My Day At The Curly Hair Expo!

Hey All! The Curly Hair Expo last Saturday in Richmond, VA was AWESOME! I had such a great time. Getting up early and driving down from Philly was well worth it. The ultimate bonus of this trip, I was able to catch up with my girls as we all experienced our first natural hair show.

As soon as I entered the convention center I was bombarded with sistah after sistah with curls! Some were big, loose and bouncy. Some were springy and full of coils for days. And others were tight and kinky, giving that perfect to die for afro shape. The one thing they all had in common was that they were all natural and God designed. It was like being in a state of euphoria for that space and time.

Now here’s where I got a little off track. After being in awe over the sights of magnificent curls I developed tunnel vision! I went straight to the vendors and all their goodies. I had every intention of taking lots of pics…but that did not happen. Instead, I automatically went into shopping and spending mode! LOL

The vendor tables I stopped by were super friendly and seem to be experts on the products they were selling. One vendor however, guaranteed her product to work in 30 days, split ends NEVER need to be cut off, and that if you used her product you would not have to get rid of split ends. Hmmm…through all my research and talking to numerous hairstylist, I was always under the impression that split ends will continue to split up the hair shaft, thus causing breakage.

I did sit in one of the workshops given by Jessica McGuinty of Jessie Curl www.jessicurl.com. And she did touch on the importance of getting your ends trimmed and how nothing will remedy split ends except cutting them off. The importance of keeping curly hair super moisturized was emphasized.

One of the highlights of the show for me was talking with the representative at the Curlz booth.  You see I’ve been faithfully using the curl crẻme brule for weeks now and I just had to let the rep know how much I loved the product. She was so nice and spent lots of time talking to me about my hair and suggesting other products I might want to try.  A major plus were the samples of curl gel-les’c! Can’t wait to try it! When you get a minute take a look at their website at www.curlz.biz.

Another highlight was meeting the sistah who owns and design for Haus of Swag. Check her out at: www.hausofswag.com. She was amazingly sweet! I so enjoyed her telling me about days in design school in New York and how she started her own business. Just love, love, love my African American Wonder Woman t-shirt she designed!  I’m gonna rock it at my sister-in-law’s annual birthday cookout this weekend.

I Love My Hair Earrings!

I was a little disappointed that I couldn’t find any hair accessories/jewelry L. But I did get cool t-shirts for me and my oldest daughter, awesome wood earrings for myself and my youngest daughter, and wonderful body butter by Tree Naturals - www.treenaturals.com.

 

Lastly, I emailed Ms. Kelly telling her I so thoroughly enjoyed the Curly Hair Expo and was definitely looking forward to attending future shows!

Until Next Time,

Gaye Suzette