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Oh hey, I'm

Paula

• NATURALISTA , TRAVELER , FOODIE , DANCER , WINE LOVER , DIGITAL MARKETING PROFESSIONAL , HISTORY BUFF •

Sharing my travel and natural hair journey to empower, educate and inspire Black women.

About me

Oh hey, I'm

Paula

— NATURALISTA , TRAVELER , FOODIE , DANCER , WINE LOVER , DIGITAL MARKETING PROFESSIONAL , HISTORY BUFF —

Sharing my travel and natural hair journey to empower, educate, and inspire Black women.

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Recent posts

Nairobi & Lamu: Where to Eat, Play & Stay

El Nido: Where to Eat, Play & Stay

Atlanta: Where to Eat, Play & Stay

My Favorite Natural Hair Tools

Lisbon & Porto: Where to Eat, Play & Stay

Toronto: Where to Eat, Play & Stay

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Read some of my favorite travel guides, natural hair care tips, and more ↓

Travel with curls

If you’re looking for tips on how to keep your curls healthy while traveling.

How to Care for your Natural Hair While Flying

What I Learned Traveling With Transitioning Hair

How to Travel With Natural Hair

Bucket list adventures

If you’re looking for new adventures to add to your bucket list.

How to DIY to Machu Picchu

Visiting Palccoyo (Alternative) Rainbow Mountain

Natural hair 101

Whether you’re newly natural, transitioning or a maven looking to learn more about natural hair and your curls.

How to Find the Best Natural Hair Products

How to Grow Healthy Natural Hair

Myavana Hair Analysis

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(Finally) Sharing some photos/videos from my 30th (Finally) Sharing some photos/videos from my 30th birthday trip to #Kenya — leave it to me to post this 9 months later 😅 

Read my blog post for a full recap (🔗 in bio) on where I ate, played, and stayed in #Kenya🇰🇪 (#Nairobi and #Lamu) including @ololo_lodge, which was hands down one of my favorite stays because: 

1. It's located in #NairobiNationalPark: Making it a great option if you're short on time but want to experience a safari 🦁🐒🦓🦒
2. Their staff is very attentive and friendly, especially their manager, James!
3. Your stay includes complimentary breakfast, lunch, dinner, and beverages (alcoholic or non-alcoholic)
4. Their amenities include a spa room 💆🏾‍♀️ and even a pool to enjoy in between the morning and evening #gamedrives
👀 Watch me go from a #silkpress 🔙 to my curl 👀 Watch me go from a #silkpress 🔙 to my curls 👩🏾‍🦱

Does anyone else love the first #washday after getting a trim? Your ends are healthy, detangling is a breeze, and your curls just act right 🤣

I've posted a couple of these "revert silk press back to curly hair" videos on the ⏰️ app, and enjoy making them because it's fascinating seeing how much my hair shrinks with just water, it's like magic ✨️😍

I love getting silk presses because I get a brief break from my curls and get my necessary trims. However, nothing beats my #naturalhair! I wish I appreciated my curls more when I was younger and not striving for straight hair or a looser curl pattern, but I'm happy I do now 🙏🏾
🏡 I'm officially a #homeowner and Georgia resid 🏡 I'm officially a #homeowner and Georgia resident! 

In celebration, my long overdue guide on where to eat, play, and stay in Atlanta is live! (🔗 in bio). 

🥂 cheers to my new home, to new memories, to abundance, to community (and being closer to family), to self-love, and building generational wealth ✨️🙏🏾 

‼️ For all my homeowners, please share any tips and advice you have!
🎉 This month marks my 8 year #naturalhair anniv 🎉 This month marks my 8 year #naturalhair anniversary! On September 4, 2015, my stylist cut my relaxed ends, starting my #naturalhairjourney. 

To celebrate the occasion, here's my usual #lengthcheck from my recent #silkpress and trim.

Embracing my natural hair was one of the best decisions I made in my early 20s. This is the healthiest (and longest) I've ever seen my hair 😍 but it took a lot of patience and mistakes to get my hair where it's today. 

I've never really shared some of these mistakes, but there were many — including: 

• Experiencing heat damage (my stylist and I were able to fix this and have since stopped using high heat towards the front of my hair)
• Accidently cutting ✂️ a piece of my hair when unraveling #passiontwists 😅 (thankfully, it was towards the back of my head and has since grown out)
• Having protein overload (I underestimated how strong @aphogee's protein treatment is 😬) 

What mistakes have you made in your hair journey?
#ad What's your least favorite part of pre-travel #ad What's your least favorite part of pre-travel 🤔?

Thanks to @taskrabbit, I was able to hire a Tasker to pick up last-minute items I needed for my recent trip.  

This allowed me to focus my time and energy on more important things, like packing and doing my hair 👩🏾‍🦱.

@kayak and @taskrabbit have teamed up for a sweepstakes where one winner will get a $500 gift card towards travel from KAYAK + $500 in Taskrabbit credit. 

Enter by September 15 → Visit @taskrabbit’s Instagram for more info! 

#taskrabbitpartner #taskrabbit #packingtips #traveltip #insidertravel #travelescape #travelcommunity #mytravelcrush #darlingescapes #jetsetting #travelisthenewclub #aroundtheworld #blacktravelers #femaletravelbloggers #melanintravel #essencetravels #wegotoo #hardlyhome #blacktravelista #blackwomen #iamatraveler #travelhacks #blacktravelfeed #travelgram #blackandabroad #travelbloggerlife #luggagetag #suitcase #suitcasetravels
Do you wear your #naturalhair 👩🏾‍🦱 whil Do you wear your #naturalhair 👩🏾‍🦱 while on vacation?

For 90% of my trips, I put my natural hair in #minitwists or #minibraids. Both are great low-maintenance styles, keep my hair moisturized in any climate, and are versatile to style.

My favorite hairstyles for mini twists and braids are: two buns, a low ponytail or bun, or wearing a scarf with my twists/braids out. 

For the other 10%, my hair is either: blown out and styled, in a protective style (mainly #passiontwists or #senegalesetwists), or silk pressed. It really depends on factors like: the climate at the destination I'm going to, activities I'm getting into, and duration of trip.

• Slide 1: Mini braids with twists at the ends in Kenya 🇰🇪
• Slide 2: Mini twists in Peru 🇵🇪
• Slide 3: Mini twists in the Philippines 🇵🇭
• Slide 4: Mini twists on blown out hair in Portugal 🇵🇹
• Slide 5: Mini twists in Costa Rica 🇨🇷
• Slide 6: Regular sized twists in Canada 🇨🇦
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