Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Cardi B’s weird onion water hair care hack: Expert reveals secrets
nypost.comtouted in a now-viral post.The 29-year-old rapper shared on Instagram that she washes her hair with boiled-onion water. “My last 2 washes I been boiling onions and using the water to wash my hair,” she captioned a picture of her natural hair.The “I Like It” singer shared that she previously used this method six years ago when she started her “healthy hair growth journey,” but stopped out of laziness.Although it may seem like an outlandish hack, there may actually be a scientific reason behind Cardi B’s method.Arran Sherwood, a senior trichological specialist at FUE Clinics, said that “onions, based on some fundamental properties, could help to nourish and promote a healthy scalp and hair.”A post shared by Cardi B (@iamcardib)The anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties of onions can help hair grow or enhance its appearance, according to Healthline.Plus, onions are rich in sulfur, which is necessary to regenerate hair follicles, Sherwood said.“Onions have anti-bacterial properties that keep the scalp free of infection, providing unhindered hair growth,” he said. “Onions are excellent sources of flavonoid anti-oxidants which benefit circulation by helping arteries and veins to widen.”Sherwood also shared that a common enzyme found in onions — Catalase Enzyme — helps get rid of hydrogen peroxide, which will protect hair cells from damage from being oxidized.However, Sherwood warned that more research is needed to prove that onion water is actually beneficial to hair.“All evidence of real-world application and subsequent effectiveness is anecdotal,” he said.
While it could prove to actually work, Sherwood said “the placebo benefit cannot be ruled out.”Healthline also found that onion juice can have multiple benefits.
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