AFRICA AT SPITALFIELDS

Hi all back again blogging. A few months back a friend of mine thought it would be a great idea to have a stall during the bank holiday weekend in August at Africa at Spitalfields, an African mini market in London. I normally hold, practical classes to teach styling and  how to achieve protective styles (styles that avoid using frequent use of heat) but hair demonstrations on a stall in public with the possibility of 5000 people walking by was quite daunting. This was my second time of demonstrating hair techniques to the passing public. I must say it was quite exciting the many questions and comments. Many people were intrigued and I gave them the opportunity to ask questions as I demonstrated how to achieve styles on a model, some onlookers allowed me to experiment with their hair.

I met Iyabo, one of the funniest ladies you will ever meet. Warm, open minded, and wise beyond her years. Time flew by as I did her hair. Iyabo had shown me a picture on instagram of exactly what she wanted, she was specific about the length, the colour to how thick she wanted her senegalese twists. Iyabo sent these photos almost 5 weeks after I had done her hair. I'm quite pleased as she had been to several occasions, a wedding and had been on holiday to America, so her hair withstood the water.

Iyabo on her wedding day, effortless beauty

Not bad for braids that were installed over a month and have survived styling and water. Three packs of expressions hair extensions used, colour 4, colour 2 and colour 30 for the highlight, it does help that Iyabo is beautiful.

I also met Tobi, she said she rarely had braided styles, but was going on holiday and wanted a stress free look with minimal styling. I noticed her natural hair colour was brown. I told her she would need hair "Expressions" hair extensions in a colour 4. Tobi just like Iyabo had a photo from Instagram ( I really need to join Instagram) and said she wanted "Ghana weaving", it had to be big and it had to be jet black. After numerous suggestions from me to make the cornrows smaller, and change the colour to a deep brown, we agreed on one thing, we decided not to have a side parting, and have the cornrows going all back, referred to as kolese here.  Tobi's last sentence was, "I want it black, and I have never like thin cornrows, so please try and make the cornrows large" I gave in. Tobi definitely knows what suits her.

 

Before Ghana weaving

 

 



 

After Ghana weaving

Africa at Spitalfields was amazing, from the food to the snacks, to the children's play area, to the African drumming workshop to the dancers, I am looking forward to exhibiting next year.

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On a side note, I am so grateful to everyone that reads this blog, and to chose that send questions about their hair, please keep the questions coming, I look forward to it.

June

Hi all, back again blogging and will be blogging consistently this time, you can find the reason why I have made a promise to blog consistently, much later in this post. I'm currently in New Jersey and to say the last month has been hectic is an understatement. Lagos, Dubai, London, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boston, New York, New Jersey in just under a month, fun, hard work, and tiring, but I love what I do.

I met June at a fashion show in London during the Olympics, I had a stall with clothes (I like to design on the side) but she was less interested in the clothes and more interested in my hair and asked about my stylist and where I did my hair. I gave her a business card and said I did my own hair, I didn't hear from her, till months later, she had an event to attend and the rest is history. Its never a dull moment with June, she is ALWAYS pushing boundaries when it comes to her hair, and is willing to try anything and everything. Armed with an album of photos on her phone, the first time I did June's hair, it took well over an hour for her to decide which style she wanted, she took out two huge braids to reveal shoulder length natural hair, and I loved the fact that and she wasn't afraid to try new ideas, she just did not know which one to try, so when we found a style, I got to work immediately before she changed her mind.

The end result

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Highlights since I last blogged......

1. Lagos for a wedding/work
2. Dubai for a brief holiday
3. I exhibited at The African Mini Market in Spitalfields  in London over the May bank holiday weekend, look out for the next one on Monday 26th August
4.Orlando for a Church conference, then Miami
5.Boston to visit family/work
6. New York/New Jersey for work
7. NBA Finals Miami Heat vs San Antonio Spurs, Game 6, makes it easier to watch when you are stateside


You would think I would have hundreds of pictures from all the destinations listed, but 90% of those trips were for work.

Looking forward to...

1. Traveling to more states around the U.S.
2. More Blogging
3. Game 7, NBA Finals
4. Sleeping in my own bed
5. Working from my own office