Saturday, September 29, 2012
The Pursuit of Babeness
Some people think it is just by accident that they have some of the problems that they do. In regards to hair, when you are trying to pursue "babeness" or simply trying to be the best you can be and as fly as you can be, you will encounter problems. Hopefully, this blog entry will help us to surround ourselves with people who feel the same way that we do... that longer healthier hair rocks.
Sometimes, I have to reflect back on when my hair was what I considered to be at my best. A lot of the times, I had popping hair but it was at a cost. Usually, I had to sit somewhere for several hours to get the ultimate hookup. When you start pursuing degrees or you may have extra responsibilities, that is no longer an option.
I felt inspired to write this blog after shelling out $70 for hair. I was a little shocked at the price, but I had already added up the services and it should have been about $15 dollars more. After getting in my car and taking a closer look, I realize why I got a deal. I believe home girl snipped off more of my ends than requested. So now, I will have to go the way that some of my other friends have gone. I will have to have one hair dresser for styling like relaxers, shampooing, etc and one for end maintenance. In this instance, I will just cut my own ends. If I need a new hair style, I will probably have to go somewhere else. Being responsible for clipping someone's ends is a little bit too much power for some folks. Could it be that holding a pair of scissors is like drinking a half bottle of Jack Black? I don't know.
Nevertheless, it was my fault for not watching her like a hawk. Next time, I will have to just say no. I actually have enough experience to clip my ends. It doesn't take a rock scientist to do that. You don't have to spend money going to a hair school to do that. I have friends who do their own relaxer and they will never step foot in a salon again. You really can't blame them since styling hair is too much power for some people. I know folks with gorgeous locks who are now going natural. Is it any wonder that a lot of stylists are losing out and many hair companies are selling even more products because some folks are choosing to do it themselves?
I sort of wish some of these stylist would wake up. Your salon will stop looking like a deserted island if you just give people what they want. I suppose just having the money to go on some trips every now and then and having a nice vehicle and house is enough. Why not strive for being a hair care entrepreneur who is really getting paid? I hope that I won't have to do what other friends have done and just start doing my own hair period. I don't have a problem when it comes to shampooing etc. Keep watching this blog. I will start adding hair companies who are sponsoring me and my book GLORY...THE HAIR. I will also start reviewing products from hair companies. I don't plan to give free shout outs. Why should I? They are getting my money anyway.
Monday, September 3, 2012
The Truth About Hair In America
Hair is an issue that has been on my mind since the mid-90s and I have been wondering what can I do to help women who are constantly trying to help themselves, but still get shafted. The year 2013 will be a pivotal year for America as we will either have four more years of leadership from the first African-American President or there could be someone different with more conservative views. No matter what happens in the White House, we will still wake up with issues concerning hair. I would challenge you who receive the newsletter, and have the hair thing down to share your success stories with me so that I can share them with our readers.
There are exciting things in store for GLORY...THE HAIR in the next year and for competitive copy cat reasons, they will not be revealed in this newsletter until they happen. Just know that after sharing this information, you will feel even more empowered. According to Stylelist, women will spend over $50,000 on their hair during their lifetime. Others say the hair care industry is a $50 billion dollar business. Look at your television, look in magazines, look on billboards and just surf the web. Hair rules. Taking care of your hair is a preoccupation. Coloring, relaxing, shampooing, and styling hair is serious business.
Let us not talk about weaves. I believe that the reason why a lot of African-American women are having problems all of a sudden with hair dressers is greed. Some hairdressers will over process your hair or damage your hair just to make sure that you have a weave or a wig. They make more money with sew-ins. This is something that some Americans don't have to worry with. They can wash and go, and get their hair clipped every 3 months. Don't get me wrong. I could use some extensions. I just don't want any.
I like looking nice, but if I can't really spend a lot of time on my hair I am not going to spend a lot of time on a weave. Everyone from celebrities to authors sport weaves on a regular basis. There is nothing wrong with that. However there is nothing wrong with a person not wanting to have the upkeep of weave or wigs because they don't have time, money, etc. Please hairdressers don't sabotage your sisters because they are cute, in shape, got a man, have a nice job, etc.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
**For Immediate Release**
THE ORIGINAL BEAUTY SHOP BOOK AND
THE BEAUTY SHOP RESTAURANT
TOGETHER AT LAST IN MEMPHIS!
CONTACT: Sandra Hamer
shamer@sandrahamer.comTHE BEAUTY SHOP RESTAURANT
TOGETHER AT LAST IN MEMPHIS!
CONTACT: Sandra Hamer
Memphis, Tennessee….. Author Sandra Hamer teams up with The Beauty Shop Restaurant for a delicious literary event. Hamer will sign copies of her book GLORY…THE HAIR at the restaurant located at 966 South Cooper Street. The event takes place Saturday, February 6, 2010 from 5 to 7 p.m.
Glory…The Hair takes you inside Touch-Up, Shelia Kennedy’s upscale hair salon where some of Memphis’ finest are getting their hair whipped. After Shelia has a slip of the scissors so to speak, the entire city is a buzz about the two. Jennifer once cordial with Shelia is now taking her to court over hair and it has nothing to do with a bad relaxer.
Jennifer has to rely on her faith to keep from “going postal” but she doesn’t stop there. Shelia needs to be taught a lesson. Hairdressers are supposed to be a woman’s best friend. She believes that Shelia intentionally cut her hair just because she’s “j”. Shelia believes that Jennifer has it all wrong, but now it’s being played out in the court of public opinion and in a court of law.
Christian Fiction Author Sandra Hamer is a middle school reading teacher with Memphis City Schools. The first time novelist is also a playwright, poet and budding screenwriter. The former television news reporter/anchor is currently working on a sequel to Glory…The Hair and two non-fiction books. Glory…the Hair is available at www.amazon.com or www.authorhouse.com
Karen Carrier is a restaurateur/artist. She owns The Beauty Shop Restaurant, Do Sushi and Mollie Fontaine Lounge. Memphis has her to thank for opening Automatic Slim’s Restaurant on South Second Street. Carrier is a graduate of the Memphis College of Art. Not only has Carrier launched restaurants in Memphis, but also New York City where she attended the New York Cooking School. Carrier was also inducted into the Society of Entrepreneurs in 2004.
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Friday, October 9, 2009
THE ENEMY IS TRYING TO STEAL POTENTIAL
There is a slow and unfortunately steady move in the world today. While many of us are trying to save our mortgage, find a job and fight other spiritual battles, the enemy is focusing on our children. The devil is trying to steal potential. As a teacher, I often have a bird’s eye view of what goes on in some other households because children often talk. Unfortunately, I see what happens in the media to our children, be it gang related, accident related or family induced. While we are working two or three jobs and leaving the latch key kids at home, the enemy is working against our youth.
I often say that we owe our children more than a place to sleep, food to eat and clothes to wear. We owe them ministry. Ministry and a good prayer life are the main things that will help keep our children on this earth in order to fill out their God given potential. Lots of time I get information that is not even asked for and children will let you know that they don’t go to church. They will let you know when they get baptized and they will let you know if they just watch the TV preachers. You will hear about the issues at home and if they are visiting their Mama or Daddy this weekend.
As a former news reporter, I still find it hard not to watch about two to three newscasts a day and also see what the cable news networks have to say about current issues. I also see daily what goes on in Memphis, Tennessee in the judicial systems. Unfortunately, I have seen what has happened to some of my own relatives. A cousin of mine recently got out of prison after spending the majority of his adult life there. I know that he has been in and out of prison for the last 15 to 20 years. This time he reported to me that “I’m gone lay down.” When I asked what he meant. He clarified that he wouldn’t be getting into any more trouble.
I was very troubled about a year and half ago when one of my nephews was with the wrong person at the wrong time. He was with someone who allegedly took five dollars from someone. I have a problem even with the police department going to his school and picking him up over something like that that reportedly happened months before he was picked up. Something is wrong in America. I tell my students often that the police department will play with you and take you to juvenile court and try and scare you straight but when you turn 18 know that it’s on. They are then trying to lock you up and throw away the key.
My nephew who is not a bad child and this was his first brush with the law was in jail for about 3 weeks on a $75,000 bond because someone else’s child tried to take $5 from somebody on the sidewalk and then after this child goes home and talks with his parents they allegedly convince him to press charges. If that had been me, I would have probably given my child ten dollars and told him to avoid those kinds of people. So, after the bond is finally dropped my nephew has to go through what seems like more than a year for a diversion program. I am going to tell you right now. We need some help down here in Memphis, Tennessee with the judicial system and if anyone has any extra time on their hands you might want to come see about us and our kids.
I kept asking my nephew why are you in jail on a $75,000 bond over $5? I finally found out that the young man said that he thought that they had a gun because the other young man had his hand in his pocket and they both had on black hoodies. My nephew doesn’t own a gun and spends most of his time playing video games. He is not in a gang. Then, I go down to the court and see the young man who is accusing my nephew and see the parents one of whom I use to work with and all he could do was barely speak. I am so sick of my people selling us out to a system that constantly wants to rob America of it’s best and brightest. My nephew has a future.
I’m up there at the CJC looking at other folks children who have carjacked and some of them are on their second offense. Many are on attempted murder charges and assault and they got the nerve to give some of them a bond lower than $10,000. We all know that you have to pay the bondsmen 10 percent of what the full bond price is. Something is wrong with America and somebody needs to do something. These people are letting the so called “thugs” back on the street but your child or my nephew who has some quickly realized potential and some sense, they want to lock them up.
I’m living in a city that would rather jail African-American children then put them in an after-school program. I know from whence I speak having worked with an after-school program and gone around to the folks with the money to fund the vision. Then, they give you every excuse as to why they don’t have the money. I don’t care how many 990s you got on file with the IRS or how intact your paperwork is. If it’s a project that is actually going to move kids forward and give them a skill where they can make some money and come out of poverty and brings some others with them, you’re going to meet some resistance.
Then, you got folks who want to fight leaders that are trying to do stuff like they are demon possessed or something because they don’t want progress. They don’t want your child to be educated so they try everything that they can to discourage people.
It’s time to tell the enemy, this far and no farther; this far and no farther in our neighborhoods; this far and no farther in our schools; this far and no farther with the crime rate; this far and no farther with ignorance; Tell the enemy, this far and no farther.
I often say that we owe our children more than a place to sleep, food to eat and clothes to wear. We owe them ministry. Ministry and a good prayer life are the main things that will help keep our children on this earth in order to fill out their God given potential. Lots of time I get information that is not even asked for and children will let you know that they don’t go to church. They will let you know when they get baptized and they will let you know if they just watch the TV preachers. You will hear about the issues at home and if they are visiting their Mama or Daddy this weekend.
As a former news reporter, I still find it hard not to watch about two to three newscasts a day and also see what the cable news networks have to say about current issues. I also see daily what goes on in Memphis, Tennessee in the judicial systems. Unfortunately, I have seen what has happened to some of my own relatives. A cousin of mine recently got out of prison after spending the majority of his adult life there. I know that he has been in and out of prison for the last 15 to 20 years. This time he reported to me that “I’m gone lay down.” When I asked what he meant. He clarified that he wouldn’t be getting into any more trouble.
I was very troubled about a year and half ago when one of my nephews was with the wrong person at the wrong time. He was with someone who allegedly took five dollars from someone. I have a problem even with the police department going to his school and picking him up over something like that that reportedly happened months before he was picked up. Something is wrong in America. I tell my students often that the police department will play with you and take you to juvenile court and try and scare you straight but when you turn 18 know that it’s on. They are then trying to lock you up and throw away the key.
My nephew who is not a bad child and this was his first brush with the law was in jail for about 3 weeks on a $75,000 bond because someone else’s child tried to take $5 from somebody on the sidewalk and then after this child goes home and talks with his parents they allegedly convince him to press charges. If that had been me, I would have probably given my child ten dollars and told him to avoid those kinds of people. So, after the bond is finally dropped my nephew has to go through what seems like more than a year for a diversion program. I am going to tell you right now. We need some help down here in Memphis, Tennessee with the judicial system and if anyone has any extra time on their hands you might want to come see about us and our kids.
I kept asking my nephew why are you in jail on a $75,000 bond over $5? I finally found out that the young man said that he thought that they had a gun because the other young man had his hand in his pocket and they both had on black hoodies. My nephew doesn’t own a gun and spends most of his time playing video games. He is not in a gang. Then, I go down to the court and see the young man who is accusing my nephew and see the parents one of whom I use to work with and all he could do was barely speak. I am so sick of my people selling us out to a system that constantly wants to rob America of it’s best and brightest. My nephew has a future.
I’m up there at the CJC looking at other folks children who have carjacked and some of them are on their second offense. Many are on attempted murder charges and assault and they got the nerve to give some of them a bond lower than $10,000. We all know that you have to pay the bondsmen 10 percent of what the full bond price is. Something is wrong with America and somebody needs to do something. These people are letting the so called “thugs” back on the street but your child or my nephew who has some quickly realized potential and some sense, they want to lock them up.
I’m living in a city that would rather jail African-American children then put them in an after-school program. I know from whence I speak having worked with an after-school program and gone around to the folks with the money to fund the vision. Then, they give you every excuse as to why they don’t have the money. I don’t care how many 990s you got on file with the IRS or how intact your paperwork is. If it’s a project that is actually going to move kids forward and give them a skill where they can make some money and come out of poverty and brings some others with them, you’re going to meet some resistance.
Then, you got folks who want to fight leaders that are trying to do stuff like they are demon possessed or something because they don’t want progress. They don’t want your child to be educated so they try everything that they can to discourage people.
It’s time to tell the enemy, this far and no farther; this far and no farther in our neighborhoods; this far and no farther in our schools; this far and no farther with the crime rate; this far and no farther with ignorance; Tell the enemy, this far and no farther.
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