I'm back with a mini event update from
the land of #TeamnaturalUK.
After the jubilee of events in June,
things calmed down a bit over the Summer as we made way for the
Olympics to take place here in the UK.
Back in July I attended the Uzima
Holistic Expo and I really enjoyed sitting in on the hair seminar
given by Morris Roots who is arguably the most famous Loctitians in
the UK.
He had fantastic advice for loc wearers
and people considering locs. A lot of the ladies in the seminar were
concerned with fluff within the locs, but Morris explained that
because hair itself is a fibres, it will always attract other fibres,
but a good way disguise fluff is to do a black rinse on the hair.
Morris was also kind enough to create
some very impressive improvised styles on a few ladies who asked.
At the end of August I attended Beauty
Within Me and again enjoyed picking up notes from a series of
seminars given by some fantastic entrepreneurs in the health and
beauty industry.
Similarly to Uzima, Beauty within me
covered a range of topics including skin and healthy eating, as well
as natural hair care. The day was hosted by one of my favourite
Eastenders Tameka Empson.
The talk from Trichologist Shirley
MacDonald (AIT) was especially interesting as it was my first time
hearing from a medically qualified hair specialist, who gave some
really great information on the science of hair as well as some very
serious warnings about dangerous hair care practices.
The discussion panel included owners of
both skin and hair care products including:
(from: R-L) Sonya Evelyn
of Fro Her Hair, Belinda Raji of
BeUnique Haircare, Ronke Ige of Emi
& Ben Skincare, Andrea Lawrence of Tolu
Organics; and Clare Eluka of Premae
Skincare products.
All of the owners are passionate about
keeping their products as orgainic as possible and were asked what 2
items they could not do without. It was interesting to hear their
reasons for items such as Coconut Milk, Avocado, Aloe Vera Juice as
well as others. I’ll definitely be doing my homework on their
health benefits.
After the final seminar everyone did a
little bit of shopping on the foyer, and eventually some of us went
to grab a bite to eat, which gave us time to chill out and catch up.
As Autumn approaches I’m preparing to
clear the calendar again. Unfortunately it’s been confirmed that
there will not be a 3rd Natural Lounge event this year,
which is very sad news but I’ll keep checking in for the latest
news. Visit the Naturalhair Events Page on United KinKdom
(http://unitedkinkdom.blogspot.co.uk/p/natural-hair-events.html)
to see what’s listed.
Hope you enjoy the rest of the Summer.
Crystal Afro xoxo
thanks for sharing.
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