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As we bid adieu to 2023 and welcome the new year, it's the perfect time to embark on a journey to transform your hair and boost your confidence. Join us for the premiere episode of "The Real Soft Girl Era" series, where we share exclusive tips and tricks to empower you to make 2024 your best year ever.

About The Chatbox

Uncle Funky’s Daughter brings you the ChatBox, featuring a blog and podcast. Our mission with ChatBox is to foster vibrant discussions covering a wide range of topics in the realms of health, beauty, and wellness. 

In today's episode, we're tackling a topic that's on everyone's mind as the holiday season approaches: budgeting for the festivities. Are traditional budgeting methods still relevant, or do we need to rethink our approach in the age of online shopping and evolving consumer habits?

About The Chatbox

Uncle Funky’s Daughter brings you the ChatBox, featuring a blog and podcast. Our mission with ChatBox is to foster vibrant discussions covering a wide range of topics in the realms of health, beauty, and wellness. 

Welcome back to the Chatbox! In today's episode Natalee (@curliekaye) gives us some great summer hair care tips! Tune in to find out what they are.

About the Chatbox:
Hey Funky Junky!  Uncle Funky’s Daughter has a blog and podcast called ChatBox. The goal of ChatBox is to help you embrace your natural beauty! The conversation is about more than hair! The podcast highlights that we come in many different shapes and sizes, and our hair comes in various textures and curl patterns.  Listen in on candid conversations as our curly guests talk about hair how-tos and real lifestyle tips. Real talk, no jive.

About the Host:
Shayla Meeks is our Social Media Manager, who is typically behind the scenes curating fun topics and finding inspirational guests to bring the Chatbox to life!

Hey Curlfriends,

Ever wonder how food can effect your hair? It's more than you think! Today's podcast episode is with Koya Webb who is an internationally recognized yoga teacher, celebrity holistic health coach, speaker, author of Let Your Fears Make You Fierce, & Founder of The Get Loved Up Community shares her story on how through an athletic injury, moving to California and resetting her body and life helped her embrace her natural hair! Listen to find out Koya's top natural hair care tips (with locs) and hear insights on how to strive for daily wellness!

You find more about Koya Webb and purchase her book down below:

Koya Webb
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Koya Webb Youtube
 
Get Loved Up
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Get Loved Up Facebook

And if you haven't already Curlfriend, get your FREE copy of the SwirlyCurly method and shop the SwirlyCurly store down below use code PODCAST15 for 15% off your first order :-)

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Enjoy and leave a review on what you liked most about this podcast episode!

Xo Keziah 

Wash day can be stressful or therapeutic depending on your mindset. Tune into today's episode as we chat with Koiya (@koiyaaaa) who has some tips for turning wash day into a "spa day" for your curls.

About the Chatbox:
Hey Funky Junky!  Uncle Funky’s Daughter has a blog and podcast called ChatBox. The goal of ChatBox is to help you embrace your natural beauty! The conversation is about more than hair! The podcast highlights that we come in many different shapes and sizes, and our hair comes in various textures and curl patterns.  Listen in on candid conversations as our curly guests talk about hair how-tos and real lifestyle tips. Real talk, no jive.

About the Host:
Shayla Meeks is our Social Media Manager, who is typically behind the scenes curating fun topics and finding inspirational guests to bring the Chatbox to life!

Finally, we have the answer to our most frequently asked question from our Funky Junkies! What products work best to define and moisturize coarse natural hair? Tune into this episode as Antoinette Bullock (@_bubsbee) spills all of her secrets to keeping her coarse natural hair shiny and healthy.

About the Chatbox:
Hey Funky Junky!  Uncle Funky’s Daughter has a blog and podcast called ChatBox. The goal of ChatBox is to help you embrace your natural beauty! The conversation is about more than hair! The podcast highlights that we come in many different shapes and sizes, and our hair comes in various textures and curl patterns.  Listen in on candid conversations as our curly guests talk about hair how-tos and real lifestyle tips. Real talk, no jive.

About the Host:
Shayla Meeks is our Social Media Manager, who is typically behind the scenes curating fun topics and finding inspirational guests to bring the Chatbox to life!

In this episode of AromaticChat, I have the joy of chatting with Veronica Thomas, an aromatherapist out of Mississippi.
Veronica is a natural health consultant and certified aromatherapist.
She became an Aromatherapist after one of her former clients helped her use essential oils after a car accident, and this was just the beginning of her incredible story.
Tune in and stay all the way to the end to hear:

• How she learned to use essential oils,  
• About organoleptic testing, 
• Her research into fibromyalgia, 
• What has inspired her in her journey, 
• What she is excited about now, 
• Her encouragement for the listeners.

Links:

Multicultural Aromatherapy 

Www.multiaromastudio.com 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aromatherapytruth
Instagram: @multiculturalaromatic
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronica-thomas-b5a01a9/

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Our most frequently asked question is how to retain length in natural hair! In today's episode @teerachelle_ gives us the T on how she retains length in her hair. Tune in, you don't want to miss it!

About the Chatbox:
Hey Funky Junky!  Uncle Funky’s Daughter has a blog and podcast called ChatBox. The goal of ChatBox is to help you embrace your natural beauty! The conversation is about more than hair! The podcast highlights that we come in many different shapes and sizes, and our hair comes in various textures and curl patterns.  Listen in on candid conversations as our curly guests talk about hair how-tos and real lifestyle tips. Real talk, no jive.

About the Host:
Shayla Meeks is our Social Media Manager, who is typically behind the scenes curating fun topics and finding inspirational guests to bring the Chatbox to life!

Black Girl Magic, FULL STOP

Marteekah is back for the fifty-leventh time and is tickity tockiting herself to more subscribers. 

Sheryl Lee Ralph points out the obvious culprits of cultural appropriation while giving her 15-year-old self some love! 

Lastly, Mielle products are for black women and "das it". 

You know we like to Keep it Simple Sis.. let's keke 

Episode Resources: Mielle , Sheryll Lee Ralph, Lori Harvey

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Timestamps for ya'll!!

0:50 "Welcome Back and Happy New Year"
5:19 "#blackgirlfollowtrain"
10:00 "Sheryl Lee Ralph"
13:00 "Black creators need space too"
15:55 "Remember You are the Price"
22:00 "Mielle is for Black Women, full stop"
38:40 "Patrick Starr OneSize x Fantasia"
40:00 "First Black-Owned Makeup Company to Land a Deal on SharkTank"

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Twitter: @marteekahbeauty.
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In today's episode Chief Curl Officer, Renee Morris reflects back on 2022 and shares what to look forward to in 2023! There are some exciting things in store. Tune in, you don't want to miss this one!

About the Chatbox:
Hey Funky Junky!  Uncle Funky’s Daughter has a blog and podcast called ChatBox. The goal of ChatBox is to help you embrace your natural beauty! The conversation is about more than hair! The podcast highlights that we come in many different shapes and sizes, and our hair comes in various textures and curl patterns.  Listen in on candid conversations as our curly guests talk about hair how-tos and real lifestyle tips. Real talk, no jive.

About the Host:
Renee Morris is our Chief Curl Officer, leveraging her 20+ year natural hair journey to inspire and develop the Uncle Funky’s Daughter natural hair care line. Since acquiring the brand in 2014, she has expanded the product portfolio and made the brand a powerhouse in the natural hair world. 

If you are struggling to choose a protective style that fits your lifestyle, this episode is for you! Tune in as we chat with Autavia Bailey (@taviasb) about her experience with various protective styles and her go-to products to maintain them.

About the Chatbox:
Hey Funky Junky!  Uncle Funky’s Daughter has a blog and podcast called ChatBox. The goal of ChatBox is to help you embrace your natural beauty! The conversation is about more than hair! The podcast highlights that we come in many different shapes and sizes, and our hair comes in various textures and curl patterns.  Listen in on candid conversations as our curly guests talk about hair how-tos and real lifestyle tips. Real talk, no jive.

About the Host:
Standing in for Melinda Spaulding this week, Shayla Meeks is our Social Media Manager, who is typically behind the scenes curating fun topics and finding inspirational guests to bring the Chatbox to life!

Who wants to save some coins? In today's episode curl friend Crystal Williams (@crystalclearcurls) shares some natural hair care tips that save you time and money! You don't want to miss this one.

About the Chatbox:
Hey Funky Junky!  Uncle Funky’s Daughter has a blog and podcast called ChatBox. The goal of ChatBox is to help you embrace your natural beauty! The conversation is about more than hair! The podcast highlights that we come in many different shapes and sizes, and our hair comes in various textures and curl patterns.  Listen in on candid conversations as our curly guests talk about hair how-tos and real lifestyle tips. Real talk, no jive.

About the Host:
Shayla Meeks is our Social Media Manager, who is typically behind the scenes curating fun topics and finding inspirational guests to bring the Chatbox to life!

Even with the hustle and bustle of the holidays, the first thing on your list should be you! In today's episode, Michelle Chea (@naturallychea) shares with us key things we need to know in order to reach our body goals. She also gives us the tea on how working out has impacted her natural hair care routine. You don't want to miss it!

About the Chatbox:
Hey Funky Junky!  Uncle Funky’s Daughter has a blog and podcast called ChatBox. The goal of ChatBox is to help you embrace your natural beauty! The conversation is about more than hair! The podcast highlights that we come in many different shapes and sizes, and our hair comes in various textures and curl patterns.  Listen in on candid conversations as our curly guests talk about hair how-tos and real lifestyle tips. Real talk, no jive.

About the Host:
Shayla Meeks is our Social Media Manager, who is typically behind the scenes curating fun topics and finding inspirational guests to bring the Chatbox to life!

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and things can get hectic! Tune into today's episode as Justine Uraih (@iamjustinejustine) shares tips for looking your best on Thanksgiving day. 

About the Chatbox:
Hey Funky Junky!  Uncle Funky’s Daughter has a blog and podcast called ChatBox. The goal of ChatBox is to help you embrace your natural beauty! The conversation is about more than hair! The podcast highlights that we come in many different shapes and sizes, and our hair comes in various textures and curl patterns.  Listen in on candid conversations as our curly guests talk about hair how-tos and real lifestyle tips. Real talk, no jive.

About the Host:
Standing in for Melinda Spaulding this week, Shayla Meeks is our Social Media Manager, who is typically behind the scenes curating fun topics and finding inspirational guests to bring the Chatbox to life!

Today's episode is dedicated to one of our most frequently asked questions - how to retain length! Tune in as Koiya McElroy (@koiyaaaa) shares her best tips for retaining length during the fall/winter!

About the Chatbox:
Hey Funky Junky!  Uncle Funky’s Daughter has a blog and podcast called ChatBox. The goal of ChatBox is to help you embrace your natural beauty! The conversation is about more than hair! The podcast highlights that we come in many different shapes and sizes, and our hair comes in various textures and curl patterns.  Listen in on candid conversations as our curly guests talk about hair how-tos and real lifestyle tips. Real talk, no jive.

About the Host:
Standing in for Melinda Spaulding this week, Shayla Meeks is our Social Media Manager, who is typically behind the scenes curating fun topics and finding inspirational guests to bring the Chatbox to life!

The number one concern for every naturalista when heat styling is whether or not they will get their curls back! Tune into today's episode as Jasmine Oliver (@jascoloredcurls) shares amazing tips for transitioning from heat-styled hair to hydrated curls with ease!

About the Chatbox:
Hey Funky Junky!  Uncle Funky’s Daughter has a blog and podcast called ChatBox. The goal of ChatBox is to help you embrace your natural beauty! The conversation is about more than hair! The podcast highlights that we come in many different shapes and sizes, and our hair comes in various textures and curl patterns.  Listen in on candid conversations as our curly guests talk about hair how-tos and real lifestyle tips. Real talk, no jive.

About the Host:
Standing in for Melinda Spaulding this week, Shayla Meeks is our Social Media Manager, who is typically behind the scenes curating fun topics and finding inspirational guests to bring the Chatbox to life!

In today's episode, we finally answer the number one question we get from our Funky Junkies! Tune in to hear some amazing tips on retaining moisture in coarse natural hair from Aboyowa aka @westafricanbaby!

About the Chatbox:
Hey Funky Junky!  Uncle Funky’s Daughter has a blog and podcast called ChatBox. The goal of ChatBox is to help you embrace your natural beauty! The conversation is about more than hair! The podcast highlights that we come in many different shapes and sizes, and our hair comes in various textures and curl patterns.  Listen in on candid conversations as our curly guests talk about hair how-tos and real lifestyle tips. Real talk, no jive.

About the Host:
Standing in for Melinda Spaulding this week, Shayla Meeks is our Social Media Manager, who is typically behind the scenes curating fun topics and finding inspirational guests to bring the Chatbox to life!

If you're having trouble achieving the perfect twist out, we got you! Tune into today's episode as Zakiya (@curlswithkia) shares with us tips and techniques to achieve your best twist out. She drops some gems so get your notepad ready!

About the Chatbox:
Hey Funky Junky!  Uncle Funky’s Daughter has a blog and podcast called ChatBox. The goal of ChatBox is to help you embrace your natural beauty! The conversation is about more than hair! The podcast highlights that we come in many different shapes and sizes, and our hair comes in various textures and curl patterns.  Listen in on candid conversations as our curly guests talk about hair how-tos and real lifestyle tips. Real talk, no jive.

About the Host:
Standing in for Melinda Spaulding this week, Shayla Meeks is our Social Media Manager, who is typically behind the scenes curating fun topics and finding inspirational guests to bring the Chatbox to life!

Curly hair tends to suffer in the cooler weather and will surely spark a change in your natural hair care routine. In order to get ahead of the curve, Chenise Johnson (@globetrottercurls) shares the ultimate natural hair care to-do list for the Fall!  

About the Chatbox:
Hey Funky Junky!  Uncle Funky’s Daughter has a blog and podcast called ChatBox. The goal of ChatBox is to help you embrace your natural beauty! The conversation is about more than hair! The podcast highlights that we come in many different shapes and sizes, and our hair comes in various textures and curl patterns.  Listen in on candid conversations as our curly guests talk about hair how-tos and real lifestyle tips. Real talk, no jive.

About the Host:
Standing in for Melinda Spaulding this week, Shayla Meeks is our Social Media Manager, who is typically behind the scenes curating fun topics and finding inspirational guests to bring the Chatbox to life!

Father's Day is just around the corner and there are a lot of dads learning to style their daughters' hair. There are also moms out there who would like for dad to pull more weight with the kid's haircare. In today's podcast episode Destiny (@deeraynatural), shares tips for dads learning to style their daughter's curly hair.

About the Chatbox:
Hey Funky Junky!  Uncle Funky’s Daughter has a blog and podcast called ChatBox. The goal of ChatBox is to help you embrace your natural beauty! The conversation is about more than hair! The podcast highlights that we come in many different shapes and sizes, as does our hair comes in various textures and curl patterns.  Listen in on candid conversations as our curly guests talk about hair how-tos and real lifestyle tips. Real talk, no jive.

About the Host:
Melinda Spaulding is an Emmy award-winning journalist, host, and speaker who loves to mentor and cheer on other women.  Whether it’s behind the anchor desk or creating media strategies for companies, Melinda understands that the best communications plan begins with a good conversation.  A wife and mother of two, she is constantly investigating and researching the best ways to thrive and enjoy the journey.