Hair's The Scoop
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Hair's The Scoop is a podcast dedicated to women exploring their natural hair. Join five-year "naturalist" and hair enthusiast Teona Smith for your weekly installment of Hair's The Scoop as she breaks down what to look for in hair products, reasons why your hair may not be growing, and how to get your hair to a healthier state. Listeners can also look forward to hearing..
Hair's The Scoop
2y ago
In today's episode, I sit down and catch up with Dr. Gaby Longsworth. She is a PH. D Scientist, Certified Hair Practitioner, Biotech/Pharmaceutical Patent Attorney and the owner of the natural hair blog Absolutely Everything Curly.
Dr. Longsworth had a natural desire to learn why certain hair products worked well for her hair but others did not, so she started devouring scientific articles about hair, reviewing hair products, and understanding ingredients, all while scouring the web for information. After realizing the amount of misinformation and the disappointing marketing tricks companies u ..read more
Hair's The Scoop
2y ago
In today’s episode, I catch up with Dr. Kristian Edwards- she’s the Founder and CEO of the one stop shop for non toxic, all natural, black owned products, BLK+GRN. As a public health professor and graduate of Yale and John’s Hopkins University, Dr. Edwards had a passion to find products that were non toxic and all natural for use in her everyday life. This occurred once she found out that products marketed to black women were disproportionally infused with harmful chemicals, compared to products being sold to other demographics! Dr. Kristian thought this was absurd and sought out to create her ..read more
Hair's The Scoop
2y ago
In today’s episode, I catch up with Dr. Kristian Edwards- she’s the Founder and CEO of the one stop shop for non toxic, all natural, black owned products, BLK+GRN.
As a public health professor and graduate of Yale and John’s Hopkins University, Dr. Edwards had a passion to find products that were non toxic and all natural for use in her everyday life. This occurred once she found out that products marketed to black women were disproportionally infused with harmful chemicals, compared to products being sold to other demographics! Dr. Kristian thought this was absurd and sought out to create her ..read more
Hair's The Scoop
2y ago
Have you tried to start a home business, but can't seem to get it off the ground? Starting a small business does not have to be the most difficult thing you have ever done, but it can require the most effort.
Want to know what it takes to set your goals and crush them when it comes to your home business?
In this episode, you are going to learn the best tips you can use to set goals and crush them! It is a new year and it is time to take charge of your destiny and answer that true calling. Don't worry if you've fallen off the wagon with your home business, because it is never to lat ..read more
Hair's The Scoop
2y ago
Meet Jade Aminah- CEO/Founder of The Lazy Hat! Starting out as a natural hair blogger, Jade spent a lot of her time teaching simple, cute natural hairstyles to her following on her Youtube channel @Simplyjade_101. However, Jade quickly began to realize that there were also those lazy days where women with natural hair did not feel up to styling their hair at all, but still wanted to look cute in public. As a result, Jade invented The Lazy Hat, a new and convenient hat with quality hair attached, designed for the busy black woman on the go!
Proven to be a naturalista's best frien ..read more
Hair's The Scoop
2y ago
Hello Everyone,
It's been so long since you last heard from me, so I wanted to take the time to catch you up with what's been going on in my life! A LOT has changed over the past few months and I'm finally in a comfortable enough position to give you the scoop on all of my personal life changes and things I've learned about myself along the way.
Follow my blog at: https://www.hairsthscoop.com for all episodes and all things natural hair!
Check out this episode and more on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Player!
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Hair's The Scoop
2y ago
In today's episode, I had the pleasure of catching up with Mariel Mejia, the Founder/CEO of Pink Root Hair Products. Mariel is a Dominican-American NYC native, born and raised in the Bronx. After years of using relaxers on her hair from the young age of 11, Mariel found herself left with dry, brittle hair from all the damage caused to it by using excessive chemicals and heat. After graduating college in 2017, Mariel Mejia began experimenting with DIY recipes and formulas to improve her hair’s condition.
Through much hard work, dedication and brilliant formulations, Mariel Mejia was able to lau ..read more
Hair's The Scoop
2y ago
Hello Everyone,
It's been so long since you last heard from me, so I wanted to take the time to catch you up with what's been going on in my life! A LOT has changed over the past few months and I'm finally in a comfortable enough position to give you the scoop on all of my personal life changes and things I've learned about myself along the way.
Follow my blog at: https://www.hairsthscoop.com for all episodes and all things natural hair!
Check out this episode and more on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Player!
Follow me on Instagram where you can view exclusive photos and video ..read more
Hair's The Scoop
2y ago
Meet Ayo Ogun; the Founder/CEO of the natural hair company Soultanicals! Ayo is a mother of 6 that started out with a genuine curiosity on how to make the hair care process a painless experience for her three daughters. Ayo always had dreams of starting her own business and through much research and many successful hand-made recipes, she was propelled into a brand new purpose.
Ayo embarked on a self-taught journey by studying from books at the neighborhood libraries and book stores. She remarkably studied and mastered everything there was to learn about starting a business and studied all rela ..read more
Hair's The Scoop
2y ago
In todays episode, I catch up with Sherrel Sampson- the Founder/CEO of the all natural scalp care line Canviiy! Canviiy is an innovative, organic based health & wellness brand that strives to soothe, nourish and protect your scalp to provide a healthy environment for your natural hair to thrive.
After experiencing an unbearably itchy scalp that seemed like it would never clear up with over the counter products at the time, Sherrel sought out to formulate a botanical based line of scalp care products in order to "get to the root" of the problem not just for herself, but for millions of othe ..read more