Attention ladies (and fellas) of BBW!!
 I just alerted Chris that I will be officially releasing my new book “If You Love It, It Will Grow! A Guide To Growing Long Afro-textured Hair” on February 6!! The book is currently available for pre-order on Amazon and in response to the growing number of customers who have expressed interest in purchasing both my paperback and ebook, I have decided to price the Kindle/Nook versions at only $5.99. I am dropping serious hair and health knowledge in this book, so be sure to grab your copy when it releases! The paperback ($16.95) and ebook is set to release Feb. 6. This ebook price is available to ALL CUSTOMERS for a LIMITED TIME!
You can check out DrPhoenyx.com and Facebook page for continuous updates on the book release!
That’s all folks, and I will see you guys on Thursday with a new post on how to Look Good, Feel Good, and Live Good!
This post was written by Dr. Phoenyx Austin. Dr. Phoenyx is a physician, author and media personality. She writes on natural hair, women’s topics and well-being. Be sure to pre-order her fabulous new book If You Love It, It Will Grow! A Guide To Growing Long Afro-Textured Hair. If you have any questions/comments you can find Dr. Phoenyx on her blog, Facebook and Twitter.
"if you love it, it will grow"
this is so true. haha although i know to someone who is not black they won't understand it and it probably sounds funny but i think the real probably too many of us are walking around with shreds of hair on life support is a hate issue. i told this story on my blog (that i will not be posting anymore links too--last time it drew some unsavory "visitors") that i used to have relaxers and of course the hair wouldn't grow past my shoulders. it actually took a very bad relaxer experience to get me to stop getting them. think: globs of hair falling out in the salon chair and tears. well it was a good thing because now my hair is long,thick and healthy. if i had known how healthy my natural hair could be, and how beautiful the little springy kinky-curls look grown out, i would have done this a LONG time ago.
the secret to growing it is actually preventing breakage. but no one listens to this advice, everyone wants the miracle pill or vitamin or shampoo, although its none of those things. I done a lot of low manipulation styles and they all work BUT detangling is another huge secret. many women just rip through the hair and call that "detangling" lol more like "mangling" . you have to do everything in sections and take your time. i repeat, take your time. african hair types are usually thick so there will be alot of hair so you must schedule your hair regimen so that you can take your time and do it properly. there is no way you are going to grow it long if you: relax it, detangle it improperly, and pull/tug/burn it too often.
edit: i know some people are able to have healthy relaxed hair but i just don't see it often enough for me to be able to recommend relaxers. i wouldn't recommend a relaxer to my worst enemy now that i realize what it did to my hair, it made my hair dry, stiff, thin, brittle, short, jagged and overall unsightly. yuck i would never go back to that. also my straightened natural hair is much silkier than when my relaxed hair was straightened. but now that its long i like to just use a blow drier and get that kinky straight look because i get way more compliments when its like that.
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