VA Natural Beauty Expo

Hey Naturals, mark your calendar for Oct 17th, The VA Natural Beauty Expo will by happening at the Richmond Convention Center! This is going to be a huge event with over 50 vendors on board, plus lots of workshops and consultations will be going on throughout day! Guest speakers include Jonna Scott- Blakes from Naturally Glam and Jenell B Stewart from Kinky Curly Coily Me, in addition to all things natural hair expect to walk away with some great fitness, fashion, and make-up tips! Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door, hope to see you there!

VA Natural Beauty Expo

Greater Richmond Convention Center

403 N 3rd St Richmond VA 23219

Oct 17th 2015

11am-7pm

More dets available at:

vanaturalbeauty.com

 



Product Review: Beyond The Zone Heat Protectant

Hey ladies, I just wanted to share a quick little vlog I did last night about Beyond The Zone Heat Protectant! As a natural that straightens I always make sure to use a good quality heat protectant to protect my curls/hair from heat damage! Being that I love big full hair even when blown out, (IE Kelis, Tracee Ellis Ross) I look for a product that's light, non- greasy and wont weigh my hair down. Beyond The Zone Turn Up The Heat did the trick, I love the fact that this product comes in a spray bottle, the consistency is very light, and it smells amazing. I highly recommend this product to naturals that use heat, it will leave your hair light and flowy, for $7 bucks you really can't beat it!

                                         

Beyond The Zone "Turn Up The Heat"

Return of The Curls presents Holiday Trunk Show

All my RVA naturals, transitioners, and whomever else simply wants to come out and attend a great event you'll have your opportunity to this Sunday at Return of The Curls Holiday Trunk Show! I attended the event last year and had a wonderful time, there were tons of naturals there, along with some great vendors and even a few hair demos. I left with some great goodies last year including some beautiful jewelery and a few hair products. The event is being held at the Richmond Magnuson Grand Hotel from 2pm-6pm, tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door! I would also like to mention that I will be speaking this year, yes yours truly has been selected as the featured Fashion Blogger for the event. I will be talking about dressing for your body type during the holidays and will also be covering this seasons trends, and one of my favorite things to do thrifting! When I go to events like this I normally bring my sis along and a few of my girls who are also natural, like myself a few of my naturals friend wear their hair blown out majority of the time. When we get to the events and they see naturals rocking their curls they always say "I should've rocked my curls"! Ladies wear your hair how you like natural is natural if you don’t have a relaxer, keratin, silkner or any other type of chemical straighter you're natural in my book. We have to stop this divide in the natural hair community it’s what I like to call the "you can’t sit with us" syndrome. Just because some choose to rock their curls and others prefer to blow their hair out doesn’t make you more or less natural; as long as your hair is healthy that’s all that matters (rant over)! So whether you're a natural that prefers straighten/ blown out hair or you’re a natural that loves to rock your fro please come out and support this event there will be a little something for everyone!

Return of The Curls

 Holiday Trunk Show

Sunday November 17th

2pm-6pm

6531 W Broad St

Richmond, VA 23230

marketing@returnofthecurls.com

Naturals of RVA Fall Meet Up

I went to my first natural hair meet up last month; the meet up was hosted by Shakira and Melani from Naturals of RVA! Women of all ages were in attendance, I loved the fact that everyone was at a different stage in their natural hair journey, it made for great conversation! Some of the ladies were new to being natural and some had been natural for years like myself, as I made my way around the room I got a chance to mingle and chat with the other naturals about hair products and techniques! Our lovely host Shakira even did a few style demos, which are always nice to see live and in living color, especially when your style challenged like me! There were some great product giveaways as well, my sis even came out to the event for a little while and ended up winning a few bottles of Hydratherma Naturals products! If you’re in the RVA area and you're natural or thinking about transitioning, I would definitely suggest checking out Naturals of RVA, they have meet ups throughout the year at various locations in the city!

Loved her blonde puff!

Sis's curls were rockin'

Shakira from Naturals of RVA

Style Demo

Naturals!!

Got to meet the Artisan that makes these lovely soaps, they smell delish!

Naturals of RVA presents Fall Natural Hair Mixer

Ok, can I just start by saying I'm loving the natural hair scene that has really swept through Richmond over the past few years! I've been natural for 10 years now, and can honestly say in the beginning of my journey there was nothing happening in this city in regards to women with natural hair! You Tube was my best friend and of course good ol' Google was there anytime I needed to look something up. That my friend is no longer the case, RVA now is home to a number of natural hair shows, events, and various meet ups. Naturals of RVA, is one of those groups thats helping to further educate and bring together naturals in the Richmond area. This group host various meet ups throughout the year, and their members have access to their website, which has a great forum where naturals and transitioners can find answers to all questions dealing with natural hair. Naturals of RVA is hosting their Fall Natural Hair Mixer this month on October 17th, at the ARTisan Cafe from 6-9pm. If you're natural or thinking about transitioning you definitely should attend, there will be product giveaways, hair demos, along with some great natural hair info. To RSVP for this event please visit www.meetup.com/naturalsofrva

Naturals of RVA presents Fall Natural Hair Mixer

October 17th

6pm-9pm

ARTisan Cafe

9200 Stony Point Parkway #192A

Richmond VA 23238

RSVP @ www.meetup.com/naturalsofrva