I'm Back & Highlights from the Woman in the Jungle Hair & Beauty Show

Hey guys,

I'm baaaacccckkkk!! and I missed you.

I'm truly sorry for my complete absence over the last few weeks, lets just say that I came to the full realisation that despite my best efforts I am most definitely not superwoman and that no matter how hard I try I absolutely cannot do everything at once.

To say my last month has been hectic is a complete understatement and in attempt to elicit a little sympathy from you, I thought I would let you in on some of my moving woes. They have ranged from serious plumbing and flooding issues, the never ending battle with what I am calling one of the worst possible customer service centres (Ikea)  over my bed and their incorrect measurements, and the crowning jewel  known as the rats that ate my sofa, sofa-bed/rug in a storage facility and then the resulting battle with the insurance to claim it back. (I still don't have a sofa btw).

I'm hoping this has prompted a reaction of "wow I just want to give you a big hug now" and that this also means that I am forgiven (wink, wink nudge, nudge) so I'm going to jump right in with todays post.

In all seriousness though, I have been trying to stay positive through all the craziness, believing that it will all work out and things have finally started clicking into place. So with that positive mindset in full force, it's a new month and I'm back and rearing to go, so thank you for being so patient with me, I truly appreciate it.

To kick things off, here are some images from the first Woman in The Jungle Natural Hair and Beauty Show that I attended last weekend.

Afro Hair & Beauty Show and Strength of Nature Brit Beauty

What a whirlwind of a week! I was away for half of it which was packed with work, meetings and more work....

The most exciting thing though was the Afro Hair & Beauty show and the Strength of Nature Brit Beauty mixer which happened on the bank holiday Monday. All I can say is that it was a pleasure to meet so many lovely women, followers and bloggers. I had such a great time!!

The Strength of Nature mixer was such an amazing fun filled night...complete with so many beautiful women with gorgeous, gorgeous hair! It was organised by Pelumi of Care For Your Hair and hosted by  Patrice of Afrobella, also fondly know as the godmother of brown beauty blogging! Her blog is one of the first blogs I ever discovered/loved and she is even friendlier and nicer than you could imagine.

I loved that the Strength of Nature team came down from the US to share their brand and future goals with us in the UK. I felt it highlighted that they value us as part of their Strength of Nature customers and community. They have a number of brands which include Beautiful Textures, Elasta QP, African Pride and The Profectiv range. This forms part of their philosophy to provide a wide choice of affordable products to suit the hair care needs of many women of colour.

I left with a lovely goodie bag and will be including some goodies in a giveaway next Month so stay tuned.

Hope you enjoy the pictures.