowing for a new range of hair designs.
Two, Jojoba Oil has now taken its rightful place as a replacement for mineral oil. Often used to aid in styling, cleansing or to add hydration, mineral oil leads to damaged follicles and thinning. Jojoba oil naturally deep cleans and hydrates and leaves hair stronger while effectively removing dirt and product build-up that often lead to flakes and flaking.
Though used as an active ingredient in many hair products to increase cleansing, it is often combined with other “actives” such as Panthenol or Trichogen to soothe the scalp or increase hair growth.
Black hairstyles are beautiful and luxurious – and maintaining proper health and strength has enabled straightening, relaxing and perming to accelerate beautiful styles without damage and breaking.
Whether you’re looking for smooth, straight and highlighted designs, or prefer short and natural, today’s black hairstyles now provide beautiful, celebrity-like selection with black hair care and advanced active ingredients.
Honda has recently introduced the all-new Honda Accord in the Indian car market with a powerful 3.5-litre V6 engine. The launch of the car is aimed at achieving leadership in the premium luxury car segment and drive car enthusiasts with a powerful sensation.In the new Accord Honda has defined a perfect combination of beautiful styling and engineering excellence. The creative designers and skilled engineers from Honda have designed the Honda Accord 3.5 to suit the new needs and aspiration of the Indian car buyers.Striking DesignThe new Accord is aerodynamically designed with seamless profile and striking lines that marks a unique presence on road. Flared fenders, sleek headlights, new front grille, twin exhausts, and stylish alloy wheels add to the exterior beauty of the car. Furthermore, the chrome detailing on the exterior makes the car even more imposing.The interior of the new car is packed with elegant and versatile features. Some of the key features that make the car cabin refined and beautiful are advanced audio system, tilt and telescopic steering wheel, rear AC vents, 8-way electrically adjustable driver seat, leather wrapped steering wheel, leather wrapped gear box, illuminated vanity mirror, rear foldable seat, noise and vibration reduction carpet, and a reading lamp. The advanced car audio system is elegantly fitted with easy-to-use audio multi-selector dial and rear audio controls. Powerful EngineThe new Accord is available in two variants: Accord V6 3.5 and Accord V6 3.5 Inspire. Both the variants share the same 3.5-litre i-VTEC engine and differ only in terms of few exterior adornments like bumper, rear spoiler, and the grille. The powerful engine generates an awesome power of 271 bhp and is mated to a 5-speed automatic transmission with paddle shift that ensures a hassle-free driving on city roads.Driving PerformanceThe 3.5-litre i-VTEC engine in the new car is paired to a new technology known as Variable Cylinder Management (VCM) system. This technology ensures flexibility of the cylinder and helps to improve performance and boost fuel efficiency. The new Accord also comes equipped with the variable gear ratio steering that enables the driver to enjoy superb maneuverability with a smaller turning radius. Furthermore, a new Active Control Engine Mounts (ACM) and Active Noise Control (ANC) systems have also been introduced in the new car to offer a smoother and quieter ride quality. Double wishbone front axle and a new multiâlink rear double wishbone suspension also add to the performance of the car and also improve stability and handling.SafetyThe new Honda Accord 3.5 is packed with a host of advanced safety features. Some of the standard safety features in the car includes front active head rest, 3 point rear center seat belt, security car alarm system, immobilizer, and anti lock brakes with electronic brake force distribution. It is also equipped with an innovative safety feature known as the Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) that ensures optimized brake force to individual wheels in case of any kind of discrepancy in steering conditions. It is equipped with all the features that ensure a safe and comfortable ride on all journeys.
The L’Amour collection from Nokia brings a new style and beauty in your lifestyle. Inspired by the ethnic and cultural influences, the handset design gives a touch of the unique craft techniques. From the L’Amour collection, the Nokia 7373 comes in a sporty swivel design and brings an array of features including 2.0 mega-pixel camera, advanced messaging, digital music player, Bluetooth, EDGE and lots more. Bring your desires to a new height and style up your day with none other than the Nokia 7373. Nokia 7373 —the glamorous collection from Nokia comes in two different colours which is bronzed black and pink coloured casing together with tempting L’Amour collection motifs. The handset has a dazzling 262,144 colours display—provides a digital interface for viewing all the applications easily.
Capture each of your life’s precious moments with an integrated 2.0 mega-pixel camera that offers 8x digital zoom, dedicated camera button and lots more to ensure excellent quality picture. You can also capture video footage whenever and wherever you want—save and share via MMS.
The handset comes with an integrated stereo music player—liven up your mood with rocking music. Download your preferred music tracks and play on the go. What else, with FM radio, you can enjoy listening songs from your favourite radio station. Your very own handset gives you a chance to express yourself using some advanced messaging features. Express yourself through images, songs and video clips. The Nokia 7373 also supports email in different protocols including SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, and APOP.
The tri-band handset is endowed with latest technologies such as Bluetooth, GPRS, EDGE and HSCSD—connect and share data in no time. You can also browse the Internet on XHTML and HTML multi browser. What’s more, the Nokia 7373 comes with an internal memory of 128MB plus MicroSD memory card for additional space—enjoy downloading music, videos on the go.
For those who truly appreciate beauty, style and rich functionality—the Nokia 7373 could be the best option. Nokia 7373