Sunday 17 June 2012

The Scoop: Afro Hair Beauty Show 2012

@Bellahairbeauty attended the Afro Hair Beauty Show on the Monday at the Business Design Centre, Islington, here is a quick scoop/round up/finds at the event!


@Bellahairbeauty arrived in the afternoon to a busy venue with many stalls and stands loaded with everything hair and beauty!
Having began walking around we landed at Ugo's boutique. Ugo boutique is a London based accessories label, offering "the very first of it's kind; oil cloth bags using traditional African fabrics". As soon as as we came across this brand we were in love with the afro pop accessories!




Designer of Ugo's Boutique and one of her lovely creations.
 @Ugosboutique

Other items we fell in love with instantly were African print scarves and jewellery we spotted on attendees at Afro Hair Beauty show by the Chalk house as well as accessories Rya-V had to offer. The Chalk House is a UK accessories brand brought to you by two London based designers; Malaika and Hazel, offering unique jewellery pieces. Check out their current pieces on offer here: http://thechalkhouse.com




The lovely Sade's Hair was present with her products. Ranging from virgin hair to basket ball inspired style earrings.

Sade's Hair
Accessories on offer by Sade Hair
Sade's Hair

Other stalls included the giant that is Sleek and Sensational as well as other up and coming brands such as Whitney Marie UK and Bullfinch.


Bullfinch 

The talented hairstylist Dami and Michael Styles wowed us with their hair presentations.

Hairstylist Dami and her models
Hair creation by Michael Styles

We were also impressed by the company Edgesticks and their live demonstration, an easy to use tool that took frizzy hair to uber straight in a matter of seconds.

Edgestick being used to straighten hair from the roots.

Left Side has been straightened; Right side still to do.


To learn more about the Edgestick click here.

On our look out for stylish attendees we spotted two sisters Prosper and Lynda.





Prosper
Top: Primark
Skirt: Forever21
Shoes: Custom made
Bag: Zara
Earrings: Topshop
Necklace: Topshop


Lynda
Shirt: Topshop
Jeans: Topshop
Shoes: Westfields
Bag: Zara
Necklace: 
Ring: River Island

Hosts on the day included Kojo and Nana who both did a fantastic job.

Kojo Comedian
Model: Nana 

Seminars over the two days included
- Eyelash extension Workshop and Seminar: Enhance your business.
- Natural hair styling I am Natural.. Now What?
- Simple steps towards growing healthy relaxed afro hair: work with it
- Sculpt beauty make-up masterclass

In keeping with the natural hair and hair care Dominican Hair alliance, and Natural Hair parlour as well as others were present offering products "that nourish your hair and assist in hair growth".
We were especially impressed with Mmm...hair. The mother and daughter duo had us sold on the presentation of their stall alone..and then we smelt the products. Mmm! We hope to test out their products on offer for a future review.


 


Real life examples on the day proving that going natural with a diligent hair care routine can yield fantastic results were Diane Hall @IGrewItLong Author of "How I Grew It Long" and Julie Oli author of "Work With It! My Hair Growth Story: Simple steps towards growing Healthy Afro Hair" giving tips and advise and passing on their knowledge, experiences and results in their books.

Diane Hall "How I grew it Long"
Julie Oli - "Work with it!"
We managed to get our hands on Diane Hall's "How I Grew It Long" look out for our quick review on the book in a future post.

It was great to meet team members behind the brand EternallyU; a company offering retro watches in different styles and colours, their forward progress in a short space of time #inspiring.

On the main stage were live fashion shows as well as hair shows. We were delighted to see BNTM Jessica and our girl Miss Sandra doing their thing!



The creativity was outstanding.







So there you have it a quick scoop on the day, overall it was a great day out filled with lots of freebies, although timing meant that we missed some of the sample treats on offer, such as the delightful looking cupcakes from slice of couture! Seeing peers making positive movements in their business ventures was equally inspiring.


Did you attend this year?

Let us know how you found it and your highlights of the day.

For more pictures from the day, please visit our facebook page:
www.facebook.com/hairbeautybybella

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