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…
Come hang out Monday August 5th at the chic Bauble Bar in SoHo NYC and find the perfect jewelry to complement your kinks, coils and curls! Join Krystal of The Feisty House for her very first NYC event on Monday from 6:30-8:30 PM at the BaubleBar Pop-Up at 131 Greene Street where you’ll enjoy music, lite bites and amazing jewelry. ALL are welcome whether natural or not. If you’re a jewelry lover, come on down! With my tight budget, you’ll probably catch me doing nothing more than browsing… but it’ll all be worth it to finally meet my FAAAVORITE fashionista + naturalista, Cynthia of Simply Cyn. Woop-Wooooop! RSVP here! I hope to see you there! xoxo Toia B. #31WriteNow
On June 25th, up and coming female entrepreneurs gathered at Polish Bar of Brooklyn for Cocktails & Connections, a beauty industry mixer where they would be able to network and learn from the success stories of some of NY’s top beauty mavens. Although experiencing record temps in NYC there was nothing but positivity in the room. Speaking of positivity, a portion of the proceeds from the event was donated to Petals-N-Belles, a non-profit organization headed by Damali Elliott which is committed to empowering young girls in various areas of life… how cool is that?! The lineup went something like this… Essence.com’s Nicole Melton and celeb stylist Ursula Stephen were a pleasant surprise! Each special guest spoke candidly about the experiences that led them to the job of their dreams. #dowhatyoulove (one of my favorite things to hashtag!) seemed to be the running theme as each spoke of their rise to success in…
