Toia B.closeAuthor: Toia B.Name: Toia Barry Email: tobnatural@gmail.com Site: About:
Toia B. is a wife, mom and natural hair enthusiast. This online platform has become a resource for positive images of women with textured hair and useful hair care advice. Since going back to natural in the Fall of 2009, Toia’s aim has been to inspire and share what she has learned to help others embrace their natural beauty.
This past Sunday, April 6th, Renae Bluitt, founder of Crush Media, celebrated the five year anniversary of her amazing blog In Her Shoes at DUMBO’s Galapagos Art Space with “The Brains & Beauties Behind the Brands II”. Having missed the first installment of Beauties & Brains, I jumped at the chance to be a part of round two! The hot ticket event included signature cupcakes courtesy of Tipsy Tasty plus the debut of the In Her Shoes Marketplace where we had an opportunity to shop some of the brands that have been featured on the blog. But of course, in addition to helping Renae celebrate this milestone, we were geared up to be inspired by the panel discussion to be had with Claire Sulmers of Fashion Bomb Daily, Anthony Dickey of Hair Rules, Latham Thomas of Mama Glow and Demetria Lucas of A Belle in Brooklyn & Bravo’s Blood Sweat & Heels. All in…
Toia B.closeAuthor: Toia B.Name: Toia Barry Email: tobnatural@gmail.com Site: About:
Toia B. is a wife, mom and natural hair enthusiast. This online platform has become a resource for positive images of women with textured hair and useful hair care advice. Since going back to natural in the Fall of 2009, Toia’s aim has been to inspire and share what she has learned to help others embrace their natural beauty.
Hopefully, you’ve already marked your calendars for my second Healthy Hair & Beauty Affair on June 15th. Now it’s time for you to be among the first to secure your spot for what’s going to be an amazing event with healthy hair care as its focus! We’re excited to have hair care entrepreneur Karen Tappin of Karen’s Body Beautiful in the house this time around who will be sharing her hair story! Take in some hair care education with a workshop by “The Curl Whisperer” Tameeka McNeil-Johnson and witness as someone undergoes their Big Chop! Val Joseph aka Mrs. Makeup will also be joining us once more to answer your makeup questions and she’ll be dolling up some natural beauties for our Sofistafunk Skirt Co. fashion presentation with designer Arlinda M. Scarlett Rocourt, creator of Wonder Curl, gives us a demo of her amazing product line and to mix things up…
Toia B.closeAuthor: Toia B.Name: Toia Barry Email: tobnatural@gmail.com Site: About:
Toia B. is a wife, mom and natural hair enthusiast. This online platform has become a resource for positive images of women with textured hair and useful hair care advice. Since going back to natural in the Fall of 2009, Toia’s aim has been to inspire and share what she has learned to help others embrace their natural beauty.
This past Fashion Week in New York City, I was excited to join the Optimum Amla Legend style squad for a behind-the-scenes view at the looks they executed for the Edwing D’Angelo Fall/Winter 2014 show! As a proud sponsor of the show, Optimum was responsible for complementing D’Angelo’s designs with simple yet slightly edgy hair. SoftSheen-Carson Director of Education Mezei Jefferson explains the looks and their inspiration: “We’re giving an anarchy look to it, like French Revolution… so we’re giving them the part down the center, sweeping all the hair over to the side, long ponytail then we’re wrapping it with the gold cord to give it that kind of bold feel. For the guys, we’re giving them side parts, sweeping it over with a little height in the front, you know, hair that’s reminiscent of that time period.” The team made use of Optimum Amla Legend products to achieve these sleek styles including their…
Toia B.closeAuthor: Toia B.Name: Toia Barry Email: tobnatural@gmail.com Site: About:
Toia B. is a wife, mom and natural hair enthusiast. This online platform has become a resource for positive images of women with textured hair and useful hair care advice. Since going back to natural in the Fall of 2009, Toia’s aim has been to inspire and share what she has learned to help others embrace their natural beauty.
Last week, I had the privilege of sitting in a room full of beauty taste-makers at Dream Downtown to talk #LegendaryStyle featuring the latest offerings from Optimum Amla Legend. Our hosts? Celeb stylist and SoftSheen-Carson Artistic Director Johnny Wright and super stylish naturalista Tracee Ellis Ross. As we sipped yummy green smoothies and nibbled on light bites, the duo spoke passionately about why they love this amla oil-infused line. Johnny explained how this legendary oil from India actually penetrates the hair shaft allowing the new stylers to not only help you achieve a flawless, sleek look but also help nourish the hair. I truly appreciated Tracee’s candor and wit as she let us in on her Amla Legend faves (like the Treasured Temple Edge Tamer to slick back her buns), describing exactly how she uses each one in her personal hair care routine. After getting the scoop on all the goodies, Johnny…
Toia B.closeAuthor: Toia B.Name: Toia Barry Email: tobnatural@gmail.com Site: About:
Toia B. is a wife, mom and natural hair enthusiast. This online platform has become a resource for positive images of women with textured hair and useful hair care advice. Since going back to natural in the Fall of 2009, Toia’s aim has been to inspire and share what she has learned to help others embrace their natural beauty.
Hey NYC! On Saturday, February 8th 2014 the event Know Your Roots: Natural Hair and the “Movement” will be held from 1 PM to 6 PM at Dinosaur BBQ in Harlem, NY. Presented by Locs Revolution, Unveiled Unlocked and the Follicle film production team, this event aims to raise funds for the Follicle film project while engaging the community in an interactive dialogue about culture, identity and what has come to be known as “The Natural Hair Movement.” What To Expect This event will feature vendors selling goods and services, guest speakers, hair demos and presentations, raffle prizes, food, gift bags for the first 100 attendees and more. Special presentations include Natural Hair Styling presented by celebrity loc stylist Thando Kafele and Lock N’ Chops Natural Hair Salon, Hair Talk with Karen Tappin, founder and CEO of Karen’s Body Beautiful, and a product demonstration by Scarlett Rocourt, founder and CEO of Wonder…
