NaturallyCurly and Nappturalite Team up to Promote Curly Confidence

NaturallyCurly and Nappturalite Radio Sunday announced their joint Curly Confidence Contest—a YouTube-based promotion that encourages entrants to post videos explaining why and how they’ve embraced their natural curls.

With the Baltimore Natural Hair Care Expo as the backdrop, NaturallyCurly co-founder Michelle Breyer was featured on Sunday’s Nappturalite Radio Show to talk about the web site’s mission as well as to launch the Curly Confidence contest.

Other guests on the radio show included Malaika Cooper, who provided updates from the Expo, and Natural Chica from NaturalChica.com, who recently joined NaturallyCurly as a video blogger. One of the main topics of the show was whether the term “nappy” has positive or negative connotations, and whether that’s changing.

The Nappturalite Radio Show is dedicated to the love of all things related to black natural hair care. It features regular discussions about natural hair trends, interviews with natural hair specialists and the scoop on the best hair-care products. Hosted by Dawn Yerger & co-host Jaye Reliford, the show airs live on BlogTalkRadio (internet radio”> on Sundays at 5 p.m. CST. The episodes can also be listened to and downloaded on iTunes.

Previous guests have included Chris-Tia Donaldson, author of “Thank God I’m Natural: The Ultimate Guide to Caring for and Maintaining Natural Hair”, Charisse Carney-Nunes, author of the children’s book “Nappy” and Del Sandeen, Black Hair Expert on About.com.

Yerger, the creator of the Nappturalite Radio Show, recently transitioned from relaxed to natural hair – doing the “big chop” in November 2009 – and found herself in a whole new world. She decided to document her journey and share the information that she continues to find through the Nappturalite Radio Show.

She is the author of the upcoming book “The Brink: How Women Entrepreneurs Resurrected Their Businesses & How You Can Do the Same.”

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Details about the Curly Confidence Contest

How do your natural kinks, curls, waves or coils help you embrace the entire sum of your beauty? What gives you curly confidence? We want to know!

Here’s how to enter:

1. Record a brief 1-2 minute video about what gives you curly confidence and what makes you feel good about your natural hair. The more creative, the better your chance of winning!
2. Give one of your favorite “curly confidence” tips in your video.
3. Subscribe to the Nappturalite Radio YouTube Channel and the Naturally Curly YouTube channel
4. Post your videos as a response video to the video titled “Curly Confidence Contest!” Be sure to title your video as “Naturally Curly & Nappturalite Radio “Curly Confidence” Contest”.
5. Go to the Curly Confidence Page and fill out the entry box below (Check the “Subscribe to the Nappturalite Radio and the NaturallyCurly.com mailing lists” box so that we can contact you if you win!”>.

Dates

Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 12:00 AM to Monday, May 21, 2010 at 11:59 PM

Prizes

The Grand Prize (1 winner”>: Nappturalite Radio Gift Package – T-shirt, tanktop, mug and tote AND a large NaturallyCurly & CurlStylist notebook, NaturallyCurly comb, NaturallyCurly bag, and a $25.00 gift certificate to Shop.NaturallyCurly.com

First Place (1 winner”>: Nappturalite Radio T-shirt, mug and tote AND a small NaturallyCurly notebook, NaturallyCurly comb, NaturallyCurly bag, and a $15.00 gift certificate to Shop.NaturallyCurly.com

Second Place (1 winner”>: Nappturalite Radio T-shirt and tote AND a NaturallyCurly comb, NaturallyCurly bag, and a $10.00 gift certificate to Shop.NaturallyCurly.com

Runner Up (5 winners”>: Nappturalite Radio T-shirt and choice between tanktop, mug or tote AND a NaturallyCurly comb

Please contact us at nappturalite.radio@gmail.com if you have any questions about the contest.

Good luck, and we can’t wait to see your videos!

^{*Open to US and Canadian residents only.}