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 Friday, I was set to hop on a bus to Philly to see my homie for an evening of culture with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. I decided to go with a comfy, colorful combo topped off by a teal blazer… I LOVE teal!! Thing is, thanks to a NYC water main break that messed up transit all over the city, ya girl never made it. 🙁 That said, look for this outfit (or a variation of it) at a future event! “High Society” satchel by JustFab. Get it here!Teal blazer- H&M, similar here Multi-colored skinnies- H&M, kinda similar here statement ring & arm candy- H&M Lemme go ahead and add a close-up of my hair. Just a simple roll & tuck style… Let’s talk… What’s YOUR favorite color and how do you style it? Share below! ~Toia
I met Danni last year via Facebook through mutual curlfriends and was drawn to her beautiful smile, TWA and awesome style. Once I learned she was a photographer and viewed her amazing work, it was a wrap! I stalked followed DFinneyPhotography on Facebook and Tumblr just about every day to see what was new. Her work has been featured on Essence.com and you may recall this photo shoot with natural hair vlogger Mae aka NaturalChica which transitioned to the Curlbox cover art you see here. I even stepped in front of her camera for a mini shoot of my own. Yes, Danielle ‘Danni’ Finney is the talent behind it all! Because she encompasses everything ToBNatural is about, I just had ask her a few questions about her hair, her style and her art… How long have you been natural? Why? My whole life basically! When I was 11 my mother tried a kiddie…
Date: Sept 6th 2012- Day One of Fashion Week Occasions: Fashion’s Night Out/ Chic ‘n’ Kinky Natural’s Night Out Dilemma: What to wear When stepping out on the first night of Fashion Week, ya wanna look your best… usually. But with a limited budget and not a whole lot of time, I decided to shop my closet. A funky yet comfy look for the natural hair event I’d be attending was needed, so my favorite pair of jeans was a sure thing. Now, do I do a cami and a blazer? A white tee and beaucoup accessories?? Welp, at the back of the closet hung an old friend- a western-style denim snap button-down shirt. But a denim top AND bottom… how would that look? 0_o *cue banjo-playing quartet* Once again, Folake Huntoon of StylePantry was in my head! With this style post exactly ONE week before the event, I was…
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…
