Episode 22: All Abroad! - No Matter Where You From, The Stories Have The Same Intention

Guest: Oreoluwa “Cookie” George-Taylor

Host: Lisa. E.

YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/Zbn_axA1a5k

EPISODE SUMMARY

This podcast is dedicated to celebrating the journey of black women to embrace their natural hair, with our host, Lisa. E, aka Natural Born Sistah, who inspires black women to groom and confidently flaunt their natural hair. 

In this episode with Cookie, Natural Hair Blogger, talks about her experience with her natural hair.  Her experience with being a natural hair blogger is about her very own personal experiences with her natural hair.  

Listening to Cookie in this episode, you can tell she’s a realist. Listening to her story makes you want to hear more.  Her experience with cutting her hair multiple times and experience with the opposite sex including her husband, shows how strong she was when it comes to making her decisions based on what she wants for herself and not for the men in her life. 

 Key points from this episode include;

• [02:59] Lisa E. introduces Cookie.
• [04:48] How the “Cookie Real Haircare” Podcast came about.
• [09:38] Cookie asks Lisa what was it for her to start Kinky In The Kitchen.
• [14:09] Cookie talks about her hair and how her hair journey started.
• [16:36] Cookie talks about how she did not like relaxers as she was getting tired of it.
• [19:35] Cookie talks about how she recorded herself cutting off her hair.
• [23:05] The YouTube experience that helped get Cookie to where she is now.
• [24:00] Lisa E. talks about her Mission for why she does this and asks Cookie’s about hers.
• [26:00] It’s important for women to embrace who they are, according to Cookie’s vision.
• [28:00] Lisa talks about her reservations about cutting her own hair.
• [33:53] Cookie talks about how a conversation went with a guy she used to like, as he responded to her cutting her hair short.
• [40:15] Cookie talks about how she feels about children getting their hair relaxed.

QUOTES

• "That is what younger people are going to learn, is the behaviors " 
• “I want us as Nigerians to talk about our hair, and open up the conversations”
• “If I was growing out my texture it would be like the most authentic version of myself ”
• “Rather than being a fusion of cultures, you sometimes feel stuck in the middle”
• “If you have natural hair, you’re always doing something with it”

Connect with the Host

IG - @naturalbornsistah

IG - @kinkyinthekitchenpodcast

FB - @Natural Born Sistah

www.kinkyinthekitchen. Hair

naturalbornsistah@gmail.com

Connect with Cookie

IG/FB - Cookiesrealhaircare

Resource

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