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I heard this comment about hair vitamins and wanted to share: I used to take hair vitamins and my hair grew but when I stopped, my hair fell out. If you’ve experienced this phenomenon, it could be an indication that your diet doesn’t contain enough nutrients. Vitamins are meant to be a supplement for what we don’t receive in the food we eat. Unless you are eating an almost raw or unprocessed diet, food can lose nutrients when exposed to heat during cooking and during food p...rocessing. I’m not saying that you need to be a vegan or eat a raw diet but, obtaining some blood work can tell you what nutrients you lack due to health complications or your general diet. Discussing your eating habits, stress management, and lifestyle with a professional can help determine if there are other factors that could be preventing you from receiving the nutrients you need. If you are experiencing breakage, shedding, and hair loss after you’ve stopped taking vitamins, it may be an indication of a bigger issue. #livelearnandloveyournaturalhair See more

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It took me like 10 tries to get this pic. I’m so happy with the amount of growth I’ve experienced since April!!! I’ll probably wear my hair out until my birthday on Wednesday and then I’ll throw some #minitwists in it or something to continue protecting it. I think I’ve trained my hair and developed a solid regimen and it’s loving me for it.

I got trim happy at the beginning of the year and now, after protective styling and taking vitamins for 3 months, I can see the growth! Now I just need to decide how I want to wear my hair for the next three months. For me, less is more with my hair. The less I manipulate it, the more it will flourish! If you have any low maintenance, low tension styles you can suggest, please drop them below. Also, feel free to follow me on my personal IG account: @tashabranham

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Nooooo. Just throw the whole stylist away.

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Texture obsession.

If this is you, put both of your hands up like this: Ok: Now, put a finger down if you can text your coach any time of the day and they answer.... Put a finger down if you can email your coach anytime of the day and they answer. Put a finger down if you have been able to build an actual relationship with your coach and you feel like they’re your friend. Put a finger down if your coach prays for your business. Put a finger down if your coach can hear from God and shares with you, what God is saying to you about your business. Put a finger down if you feel like you are a part of a coaching program that’s tailor made just for you and it’s not a series of prerecorded classes you take with no one on one contact. Put a finger down if your coach video chats with you every week or multiple times per week, if you want it. Put another finger down if your coach randomly texts you to ask how you’re doing. Put a finger down if your coach has also written marketing copy for you, helped you plan a marketing strategy, designed graphics or a logo for you, helped you build your website, or helped you save money by giving you creative ways to solve challenges, walked you through setting up your mail chimp through video chat, or put you in contact with any of their connections for the successor your business. Still got fingers left? Put one more finger down if you and your coach have developed a relationship and your coach has shared with you any personality quirks or habits you have that may limit your success because they genuinely care about you wholly. If this isn’t your coach, then you’re apart of the wrong program! Click the link in our bio or send us a DM and let’s bring your creative business to life! See more

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1. As much as we love to switch up our styles, changing them often could be the very thing stunting your growth. As our hair has bends and coils, they are fragile at each curve, making lot's of manipulation the culprit of breakage. Changing your low-tension styles, minimally, can help retain that length! 2. What you eat and how you manage your emotions can be a cause of breakage. It's vital to drink water, eat as clean as possible, and to get lots of sleep. It's equ...ally important to forgive quickly, talk about your emotions, flee from toxicity, and to seek joy and peace. Sicknesses and emotional imbalances can take their toll on our bodies AND our hair. 3. Protective styles are amazing but too much of a good thing can be bad. If you are wearing braids or twists, pay attention to your edges. If you notice breakage, TAKE THEM OUT. Pay close attention to your scalp and how your hair behaves in wigs or twist/braid styles. If you tend to loc quicker, then your rotation time may be shorter than someone who doesn't. Only wear these styles for the length your hair can tolerate, and then allow your hair to rest (in a low-manipulation style) for several weeks, or a few months, before reinstalling. 4. Apply plant-based moisturizers your hair can actually absorp. There's nothing worse than slathering on synthetics that smother follicles and cause buildup. Shop naturallysmitten.com for the moisture your hair needs to help with length retention. 5. ALL SATIN EVERYTHING! Pillowcases, hair ties, scarves, and bonnets. I once had breakage from a cotton pillowcase and went to the doctor thinking I had something serious going on. Once I switched from cotton to satin, my hair regrew almost immediately! See more

cRiNGe ALeRt!!! Five years ago today, I borrowed one of my best friend’s condos so ABC/FOX News could come and interview me. I was so ashamed of where I really lived that when I got news that they wanted to feature me, I immediately called my friend in a panic. OMG!!! The news wants to film me and I can’t let them see my house!!! Nothing was wrong with our house, I was just in a place where I wanted to manage the perception of success and how others saw me and I thought... that if people didn’t see me living in a swanky downtown condo, with a view, that they’d think I was a sham. Here I was, with a 6 figure Walmart deal...STILL ASHAMED! When you don’t let God deal with the root issues, you’ll have money and success yet STILL LACK because you’re not whole! I cringe in listening to this video. The way I’m talking in this interview and even annunciating my words was all an attempt to appear a certain way. I even wore my glasses to make me appear smart. Clearly, I was following waaay too many #bosschicks on Instagram and I allowed whatever they were portraying to influence what I thought I should be sharing. I’m so glad God has done a work in me. I purposefully refuse to follow people that falsely portray the entrepreneur life. Honestly, in my opinion, if what somebody is doing isn’t for God, then it’s all vanity anyway. Sorry not sorry. I don’t believe God blesses you just to flex your name brands and expensive possessions. If you aren’t taking that success and using it as influence to lead others to Christ, where are you leading them? To a temporary success that will die with this dying world? That ain’t it! Don’t let what others share cause you to be ashamed of where you are, where you’ve been, or where you’re going. God has a path mapped out just for you and it’s not gonna look like anybody else’s. Focus on Him and use every chance you get to give Him glory and the success and provision will follow, in His time! Don’t be ashamed of what He’s blessed you with- no matter what it looks like, but be thankful because He’s a good God! This is mindset will break somebody through today! Receive it and believe God! <3 Tasha Branham

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