{"id":513,"date":"2014-05-12T13:52:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T13:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/?p=513"},"modified":"2015-04-27T13:53:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T13:53:27","slug":"st-martins-first-natural-hair-group-and-hair-care-line-to-launch-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/2014\/05\/12\/st-martins-first-natural-hair-group-and-hair-care-line-to-launch-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Martin\u2019s first natural hair group and hair care line to launch in June."},"content":{"rendered":"

GREAT BAY\/MARIGOT<\/span><\/strong>, St. Martin (May 12, 2013)<\/strong>\u2014<\/span>St. Martin\u2019s first natural hair group and hair care product line,\u00a0\u201cDon\u2019t Break the Comb,\u201d\u00a0will launch at the St. Martin Book Fair on June 1, 2013, at 11 am, at the University of St. Martin, said biologist Taymer Mason.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Break the Comb is the brainchild of founders Taymer Mason and Rochelle Ward (Faizah Tabasamu), both writers on the island as well.<\/p>\n

From its Facebook and other digital media responses, it appears that the hair care products and the workshop introducing the line, are \u201chighly anticipated,\u201d said Ward, a teacher at the St. Maarten Academy high school.<\/p>\n

The workshop is entitled \u201cNatural Hair Mixology:\u00a0Make your own homemade hair products.\u201d<\/span> \u201cWe will show attendees how to make quick, safe, easy and natural recipes to combat several hair issues like dryness and breakage,\u201d said Mason.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe workshop is for naturals and anyone interested in using natural products in their hair care regimen. Parents of children who proudly wear their natural hair are all invited,\u201d said Mason.<\/p>\n

The attendees will get recipe cards, an information booklet to take home, and exciting giveaways and surprises. But the special treatment won\u2019t end there. \u201cThe hair care workshop guests will get to network\u00a0with each other and we hope they realize that\u00a0they are not alone in taking care of their natural hair,\u201d said Mason.<\/p>\n

Mason and Ward want their guests to leave the workshop \u201carmed with hair\u00a0care knowledge, homemade\u00a0hair treatments,\u00a0product samples, and even a full belly if they choose to,\u201d said Mason, who is a vegan cookbook author.<\/p>\n

Last year Mason hosted the highly successful cooking workshop at the St. Martin Book Fair. That was followed by the tremendous turnout for her Caribbean food demo at the annual vegetarian festival in Toronto.<\/p>\n

This year Taymer Mason is offering tasty eats along with the treatment for beautiful hair at the Friendly Island\u2019s book fair. \u201cWe will offer optional $20 VIP\u00a0gourmet box lunches, so go to\u00a0http:\/\/dontbreakthecomb.eventbrite.com\/<\/a> and register for our free workshop and sign up for a hearty lunch,\u201d said Mason.<\/p>\n

And talking of networking for success, \u201cOur group was conceived because of the St. Martin Book Fair\u00a02012, where we met for the first time, each person eyeing the other\u2019s proudly-worn natural hair,\u201d said Ward.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough we met at the Vegan cooking workshop where Taymer was the speaker, I eventually ended up talking about hair care, styles, and the YouTube natural hair mines. It took off then. Bit by bit we are learning about natural hair groups on other islands. It\u2019s great. Just the other day we got followers from Cameroon. Go St. Martin!\u201d Ward said with glee.<\/p>\n

The two beauties, who have been wearing natural hair styles for a few years, want women to feel empowered with the upcoming workshop and their other hair-related activities \u2013 such as the\u00a0St. Martin Natural Hair\u00a0Expo\u00a0slated for later in 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the women of St. Martin, we want to give them back themselves. We want to\u00a0give them space to\u00a0network and conquer fears and\u00a0problems they might have about their hair and their history with it,\u201d said Ward.<\/p>\n

Showing a new generation of women home treatments for their hair does actually have a history-based reason for the founders of Don\u2019t Break The Comb. In the Caribbean, \u201cso much information is being lost as it pertains to natural hair care with the advent of the hot iron, relaxers and weaves. We need to salvage this information before it becomes lost forever,\u201d said Mason.<\/p>\n

What about teamwork at the beauty works company? If Mason is the scientist, then Ward is the one dealing not only with marketing but also giving \u201caesthetic\u00a0feedback\u201d when Mason makes the products.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring product development I also document recipes and get my hands messy. It is riveting to decide on final colors and the aromas of our creations,\u201d said Ward.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Taymer Mason, biologist, to launch new hair care products made in St. Martin.\u00a0(DBC photo<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Rochelle Ward, co-founder of Don\u2019t Break The Comb group and hair care products.\u00a0(DBC photo<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GREAT BAY\/MARIGOT, St. Martin (May 12, 2013)\u2014St. Martin\u2019s first natural hair group and hair care product line,\u00a0\u201cDon\u2019t Break the Comb,\u201d\u00a0will launch at the St. Martin Book Fair on June 1, 2013, at 11 am, at the University of St. Martin, said biologist Taymer Mason. Don\u2019t Break the Comb is the brainchild of founders Taymer Mason […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-fair-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":514,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions\/514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}