)—“I Am Beautiful CARIBBEAN,” the Natural Hair & Skin Health Workshop Tour is scheduled for Saturday, March, 28 at 7 PM, at Carl’s Unique Inn in Cole Bay. Admission to the workshop is $10, tickets are available at Van Dorp bookstore, said Rochelle Ward, tour organizer and owner of Don’t Break the Comb (DBC).
On Sunday, March 29, the hair and skin health tour will be hosted in Anguilla by Nails R Hair. “Participants can expect informative workshops with hair demos, giveaways and sessions on loc maintenance and skin care,” said Ward. DBC is hosting the St. Martin leg of the I Am Beautiful CARIBBEAN tour.
There are three guest speakers for St. Martin and Anguilla. “Guest speaker Petra Matthews of Nat’ral Xpression in St. Thomas is a hair braider and loctician extraordinaire. Speaker TaNesha Barnes is a licensed esthetician and owner of Solace Hair and Esthetics Studio in Connecticut. Her T. Barnes Beauty brand consists of spa services, retreats, workshops, her own organic skincare and mineral cosmetic line,” said Ward.
“The third speaker is Kim Aska. The Puerto Rico-born mother of three lives in St. Thomas. Aska blogs about her natural hair journey, which began in March 2010. She has over 2,800 subscribers on her Youtube channel, islandgurl3601,” said Ward, who is a leading St. Martin blogger; published poet and high school teacher.
“The guest speakers have a wealth of information to share with our friendly island and our sister island. This is exactly what health and beauty care entrepreneur Denise Benjamin hoped for when she started I Am Beautiful Caribbean in 2011. Benjamin’s idea of an ongoing tour, a kind of a wellness caravan, is one that would bring beauty care awareness, support and education, and make the latest and greatest hair care brands accessible to people in the Caribbean,” said Ward.
“Top natural hair brands and body treatment products such as Alikay Naturals, Obia Natural Hair Care, Sweetsoulmajic, Tropic Isle, The Honey Pot and Komaza Care will be available at the weekend workshops,” said the organizer. Ward is also known for DBC’s highly successful hair and beauty care events at the annual St. Martin Book Fair in early June.
For more information about this weekend’s “Natural Hair & Skin Health Workshops,” the organizer Rochelle Ward can be contacted at rochelleward@hotmail.com.