Growth & Grace

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we back and we back and we back and we back and we back. Do, hey, hey,

Leaha Crawford 0:45
hey, it's, it's Christmas time.

Julian Rosado 0:47
It is. It's my favorite, my absolute

Leaha Crawford 0:50
favorite time of year, of the year. I think it's a song that says that, though, yes, it is. It's a song that says that. So my favorite song is this Christmas.

Julian Rosado 0:58
It's Christmas. Oh, my dad, my mom used to play the OJS Christmas. Always all the whole track album. All back to

Leaha Crawford 1:09
temptation, temptations, the stylistics, all of them. But I just, I love Christmas, but my favorite is a Go Go one by Chuck Brown. It's white Christmas. Because, you know, White Christmas is really slow. But if, you know, go, go, and then it just, it just gives you a different feel for it.

Leaha Crawford 1:28
E, A G L, E, S, ah, did you see that game? I just wanted to say it, E, A G L, E, S,

Julian Rosado 1:35
yeah, I have a feeling that they're going to take us their cheese. Are out cowboys?

Leaha Crawford 1:40
Are you know, I got, you know, because when the Eagles lost to the Cowboys, you know, I got a whole bunch of text messages, but when they got knocked out, you should have seen the ones I sent them. I was like, Aha, we got it all right, y'all, so today, happy holidays, but today we're going to talk about something a little bit different, and we haven't done this in a while, we're going to talk about facial care, hair care, and just different things you can do at home, right? Just to help take care of your skin. So today I have Kim and shawan on the show.

Shawann Newson 2:14
Good morning, ladies. Good morning. Good morning.

Leaha Crawford 2:17
How are you? And guess what y'all two weeks in a row, we got two Las Vegas natives. I know people like you know somebody that's native to Las Vegas, yeah, yeah, who had Marcus Allen last week. And Mark, if y'all didn't hear the show, I suggest you download it, because Marcus Allen was on here dropping. No. I mean, he just went through his his life a little bit, right? And I bring him on every six months or so, so that he can just give some guidance, right? He's like, now I'm gonna start a consulting company, yeah, but you can come and hear from and talk to us. But so shawan, you know Marcus, is that the football player? No, no, no. He's a barber shop owner here. Oh no, I don't Okay. That's why I was shaking. I'm like, Oh, wow. No.

Leaha Crawford 2:57
Like, okay, oh no, Marcus, and he says they said, Everybody always refers to me as the football player, right, right? Yeah, you're not, he's not the football player. Oh, but he should have. I mean, I don't know if he could have, if he put his mind to it, he probably could have, but he gave us an awesome interview last week. All right, Kim, what's going on?

Kim Morris 3:13
Nothing. Leah, I've been here like, what, three years, yeah,

Leaha Crawford 3:16
but we're talking about the hair care, because we are. Kim, likes you to look like Rapunzel.

Kim Morris 3:22
I want everybody to be Rapunzel, and I want everyone to have edges. Oh, no, shade edges. I want everyone to have edges.

Leaha Crawford 3:31
So Kim, let me ask you this, though, because when you talk about hair care, a lot of women now are wearing a lot of the extensions, braids and just all the things the color in our hair. Is there a healthy way to do all those things?

Kim Morris 3:45
There is. So I know that people usually say, Oh, I'm doing a protective style. Is it really protective if the hair underneath is being, you know, ignored or not able to thrive? So, you know, we deal with the largest organ of the body, which is skin, and then the integumentary system, which is hair, skin, and integumentary system, you said, yeah, go, look. Is the hair, skin and nails, and so they all work hand in hand. Yes, it's the indicator for all of the other organs in the body. So we can tell you lots. Let me

Leaha Crawford 4:21
back up. Let me back up. Let me give you a background. Kimberly, give me your background. Who are you? Oh, wow.

Kim Morris 4:26
So I am originally from New York, not the city, but the suburbs, and I've been in the hair industry for over 32 years. Hairstylist behind the chair. I was a salon owner. I have been an education and sales manager for major brands like L'Oreal profession now and TG professional, another bio dynamic company called O way. I was the lead hair stylist for the raiderettes for the first three years at the. We're here, and just a lot of stuff, but the main focus has been specializing in textured hair, healthy hair and color

Leaha Crawford 5:10
all right. And shawan, tell us a little bit about you. Hi, that's our native Las Vegas. Hey, chaparral, cowboy. Hey, cowboy, go ahead. Thank you, cowgirl.

Shawann Newson 5:20
I'm sorry. Shout out to Chaparral. Shout out to Vegas. My name is shawan, born and raised in Las Vegas, native, let's see, entered into beauty school. Okay, straight out of high school. Soon as I graduated from Chaparral, most of my life, I kind of, I was raised doing hair, so I braided hair and things like that, my aunts, my cousin's hair. So I think that's, that's when it was introduced to me, because I had a love for the hair after a while, you know, watching my mom do her makeup, seeing her Fashion Fare on the counter, things like that, I became interested in beauty and skincare and makeup. So I entered into beauty school. Graduated in 1919 90 from Beauty School, I have been in the industry for over 30 years. I started I am an esthetician, and right now I'm a master esthetician. So initially started off doing facials, retail cosmetics behind the counter, Lancome Estee Lauder, working at Macy's dealers and things like that. After a while, I think, being a Gemini, I wanted something more. Okay, so during the pandemic, I decided to go back to school for advanced esthetics. And what that means is, besides doing facials, microdermabrasions and things like that on the skin, I'm also able to do micro needling on the skin. I'm also able to do dermal planing, chemical exfoliation treatments, laser hair removal, laser tattoo removal.

Leaha Crawford 7:02
And I'm not happy with that tattoo. You can get it removed Exactly. So you got that tattoo?

Shawann Newson 7:06
You Yeah, yeah, you know what? I mean. It's very painful, but it was painful to get the tattoo as well. So you can sit still and get it removed. But yeah, I, you know. I just, you know, the skin, like Kim said, is the integumentary system. It is the largest organ on the body. So it's not just about the hair and the scalp. It's also about the skin on your face and your body. So you need to take care of it, because it's, you know, the hair comes out the skin exactly, so you have to nourish it. And as we age, you know, things happen the cell cellular renewal process starts to break down or slow down. So we have to make an assertive effort to take care of that skin, keeping it lifted, glowing and bright, nourished, supple and nourished also. So it's not just about wearing the makeup, you know, if you take care of your skin correctly, wearing the sunscreen and things like that, you won't make up is very minimal. You know, a lot of women feel like they cannot leave the house an accent without a beat, beat face every single day, you know? So I just want women to know, yeah, I would never leave the house, right? Yeah, I just want, I want women to know that they can, they don't have to wear makeup, yeah, then you saw that, I know you don't have to wear makeup, yeah?

Kim Morris 8:30
And really, it's about internal health, like, right? You know, part of the consultation, I think that people get, you know, confused about what the interaction should be with hair stylists and estheticians. And the most important part, it's not about just like jumping in the chair and saying, Okay, this is the style I want, and this is what I want, and that's it. We have to take this information. It's kind of like going to see a doctor, right? And so there's so much information that we have to take in and understand and be able to digest, for us to be able to give a educated and professional opinion, and then it's like a journey, so it's a marathon and not a race. So how do we get to the end, and how do we maintain this on the way down the road? And so I speak about things from the hair perspective, but it really coincides with the skin. And so I talk about, you know, when they tell me about what they're doing in their daily life to take care of their hair, I'm focusing on how much water you intake. What kind of foods are you eating? What kind of environment do you sleep in?

Julian Rosado 9:35
Dermatology, that's really important the foods you eat. Yes, he also told me to this is something I've been doing, like for four years, like a hidden secret. Well, what he told me to do, I don't know if you guys say is correct, but every night It sounds so crazy. I peel potatoes. I have sack of potatoes, and I peel potato skins, the skin of it, and I rub it on my face.

Kim Morris 10:00
Oh yeah, I can see, like, some of the starch, what?

Julian Rosado 10:04
Yeah, and I rubbed the, just, just, just the skin of it, and I have the rest. I put it away.

Shawann Newson 10:10
What did he say were the benefits of rubbing potato skins on

Julian Rosado 10:15
years ago when I did it? But I'm, I don't know. I'm 39 actually.

Shawann Newson 10:20
So, okay, so, so, years ago, I'm not gonna even try to take a stab at that carbohydrates

Kim Morris 10:29
or something, just table that come back. We're trying to dissect, like, all the things that are in it. So carbohydrates, we have, like, like, lipids, we have certain other minerals, it would a lot of different things.

Julian Rosado 10:42
Get rid of the black spots that you have in your eyes and pores. It will close up too. Okay.

Shawann Newson 10:48
Well, well, okay, you know, but, but these days, there are other means of taking care of your skin, right by purchasing those products that for your particular skin type, and that's going to help improve your skin over time, like Kim says, it's a marathon, not a race. Yeah, everybody seems to want this magic bullet when, especially when it comes to weight loss, you know, and skincare and looking younger, right, right? Looking younger also, you know, like Kim said about nutrition of the body exercise, pilates, moving, circulating, getting the blood to the surface of the skin so you have that glow. We're just here to help you maintain it, and that means coming in, like frequently for maintenance, like going to the doctor. So it's teamwork, you know, it's the client and the teacher. And it like Kim says, also, it's all about educating the client, because a lot of people just don't know. No more Crisco on the face, right? No more No more Vaseline, you know, to hold the moisture in. Maybe, you know, I use

Leaha Crawford 11:54
Vaseline regularly. I do. Go ahead. I do.

Shawann Newson 11:59
You know, what if you use Vaseline, is it at night? Yes. Okay, so you use it to what hold the height? No.

Leaha Crawford 12:05
So what I do is I um, and I learned, I did. I've been doing this for four years because I don't have heart feet and everybody and I routine. My grandmother taught me years ago. Vaseline on the feet. Put some White Sox, but you're not putting on that's that's the sometimes feet depends, not your face. Sometimes it depends at night, in the morning, it don't

Shawann Newson 12:21
matter, okay? Well, um, y'all can help. I mean, you're, you're coating, yes, you're coating the skin, right? I did the so ends and the stuff that just means that you're, you're, you're blocking the you're clogging the pores. Okay, it's not a benefit, okay, okay, so a moisturizer that's going to help moisturize and protect your skin from the environmental factors, free radicals and things like that, is really important as and, you know, protection from the UVA, UVB, rays of the sun. So, SPF, 30 plus.

Julian Rosado 12:56
How's the cocoa butter? Now I is a cocoa butter good to use, or you should just stop. Oh, I speaking for me personally, on

Shawann Newson 13:06
the body, on the body is my opinion, you know. And it's always best when you're getting out of the shower not to completely dry off, right? When the skin is a little damp. I like to apply oil, you know. And water acts as a carrier to help absorb into your skin.

Leaha Crawford 13:25
Hold on so you're listening to growth and grace. I am Leah Crawford, this is Julian Rossetto, and we are here with commission one, and we are talking about some, just some quick tips, yes, for you to take care of your take care of your skin, the biggest organ, the largest organ of your body, yes. Ma'am, yeah, oh, sure. So let me ask you this, though, because a lot of times I know I've gone through the expensive products and all, and I'm like, do you need to buy those expensive products, or are there some some products? How do you find what is, first of all, what? How do you find for the skin type, what is best for your skin so that you can do something, I guess, you

Kim Morris 14:03
know, from a hair perspective, from, for me, from working with two major hair care companies like L'Oreal professional, they have, like, over 3500 scientists around the world, and so they have extensive research. And they also own Lancome and a gazillion other so what I have learned is that the consumer products have a lot of fillers, and it it gives a false perception that it's helping. So a lot of products for the hair. If you say that your hair feels really silky, that, to me, is a trigger that tells me that it is laying a lot of silicone based products with some silicone based products are good, but it is covering the hair, coating the hair, and it is not allowing it. To to be protected, and then, as a colorist, it's not allowing me to get in to change. So correct

Leaha Crawford 15:10
is the hair? So how is the hair supposed to be? Is it Is this okay?

Kim Morris 15:14
So you it should be supple, it should be soft, it should feel hydrated. The hair strand should feel smooth. It shouldn't feel like bumps. It shouldn't be frayed at the ends that split ends. Your scalp is the most important thing. Healthy scalp, clean. Healthy scalp is good hair and then so circulation. How do you check your scalp? You want to make sure that your scalp is free and clear of any debris, any kind of products, excessive, oils, excessive, you know, creams or anything like that. When you use shampoo is to cleanse and can moisturize. So is it for the scalp, or is it for the hair shampoo? Shampoo is for the scalp and the hair conditioner is for the mid lengths and ends. You should never be putting conditioner on your scalp that's clogging pores. Say that again, you should never be putting conditioner on your scalp. It should go on the mid lengths and ends of your hair.

Leaha Crawford 16:10
So okay, so I know everybody else. I know I learned something today, even though I don't know if I touch my scalp, but what if you ain't got no hair around, and it's gonna touch the scalp on it

Kim Morris 16:18
anyway, then you kind of, kind of kind of flick it on your you should never froth it, froth it on your hair, on your hair, and it's going to get on there, because the water is on there, so it spread. But you shouldn't actively be pushing it into the pores of the scalp, because then you're creating the environment, like we talked about this on the skin, so you have dead skin cells, right that we should be shampooing off. We move the we remove the dead skin cells off of our face, but we don't think about the scalp. And so when you have that environment where dead skin cells are not removed, and you have sebaceous glands, oil glands in your scalp, and it creates the oil that environment creates a yeast and a fungus. So the yeast is going to be dangerous.

Shawann Newson 17:08
It thrives in that beautiful environment, environment. It loves it.

Leaha Crawford 17:14
Yeah, that's dangerous that. So when you see people, okay, yeah. So basically,

Shawann Newson 17:18
and it can be hereditary, it can be a lot of it's kind of like, it's not an autoimmune disease. It is a form of a parasite that you can get on the scalp, right? And, like she said, you just got to, you know, check your scalp, keep it, keep it hydrated. And is it massage good for the scalp?

Kim Morris 17:36
It is because you need that blood circulation, because that's part of hair growth, blood circulation is big. Hair Growth, skin rejuvenation, like all of those different things. And then, you know, the inner parts of the hair follicle, the cortex, that's where all the happiness happens. So the cuticles on the outside, like the shingles on a house, okay? And so the tighter they are, the healthier the hair, the more raised they are, the more sensitized and damaged the hair is right? Been through a lot wind outside, the way you brush your hair, the way you put different, you know, rub your hair the sun. When she talked about UV protectors, we have UV protectors in our product hair products, you have to because you're doing the same damage to the skin that you're doing to the hair, because the hair is a dead cell, exactly. It is not a lot. Your scalp is alive.

Leaha Crawford 18:26
So basically your scalp, so what is okay? So the hair is pushing out these dead cells. So all this is dead, so the hair, or the hair is dead cell, right? Okay, so we just want to make this

Kim Morris 18:36
fabulous, but we want to make sure that internally, we're doing the right thing, so that healthy hair grows out, yeah? So if you got a lot of stuff going on that's not good, guess what? You're not gonna have nice hair, and you're not gonna have good skin.

Shawann Newson 18:51
Yeah, I want to piggyback off of what Kim said about the healthier the scalp, healthy hair comes out, right? So just like the skin, okay, you need to be exfoliating at least twice a week, two to two to three times, right?

Leaha Crawford 19:07
So let's talk about exfoliate. What does that mean? Because I hear people you need to exfoliate to peel myself. I mean, because when people say that, right? What does that mean? I mean? Does that mean I'm rubbing some stuff off, and I peel it off, I put this mask because, yeah, what does that mean?

Shawann Newson 19:27
Okay, thank you so much for asking. Okay, it's a good question. Okay, so when I say exfoliate, you can do it manually, okay? So a lot of people have, may have a facial brush at home. It's a small unit with very soft bristles, right? You know circular motions around the face, maybe with a product, or maybe even just the cleanser. When you have your cleanser on your face right back in the day, people use the apricot facial scrub and over time, a. After a good amount of research, found out microscopically the apricots were actually they were shells in the product, and it was causing micro tears on the skin. So you know, anytime you you do the apricot scrub, and you might put a toner witch hazel. I know some people probably use alcohol for oily skin, and that is definitely not No, no, okay, but you can do it manually, but it's removing the dead skin cells, right? Do it

Leaha Crawford 20:31
so I am so you're saying two to three times a week, right? So am I exfoliating just my face? Am I exfoliating my whole body?

Shawann Newson 20:38
Thank you so much. Am I exfoliating my feet. So, so your face includes the decollete, which is the upper chest, where the clavicle is. You know, when we wear those beautiful off the shoulder, yes, V neck blouses, we want that that area to be shiny and beautiful, you know, the neck and then the face. So anytime you're treating the skin, you need to be treating the decollete, the neck and the face.

Leaha Crawford 21:01
Can call it what it is, because you're gonna say decollete. What is a Declan upper, upper chest.

Shawann Newson 21:07
You know how you have that, right? Okay, yeah, that bony part, bony part, yeah, and in the neck, exposed right here. Okay.

Leaha Crawford 21:14
Now, what about your arms and your legs? Do you? Do you exfoliate in your Absolutely. How about the back?

Shawann Newson 21:20
Okay, so you need everybody should have a back brush, or some type of back thing where you can kind of get back there. But there's also a thing called back facials, right? Okay, okay, so that's what I do. This one of the treatments that I get, right? So, because we're, we don't really, we're not really able to get to our backs often, you know, in a good way, i lay you down and I give you a facial. It's like a facial for the back, okay, you know, cleansing, exfoliating, if you need extraction. Some people have, a lot of people have pustules and things like that, really, yes, ma'am, you don't know, but they on your back. So you they there. Well, they know, okay, but very painful. It's uneducated, you know, not being educated, knowing how to take care of it. Or maybe it's just, you know, financially, can't make it to an esthetician, so so it can be properly taken care of and diagnosed, or whatever, you know.

Leaha Crawford 22:14
All right, so you are listening to growth and grace. I am Leah Crawford, this is Julian, and hopefully we're giving you some Okay, so let's give some tips on what you can do. Because, again, sometimes, I mean, you got to do it two to three times a week, right? So some things that people can do to better, take care of your skin, better, take care of your hair. So we're giving them tips as they're going into the new year.

Shawann Newson 22:37
Okay, so can I start? Okay, so first of all, I just want to break, give facts to a myth that that I feel like has been going around culturally for a long time. Right? Darker skinned individuals kind of feel like, you know, the phrase Black don't crack, okay, black can crack, okay, if you I mean, you know, we carry our mothers and our fathers DNA, right? So the reason why we're so our skin is so resilient because it's just, it's passed down from generation generation. It's just in our in our blood, right? But over time, you know you still have to take care of it. You know you have to wear that sunscreen to protect it, or later, yeah, well, you'll start to experience hyperpigmentation, okay, which is a buildup of melanocytes on the skin that that's making your skin darker. You know how, if you looked at older individuals, where the sun kind of hits, well, you'll see the dark areas, like under the cheekbones, melasma on the forehead, if your skin is not a nice even color, I mean, it needs to be.

Leaha Crawford 23:49
What about the moles? Because I get the moles. So what about the moles? Well, the moles, you know, because they start popping up at a certain age. I was like, well, where'd that one come from? And then, yeah, it's,

Shawann Newson 23:59
well, you know, it's suggested that you first of all keep an eye on your moles. Right? Exactly. I have moles as well on my face. My mother had moles my grandmother. But not all moles are dangerous, okay, but still, keep an eye on it. That's why dermatologists will tell you, if you have a mate, take off all your clothes and have them look, look at your body, or stand in the mirror and look at your body and see what's going on with your body. So you can, you know, because we don't want to from where not wearing sunscreen is cancer and things like that. Okay, one, one other, quick thing I want to say about melon and rich skin is that it's really important well for any skin to protect the barrier function. Research published in the Journal of investigative dermatology shows that darkly pigmented skin has enhanced barrier function compared to lighter skin and. And this relates to how melanin influences the skin's pH and lipid processing. Our skin is built to protect so we're already being protected by our skin, but we still have to take those necessary steps to keep it protected nice and plump and glowy, okay,

Leaha Crawford 25:19
so basically, to break that down in English, okay? Because you used all these big terms. And I like, you know, I'm like, okay, got it lipid. I forget to speak in layman's terms.

Kim Morris 25:29
Screen on so you don't put the sunscreen on. You don't roll up like a razor

Leaha Crawford 25:34
basis, right? So put the sunscreen 30 plus SPF, 30 plus SPF, yes, put the sunscreen on what the sun can see. So if the sun can see your hands and your face and your neck

Shawann Newson 25:43
everywhere, no, no. Think about it. Think about it. You're driving every day. No, I said your hands, right, everywhere. Okay, okay, okay, and the hands. But even if you're wearing sleeves, the sun will get through those sleeves. So like when you go to the beach, you put you put it all over, your all over, got it all over, and you reapply, like, every couple hours, two or three hours,

Leaha Crawford 26:04
yeah, my sister, because me and my sister, we go at and I'm like, You got to do the kids, yeah? And out the pool. I'm like, they why? You just spray them down. And that's what they do. And that's what she does.

Shawann Newson 26:13
She's crazy and quick, yeah, you

Leaha Crawford 26:14
know, all right, so, Kim, anything from you? So

Kim Morris 26:17
for hair, specifically, because we're here in the desert, right? So we lack a lot of moisture, right? We have a big problem. If you have not addressed it in your living space, it's hard water, and it is detrimental to the skin and the hair. So if you don't have a water system, I would say you can get the two and a half gallon water thing that you buy from the store and let your last rinse, whether it be your face or your hair, be that water, the spring water, okay, I would definitely say you want to have heat protection. So usually the heat protection for styling, for thermal styling, is up to 450 degrees protects you. Should not be using 450 degrees when I, you know, style hair, flat iron or curling irons. I use high temperature tools, but I'm also moving fast. Do I use 450 on everyone?

Leaha Crawford 27:13
No. So what is the temperature that you need to use when you're like, say, I'm home, flat iron in

Kim Morris 27:17
my hair. I would say for you, between 350 and 400 that's safe, because your PASS is going to take a minute and mine is going to take five seconds. Got it so I don't want it cooking. God, you don't want to cook the hair. I also suggest, and I know shawarma probably agree with me. I always tell my clients to invest in a cool mis humidifier in their environment where they sleep, and they need to put it on an hour before they go to bed.

Leaha Crawford 27:46
So that way the air is more to add moisture, to add moisture to the air,

Shawann Newson 27:50
to piggyback off that a hair steamer, yeah, I want to mention that free. Yes, Kim, that's really good to have one.

Leaha Crawford 27:58
Often do you steam your hair? Though?

Shawann Newson 28:01
I haven't used it in a while, but no two to three, two to three times a week. Or, you know, get to know your hair and know when it's dry and where your scalp is tight, steaming your face, your skin is also. They have the portable, yeah, they have the portable steamers, or the standalone steamers that you can just put because that's infused steamer,

Leaha Crawford 28:22
because I'm because when you steam my hair, then my then my flat iron, gonna go right, but you're opening

Kim Morris 28:28
those pores, and we're opening up the cuticle, so she's opening up the pores, I'm opening up the cuticle, and I'm allowing the conditioner to go in and to really get to the internal part. So it's intercellular reconstruction. Okay, so I

Leaha Crawford 28:42
got to bring you ladies back, because we are at the end of the show. So if you want to learn more about the services that these women, Kim and shawan, they

Shawann Newson 28:50
are at DeMaria esthetics, located inside February salon,

Leaha Crawford 28:55
fiber a salon, fiber salon, fiber salon in Henderson. Yes. So is there fiber salon in Henderson. Can I get some contact numbers? Sure. Contact numbers.

Shawann Newson 29:05
My, my contact number information is 725-259-1727,

Leaha Crawford 29:12
you can say that again. Say that again. 725-259-1727,

Shawann Newson 29:18
okay. I saw Instagram, Facebook. Shawandi Maria.

Leaha Crawford 29:22
Shawandi, Maria, and then you and then

Kim Morris 29:24
fiber salon, the telephone number is going to be 702-844-8013,

Leaha Crawford 29:31
and they will know how to All right. All right. All right. So that brings us to the end of the show, as always, E, A, G, L, E, S, even though we playing playing eagles, eagles, even though we playing the commanders, it's okay. He's injured. I know he's in i know i Jaden, All right, y'all until next week. Happy holidays. Merry Christmas.

Shawann Newson 29:56
Happy holidays. Thank you. Bye. You.

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