Welcome to Houston: Kim Coles Celebrates You!

Beauty, brains, natural hair, relaxed hair and comedy:  That was the line-up for the great night I was so fortunate to be a part of. I sent my R.S.V.P. well in advance because I truly did not want to miss the event.  Of course I had on some stilettos and by the end of the night my feet were sending out their own S.O.S.  The event was hosted at Natural Resources Salon by owners Tamika and Monique.  As always, Tamika was looking like a million bucks with her gorgeous mane and ruby lips.  Monique was graciously helping serve food and trying to blend in to the background but her pretty face and T.W.A. made her hard to miss. 

AND NOW... the moment we had all been waiting for: THE Kim Coles. She stepped into the room looking as if she stepped out of the latest issue of Ebony.  Simply beautiful.  Often celebrities aren't as down to earth and friendly in person as they are on the television screen.  This was not at all true in this case. Ms. Coles exuded not only beauty and confidence, she IS comedy.  Throughout the evening in between the great food and cocktails, quick style demonstrations and general information, she was without effort entertaining.  

At the close of the event, Ms. Coles received a Cowboy hat as a gift and officially became an honorary Texan.  The bloggers who were in attendance were given the opportunity to have a Bloggers Round Table with Ms. Coles. She told us she has been natural since December 2010 and a lot, if not all, of her inspiration came from watching YouTube videos and following natural blogs. Her natural journey was not a publicity move. It was for her own self -awareness and self-love.  Ms. Coles admitted to getting in trouble with her publicist for giving the "exclusive" of  her natural journey to AfroBella.  She wanted to keep her journey within the natural hair community. When asked by Consider Me Lovely's Rocquelle "What makes your body fabulous?", Ms. Coles responded by saying, "It houses my soul, it holds me".  In the end, Ms. Coles message was "Live Your Life Out Loud!" She encourages those considering going natural or those already into their journey to seek advice from professional natural hair care salons.

You can catch Kim Coles co-hosting a new show called Are You Normal America on OWN beginning June 4th and she also has a guest spot and hopefully recurring role on the new show The Soul Man featuring Cedric the Entertainer on TV Land which is also slated to premiere in June.