More on Girlfriends and Hair Care

My last Girlfriends post received tons of hits, so obviously ya’ll got the Jones for Joan.. I thought I’d share a great article I found in Essence magazine about the ladies and their haircare regimen.
Tracee Ellis Ross

Credit: © UPN 2000 Tracee Ellis Ross

“One product I can’t live without-I’ve been using since high school-is Neutrogena lip moisturizer.”

Tress management. Going to the beach or a pool is a great opportunity to deep condition my hair. I get in the shower, brush my hair out and then load it with deep conditioner. I like Aveda Deep Penetrating, Lazartigue Shea Butter, Renee Furterer Karite or Hair Mayonaise. Then I just braid my hair up or let it dry on its own. This way, if I swim my hair is coated and protected from the chlorine, salt or sun and gets extra time to get conditioned.

Jill Marie Jones

Credit: © UPN 2000 Jill Marie Jones

“I’m very casual and I don’t wear makeup unless I’m going somewhere,” says the stunning actress who actually had to look in her makeup bag for us to see what she had. “Blue jeans are my uniform, along with wife beaters, ball caps and cowboy boots.”

Spare and chic. My makeup bag is very simple. I’ve always got Kiehl’s Lip Balm No.1 in the tube with me. I also like MAC’s Lip Glass in Squirt. It’s really something. When you look at it, it’s green, but on your lips, it looks like honey. I also use MAC eyebrow pencils in three colors, Stud, Strut and Spiked. They’re great because you don’t have to sharpen them because they are so thin.

Simply silky. For my hair, I just keep a lot of ponytail holders in my bag. I don’t carry any products with me. On the set, the stylist likes to use Biosilk Silk Therapy Cure on me. It’s a clear serum that’s not oily and makes your hair look like silk. You use about a size of a dime and it works really great before you flat-iron your hair. Necessary glam. I’ll wear makeup if I know photographers will be around. For foundation I use Dermacolor’s foundation in D5 or Chanel’s Multivitamin Natural Makeup in Spice.

Golden Brooks

Credit: © UPN 2000 Golden Brooks

“I am a creature of habit,” says Sarah Lawrence grad Golden Brooks, who portrays the sharp-tongued wife and mom Maya on the show. “I stick with the stuff that works for me.”

Glossy not frosty. I truly never leave home without Chanel’s Glossimer Lip Gloss in Glaze in my bag. It’s like a clear, pale cotton candy pink and it’s perfect for brown skin. It makes your lips look nice and flushed, not frosty, which is very important for brown skin.

Golden glow. Instead of blush or foundation, I just use a little bronzer on my cheeks and eyes like NARS Body Glow and it makes my skin just pop. On days when I haven’t had enough sleep, I use Dermacolor foundation in D5. We all use it. It works on every complexion and it’s amazing. It makes you look like you’ve had a facelift, but you have to moisturize well before you use it.

Spritz & go. “I love using spritzers to cool down after a workout at the gym, so I always use Jurlique’s Lavender Floral Water or Bioelements Monsoon Natural Body Freshener which is wonderful because it smells like lavender.

Smooth shine. For my hair, I love Citre Shine’s Shine Miracle Anti-Frizz Polishing Serum. I use it on my hair when it’s wet because it gives my hair better texture. On my edges, I like Organic Root Stimulator’s Fertilizing Temple Balm (1-888-ROOT-STIM). It’s not greasy, it doesn’t flake and it keeps my edges nice and groomed.

A bit of heaven. On the ESSENCE shoot for the September issue, the beauty editor on the set recommended Warm Spirit Heavenly Body Butter and I just fell in love with it. The smell is not intrusive and it reminds me of Jamaica.

Article courtesy of Essence.com