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Thank you Shahla! :)
I like her attitude towards her hair, her routine seems very simple and easy. No complicated steps or weird products.

For those who don't want to click the link:
here's why i'm loathe to do a real blog re hair, or how to stay looking whatever...
i have no clue. no really... not a clue. besides decent dna. (shaky on the teeth dentin thing though)

yup.. it's that simple and unenlightening. i don't drink nearly enough water... i washed my face with ivory soap for most of my life...never had a facial... i don't always eat right.. (that's another blog)
i've played around w/ expensive cleansers etc only to find, anything simple, like phisoderm even keeps my skin looking fine.
after my dad passed,(while working on H&H) i went on a junk food tear, (he always called me fat, so y'know i ate the death feelings down) was totally over weight, and did get cystic acne. I cut out the crap, lost weight, embeded zits went away. surfacey teenage white heads still come and go.
the trade off to youngish skin i find is, i sweat like a crazy person, for no reason. could be hiking, or just nervous and i'm um, glowing. maybe that helps flush out toxins... i dunno... my mother looks exceptionally young... tho I inherited her early graying of the hair.

which brings us to hair.. I'm no guru! just a chick who happens to have some naturally curly hair. it's not relaxed. or permed, just wash and go, but since i dye the heck out of my hair, ( mainly because my dark natural color looks dense & blocky on camera, & to cover grey streak i inherited at 16.)
makes my hair fragile like a newborn kitten, like, it could split ends if you stare too hard.

when you see publicity or movie stills... the makeup and hair is done by professionals, cause i'm an actress and stuff....the candid pictures posted are much more true to life... i don't walk around w/ perfect curls, lit properly... i bloody wish. and in the NOH8 picture where my shoulder length hair is 3 ft long... um, hi, clip in fun hair. i don't wear for life, but i like creating illusions, it's my job. i knew fun hair would make a more striking pic for a great cause. them i unclipped it, back to the same old bob i've had since 20!

what works for my fine curls, may not work for you. my hair changed textures when i moved from humid NYC to dry CA, had to adapt...my fine hair liked humidity, where as if yours is thick, different boat.

if i want that shirley temple look that i'm too old for, but old people love on me.. i twirl curls round my finger in natural direction while damp and there you have it.

i do recommend and am paid by none-
1. olive oil... i keep some in the shower, once a week-ish leave it in for a few hours or hair, shampoo out. not a bad body moisturizer either.
2. if you're in the money- i LOVE Kerastase. too f'ing expensive though, be warned.
3. Aubrey-organics GPB conditioner. i've use it forever, their web-site is full of comments from curly hair women singing praises. i find some of products too heavy.. gpb stands for glycogen protein balancer- in english, help moisturize when needed, fills in protein when needed. google them. oddly enough, they don't target black or jewish curl girls.. you can find in heath food stores. i love their primrose tanglo gro for a spray during the day. oddly the spray for curly hair they have jus made my curls greasy & limp.
4. pure shea butter... once again i have to wash out, some of your hair make absorb it.
5.finesse made my scalp burn and hair fall out. allergic reaction, sure. but it sucked!
6. mixed chick hair products are pretty good too.
7. a good leave in conditioner, i even leave gpb in... and a good gel helps define!
8. sometimes i wet hair in showers or just in the sink with hands, run conditioner thru it, and leave in, but shampoo rarely as it's sooooo dry here.

most important remember, curls are delicate, all are different. accepting what you have and working with it is the best advice. many occasion my hair feels like brillo fyi... which usually in LA means more moisture... x true
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Thanks FlowerHair for us lazy dazies...she sounds like me, I color because I began graying at 19. I really like her...she seems very down to earth. Thanks OP for sharing!
 
She looks just as young if not younger than, Stacey Dash. She does not get as much air time as the latter because she is not on some magazine with her a** hanging out. Oh Hollyweird, the people you choose to love dont always deserve it.
 
Thanks for posting this, OP, and thank you, Flower Hair, for providing the info for people like me who are too lazy to click on it.

I wash my face w/ Ivory soap too! I've done this for years & never had a problem with it messing up my skin. The only other "facial" like thing I do is apply honey to my face after I rinse off the Ivory.

Plus, she's an AO GPB stan...I love it!
 
She's gorgeous. I can't believe she was THIS YOUNG! wow! I would've never guessed. I like how she keeps her hair regimen simple too.
 
I knew she was around my age. She's so lovely. She reminds me of my friend who is almost 50! She also looks great!
 
I was just on her blog yesterday. She has always been one my hair inspirations. And I still miss Half & Half...
 
Thanks for posting this OP! I've always thought Rachel was beautiful, but it's nice to know that she's so down to earth for real!
 
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