Be BOLD...

You know sometimes in life it is important to make waves when the ocean is still and quiet and to travel down roads that have never even been paved yet, simply because it is your time and moment to do so. You are specially chosen. I often talk to so many of my clients that are still nervous to unveil their naturally kinky, curly or wavy hair at the workplace, because they are afraid of being TOO MUCH (or what I would like to call overwhelming the haters). Well today I say to you, BE BOLD! Make your mark and take your place. Walk through that door that’s already been open for you and take a seat in the corner office. Celebrate while you embark on a new you, that you didn’t even know existed. Elegantly decorate your workplace with your poise and beauty. Your coworkers will embrace your confidence and respect your authenticity. Don’t get me wrong, I understand your concerns, but there is no resolve in the safety of conforming to what other people think you should be or look like. So BOLDLY embellish your naturally kinky, curly, or wavy hair everyday, because your beauty is beyond your kinks and curls. Remember that risks must be taken in order for progress to occur, but most importantly to live, to love and to be free naturally.

Teach Them How To Love...

Today I want to talk about my babies, my little people as I like to call them. My little people are special to me because their moms and some dads entrust their naturally kinky, curly or wavy hair to me as young as two years old. They want the best for their girls and they know that I do too. It is very important at a very young age, to instill in our girls that they are beautiful from the inside out and they are not their hair. We need to feed them positivity and high self-esteem by heaping spoonfuls, because they are going to get plenty of opportunities to taste test samples of negativity as they grow up, from the playground to the college campus. We need to love on them relentlessly without measure and teach them to love their naturally kinky, curly, or wavy hair, and that they are extraordinarily unique.


We must begin by taking the word NAPPY and the phrase GOOD HAIR out of our vocabulary, and replace them with TANGLED and just HAIR. I hear so many of my moms tell my little people this, simply because they were also told this. They were told they didn’t have good hair and that their kinks were naps and that their curls were knots. Today, however, I’m telling you differently and empowering you with the tools you need to revolutionize history for your girls. You are beautiful and wonderfully made, crafted in the image of perfection and so are your girls. I challenge you to teach your girls to love their naturally kinky, curly or wavy hair, to free them from the hair that still binds you, and to say something positive to your babies about their naturally kinky, curly or wavy hair every day. Remember that knowledge is the power that stimulates the root of miraculous change, but most importantly, to live, to love and to be free naturally.

ROCK ACCESSORIES!

I was talking to some of my clients this weekend and the topic was accessories for naturally kinky, curly, or wavy hair. What to add to that doo and what to wear for your hair? Well first let me say this, your naturally kinky, curly, or wavy hair is you, a beautiful extension of your authenticity (remember). Accessorize your hair based on how you want to feel and don’t let the rain or a bad hair day steal your swagger. Notice I said how you WANT to feel, because hair can change the game in the last two seconds and may even send your day into overtime! If your style this week is two-strand twists, try pinning them up or twisting them back. Rock a bright colored headband or scarf, and add some earrings that you might not typically wear (like hoops instead of studs). If you are wearing a twist out, a rod set, or a bantu knot set this week, add some combs (Walmart or Walgreens by Goody) or some pretty hair pins (Forever21 or Claire’s ) on the sides. This will give you the illusion of a mohawk and it will still be something you can easily change the next day.

Now find a hat you love, especially with all the different colors they come in this season. You can’t go wrong with a hat, just pick one that compliments your outfit and that makes you feel cute. Just don’t grab a hat that looks like you planned to take it off (yall know what I mean and I hate to see this) because everyone that sees you that day, will wish you had. Great hat finds are fedoras, newsboy caps (my favorite), crochet beanies and berets (Forever21). You can wear any of these looks with a wide range of styles and lengths of naturally kinky, curly, or wavy hair. Finally, my favorite accessory to ROCK with my natural hair is a funky necklace. Yes I said NECKLACE! Wearing a funky necklace or dramatic earrings takes the attention off your hair if you are having a bad hair day, and places it on that accessory. So in turn you are granted a pass and can take another pick at that fro’ the next day. Remember to choose accessories make you wink that extra wink at yourself in the mirror, the one that we do when we KNOW WE ARE CUTE, but most importantly, to live, to love and be free naturally.