SHRINKAGE! For many naturals, that’s almost a curse word (LOL!) to the point where hair care companies have begun to market products promising to minimize this… “problem”. Listen, I say, “welcome to being Black!” Ha! Do you feel me people?! It’s inevitable once our kinks, coils or curls come in contact with moisture that it’s gonna shrink. It is what it is. *shrug* I get that we want to show off our true length, totally understandable. I, personally, don’t stress it too much. I embrace it and just let this hair do what it do. Rewind to last month. I had a week full of events which included traveling to and from Philly in a day, getting home late, then up bright and early in the A.M. for the Blogging While Brown conference. After the first two days of my blown out twist-out, I wasn’t tryna hear twisting this mane…
As I’m scrolling endlessly through my Instagram feed today, I came across a repost by Naturally Supreme via Awesomely Luvvie about this blog challenge… #31WriteNow. So, of course, I head on over to Luvvie’s page and yup, it’s what you think: one post per day for every day in the month of August. One word- YIKES!! O_O Now, my goal since attending the Blogging While Brown conference has been to get out at LEAST three blog posts for you lovely people per week. But SHEESH… 31 days straight?! Welp, while this challenge gave me brief palpitations, I almost immediately reposted said repost with a resounding… reluctant… excitedly nervous “I’m gonna try”. :-/ I think this will definitely help me build my writing skills and keep me on my toes creatively. With this challenge, there are no rules for length *whew* and ya know what? I’ve come to realize that my articles…
HAPPY FRIDAY!!! This Wednesday, I had the pleasure of seeing a one mister Allen Stone in concert at Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg Brooklyn. MAN did I have a good time!!!!!!! <— too many exclamation marks? Nope, not even! LOL! This dude knows how to get a crowd going not to mention his oh-so-soulful voice- WOO! Ok, enough about him for now, let’s get to the fashion… Of course, the “superstar” of this outfit is the FLY GRL tank, created by my girl Toni of Haus of Swag. It brings a little old school flavor with the message as well as a design reminiscent of 80s rap trio Run DMC… Love it! As an #80sbaby and fan of old school hip-hop, I was all over it. I wasn’t really going for a set “theme” here. I was just trying to stay cool, be cute and feel comfy! ^_^ Now that I…
Happy Tuesday y’all! The International African Arts Festival in Brooklyn took place over four gorgeous (but HOT!!) days and brought out all types of gorgeous natural beauty. Although I am usually super eager to attend festivals, fairs and other free events to take in some culture, I don’t do so very often… weird, right?! Well, for that very reason, I decided to attend two days of the festival, the first and last, to take in as much as I could {see my fashion pics from day one here}. Of course, I had my Nikon in tow with the goal of capturing some of the beautiful hair I was sure to see as I roamed Commodore Barry Park. I wish I could’ve gotten a lot more shots but I’m happy with the ones I DID get! Take a gander… The next event I PROMISE to get more hair AND fashion pics! I…
HEY HEY!! So, as I told my Instagram followers, I just wanted to thank everyone who has been showing ToBNatural so much love since I started this blog almost a year ago. I recently hit 2,000 Instagram followers and Facebook is gradually climbing towards 4,000 fans- the support has been amazing! Over the course of the year, I have acquired A LOT of products by various means and quite frankly, I have more than I know what to do with! “Sharing is caring”, right?! So, what better way to say “thank you” than to share items from some of my favorite brands with my lovely followers! For this giveaway I will be selecting not one but FOUR winners!! Here’s what you’ll get… My first place winner will receive this FULL SIZE set of EDEN Bodyworks Coconut Shea products complete with CoWash, Leave-In, Pudding Soufflé, Curl Defining Creme (not shown) and…
