Hey chickadees! 🙂 Let me start by saying a huuuge GRACIAS to all of you who have been following me primarily on Facebook as well as Twitter, Tumblr and most recently, Instagram! On September 6th, ToBNatural reached a milestone of 1,000 Facebook fans and is still growing at well over 1300 today! To say “Thank You”, it was only right that I team up with the creator of one of my favorite product lines- Karen Tappin-Saunderson of Karen’s Body Beautiful! If you do follow me on Twittter, you’ve seen me tweet & re-tweet KBB‘s daily and weekly product deals, simply because I love the line and I want you to try it & love it too! <3 Karen’s approach to quality hair care is simple, as her online shop reminds us: “Ingredients Really Matter”! Cooking up only the best, Karen’s Body Beautiful products boast the natural ingredients many would look for…
Hello my people and welcome to Inspiration… Execution! I’m looking to make this a regular style feature here on ToBNatural, we’ll see how it goes. Clearly, I’m so ridiculously late posting this (ummm, it’s FALL and like 60 degrees in NY now!) but I had to share. Soooo *newsflash* I follow StylePantry religiously… (-_-) LOL! If you have a penchant for fashion and have yet to witness the awesomeness that is Folake Kuye Huntoon of stylepantry.com, please hurry! But if you’re loyal follower like moi, you gotta remember this post. It was almost bedtime and a sista had not a CLUE what to put on the next day… Enter StylePantry! Talk about a life-saver. I screamed “HEY! I HAVE PANTS LIKE THOSE!” Nope, didn’t have any suspenders but I knew EXACTLY what to do… This! I snagged this cool pair of khaki capris from UNIQLO in SoHo two summers ago… on the sale rack…
Hello Curlies! Tell me, would you try pounding a nail into the wall with a sponge? Or how about washing your dishes with with a hammer? Ridiculous, right?! Well, simply put, to perform any task effectively, you need the right tools. In speaking with a number of curlfriends over the passed few years and through my own experiences, it seems a day in the life of many naturals include the same basic items. Follow me as we explore seven tools I’ve found necessary for natural hair care and styling. 1. Regularly spritzing your hair with a spray bottle of H2O, either alone or with some added (ahem) “juices & berries” 🙂 will help keep your strands in tip top shape. Infusing natural oils like sweet almond or jojoba will give your hair a soft, healthy look and feel. Adding essential oils such as tea tree, peppermint or rosemary will also aid in…
Pump up the volume! Achieve a similar look by using medium to large sized perm or flexi rods. Set while wet. When dry, using a little oil on your fingertips, separate each ringlet. Shake & fluff gently at the roots with a pick or your fingers until you’ve achieved the desired look. Have fun with your hair! xoxo ~Toia
After using oils, butters and creams to style our natural hair, over time, we may see the need to do a really deep clean to refresh our hair and scalp. Here's where clarifying comes in! Read on to see three ways to do it!
