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Well I guess I was tardy for the party!!!  Seems I’ve missed out on a really interesting show based out of Canada called “Da Kink In My Hair.”  I’ve had it on my desktop for some time now to take a look at, thinking that it was still on the air, but unfortunately I’ve recently discovered (see below) that it was canceled LAST YEAR!  The show was about a stylist named “Letty” and the goings on in her Toronto based salon.

Here’s an excerpt from Showcase.ca:

Novelette Campbell (Ordena Stephens-Thompson), the smart and vivacious owner of Letty’s, has all the answers for her clients’ dilemmas but can’t always figure out how to tame the tangles in her own life.

Joined by her zany sister, Joy (trey anthony), her Jamaican born fourteenyear old son, Dre (Conroy Stewart) and her quirky family of stylists, including the wide-eyed new girl, Starr (Ngozi Paul) and the wicked-tongued bad boy, Nigel (Richard Fagon), the only thing Letty’s lacks is a little peace and quiet.

Well whether or not it’s canceled, we here at MBHS do not care, we love the fact that its about black hair!  So we’ve included a couple of videos that we’ve found so you can get to know them too.  Who knows, maybe Global TV or some other channel will have a change of heart and put it back on!

Excerpt from TVGUIDE.ca

Where can I see the third season of Da Kink in my Hair? I can only seem to get repeats of the first and second season. I love this show. – Daniela

Amber: I hate to set a negative introductory tone to week’s column, but Daniela, Da Kink is gone. Canwest opted not to pick up a third season of the series, despite the groundbreaking portrayal of African American women it encompassed. It’s unfortunate, because I feel (and this is my personal opinion here) that if Kink had a bigger budget and stronger promotion, it could have amassed a larger following and perhaps even migrated south.

By Stacey G.
MBHS Editor

The following promotional giveaway is from OOKISA.com.  MBHS is not affiliated with this site or it’s products and cannot verify it’s claims.  Please use at  your own discretion.

From their website:

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American men and women are finally enjoying the confidence of hair that is full, healthy and resistant to thinning or loss. The system of topical and oral formulas known as OOKISA™ has become the first name in hair enhancement and protection. But this revolutionary breakthrough didn’t happen overnight …

No-lye relaxers are gentler on the hair than lye relaxers, which contain sodium hydroxide as the active ingredient.  With no-lye relaxers, calcium hydroxide and guanidine carbonate are mixed together to produce guanidine hydroxide.  The hydroxide is what makes the relaxer reactive.  Relaxers work because they break the bonds that actually give strength to the hair.  Therefore, relaxed hair is, by definition, weaker than natural hair and also has less sebum (an oily substance secreted by the sebaceous glands – its purpose is to protect hair from drying out).  Which is why it is of utmost importance to give relaxed hair the best care possible and opt for relaxing systems that focus on superior anti-breakage treatments.

Shea Butter provides moisture to dry or damaged hair from the roots to the very tips, helping to repair and protect against the heat from the most damaging thermal styling tools, including irons and dryers.  It also provides protection from the harsh effects of the environment.  It also absorbs quickly and completely into the scalp to rehydrate without clogging pores.  Particularly beneficial for processed and heat-treated hair, it’s an excellent treatment for dry scalp and also restores luster to damaged hair.  Cantu hair products penetrate deep into the hair shaft and scalp to prevent breakage and smooth the texture and appearance of dry, coarse or chemically processed hair.

Thierry Baptiste is an Indianapolis, Indiana native who has been in the hair industry for over 10 years.  Whenever any urban fashion houses such as Sean John, Karl Kani, or Phat Farm come through Indy, his services are sought out to create fresh innovative hairstyles with an ethnic flair.

Thierry began his hair career as a stylist that specialized in relaxing African American hair and specialized in extensions, and throughout the years and with extensive researched; he has evolved into a Loctician, who doesn’t’ use any extensions or chemicals to straighten hair.  Thierry believes that with the concept that locs are just larger strands of hair, he can create any hairstyle with locs that you can with straight hair textures.  “I think that stylists are scared of locs, because you can’t put heat on them, but people were waring wonderful hairstyles long before the curling irons came out, and I’m using those stying techniquest ot achieve the same looks on today’s modern natural African americans.”  he says.  Fundamentally taking everything back to our roots.

Thierry’s secret to success is that he is never complacent to what’s going on in the industry and is constantly creating new standards for our hair in locs.  His current vice is hair color and his applications are sure to be the foundation of color techniques for natural hair in the future.

Thierry Baptiste
Loc Specialist
Indianopolis, IN
website: www.thierrybaptiste.com

Today’s featured salon, Salon Infinity is located in Marietta, GA.  This beautiful salon is owned and operated by Trina Pierre.  Trina, who is the salon’s master stylist, has over 25 years of experience and was selected as one of Bronner Brothers newest NuExpressions Professional Hair Care System Educators.  She is also a graduate of MJ Murphy Beauty School in Michigan.  The salon heavily promotes their trademark service, “Promoting Healthier Hair” to all their clients.  Their salon services are moderately priced ranging from: $10.00 for a partial relaxer to $175+ for a full weave.

Salon Infinity is open on Tuesday and Friday from 10:00 AM-6:00 PM and on Saturday from  7:00 AM-4:00 PM.

If you would like to visit their website please click here:  Salon Infinity

Salon Address: 2325 Powder Springs Rd.,  Marietta, GA 30064  USA

Telephone:  (770) 794-6600

Below are some pictures of the salon and their work.

Percy & Reed’s Breakfast Club is for those days when you really want to start the day off right with a luxurious salon blow dry and a tasty hot breakfast served up together in one convenient, time saving, and utterly pampering package.

A Youtube user – MzTeaCake posted a video sharing her “happy accident” with other Youtubers online.  She said “I was frustrated and decided to mix my OWN moisturizer and it happened to work perfectly. This is a leave-in, moisturize and go. I’ve used it ever since…”

Tami Dimmerman, a mother of 2 developed a new product for children called Le Baby hair gel.  The product helps you style your baby’s hair.  It contains no sulfates, parabens, and is hypoallergenic.

Based on Long Street at no. 210, in Cape Town, South Africa, Afro Hair Design caters to a range of people from locals to tourists. This bustling hair salon was founded in 2005 by Sam Chettie.  As each year passed, Afro Hair design has evolved into a modern, creative salon. Afro Hair Design believes that it’s customer care, excellence and vision form the cornerstone of their salon.