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Black women are fashion-forward and feminine when it comes to beauty. Reddish-cinnamon hued, brown sugared, milk chocolate and blueberry black, sisters are loving the skin they’re in and raising the bar with urban con-
temporary to “old school” style. Rocking head-to-toe, curve-friendly styles — from petite to triple X — with fashionista finesse, they’re going natural with comb coils, two-strand twists, afro puffs and dreadlocks or mixing and matching with weaves, perms and press and curls that fit the mood. Like golden honey Rihanna (born Robyn Rihanna Fenty), the Barbados born beauty whose multiplatinum vocals and island girl style earned her a Grammy and launched her career as a model and Cover Girl spokesperson. Rihanna takes center stage with looks that push the fashion envelope. Her raven black
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bob, luscious almond-shaped eyes and bold, glam style are a mega-hit for other tall and tan lovelys who have a passion for fashion. When blonde bombshell Mary J. Blige’s debut album, “What’s the 411?” hit the airwaves, critics and fans alike related to the message in this Yonkers, N.Y., native’s music. “No More Drama” became an anthem for young women who embraced Blige’s shift from badgirl to a black women grounded in spiritual, emotional and personal power. Blige’s slick yet edgy style has earned her props as a woman
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AMBi ® Skincare annually awards five $10,000 tuition grants to African-American and Hispanic women who want to pursue a career in science or medicine. Karen Morris-Priester is the first recipient and the first grandmother to graduate from Yale Medical School. The 44year-old Pennsylvania native was honored on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” as someone whose desire,
drive and commitment embodies the scholarship mission. “We hope the AMBI scholarship will help us find those everyday women who are doing extraordinary things yet dream even bigger. We want to inspire women to be more and do more with their lives by lending them the financial support and public recognition that will lead them to attain goals they feel are out of reach,” said Denna Singleton, AMBI product director. AMBI products are especially formulated to meet the skincare needs of women of African, Latin and South Asian heritage. For more information visit www.AmbiSkincare.com.
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Joseph Rodney Lawrence This Urban Call Beauty Salon & Barbershop edition sponsored by Sally Beauty is dedicated to Joseph Rodney Lawrence, the late Urban Call publisher and SMSi partner who joined our company in 1990. Joseph was born in 1947 and passed away in May 2007. He was an important and valued member of our team, and he is greatly missed. Publishers: Lafayette Jones, Sandra Miller Jones Executive Editor: Alan Cronk Editorial Director: Rose Walsh Writer: Judy Willis Production Manager: Jodi Sarver Photographers: Michael Cunningham, Washington, D.C. Dorothy Lewis, Goldsboro, N.C. Art Direction: Sheri Clawson, 3CCreative
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NBCL President Katie B. Catalon and Sally Beauty’s Reneé Reynolds congratulate the winners of the Sally Beauty/NBCL Scholarships, assisted by Lafayette Jones, president and CEO of SMSiUrban Call, and Dr. Victor Vandell, scholarship selection chairman. Winners include Christian Scotsanini, Oakland, Calif.; Wilhemina E. Santiful, Baltimore, Md.; Kathryn E. Johnson,
Michaeletta K. L. Johnson and Brinique Rahming — all from Nassau Bahamas; Airaina Griffith, Fayetteville, N.C.; Robin P. Polk, New Iberia, La.; Elliott W. Minor, Smyrna, Ga.; Temyka L. Minix, Crowley, La.; Tracey Wilkins-Clark, Woodbridge, Va. Each year, the National Beauty Culturists’ League (NBCL) names 10 of its members as recipients of the Sally Beauty Company scholarships. Each
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receives a $1,000 education grant for a total of $10,000 contribution to NBCL. Jan Roberts is the vice president of public relations and media at Sally Beauty Company. For more information on the scholarship, contact the National Beauty Culturists’ League Inc., 25 Logan Circle NW, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 332-2695, www..nbcl.org.
Style Makers, from cover who knows real beauty is more than skin deep. The First Lady of the Turks and Caicos Caribbean Islands, LisaRaye McCoy Misick, is a voluptuous actress and former model who has starred in both film and television, most recently on the sitcom “All of Us.” This successful entrepreneur co-produced the first Turks & Caicos Film Festival with actress Jasmine Guy and will soon open a group home for teenagers in Chicago called Raye of Sunshine. Poet, singer and gifted actress Jill Scott is a sassy, self-assured black woman whose debut album, “Who Is Jill Scott? Words & Sounds, Vol. I.” was certified platinum. Her seductive smile, flawless complexion and full-figured style are poetry in motion. Scott founded the Blues Babe Foundation, an organization that provides scholarships to college-bound students in the greater Philadelphia area.
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Afro Hair & Beauty Show London, England Contact: Verna McKensie, event manager E-mail: info@afro Bridget Miller hairshow.com Jones Web site: www.AfroHairShow.com America’s Expo for Skin Care & Spa Chicago, IL Web site: www.americasbeautyshow.com Phone: (312) 321-6809 American Health & Beauty Aids Institute (AHBAI) Proud Lady Beauty Show
Chicago, IL Contact: Geri Jones, executive director E-mail: gjonesahbai @sbcglobal.net Web site: www.proudlady.com Phone: (708) 633-6328 American Beauty Expo Chicago, IL E-mail: info@americasbeautyshow.com Web site: www.americasbeautyshow.com Phone: (312) 321-6809 or (800) 8837808 Bronner Brothers International Hair Shows Mid-Winter Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta Summer Georgia World Congress Center Atlanta Cruise E-mail: bbshow@bronnerbros.com Web site: BronnerBros.com Phone: (800) 547-7469 Cosmoprof North America Las Vegas, Nev. Contact: Melissa Coe Web site: www.cosmoprof.com Phone: (800) 557-3356 Dudley’s Educational & Motivational Symposium Greensboro, NC Web site: www.dudleyq.com Phone: (800) 334-4150 Golden Scissors Show Washington, D.C. Contact: Glynn Jackson Web site: www.FashionJackson.com Phone: (202) 452-7445
Hair Etc. Beauty & Health Expo Charleston, S.C. Contact: Tia Brewer-Footman, marketing director E-mail: tia@myhairetcmag.com Web site: myhairetcmagazine.com Phone: (866) 365-3976 International Beauty Show New York, New York Contact: Mike Boyce, show manager E-mail: mboyce@questex.com Web site: www.ibsnewyork.com Phone: (800) 427-2420 International Hair and Beauty Show Secaucus, N.J. Contact: Rudy Armstrong E-mail: info@ihshow.com Web site: www.ihshow.com Phone: 1-800-676-SHOW (7469) National Beauty Culturists’ League (NBCL)
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Winston-Salem, N.C. Contact: Dr. Katie B. Catalon, national president Email: drlindsay@nbcl.org Web site: www.nbcl.org Phone: (202) 332-2695 Premiere Orlando Orlando, Fla. Premiere Birmingham Birmingham, Ala. Premiere Mid-American Beauty Classic Columbus, Ohio Web site: www.PremiereShows.com Phone: (800) 335-7469 World Natural Hair, Health & Beauty Show Atlanta, Ga. Contact: Taliah Waajid Web site: www.naturalhair.org Phone: (800) 507-0539 Contact Tahnya Bowser at Urban Call with your news on shows: tbowser@smsi-net.com
Multicultural beauty goes global By Rose Walsh
URBAN CALL WRITER
The multicultural hair and beauty industry is in the global spotlight. Comedian and actor Chris Rock trained cameras on multicultural hair shows and salons for a film called “Good Hair” premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival (www.tiffg.ca). Rock watched hair competitions at the Bronner Bros hair show in Atlanta Chris Rock and visited the Dudley Cosmetology University in Kernersville, N.C., where he interviewed founders Joe Dudley and Eunice Dudley and advanced cosmetology students. According to “The New York Times,” the comedian traveled to India to collect information on weaves. Hair Wars SMSi/Urban Call also consulted with Rock on the production. The Bronner Brothers Hair show was featured in the global digest, “Monacle” www.monacle.com. The London magazine, in hard cover and online, has
bureaus in Tokyo, Sydney, Zurich and New York. “Hair Raising — Atlanta” notes that the first show “attracted 300 people at a local YMCA.” Lafayette Jones, CEO of SMSi, and industry spokesman was interviewed for the article. The British Journal of Photography (www.bjphoto.co.uk) gave cover play to a new book on the David Humphries traveling entertainment extravaganza, “Hair Wars.” Fans of fantasy hairdos who have enjoyed “Hump the Grinder’s” productions, can now see a collection of fantasy hair photos in the book photographed by David Yellen and written by Johanna Lenander (www.powerhousebooks.com). The 74 fantasy photos in the 100 page hardcover book Monacle include the work of Big Bad D; Ms. “Color Me” Vic, Little Willie and others. Among the styles are a birthday cake spouting confetti, a working barbeque grill and a Bible made of hair. Visit www.hairwarsustour.com or call (313) 534-8318.
Miss RayeDiant Jewel, Basia Collins of Charlotte, N.C. (center), is congratulated by Miss North Carolina Outstanding Teen Ciara Newman (left) and LisaRaye McCoy-Misick.
RayeDiant Jewels pageant for teens
A talent based teen pageant for girls 13 through 16, founded by LisaRaye McCoy-Misick, First Lady of the Turks & Caicos islands, awards a $10,000 scholarship for college or trade school to the young lady named “Miss RayeDiant Jewels.” The top winner also gets an all expense paid trip for three to the islands. “Miss Brilliance” receives a $2,500 scholarship and “Miss
Sparkle” a $500 scholarship. Other awards include Miss Geography, Miss Congeniality, Miss Ad Queen and Miss Ticket. LisaRaye is well known in American TV for her performance on the CW’s “All of Us.” (see page one cover story.) McCoy is married to island’s premier, the Honorable Michael Euguene Misick. For information visit www.rayediantjewels. com or call (866) 441-RAYE (7293).
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Women’s
The black woman plays many roles Today’s black woman is a working woman, a wife, a single mother, a sister, a daughter, a grandmother, an entrepreneur, a corporate leader, a scientist, an elected official, a small business owner. She has strong ties to her family, her church, and her heritage. Each year the U.S. population of black women — 20 million in number (some of Hispanic, Caribbean or French heritage) makes great strides in education and income. Thirty-five percent attend college. African-American women represent the largest share of women of color employed. The black woman has a commanding role in the economy. She holds the title of “buyer” for her household. The pocketbook of AfricanAmerican households grows as education rates rise and black-owned firms increase. The University of Georgia’s Selig Center for
The Hair Doctor Barber and stylist Mikal Clay, “The Hair Docto,r” an educator- entrepreneur, is an on-air radio personality — the host of Hair Doctor Radio on Rejoice 102.3, a Chicago-based gospel station. It can be heard worldwide on the Internet at www.wyca1023.com. Clay is also on 107.5 radio in Detroit, Mi. For more information, visit www.mikalclay.com or call (877) DOC-CLAY. (877-362-2529)
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Economic Growth (www.selig.uga.edu) notes that “black owned firms increased by 45 percent from 1997 to 2002, or about four and one-half times faster than the 10 percent increase in the number of all U.S. businesses.” By 2011 this same center estimates that the buying power — the pocketbook of black Americans — will hold $1.1 trillion dollars — a 237 percent increase in 22 years. “For the most part the black woman will spend these dollars meeting her needs and those of her family,” says Sandra Miller Jones, founding chair of Segmented Marketing Services, Inc. (www.segmentedmarketing.com) whose company, SMSi, serves thousands of black and Hispanic salon owners and their Sophisticate’s Black Hair Styles and customers through SMSi’s beauty and barber net- Care Guide is the No. 1 hair style magazine for African-American works. women.
Mikal Clay
BeautySuperStars.com Hair stylists, barbers or nail designers who want to develop a “game plan” for success can find help from stylist Miki Wright, who has launched the Internet site, www.BeautySuperStars.com, an online beauty coaching site. Visitors can find links to resources and stores. Club members enjoy coaching calls, online questions and answers, interviews with top stylists, a newsletter, discounts on training, and tips on money management. For information e-mail Wright at miki@BeautySuperStars.com or phone (804) 378-0144.
Everyday tales in Catalon books Katie B. Catalon, president of the National Beauty Culturists’ League, has donned an author’s hat telling the story of ordinary people meeting the challenges of everyday life in her books, “Cross Town Route” and “Down Home.”
serve organizations
Coalition says “Vote” The Coalition on Black Civic Participation, founded in 1976, includes 80 member organizations. It was formed to educate, motivate, organize and mobilize African-Americans to take a wider role in the democratic process, both by voting for those in office and by runMelanie Campbell ning for office. Melanie L. Campbell is the president. For more information, visit www.ncbcp.org or call (202) 659-4929 Sebastian House Museum The 1920s home of black physician Dr. Simon Sebastian has been turned into a medical museum. During segregation black residents of Greensboro, N.C., could not get treatment at many facilities, but they were received at L. Richardson Memorial Hospital. Across the street, the city’s first black physician, the late Dr. Simon P. Sebastian, built an English Tudor home in 1928 that became a city landmark. The doctor’s wife, Marion, was a Bennett College librarian. Greensboro citizens led by Dr. Katherine McWilliams and Joe White are leading the museum project. “This is the first stand alone museum dedicated to African-Americans in science and medicine in the U.S.,” noted McWilliams.
communities
By Sandra Miller Jones URBAN CALL PUBLISHER
African-American women’s organizations have always been at the forefront of issues that impact their communities. Sororities like Alpha Kappa Alpha focus on health with their Coaches Vs. Cancer program. Proceeds benefit Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Howard Sandra Miller Jones Publisher University in Washington, D.C., and Meharry Medical College. Zeta Phi Beta’s Storks Nest program encourages women to get prenatal care. Delta Sigma Theta reaches out to pregnant women in Africa with Mary Help of the Sick Missions Hospital in Kenya. Some black women are united in professional groups like the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA). Members help community health initiatives against heart disease, cervical cancer and AIDS. Cosmetologists find support and educational benefits in the National Beauty Culturists’ League. Launched in the 1920s, it is one of the oldest professional groups for black women in the U.S. (see page 4). Some groups like Girl Friends Inc., established in 1938, meet just for fun. They also do community service. The National Hook-up of Black Women champions health and education. The Links Inc. encourages participation in social and civic fields including art and cultural appreciation. Some like Jack and Jill are specifically geared to working with children and teach financial literacy among other skills. The National Council of Negro Women, founded in 1935 under the leadership of Mary McCloud Bethune, is an “organization of organizations.”
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Aetna, Magic Johnson encourage health literacy promoting health literacy in urban communiUrban Call Staff Writer ties throughout the U.S. “Several years ago Magic Johnson likes to tell the story of SMSi launched an Urban Call Healthy Living how a simple health problem not Every Day! custom publication. “We taken care of eventually led to a are delighted to be able to distribute child’s death. our latest editions at Aetna health lit“I was reading a story in the eracy and small business events Washington Post and a little boy had a throughout the U.S.,” said Lafayette toothache. His mother didn’t take Jones, publisher of Urban Call publihim to the dentist, so it turned into cations. Jones and founding chair of an infection in his mouth. The SMSi, Sandra Miller Jones, are infection went to his brain, and it directing the development of health killed him. And it was just the most Magic Johnson literacy community meetings in New devastating thing that I read. If York, Los Angeles, Chicago, she had gone to the dentist, you Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Baltimore know, hopefully he would have been and Houston. Small business semialive today. We don’t do enough nars will offer entrepreneurs and investigating to understand if we independent business professionals can afford healthcare or not. A lot insights into business development of times we assume that we can’t while shedding light on how health afford it before we actually know.” insurance can meet their needs. The all-time basketball great has “This is a true testament to Aetna’s turned entrepreneur and health litercommitment to reaching out to acy advocate. Johnson has made an urban communities,” said Floyd Ron Williams alliance with Aetna Insurance comGreen, head of Aetna Emerging pany aimed at empowering “busiMarkets. nesses and ethnically diverse comRetirees and their caregivers who munities to make informed choices are making decisions about Medicare about health care options by plans will enjoy the Aetna Medicare improving health care literacy and Movie Magic program which demonstrating the benefits of wellincludes a free movie at Magic ness,” said an announcement from Johnson theaters introduced by a his company, Magic Johnson Magic Johnson video promoting Enterprises (MJE). health literacy. Medicare awards Ron Williams, Aetna chairman luncheons held in advance of the Floyd Green and CEO noted that “both Aetna movies will honor local health advoand MJE are committed to improving comcates with Magic Touch awards and will munity vitality and to helping reduce the encourage community opinion leaders to number of uninsured, particularly among help their communities seek the best availentrepreneurial urban business owners.” able health insurance coverage for their Segmented Marketing Services, Inc. (SMSi) needs and the needs of those they care is working with the Aetna-MJE alliance in about.
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Urban Fund By Rose Walsh
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Magic Johnson has established his own business, Magic Johnson Enterprises (MJE), which includes Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund, a real estate company that focuses on developing business in urban communities. The fund has financed 31 realestate developments in 13 states and Washington according to an article in the Los Angeles Times. In addition to the real estate fund, MJE has Starbucks coffee shops, Burger King restaurants, fitness clubs and movie theaters. Johnson has stated his commitment to bringing jobs to urban communities. The Los Angeles Times article noted that when Johnson built one of his first movie theaters he met with rival gangs and asked them not to shoot it up. “I just laid it out to them that I’m building this theater for the community. You can’t have anything happen at this theater because we’re going to hire your cousins, your mothers, your sons and daughters.”
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Gospel on the charts
By Melanie Angton
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Gospel music is more than just singing the praises of God on Sunday morning. It goes much deeper than enjoying the natural vocal ability of the singer, and its sheer purpose is not just to entertain. Gospel music ministers to the mind, heart, and the soul of the listener. It is spiritually uplifting to its listeners while simultaneously delivering a mesMelanie Angton sage of possibility and infinite potential displayed through song. It inspires praise, worship, and thanks to God for all the marvelous things that He has done. Here’s the Gospel Top 10. Gospel Top 10 1. Marvin Sapp, “Never Would Have Made It” (Verity Records) 2. Regina Belle, “God Is God” (Pendulum) 3. James Fortune & Fiya, “I Trust You” (Blacksmoke) 4. Troy Sneed Presents Bonafide Praisers, “Work It Out” (Emtro Gospel) 5. Dorinda Clark-Cole, “Take It Back” (Verity/Zomba) 6. Shekinah Glory Ministry, “Jesus” (Kingdom) 7. Clark Sisters, “Livin” (EMI Gospel) 8. Kirk Franklin, “Jesus” (Fo Yo Soul/Gospo Centric/Zomba) 9. Ricky Dillard & New G, “The Light” (NuSpring) 10. Jonathan Nelson Feat. Purpose, “My Name Is Victory” (Integrity)
Freeze the card; use the cash
It’s easy to fall into the “I don’t want to wait” trap. Patience, which was once considered a virtue in the money world, is now a vice. This trap prevents us from exercising self discipline. Before you go into debt, don’t ask, “can I afford this today?” Ask “will this be worth paying double for in the future?” A great antidote to the “I don’t want to wait trap” is the “frozen asset” technique. Place your credit
cards in a container of water in the freezer. When you get the urge to spend and use the credit cards it’s such an inconvenience to thaw them out, you’ll probably change your mind on making the purchase. Or, you’ll use cash, which is better because studies show that people who pay by cash spend about 30 percent less than people who use credit cards. Excerpted from Cheryl Broussard’s Free From
Debt System, audio CD and companion workbook (www.freefromdebtsystem.com). Broussard, a leading expert on business and personal finance, is CEO of Cheryl Broussard & Co., a California based financial consulting and marketing firm. She is an awardwinning author, magazine and online columnist, writer/producer and motivational speaker. For information e-mail info@freefromdebtsystem.com or phone (510) 245-7995.