Your Curl Friend
Who influences you?
The person that influences me the most is my
grandmother. She is one of those Christian
women who has never had their ears pierced,
very disciplined, goes to church every Sunday and
attends bible study faithfully. She was a teacher and
she’s very intelligent. She also inspires me because
she’s a business woman. My great grandmother
had a museum called the Black Fashion Museum.
It was founded in New York and then it came to
Washington, DC. When it came to DC and my great
grandmother got Alzheimer’s, my grandmother
took it over. She has always been in that type of
business with my great grandmother. She is a
business woman to the T. Even with the opening of
the new Smithsonian National Museum of African
American History and Culture, she will have an
exhibit in there from her museum. I just feel like
even in her older age she is still inspiring young
African American women just like me.
In the natural hair community, I would say one
of my major influences was this natural girl on
YouTube (Longhairdontcare2011). She actually
passed away but she inspired me so much because
of how delicately she was with her hair and how
intelligent she was about African American hair
period. It really inspired me to learn more about my
hair more than anyone else.
1. Coconut oil
2. Apple cider vinegar
3. Trader Joes Tea Tree Tingle conditioner &
shampoo
What would you say your most rewarding
experiences have been since you’ve began
blogging?
My best experience is to have people DM me. I had
a 12-year-old girl message me, asking about her hair
and how she had just came from Africa. Her and
her family had only been in the States for 3 years.
She was asking me for tips about her hair because
she didn’t know what to do with it. She actually used
my tips and sent me pictures. It made me tear up
a little bit because I am a big softy. It’s really cool
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What is something that your followers don’t
know about you?
I don’t think my followers know much other than
my MAC laptop breaking down on me and having
to purchase a new laptop. All my natural hair videos
disappeared. I can usually only edit and do videos
on the weekends because I am also a loan officer.
I work 14 hour days and that’s why you will usually
see me post every two to three days. A lot of people
don’t know that I work in the mortgage industry
and I am usually exhausted working 14/15 hour days.
How do you balance your career, blogging
and your personal life?
Time management. I learned that at Norfolk State.
University. It was very difficult for me because I
also write articles for RollingOut Magazine. It’s just
time management. You can’t do everything every
day. Make sure you make enough time to see your
friends, your family, write articles, take a nap, do
your work and do everything else that you need to
do. Time management is key and it has been kicking
my butt. Having a schedule works.
What can we expect from you in the future?
What are your top 3 go to products?
to have people reach out to you. Although, I can’t
answer everyone all the time, it’s nice knowing that I
am helping someone. It’s good seeing people living
with their natural selves.
You can expect a website launch of YourCurlFriend.
I will have products up there and much more
blogging than I use to.
What advice would you give to someone
who wants to start blogging or start their
hair journey?
Research, research, research and have fun! I feel like
a lot of people take it so seriously because they do
these videos and they make people think that they
are perfect. I did a couple videos on my personal
Instagram before I even started my professional
YourCurlFriend Instagram page. On my personal
page I was messing up and it looked a hot mess
but usually those are the videos that most people
draw closer to. They realize that my hair messes
up just like theirs. Half of the girls in the natural