Email forwards just get better and better!

So this one gets me thinking about urban-black-ghetto-”special”-creative-ethnic-cultural names. Now let me first state, that I do not believe that a person should be discriminated against or judged based on their name. I believe parents can name their kids whatever they’d like but me – myself , I like to keep things SIMPLE!! (in case you haven’t gotten that point on this blog yet)

But in the spirit of uniqueness and in this instance not-so uniqueness (i think I made that word up) here’s today’s best e-mail forward!

Okay - I can’t EVEN type fast enought right now!   I knew I liked the Obamas early on in the campaign. I was rockin’ my Obama shirt from Philly in February and people thought I was a little touched! By may, I had another lovely shirt with a Andy Warhol Design – check me & my hubby out!

I saw a multi-age, multi-race group of Barack supporters come out by the thousands in my own home town of Indianapolis, Indiana.  I gave my very FIRST donation EVER to a political campaign!!! 

Then this week, I have been totally enamoured by the grace of our soon-to-be-first family.  From the grace of Michelle’s speech to the fight Barack won for American and African American across the country last night, I was proud to black in America.  But even though those events brought me to tears, I have to say that I am most excited about the article that I read this morning about our soon-to-be first lady Michelle.

Why you ask  – because I love Natural HAIR!!!  Even though it is straight – which has its own downfalls as the natural community knows – I am still too excited that at least she is doing what is healthier for her person – non-chemical hair! What? You don’t think hers is natural – this story says otherwise -so check it out!!!

Silky mane draws raves and questions

By Elizabeth Wellington
Fashion Columnist
 
From the moment Michelle Obama took the podium Monday night at the Pepsi Center in Denver, her tresses brushing her shoulders in a soft flip with silky edges, black women across the country wanted to know: Who did her hair?
 
Was she fresh from the chair? What kind of relaxer does she use? Did Oprah lend her Andre?
 
Sure, she moved us with her patriotic speech. And we teared when she recounted her first child’s ride home from the hospital, with a nervous Barack driving.
 
But we couldn’t help but notice the hair – in all its perfection.
 
So here you have it. The big news is that Michelle is a no-lye lady.
It may not seem like a big deal, but black women for centuries have been trying to get that hair nirvana – without chemicals.
 
After the much-talked- about purple Maria Pinto sheath Obama wore when Barack clinched and the White House/Black Market sundress that sold out in hours after her appearance on The View, we have more reason to pay attention to our potential first lady’s style choices.
 
Her heavenly mane is blown out by Johnny Wright, a California-based stylist at Frédéric Fekkai on Melrose Place.
 
Wright, a consultant for Soft Sheen Carson, works his magic on Anita Baker, Vivica A. Fox and Vanessa Williams. He met Obama after he styled her hair for the cover of Ebony magazine.
 
The news first broke that Wright was Obama’s stylist on BellaSugar.com in late July. New York magazine picked up the story as well, insinuating Obama was snooty for requesting her stylist travel with her to the convention. (Isn’t that the right of a potential first lady?)
 
While Fekkai has been reluctant recently to talk about Obama’s hair, citing privacy issues, company spokeswoman Denise Davila did say that her hair was blown out by Wright and that he did not use chemicals in her hair. And yesterday morning, the Today show did a segment touting Frédéric Fekkai products.
 
The bigger question is: How is this mane magic possible? Can black women have such a silky look without chemicals at all?
 
“It is totally possible to have hair that straight without having a relaxer,” explained Brandy Davila (no relation to Denise), hairstylist and color specialist at Bubbles Salon on Walnut Street. Davila styles the 10! Show’s Lori Wilson, an African American anchorwoman with a sleek style similar to Obama’s.
 
“The key is in the products and the tools that are being used,” Davila said.
Davila said that in the last five years, more black women who wear their hair straight are moving away from relaxers because they desire more movement. Women with color-treated hair also are moving away from chemical straighteners because of breakage issues.
 
To get the look, Davila said, she shampoos and conditions hair, then applies a dime-size amount of Phytodefrisant and Phytolisse cocktail. These two products, she said, protect the hair from the heat of the blow dryer and help with shine.
 
After that, Davila said, the hair is blown out under low heat with a paddle brush. To get the maximum body, straightness and curl, Davila uses a flat iron, which gets as hot as 400 degrees. Right now the most popular flat irons in the black haircare market are Chi and Fhi irons.
 
“These irons let you control the heat,” Davila said.
 
Davila said the style could last from three to six days, depending on the humidity.
A blow-out at her salon ranges from $45 to $65.

Nicole

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I was!!
MICHELLE OBAMA – my girl! Is that an appropriate reference to the first lady? Who knows? Who even cares? I was thrilled to watch a glimpse of history tonight at the Democratic Convention! Real black people setting the stage to make change for all of american people. I just can’t get over it.

I was slightly annoyed that I had to nearly physically make my 10 -year-old (almost 11) daughter turn from WWF to the video, intro and subsequent speech by Michelle Obama, but it was well worth the challenge.

This is a pivitol moment in history – I can’t even begin to say enough about it and what it means for our country, black families, black men, black women, middle class families, working class families, and so on and so on - so I won’t. I’ll just keep it simple and say it’s amazing! Maybe once I come down off this high, I’ll be able to intelligently articulate a newsworthy piece – I’ll save it for www.thecharlymag.wordpress.com!

Good night – and register NOW if you haven’t already!!