Archive for the ‘Health & Wellness’ Category

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Crank It Up – Inside Out!

While we are here to offer you the finest and highest quality hair product , with a smile – thank you so much for your loyalty  – we are also looking out for your entire well being. Hence today we would like to talk more about Healthy Eating. …Instinctively enough Healthy Eating relates right back [...]

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Why Not, EAT PRETTY?!?!

It is never too early, nor is it too to begin to incorporate healthy practices into our daily lives. Especially when these healthy practices leads to a more beautiful you!….Yep, you read that right! There is data and experience to support that there are foods that we can eat to cause us to become the [...]

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Dilemma?…. Hair Or Fitness? Why Not, Both!

As the New Year approaches we often find ourselves making a lists of objectives to be accomplished. One thing that tends to pop-up on that list is our health, wellness and fitness plans. Surprisingly enough, it has been reported that a respectable percentage of women today have chosen to forego exercise for the sake of [...]

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Be Prepared…Be Safe!

The Federal Emergency Management Agency offers tips on how to prepare for Hurricane Sandy and other tropical storms. Sandy is expected to be especially disastrous when it merges with a winter storm system, bringing powerful winds, rain, snow and storm surge along the Eastern Seaboard. Before the hurricane: — Know your surroundings and whether your [...]

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Beauty Sleep is For Real!…..

Everyone has heard, from their Grandmother to their Teacher to even their Mom say; “Get your beauty sleep!”, but this isn’t just a saying. Beauty Sleep is a true science. From effects on the brain’s memory, astuteness, weight control…there are numerous reports that inform how important sleep and rest are to our health. Still, it [...]

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Treating Your “Weekend-Fun” Hair….

Finally!…The weekend is here! HooRay!! ….For some of you that means a good book, a movie or just pure rest. However for others you have extensive and active plans, from running errands to getting your “groove” on…perhaps the Wobble? Well if you are one of those party-goers maintaining your hair extensions from one casual activity [...]

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Come Join ONYC Team For The American Cancer Society Walk This Month…

What?: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer When?: Saturday, October 20th, at 10am Where?: Sylvan Theatre on the National Mall in Washington, DC As women who take care of ourselves and our appearance, one of the most important things we can give attention to is Our Health. Join The ONYC® International Team Today! Registering is as [...]

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The Realization, the Transition and the Love

We couldn’t help but notice that more and more Black women are unashamedly embracing the natural hair look. Even celebrities, such as Solange Knowles, are proudly displaying their God given coif. Therefore what are the processes of this transition? Well, there are a number of them. In the past, to go from Relaxed to Natural [...]

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Donate & Shop at the Same “Breast Cancer Fighting” Time!

Starting this Saturday, Sept 1st, for two weeks, $5 of every purchase will be donated towards the fight against breast cancer. We believe that you can help us reach our goal and even double it. We will subtract $5 dollars of every order and add it to our $2,000 goal for our Pink Boa 5K [...]

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For many black women, working out or having nice hair is a dilemma.

This is why you should wear a closure….. To exercise, or to have great-looking hair. For many black women, that is the question. Sweat and water are the enemies of many a costly, painstakingly achieved black hairstyle. And that has doctors, fitness instructors and even the U.S. surgeon general worried it might be keeping many [...]

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