BEING CROWNED AS AN ATLANTA #CURLLEGEND BY CURLY GIRL COLLECTIVE Monday 01 May, 2017
I have to share with you all something really cool and special that happened not too long again. I have been natural for 12 years and counting now and I was honored and privledged to be recognized as an Atlanta Curl Legend by Curly Girl Collective. What a time to be alive when you can be honored just by embracing your curls and being proud. I accepted this beautiful honor and it was a festive event I was joined by other naturalistas and naturalistos from Atlanta as well. This was an event that took place during the annual World Natural Hair Show weekend (Spring) and although that is hosted in Atlanta, we celebrated the event in Chattahoochee Hills,GA.
Yes they had us up in the country part of GA, but it was perfect and beautiful. Very well presented as I will be showing you in a second. Sometimes its good to get away from the city and it was sweet we were honored in the luxury location of Serenbe Inn for the intimate secret garden themed brunch.
Founders of Curly Girl Collective (l to r; Gia Lowe, Simone Mair. Charisse Higgins and Melody Henderson
Meet five founders of Curly Girl Collective, also known for the #1 Natural Hair Festival, CURLFEST. Thank you officially to Charisse Higgins, Melody Henderson, Tracey Coleman (not pictured), Simone Mair and Gia Lowe. They are the ones that honored myself and other Atlanta curly influencers and came up with the incredible idea of hosting this Secret Garden themed brunch for us. Great details, very girly and overall grateful they chose me as a personal they value with a voice in beauty.
This was an intimate affair for a select group of influencers, filled with delicious bites, cocktails, great company over brunch! This secret garden soire also celebrated the launch of PhytoSpecific‘s legendary product line which is called Curl Legend. They sponsored the event and showed us what was in store for their new collection.
SECRET GARDEN BRUNCH DECOR
The secret garden themed brunch was absolutely beautiful Very dainty and loved the attention to details. As soon as we stepped into the venue we saw the array of flowers, little garishes and the vintage rustic look that was absolutely whimsical. I loved this so much!
CROWN ME CURLY
Also another added touch for us to be honored and to go with the secret garden themed is that we all got floral crowns to wear for the event. All the curlies got crowed and of course selfies were ensued. It was propped right up near the interactive selfie and video photo booth. Check the awesome visual video selfie I took along with the photos!
Isnt this amazing. Thanks Mike of MediaLifted for this awesome visual selfie, as he was also the official photographer of this event as well.
CHEERS AND CURLS
Over brunch, we got an opportunity to do a fun ice breaker where we wrote down a few thing about ourselves and then our info got switched with the other influencers. We had to figure out which card we had belong to which influencer which gave us an opportunity to mingle around the room and get to know each other. Once we found our new curlfriend, we introduced them by what was on the card. We also got a chance to learn more about the Phyto Specifc new Curl Legend line straight from the marketing department, who helped sponsored this event. The three products being released were the new Curl Legend Spray, Curl Legend Gel, and Cleansing Care Cream. The brand is also environmentally friendly, as it uses only natural botantical ingredients such as Castor Oil and Marshmallow Extract to both enhance and define natural curls.
PHOTOBOOTH WITH CURLIES
Turkesha (@naturalbabydol) Africa Miranda (@africamiranda) and Tekela (@naturallykela) some of my favorite ATL curly girls
Owner of Loop Salon Lindsey and Top Stylist (Loop Salon) Christina Michelle getting cute in the booth. They have carried Phyto Specific products in their Midtown ATL salon since the beginning,
#CurlLegend even honored some Curly Dudes. I love that, the men need some curl love too!
Hippe Heathen giving me life with this pose
There was another photo booth station that went with the theme of the secret garden. You know we all had to get some action in that. I love the props, how we had the curlie dudes and Hippie Heathen gave me life with these yogi poses. Can’t have a successful event without a photo booth and this was perfect!
All of the #CurlLegend influencers, Curly Girl Collective founders and Phyto Specific Team
This was a beautiful Secret Garden themed brunch event. Thanks again to Curly Girl Collective and Phyto Specific for inviting and honoring me as a Curl Legend. That meant the world to me. Once again, being natural for 12 years, I would of never imagine in so many years that I would be honored for just embracing my texture. I used to never believe I would be able to find products to enhance my curls and I was even a straight natural for many years. So for so many brands to see the demand of natural hair care and coming up with products to help us, and even brands and company who honors woman and men like myself it means everything. The natural movement is not just a trend or a fashion statement, I have always said its a true lifestyle. Once you truly embrace your natural hair, I believe your confidence is awaken on another level and I hope I am emitting that energy to inspire of others to do the same. So this #CurlLegend honor was a joy to be apart of and I will be supporting Curly Girl Collective by going to my first ever #CurlFest in Brookyln,NYC this year. Curl Fest is the Coachella for curls so I can’t wait to be apart of this event for the summer.
If you are interested in learning more about Curl Fest check out this link and save the date for July 15th, 2017.
Thanks for Crowning Me a #CurlLegend
Photo & Video Credit of this event done by Micheal of MediaLifted.com
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What an honor! Looks like the party was so much fun and I love the Secret Garden Theme. My hair was curly when I was growing up, but it’s not so much these days. I love curly hair.
I love your curls. I think curly hair is beautiful. My hair is a straight as a pin I could use a little body in my hair. It looks like you guys had a fun time while celebrating your curls.
Beautiful you! What a fun event. I always love being around other women who share my interests and have a great energy about them! My daughter has really curly hair and I’m definitely going to pick this one up for her to try!
Wow this is so cool! Congratulations, that’s just so awesome! These pictures are great too, it looks like you had a blast! Having hair you love and are proud of is so important and especially so for your self esteem!
Congrats and I love your dress! It’s nice to see products that cater to natural curly hair. Some times it’s kind of hard finding that right product that can address all your natural curly hair needs! Looks like the Curly Hair Collection has the perfect products to help you embrace your natural hair.
Congratulations! That is a big honor! My hair is mixed straight and wavy, straight near the crown and wavy near the nape. Weird. Nevertheless, I love my hair as it is and I guess that is the best way to go. As long as we are confident in our own skin, we are all beautiful.
Wow, this looks like so much fun! I’ve been wearing my hair natural for many years now and I still love it. Now that it’s more mainstream people no longer ask if it’s “my hair” or “are those straws”?
This sounds like a wonderful and enjoyable event. I didn’t see one unhappy or bored face in those pictures you shared. It almost makes me wish I was a curly girl instead of a pale straight-haired girl.
What a fun event. Congrats on being recognized as an Atlanta Curl Legend by Curly Girl Collective, that’s so awesome! I have really curly/mixed hair and I’m loving how many people are rocking curly/natural hair nowadays.
I think I mentioned before congratulations on this achievement. I always wanted curls when I was younger but it was not to be. We always want what we don’t have.
Congratulations on the recognition. That is pretty awesome. It looks like they put together a sweet party for your recognition too. That is even more awesome.
Envy girls with lovely tresses like this. It’s cool to put put a concept like this. I believe in the saying the the Hair is the crown an glory of every person.
Revisited your site again so I can show it to my young friend. She has really curly hair like yours and she does take care of her crowning glory. You inspired her to be comfortable in her own skin.
Thank you for sharing your joy with us. I know this would be a very exciting time for you. You are an inspiration for women to learn to love themselves.
Looks like this was a beautiful event! Congratulations on being selected!! I’ve had my curls in a ponytail but reading this made me miss this…tomorrow I will be back to my curls!!!
This was an intimate affair for a select group of influencers, filled with delicious bites, cocktails, great company over brunch! This secret garden soire also celebrated the launch of PhytoSpecific‘s legendary product line which is called Curl Legend. They sponsored the event and showed us what was in store for their new collection. 
I have naturally curly hair and pay GOOD money for keratin treatments to get rid of them lol. I just never learned to embrace my curls.
What an honor! Looks like the party was so much fun and I love the Secret Garden Theme. My hair was curly when I was growing up, but it’s not so much these days. I love curly hair.
This looks like a fun event. I love your curls! I just have super thick hair and I try to embrace it.
Congratulation! I was born with straight hair and tried perms and curling off and on over the years. I was meant to have straight hair.
I love your curls. I think curly hair is beautiful. My hair is a straight as a pin I could use a little body in my hair. It looks like you guys had a fun time while celebrating your curls.
Beautiful you! What a fun event. I always love being around other women who share my interests and have a great energy about them! My daughter has really curly hair and I’m definitely going to pick this one up for her to try!
That is just so awesome! I love all of your crowns and it looks like you had such a fun time. Way to go, Curly Girl!
This looks like it was such a great event to attend! It’s always fun to be surrounded by like minded people with the same interests.
Wow this is so cool! Congratulations, that’s just so awesome! These pictures are great too, it looks like you had a blast! Having hair you love and are proud of is so important and especially so for your self esteem!
You look beautiful with a flower crown. I think it is important to embrace your natural hair.
How cool is that – congrats! And your hair (and outfit) looked absolutely stunning – keep rocking it!
Congrats and I love your dress! It’s nice to see products that cater to natural curly hair. Some times it’s kind of hard finding that right product that can address all your natural curly hair needs! Looks like the Curly Hair Collection has the perfect products to help you embrace your natural hair.
I love all those crowns. This looks like it was such a fun event to be a part of for sure.
Your curls are gorgeous. I was born with bone straight hair, and no matter what I do it, it ends up back to being the same.
That looks like a lot of fun. That brunch set up is really pretty.
what a fun party!!! I wish I had curls but sadly it is straight hair for me. Embrace the curls… Curly Girls!
What an amazing honor!!! You go girl!! You look fabulous!!!
Congratulations! That is a big honor! My hair is mixed straight and wavy, straight near the crown and wavy near the nape. Weird. Nevertheless, I love my hair as it is and I guess that is the best way to go. As long as we are confident in our own skin, we are all beautiful.
It looks like you had such a great time with all of those great people. It must have been a lot of fun.
Sounds like a wonderful event! All of us do really have differences and curly hair are just awesome! Great post!
Never attended an event like this before but sure does look like fun
What a fun event, and it looks so well planned! I have curly hair but haven’t yet completely embraced it…I just love it straight!
Sounds like a really fun event! All the details are lovely. You all look great!
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Wow, this looks like so much fun! I’ve been wearing my hair natural for many years now and I still love it. Now that it’s more mainstream people no longer ask if it’s “my hair” or “are those straws”?
This sounds like a wonderful and enjoyable event. I didn’t see one unhappy or bored face in those pictures you shared. It almost makes me wish I was a curly girl instead of a pale straight-haired girl.
I love this so much. As an Atlanta native I can truly appreciate this.
What a fun event. Congrats on being recognized as an Atlanta Curl Legend by Curly Girl Collective, that’s so awesome! I have really curly/mixed hair and I’m loving how many people are rocking curly/natural hair nowadays.
I know exactly what you mean, Candy! I had some disastrous perms – I was meant for straight hair even though I always wanted curly!
I think I mentioned before congratulations on this achievement. I always wanted curls when I was younger but it was not to be. We always want what we don’t have.
This post makes me want to get curls. Maybe a soft curls will do for me. Lols. Anyhow, congrats fo being crowned! Thanks for sharing.
This looks like so much fun! I would love to have curly hair, but unfortunately I have stick straight hair.
It looks liek this party was so much fun! I love the theme and it looks like that yoga post is awesome.
What a cool concept and I love all of the flower crows!
First off, your dress is perfect for a garden party! Secondly, what a cool event. I love that they gave out flower crowns, too.
Congratulations on the recognition. That is pretty awesome. It looks like they put together a sweet party for your recognition too. That is even more awesome.
What a cool event! The decor was so cool, I love the garden party theme. And what a beautiful group of ladies – you look fabulous!
I see my wife spend so much time straightening her hair it is amusing to see someone else embracing curly hair. Go with it! Looks good on you!
Envy girls with lovely tresses like this. It’s cool to put put a concept like this. I believe in the saying the the Hair is the crown an glory of every person.
Congratulations! You deserve it! I love to see women confident in their own skin and you rocked your curls! What a thrilling experience for you!
That’s awesome. All of you ladies are beautiful and I love that you wear your hair so confidently.
Congratulations on being a Curly Girl! It looks like it was a great time for you. You definitely deserve the honor!
How fun! You all look so cute and your curls are on point!!! 🙂
This looks like a fabulous event. I’m glad you had a great time.
I agree. She is rocking that flower crown in all these photos.
What a fun event. Everyone seemed to enjoy it. All of you ladies have beautiful curly hair.
Revisited your site again so I can show it to my young friend. She has really curly hair like yours and she does take care of her crowning glory. You inspired her to be comfortable in her own skin.
You look gorgeous! I love curly hair! You girls are so pretty!!
Your pictures are always great.
It looks like you have a lot of fun and are fun to hang out with!
I love it! It sends a positive message to a lot of young women out there! Our natural hair should be embraced and loved!
Congrats! How awesome is that! Looks like you had a ton of fun too! Your photos are amazing and you for sure deserve it!
I love your curls girl! This sounds like it was such a fun event!
I am loving you style ladies. You all look so good an happy.
Thank you for sharing your joy with us. I know this would be a very exciting time for you. You are an inspiration for women to learn to love themselves.
You all look beautiful and congrats! I am transitioning to natural and this is very inspiring.
Great post! My daughter and I are natural and I’m always looking for quality products! Thanks for sharing!
Love all of these natural curly looks! I always appreciate a hair care line that is environmentally friendly too.
Congratulations!! This looks like a fun event. I wish I had curly hair, my hair couldn’t be any straighter.
That looks like such a fun event! I love how beautiful you all are!! Those crowns are the perfect touch!
Congrats!! Looks like so much fun! I’ve been natural now for about the same amount of time and love it.
It looks like you guys had a blast. Congrats and your hair is beautiful
This looked like a lot of fun. I used to use Phyto specific products because Oprah did lol (Don’t judge me). You ladies looked beautiful.
Looks like this was a beautiful event! Congratulations on being selected!! I’ve had my curls in a ponytail but reading this made me miss this…tomorrow I will be back to my curls!!!
This is such a cute event. I love the floral decor, Atlanta is doing it so big.
Congratulations! This looks like such a sweet event!
Love the handmade crowns AND the yogi!!
Congratulations, I love the secret garden theme, hair flowers and the photo props! I love all of your natural styles.