Food & Hair Connection: Soy

Recently, my boyfriend and I checked out a new type of restaurant. Vegetarian/Vegan Soul Food, at Red Bamboo in New York City. Sounds a bit like an oxymoron right? But the food was actually pretty good. We ordered the fried "shrimp", barbeque hot "wings" to start us off. The fried shrimp was fantastic and the bbq wings where okay, I wouldn't order them again but they weren't terrible.

For my main course I ordered the BBQ "ribs" and my boyfriend had the Curry "chicken", I prefered his course over mine but both were pretty tasty. All the meat is made from soy and then I received an email about incorporating soy into your diet as a part of an overall healthy and well-balanced lifestyle. It makes perfect sense, especially since soy is the 'perfect protein' according to my bottle of Silk Soy milk perched front and center in my fridge.

Here is an excerpt from the email: "The little soybean packs a lot of power—it aids in eliminating free radicals, helps to build strong bones, and contains antioxidants and proteins."

How does this relate to hair care? Products packed with soy are popping up all over the place.  Keep Reading to find out more!

Design Essentials Winners

Thanks so much to everyone who entered the contest!

The winners are Ashley & Cheryl! Ladies check your email & CONGRATS!

Everyone else ... don't worry there will be more contests!

Valentine's Day Hair: Super Sleek

Super sleek straight hair is always going to be a sexy look, think Beyonce's hair lace front wig at the Grammy's .  Don't let the curls fool you, there is something extremely sexy about straight hair.  With super straight hair it's all about the movement, the shine, and the swang!  Pureology can help you get that look with the Super Smooth Collection of products. 

Here's how you can create the perfect Sleek Sexy Straight date night hair:
1. Prep hair with SuperSmooth Shampoo and SuperSmooth Relaxing Hair Masque.
2. Begin styling by applying a liberal amount of SuperSmooth Smoothing Elixir to wet hair, blow-dry with a large round brush.
3. Spray each section with Glossing Mist before flat ironing small sections throughout entire head until complete. When ironing the hair, use a slight bend or stretched C shape to each section to get a believable smooth finish with movement
4. Spray completed look with Glossing Mist for a brilliant touchable finish.

Beauty Break: Essie Spring 2010

When I first took a peek at the Essie 2010 Spring Nail polish collection, I knew I had to have one of each color ... STAT! The colors are so flirty, playful, fun, and undeniably spring it was love at first sight.

Inspiration:
Spring ushers in a warm, high-spirited bouquet of pretty shades and sultry silhouettes. At the Spring 2010
shows, designers expressed a super-sexy return to elegance with a pop art palette of colors. Body-clinging
pieces with flurries of tulle, silk and organza flowed alongside crepe skirts, linen kimonos and shantung
gowns in never-ending shades of lilac, rose and cerise.

If I could only have one shade from the collection of 6 it would have to be Tart Deco a dreamy creamy coral color that is guaranteed to pop on us brown beauties!

Beauty Break: Miss Oops Pucker Protector

MUAH!  Who doesn't love a kiss every now and then, right?  Unless you're lips are chapped and dry, but if they are I have a simple solution for you.  Miss Oops Pucker Protector has been in my purse and pocket for weeks now and I can't seem to put it down.  Pucker Protector is a cross between a gloss and a balm, it moisturizes and protects from the sun but it also provides a clear glossy look and minty scent. 

Available at Miss Oops for $14.00