Dark & Lovely has a NEW product line specially formulated for us natural gals and they brought it to NYC in style with a “Curl Power” celebration on February 20th (this post is SUPER late!) hosted by the lovely Curly Nikki! Follow me… Ok, so the festivities were set to begin at 6:30 pm and my little sister and I arrived at Arena around 5:45 pm. There were maybe… 30-35 chicas on line, not bad. We could clearly see the door from our spot so we were cool! The line started moving pretty quickly with security letting in a few at a time at a regular pace. After signing the waiver about photography/videography etc., we went in and were led to the private karaoke room downstairs to check our coats and wait to go up to the main event at showtime. Some of the curlies did the karaoke thing LOL!…
Jill Scott. Teyonah Parris. Kim Coles. These beautiful, talented women grace red carpets with such style, not to mention gorgeous hair. Meet the talent behind said gorgeousness, Los Angeles native, celebrity natural hair stylist and creator of the Loving Your Hair with Natural Care Workshop, Felicia Leatherwood. I had a chance to chat with Felicia on the phone last week as she was doing what she does best. Even with hands full of shampoo, she took a few minutes out of her busy day to speak with me a bit about her career, her journey and her love for hair care… One of the first things I’m always curious to find out from stylists is how long they’ve had an interest in hair. “Oh, wow. I’ve always liked hair”, Felicia reminisces, “even as a small child, from about nine years old.” So, one might wonder, ‘how do ya go from…
So!!!! You already know how much I love Karen’s Body Beautiful from my giveaway post back in September. If you follow me on Instagram and Facebook, you must be sick of my constant posts of weekly KBB deals! LOL! I’m sure you’ve heard the buzz by now that KBB was coming to select Target stores this month but we all got the news via Twitter that “the magic date is March 19th“. I’m beyond excited… Weeeeeeee!! ^_^ Back at her Clinton Hill shop, creator Karen Tappin-Saunderson mixed up her amazing butters and things right there in a sleek kitchen for all to see. Of course to meet demand for Target consumers, technology has replaced Karen’s loving hands in the production process. But have no fear! As she told me via Instagram, “Nothing. Will. Change.” Boom! LOL “Oh, except some of the products will be larger for the same price!” O_O Laawwd self-control, Toia…SELF-CONTROL!! In case…