Hey everyone! Thank you for joining me on the second issue of Moi. Moi is a Caribbean Guide to Hairstyle and Beauty and this issue is a Kweyol (creole) Edition. The journey so far though difficult, has been tremendous and well worth it. Some new faces have come onboard and as most of you already know Moi hosted a reality show to find its cover girl. Four intelligent, beautiful ladies made it to the quarter finals and I must say it was not an easy decision to choose the winner. As promised, this issue is much richer in content and look. It contains many more creative hairstyles complimented with a number of must read articles. I encourage all to become part of the “Moi� experience as it opens opportunities to our creative industries to the region and world. As always we seek to make very issue more appealing than the previous one and we will continue to strive to do so. Expect to see many other art related projects coming from Moi , BLUE ICE ENTERTAINMENT and its affiliate partners: Movie Link Entertainment, Illusion Art Studios , Edge Design and Jackie O. In the meantime, do enjoy this issue and remember beauty starts from within. Delia Louis Our Team Creator and Editor in Chief: Delia Louis Publisher: BLUE ICE ENTERTAINMENT Creative/ Art Director: Delia Louis Contributing Writer: Monique Francois Chief Photographer: Lester Daniel (Movie Link Entertainment) Contributing Photographers: BLUE ICE ENTERTAINMENT, Trevlan Dwarikasingh (Illusion Arts Studios) Photo Editors: Lester Daniel, BLUE ICE ENTERTAINMENT, Randolph Rosemond (Edge Design) Chief Graphic Artist: Randolph Rosemond (Edge Design) Contributing Graphic Artists: Trevlan Dwarikasingh Publicist: BLUE ICE ENTERTAINMENT
Models: Amanie Mathurin, Kadijha Mason, Verlisha, Terrina, Beverly Victor, Diecy, Candy Mathurin, Tessa, Gibelle, Dash, Kitana, Acacia Mc Dougall, Natasha, Mark. Gianni Louis, Phaedra Debique, Tyanne Debique, Jayniah, Jamacie, Delmore Louis, Casey Dwarikasingh, Trevlan Dwarikasingh Special thanks to : Marie T Louis, Alison Louis, Casimir Pargo Felix, Karen Edward, Raphil Billy, Cindy Edward, Jermain Sydney, Sant Justin Some of the information and images contained in this issue of Moi may not have been the original material of Moi or its contributors.
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For All Your Nails & Hair Care !
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Getting to the “Root” of the Problem! Ok so you know you must get your hair trimmed of dead ends to keep it healthy. You also know that you must reduce the use of heat on your hair and you must always let your hair dressers apply chemicals to your hair. But did you know that…? 1. Mangoes are great for hair and skin. It is rich in vitamin A and therefore is a good source of Keratin. Keratin is the key structural component of hair, skin and nails. Vitamin A also protects against dull hair and dry skin, a leading cause of dandruff. 2. Bananas contain the mineral silica, which is thought to improve hair thickness. It also contains vitamin B6 which is responsible for helping the body absorb the nutrients it receives from the food we eat. On top of this, the availability of this vitamin has an effect on the production of red blood cells. These cells nurture your hair follicles, making sure they have all they need for great shine and growth. 3. Fish especially salmon and mackerel contain iron which helps prevent hair loss. Fish also contains vitamin B 12 which also maintains healthy skin and hair.
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4. Beans and peas like lentils, lima beans, and split peas are all great sources of protein which are important building blocks for hair. In addition, they also contain biotin, an important B vitamin, which can improve the hair’s strength against breakages. 5. Cherries are high in vitamin C an essential nutrient for the treatment and prevention of a variety of hair disorders, which can damage your hair and affect normal hair growth. Vitamin C is an antioxidant, which reduces free radicals. Unfortunately, free radicals may damage your hair. turning it weak, brittle or thin.
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The New Face of Moi The New Face of Moi was a reality show to find the cover of issue 2 of the magazine. Many sent in photos but only four made it to the bottom four. Dash- “The Dark Barbie” Amanie- “Ms. Charming” Kitana- “The Goth” Gibelle- “Ms. Shy” In the first episode, the girls were asked to come dressed to suit their personalities to introduce themselves to the judges. Delia Louis- Creator & Editor in Chief of Moi/ CEO BLUE ICE ENTERTAINMENT Jackie Cherubin Weekes- CEO of Jackie O. Lester Daniel- CEO Movie Link Entertainment & SLU Model Zone Though there was no elimination in the first episode Amanie emerged with the best introduction. The second episode, was an on the spot photoshoot where the girls were transformed to superheroes. This challenge was to test their response to the camera when on the spot. During that episode the girls were dolled up by Stylists Lesmond and Shanna, after which they met one - on - one with each of the judges.
Jackie addressed the girls on imaging and representation; Daniel spoke to the girls about working with a photographer and having a relationship with the camera. Delia sat with the girls on a less serious note to wind down and have a “girl talk”. The elimination on that round saw Kitana being the weakest link. On the third episode, the girls’ challenge was to go on a mission to market Moi to a potential client. (Melita). The girls were very impressive in their presentations but Dash was unable to make it the next round when she was eliminated at the end of the challenge The remaining two girls Gibelle and Amanie were to design what they thought the cover of the magazine should be. Following that, they headed straight into a makeover for the actual cover shoot. Both girls were very impressive as they worked their Madras outfits at the Castries Market. The decision was very tough but Amanie hailed the new Face of Moi! The main parts of the Show were recorded at the Wharf Restaurant in Choc Bay, Castries. 9
COVER GIRL Amanie Mathurin eighteen years
old, currently attending the Vieux Fort Comprehensive A Level Department. She grew up as the shy, reserved type and developed a strong passion for reading. However, over the past two years her interest in modeling and pageantry has brought a new dynamic to her personality and life. These activities she says have inspired notable changes in her maturity, self-expression and her perspective on life. She has blossomed into a confident, poised and charismatic young woman and believes that modeling is largely responsible for this change. Amanie has always been an individual who is deeply fascinated by the creative world including writing, fashion, and almost every avenue associated with the Arts. She has aspirations of becoming a journalist and a novelist in the near future as well as working in Advertising and Event Management. The world of Fashion has always held a special appeal for her and she is therefore determined to be actively involved in modeling, production and designing. It is her belief that modeling has been an asset with regards to her intended fields of occupation as she states it has honed her communication skills and made her more outspoken. As a result, she intends to approach the world of fashion headfirst, and to improving herself as an individual!
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Gibelle Leopoldie, 26 years old, currently holds an Associate Degree in nursing and architecture. She is a new comer to the modeling world and has a passion for dancing. She aspires to be a Nurse Anesthetist and hopes that the modeling industry will assist her in becomig a more confident woman. Amanie & Gibelle’s Clothing provided by: 7 Seven Stitch Quality Clothing & Souvenirs. Booth F, Castries Market. Cell: 758 284-2641/ 712-5912 Amanie and Gibelle’s hairstyle done by: Bertha Pierre Adao Beauty Salon Victoria Street, Castries Opp. Cosmopolitan Bar Cell: 758 726-2934 Makeup by: BLUE ICE ENTRTAINMENT Sculptor: Placide John Castries,Market Cell: 1758 714-8949 Kitana Belizaire, sixteen years old, currently attending the Sir Ira Simmons Secondary School. Modeling and dancing are her deepest passions; backed by aspirations of becoming a dynamic actress.
Dash Deja Hosein fifteen years old, currently attending the Saint Joseph’s Convent Secondary School. She is outgoing, kind and vivacious and wants to pur- 11 sue a career in fashion, modelling and show biz.
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Cheap homemade remedies to treat your body between salon and spa visits. Ahhh... the gifts of nature … Hair
1. Seawet also known as gooseberries and juice of lemon. Apply on hair and scalp and leave it for 40 minutes before head wash. This induces hair growth. 2. Wash your hair with shampoo as usual. Rinse and towel dry. Peel a banana and mash it in a bowl with a fork. Add 2 tsp. honey and mix well with the spoon. You may also add yogurt, avocado or wheat germ oil if you like. Smooth the banana and honey mixture all over your hair. Cover your hair with the plastic shower cap or plastic bag Wrap a towel around your head and relax for 10 minutes. Remove the towel and the shower cap or plastic wrap. Rinse your hair well. Dry and style your hair as usual. 3. One tsp of honey mixed with a mug of water washed on your hair after the last rinse would result to shiny and softer hair. Beat an egg yolk and mix with honey and olive oil. Part the hair into sections and massage mixture onto hair and scalp. Cover hair with shower cap for about 30 minutes. Then rinse and shampoo hair. Honey helps to prevent hair loss. Make a paste by combining 1 tbsp honey and tsp cinnamon powder. Apply this mixture on the scalp for about 15 minutes; then rinse and shampoo. This is good to nourish and clean the scalp. It can keep colored hair to look shiny and alive because of its revitalizing properties. Just put enough honey in a squeeze bottle, squeeze honey on hair roots and make sure to gently massage with your fingers until the honey is fully saturated into the hair. Leave it in for about 20 minutes then shampoo.
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Face & Skin 4. Turmeric is high in antioxidants and it slows down cell damage. It’s widely used as a skin exfoliant and improves skin’s texture. It helps with inflammatory skin conditions, such as acne, dry skin, psoriasis and eczema. It helps reduce pigmentation and even out the skin tone. It is also said to diminish wrinkles. Mix flour, turmeric, honey and milk to make a paste: 2 tablespoons of flour. You can use regular flour, rice flour or ground oats if your skin is dry. 1 teaspoon turmeric 3 tablespoons milk. You can also use yogurt to fight acne. A few drops of honey Apply a thin layer to your face and let it dry for 20 minutes Rinse off in the shower, scrubbing gently to remove. 5. Mix brown sugar and olive oil and use as a scrub for dry skin. For oily skin a combination of salt and lime juice can be used. 6.Mud scrub is basically sugar and coffee combined. Caffeine and coffee in beauty products have tightening and antioxidant effects on the skin.
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Nails & Feet 7. For healthy nails, use orange juice-Soak the nails for at least 10 minutes, then rinse. Orange juice contains folic acid which is great for hair and nail growth. 8. The juice in fresh garlic will strengthen and harden weak, brittle finger nails. Chop freshly peeled garlic and put this in your nail polish. Let this sit for a several days, after which your old regular nail polish becomes a strengthening solution! 9. The best natural foot scrub is a nice long walk on the beach. Let the sand and small stones, shells etc. do the work. 10. Whether white vinegar or apple cider vinegar, this is the cheapest treatment intended to eradicate fungal infections from toenails or fingernails. If you have sensitive, irritated or any hair nail or skin problem consult your doctor before trying these remedies.
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Wearing Natural Hair to the Office Don’t want to go back to relaxers? Prefer to rock your natural hair but worried you will not be considered for that “oh so” desired promotion? You’re not alone. Many women are beginning to realize the dangers and expenses incurred by relaxers and are turning to their natural mane. But apart from the glaring looks on people’s faces after your first appearance of natural from relaxer; there is always the concern of “THE JOB”. At every corner of the workplace co-workers are flaunting their freshly relaxed hair, their tight, sleek ponytails or straight flowing hair. Meanwhile there you are. Short nappy hair either pulled back in an afro, in cork screws or cornrows. Talk about the ugly duckling right? WRONG! Natural hair signifies confidence, pride, freedom and not to mention versatility. It says that I am mature enough to take this big leap for myself. Natural hair on the job is slowly being accepted though many perceive it as being unkempt or lazy but I assure you, it is far from being unprofessional. Being an office executive or television personality makes the transition even a more nerve wrecking task since the media has painted its picture of what beauty should be. There are natural hairstyles for partying and for work. Your task is to be able to tell the difference. If you are currently transiting from relaxed to natural hair in an almost all relaxed hair office, forget about taking it easy on your co-workers. You can experiment with detailed yet professional looks. Leave no room for disappointed stares and comments. Wow everybody from the onset. But remember keep it professional. Try to stay away from the Foxy Cleopatra Afros and loose cork screws. If you are going for cork screws, style it in a pin up roll or a bump to the front and loose back. If you are fresh from a “big chop” and don’t have much to work with, spruce up your kinks with some “Curls Unleashed” products and pull it back into a cute afro. Hey after all, nature did get it right the first time!
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Beach Cricket Because children are often restless and find it difficult to sit still for hair grooming, it’s best to choose simple hairstyles that don’t take a lot of time whenever possible. Two to four plaits make an easy style for little girls, or even little boys who have long hair.
Hairstyles done by: Stephanie Johnson Cookie Bosquet Melita Ashford
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If you want to create a more elaborate style that will last a week or two -- try cornrows, though it may take longer. However, once styled, you won’t have to bother with daily maintenance until the next shampoo session. For boys, low-cut styles are always appropriate. Use a natural boar bristle brush to style a boy’s hair daily. Shampoo a child’s hair at least once a week with a moisturizing shampoo and follow with a moisturizing conditioner. Apply lightweight oils or pomades to damp hair and work through with a wide-tooth comb.
Some may suggest you put a chemical process in a child’s hair to make it easier to comb through. It could be a relaxer or a texturizer. Until a child reaches the age of eight, her hair texture may continually change. Plus, her scalp is still developing. When you put harsh chemicals on a young scalp, the potential for damage is too great. If you’re having trouble dealing with the natural texture of your child’s hair try non-chemical products like Kinky Curly or Curls Unleashed which can easily be washed out. These products make the hair soft and very manageable. You also should avoid 15 adding extensions to a child’s hair. They can be too heavy for a tender hairline, leading to hair damage and loss.
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First a quick biology lesson
How to Apply Crackle Nail Polish Don’t forget to make your nail free of any nail polish; we need it clean and dry. Here are three simple steps to create own exclusive beautiful crackle nail: 1. Paint Base Coat It can be any of regular nail polish and will become the base and the back color of the nail. Colors Black, White, Gold and Silver are recommended for the base since they match with most of the crackle colors. Anyhow, any combination will be fun, this is really up to you.
Your nails grow from the area under your cuticle called the matrix. The matrix is the living part of the nail. Your cuticle is the layer of skin that protects the matrix so the cuticle is very important for nail health and growth. As new nail cells grow in the matrix, older nail cells are pushed out toward your fingertips and become hard and compacted. Heredity and health determine how fast nails grow but nails typically grow about 0.1 millimeter a day, which means that it takes a fingernail about four to six months to fully regenerate. Healthy nails are smooth, without ridges or grooves. They’re uniform in colour and consistency and free of spots or discoloration. Nails break less often when they are all of equal length and shaped square, oval, or round.
2. Paint Crackle Coat After the base coat gets completely dry, simply paint our crackle coat, then the amazing crackles will start to appear on the nail. 3. Paint Top Coat It also can be any of regular top coat according to personal demands after the crackle coat gets dry. This will help the the crackle effect last and protect your nail. How to make the crackle look smaller or bigger? That’s very easy! Paint light when you want smaller crackle and paint heavy when you need a bigger crackle. Paint another layer before the crackle coat get completely dry (semi dry) in case you will want a very crazy crackle look. To get your own Crackle Nail Polish contact : 7144597/4869256
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THE WOLF! Written By Monique Francois
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ystemic Lupus Erythematosus, a long Latin title beloved of clinicians. Lupus is the Latin word for wolf and the best explanation heard to date suggests that the heavy facial rash found in Lupus vulgaris was likened by doctors to the scarring that builds up around the muzzle of young and adult wolves from e.g food begging by the young and playful and not so playful snarling and biting in the adults. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease in which a person’s immune system attacks their own cells and tissues, causing inflammation, and tissue damage. This can affect any part of the body, such as the joints, heart, skin, lungs and kidneys. Discoid lupus is a condition of the skin alone, and in a very few patients can develop into systemic lupus. Lupus affects both men and women. Some 50,000 may have lupus in the UK, 90% of those living with the condition are female, between the ages of 15 and 55.The remaining 10% are male. Lupus may be triggered by various means and can present in a bewildering number of ways, even to the extent of mimicking other diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or multiple sclerosis. The causes of Lupus is not positively known though research has provided evidence implicating heredity, hormones and infections including viruses. There are many symptoms associated with the condition; these can differ from person to person. The symptoms include; extreme fatigue, eye problems, mouth ulcers, miscarriage, hair loss, anaemia, joint/muscle pain, depression, facial or other rashes, possible involvement of the kidneys, heart, lungs or brain. With its many symptoms, lupus can often be overlooked by a Dr or consultant which may delay final diagnosis and a vital start to necessary treatment which can contain the disease and hopefully limit potential damage to the kidneys, heart, lungs or brain. Those diagnosed usually remain in medical care and receive ongoing treatment. Many symptoms will have less impact but there may be side effects. Lupus can adversely affect the lives of sufferers and their families, and influence relationships with friends and business colleagues.
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Why Are Men Afraid of Shobbing (Hair Loss)
people with ponytails or cornrows who pull on their hair with excessive force • Temporary or permanent hair loss can be caused by several medications, including those for blood pressure problems, diabetes, heart disease and Have you become a prisoner to caps, hats or other cholesterol. head coverings? Or do you frequent the barber • Studies have shown that poor nutrition, limited for shaves even if your hair is barely quarter food intake, and deficiencies in certain nutrients an inch? Then you are conscious of balding and can cause thinning. receding hairlines. First of all let me dispel the • Stress has been shown to restrict the blood notion that balding as anything to do with age. supply to capillaries,
What is Baldness?
By far the most common cause of hair loss in men is androgenetic alopecia, also referred to as “male pattern” or “common” baldness. It is caused by the effects of the male hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT) on genetically susceptible scalp hair follicles. This sensitivity to DHT is present mainly in hair follicles that reside in the front, top, and crown of the scalp (rather than the back and sides) producing a characteristic and easily identifiable pattern described by Norwood. Besides the most common cause of male pattern baldness, there are several other causes of hair thinning or loss: • Traction alopecia is most commonly found in
Signs and Symptoms •Excessive Daily Hair loss The first signs of hair thinning that people will often notice are more hairs than usual left in the hairbrush after brushing. -Skin Conditions A substantially blemished face, back and limbs could point to cystic acne. The most severe form of the condition, cystic acne arises from the same hormonal imbalances that cause hair loss, and is associated with DHT production. Seborrheic dermatitis, a condition in which an excessive amount of sebum is produced and builds up on the scalp is also a symptom of hormonal imbalances, as is an excessively oily or dry scalp. Both can cause
hair thinning.
Cure There is currently no way to instigate permanent re-growth of hair that has been lost through genetic or hormonal causes. However, it is widely regarded that with early detection, professional consultation and specialist products, the effects of hair thinning can be reduced or delayed. If the cause is reversible, such as an underlying medical condition, it is possible to stop hair thinning by treating the deficiency. There are also several measures sufferers can take to give hair a thicker appearance and to create an optimum scalp environment for new hair to grow and thrive. There are also a number of medical treatments and supplements one could take but once stopped the hair loss continues.
Embrace It Instead of concealing hair loss, one may embrace it. A shaved head will grow stubble in the same manner and at the same rate as a shaved face. The general public has become accepting of the shaved head as well. After all… “Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair. But a confident bald man - there’s your diamond in the rough.” Larry David
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