 | Interview With Brenda SlikerMs. Brenda E. Sliker is the author ofBlack Women Rejoice, a booklet she wrote detailing her hair growth formula. In it she gives the reasons why many black women have hair growth difficulties and what can be done to promote healthy hair growth. It is also available as an e-book. Ms. Sliker is also the founder of Successful Attitudes, an inspirational website which gives information and encouragement to teens and their parents to help them become focused and reach for their goals. What is the main focus of of your website, www.blackwomenrejoice.com? Brenda Sliker: A) Nothing that comes in a jar or bottle will grow hair, if it did, based on how much money black women spend on hair care products, we would all have very VERY long hair by now. Followed closely by: B) Yes I like to laugh about the way we act, from the book of "Laws for black people" A black woman may never remove hair from her face, in the presence of another black person, by shaking or swinging it out of the way. She must always drop what she is doing and use her hands! That is if she wishes to avoid embarrassment! Growing hair has the potential of being a very boring subject. I don't think my book is boring. OK really! I teach women with hair of African descent how to unlock the secrets to real and continuous hair growth. I teach concepts and reasons (not brand names and product lines) to promote healthy, touchable, growable, hair. What made you want to start this company? Did you have help from friends and family when starting your business? I am pretty much a self-starter. If I sit quiet longer than 10 minutes I am destined to start another project. I started the company Successful Attitude in 1994 when I had put together a book mostly for teenagers about what else? Goal achievement. Well, the ideas grew and internet was just starting (for us common folk) which gave me a forum for my information. As far as BlackWomenRejoice.com, all black women spend a lifetime trying to figure out why our hair won't grow. I just took my discoveries one step further and wrote them down. Since I was already a presence on the internet it only made sense that I start up this web page. By the way, the title Black Women Rejoice came from the moment I realized that I had done all of the steps correctly, in proper order, and my hair was growing. I knew that I would tell the world about this. Did researching and learning about black hair give you an appreciation of our hair? Since I am black and the research was on me and my successes were so obvious, I was ecstatic. All hair is different, but hair care and growth information is common sense. Therefore it works on everyone. I have dreadlocks and espouse natural hairstyles. From reading your website I get the impression that you want to give black women who do desire to straighten their hair a better option. Is that correct? Both natural and relaxed hair have burdens to bare. I talk about BOTH to rid each of habitual bad hair care philosophies handed down since the beginning of time. Remember, the real reason we have all these problems is that we live in a world that points at our hair as a judgment tool, as a personality and intelligence detector. That is for ALL people. Those of us with hair that would just as soon "stand straight up" have an extra concern to our daily hair rituals. Don't you think we over do it for the sake of style? The care and feeding of the natural hair style is just as important as the relaxed hair. But my point is that relaxed hair does not break because of the chemicals we use, but the methods we employ. Having said that, the program of hair growth in now the same for both, with minor variations. I don't teach hair style although I do offer advice, I teach hair care for anyone interested in hair growth. Have you had a lot of positive feedback? How about negative feedback? Not a week goes by that I don't get a "God Bless You" " I am so glad I found your site" and "you go girl". I get negative e-mails from one category of women; those that not only didn't read my report but also didn't read my web site." I guess I put so much information out there to convince them another product of promise will not grow hair, that it is overwhelming. They would rather e-mail me than read all of that information. Women don't trust yet another person saying "listen to me, I grow hair." I know that, I understand that. So I try to let them know that I won't rip them off. I try to answer every skeptical question with understanding. I know better than most how crazy the claim sounds.After all the devil is hard at work even on the internet.Let me mention that the credit card companies are tough cookies. They would shut you down in a heartbeat if you ripped off even one customer. I have been in business since 94 and I am still here. Their credit card is in a secure location, and if they stop fighting me (I am so devoted to this) they may actually see growth where it wouldn't happen before. We wish you all the success in the world with your business. Thank you so much for doing the interview! To find out more about it, click on the link below: BlackWomenRejoice.com. Ms. Sliker is also the Founder of SuccessfulAttitude.com |   More about Brenda Afro Mama Book book info Afro Mama Zine zine info More MSPCalendarBanners |
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