 hey guys so I'm outside today this one focused here we go and I'm vlogging for the first time so forgive me if I'm all over the place but today I am going to an event it's a natural hair event and it's this youtuber her name is actually Ashley and she's throwing an event for us naturalistas we're doing a product swap so this should be interesting and sorry I'm out of breath I'm not used to holding the camera and I had to get out of the public street because I feel so weird like I feel like people are gonna stare at me but yeah we're downtown Boston right now and I'm on the other one the other side of Newberry Street so yeah I'm on my way now and I will be there soon I'll try to vlog when I go in but yeah I'm gonna see the event I get to see another fellow youtuber who is actually quite popular so I'm kind of excited and nervous because I'm by myself but yeah come with me and join this journey with me so how it works is when you know people get here we're just gonna open the floor to you guys and myself and Lisa Lisa where are you so we're gonna be behind the tables just taking your tickets if you guys have any questions about products as you can see there's tons of products here some products just don't work for everybody it's okay like I was talking to Lisa in the car and for example like we like certain products and our hairs are totally totally different like our textures are completely different so it's not about your texture that makes a product work for you it's much much more I know enough where it's okay when a product doesn't work for you don't feel discouraged like oh man like my hair is just trash because it doesn't work for me like this is why we're having this event and that this is why there will be another one later this year I'm thinking around like summertime you know your hair kind of switches up in the summertime so maybe the end of summer swap out some products that you like it didn't work for me or you know there's something better out there for you so how it works is you just come up here you browse the live selection that we got going on here I have everything from co-wash is all the way down to oils and edge control so if you came here just looking for deep conditioners there's a section there for you so what you're gonna do is just give us one of your tickets and then you'll take your product and at the end whatever's left you know we might give away you guys can take some extras if you see but it'll be donated to the teens at the boys and girls from Manchester I was there I worked there for almost 10 years and I feel like teens get no love I feel like you know they're like you go to high school and they're like you got it you know do your own thing and a lot of girls have questions about their hair that's an awkward time I'm sure not the only one like middle school high school is an awkward time especially like with how you look you're like you're going through puberty that you're like what's going on so I always go there like once a month and bring products and share my tips and just talk to the girls there so whatever's left over I'll bring to them they're ready now so they're very very excited and so yeah that's that's pretty much it so if you any questions I'm here and if you have any hair questions Sherita's here what I want to just explain to you guys there's a wall here that says share your curl tips that's all you have to do just help another curly girl out we've had a few events last year what I know you were came to one of them here like one or two events but it's not enough there has to be more so this year it's definitely going to change so this is the first one of 2018 that's good I had so many I'm like all right let me give this way you just got like mad products I've never seen in my life before right now I know you guys have been chatting with her for a little bit but she's gonna just chat take any questions that you guys have about hair Sherita if you don't know if you guys came in she's a the owner and that head stylist at the loft studio in Medford and not too far from here she's done she went and washed my hair gave me this detox I didn't even know what that was and she it was amazing I what time was that when I did a 12-day wash and go and so she did a detox really good and she did a wash and go with a cute twist on side and I don't know if you guys saw my mohawk that I didn't do that so I literally gave her this picture I'm like Sherita this is so dope can we do this she got it on point it was perfect so Sherita stand up and if you guys have any questions please feel free to ask Sherita and after this I'm really excited we're going to be doing a giveaway for her salon I've been in Medford for three years but I've been in the hair industry for over 20 years so I've been doing hair for a long time and natural hair has always been a passion of mine because I'm natural and that's always been natural so it's always been something that I'm very passionate about and I just love working on natural hair so if you have any questions any comments feel free we kind of talked about length retention so someone had said that their hair never grows and I said that all hair grows how many agree with that okay so everybody here grows that's not the issue the issue that we have is length retention so there is a difference so your hair is growing out of your scalp but you're not retaining the length on your head so at the same rate that your hair is growing it's breaking and it could be because over manipulation the hair is dry you know you're just not taking care of your hair properly so that can cause breakage so that's why you're not seeing the length retention on average it's in half an inch a month so that equates to six inches a year so if your hair has been the same length January 2017 you're at January 2018 and your length is pretty much the same then you need to check your regimen you need to find out what's going on with your hair because your hair is breaking and that's true it's funny tree says that because she knows I've been dealing with like who knows what with my hair so my hair I don't know like last year my hair was really tight and like my curls were really really like I would say I had if we did the hair chart I had like 3c4a in the back like going on now I'm what like 3b3c a little bit so she's been helping me out with that but that was another issue that I had was length retention and just my routine wasn't right so it's okay to switch up your routine I know once you find it you're like yes I found this worse but like six months later a year later like your hair might be like and eat something else or maybe the product that you're using like I feel like my hair like tends to change like products that I use when I first went natural I could not use anymore I'm like this doesn't even work like I love the curl enhancing smoothie but like before that was like my go-to wash and go product now I'm like I might need to add something else so it's totally okay hey guys I made it back from the event I'm back home in my office room here and it was really good I really liked it I got to meet actually Ashley she's really nice and really sweet and I met some other girls to be honest like I'm so bad at like networking have not been all that stuff but I don't think it went too bad yeah and all of the girls are really nice everyone in there was beautiful like it was ridiculous we got goodie bags so I'm gonna show you what I got in the goodie bag okay so I got this detangling brush by texture pro and I guess it's supposed it's meant to be used on wet hair that's what it looks like yeah by wet brush it's not supposed to snag your hair so I got a new brush guys also from the same I can't vlog see look at me I'm all I cannot from the same company I got a detangling comb which I like this one this is like it looks like it has a silicone texture to it so that it's supposed to glide through your hair not snag on it and I got the typical yeah I have this comb that everyone and their mama has and I stopped using it because it snags my hair because of the little in between each teeth there's a I don't even know what you call it there's a line there that's where it stag snags on my hair so I stopped using that and I've only been using my deadman brush for that reason but yeah I'm gonna see about this new brush and new comb I in the goodie bag I got the shea moisture curling enhancing smoothie this isn't the best product for me here so I may give this to someone that uses it my mom I probably just give it to her because she uses this but I'm not a big fan of this product but it I mean I used to use it all the time I liked it back in the day back in the day a few years ago I liked it but I don't like it that much anymore so I probably give that to my mom and then we have which I'm excited for I've tried some of these products because of my mom because she has them and hurt she's a product junkie she's the one that should have went to this event to be honest she would have loved it but yeah there's a this is a Jane Carter solution hair kit there's a bunch of products in here and let me see let me see what's in here it looks like it's all travel-sized stuff so we have a cleansing and conditioning co-wash interesting a revive in repair hair mask I haven't used the hair mask in a while so I'll be trying this freeze-free styling smoother so it's like this is a styling product slumber party creamy creamy leave-in conditioner I love my leave-in conditioners so I'll definitely be trying this one renewable difference detox shampoo I'm not crazy about shampoos I like what I like I have the kinky curly and the what's that brand called that I always forget I have another moisturizing shampoo but I have two shampoos that's it but I'll be trying this just to give it a try and then we have the complex for replenish and repair oil so yeah that's everything right there I almost forgot to show you guys the stuff I got from swap like that was the whole point of going what you say you need my help why so yeah I forgot to show you guys what I swapped out I didn't show what I brought to the swap that I was giving away but these are the products that I got from the swap and one of them is the diva curl ultra defining gel I don't really need I don't need another gel I just wanted to try this and the value of this product I don't know exactly how much but I know it's $20 or a little bit over that so I thought it was worth it to try and then this product I've never seen before but I was interested in it it's called can't believe it's not honey it's a deep conditioning it says agave deep conditioning hair caramel so I don't know if you've ever seen like the hair caramels like that a te I forgot the name of the brand on Instagram but it's supposed to like really soften your hair and new growth and just make it really buttery soft so that's why I was interested in this this is basically what this like the same thing as that other product so I will be probably trying this one tomorrow since I am washing my hair but yeah the event was really fun I had a great time I hope my footage isn't horrible I tried to get as much as I could but still be in the moment at the same time not be vlogging the whole time but yeah I had fun I hope to do it again I hope you guys enjoyed this little mini vlog yeah if you're interested in seeing me vlog more if I go somewhere let me know down below comment down below and make sure you like this video and I will see you guys in the next one thanks