South Carolina seems to be a little behind on alot of things, including on people accepting women embracing their natural hair. Back in April I ventured to bring together curly girls in this area to network and share knowledge and information. We started as a group of 7 in Macaroni grill. Now we average about 30 women at each meetup. As a group we decided to bring together naturals all over the area. We didn't expect the support we got from sponsors, vendors or from the community. Kelly from Natural Girls Rock came on board and sponsored a live big chop, I also got tons of support from other brands/ product lines. Ken from Huetiful sent a Huetiful Hair Steamer to giveaway; Mixed Chicks, Shea Moisture and Curls all sent gift sets to give away as well. Design Essentials presented a discussion on from Transitioning to Natural. Then of course we had some great local and regional vendors including Kyah Alexandria (who by the way makes an awesome twisting butter "Pearl & Lace")
Overall we had great feedback for the first expo. Planning on going at it again in the Spring.
