Redefining Self with Tomasina Boone

Tomasina Boone is the founder of The Curls and Natural Hair Beauty Place, a unique space that is the only service provider of it’s kind in Sydney to provide a retail shop for great quality products and a beauty space dedicated to the care, maintenance, and styling of naturally curly hair.  As a former Essence Magazine Advertising Beauty Director, Tomasina moved to Sydney, Australia 15 years ago with her hubby (lawyer and former NAACP board member) and 1 year old daughter.

When leaving the USA she was constantly asked two questions: one, are there any Black people there? And two, who is going to do your hair? Tomasina’s hair was relaxed at the time so she thought nothing of it.  But years later, Tomasina finally went natural (begrudgingly) and her hair fell out. This inspired her to purchase an e-commerce business to supply imported products from the States for natural and curly hair. What started out as a business to support expats quickly expanded into a market and knowledge place for all kinds of clients and curly hair textures. 

In this conversation, Tomasina shares with Kiesha how her sense of self evolved through her changes in geography, career, and through her journey with her hair.

Episode Resources:

• https://www.curlsandnaturalhair.com.au/
• Curls And Natural Hair (@curls_and_natural_hair) • Instagram photos and videos
• Books: 
  • The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Neale Donald Walsch 
  • In Search of Satisfaction, J California Cooper
  • For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Ntozake Shange

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