Dark and Lovely is Coming to a Sally Beauty Near You!

Calling all SoftSheen-Carson® Dark and Lovely® beauties – relaxed and natural alike! SoftSheen-Carson® Dark and Lovely® and their Celebrity Style Squad is partnering with Sally Beauty Supply to get you back-to-school ready with hair consultations, mini makeovers, and free gifts at a Sally Beauty Supply store in your neighborhood!
 
Join Dark and Lovely in Sally Beauty Supply stores in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas and New Orleans to meet their Celebrity Style Squad and discover how to make going back to school easy this year. Learn the hottest styling tips and tricks and find out the fiercest back-to-school trends from their celebrity hair gurus; enter for a chance to win a raffle of SoftSheen-Carson® Dark and Lovely® products; and get free samples of some of the latest products from the Au Naturale and Anti-Reversion collections!
 
WHO:
SoftSheen-Carson® Celebrity Style Squad including stylists who have styled Tyra Banks, Destiny’s Child, Vanessa Williams, Ludacris, R. Kelly and many more!
 
WHEN:
Saturday, August 10, 2013
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
 
WHERE:
Sally Beauty Supply; locations include:
 
Atlanta Area
Sally Beauty Supply
3616 Marketplace Blvd #610
East Point, GA 30344

Chicago Area
Sally Beauty Supply
2510 W 94th St.
Evergreen Park, IL 60805
 
Dallas Area
Sally Beauty Supply
241 E. FM 1382 Suite 307
Cedar Hill, TX 75104
 
New Orleans
Sally Beauty Supply
3153 Gentilly Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70122

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Behind The Scenes: My Day with Dark and Lovely

Words can't express how AWESOME my day was yesterday, I served as the Model/Brand Ambassador for Dark and Lovely New Au Naturale Collection. I reviewed the collection about 3 months ago and I absolutely LOVED it! If you missed it check out it here. My day started at 6am with Hair and Makeup

 Then we headed to 11 alive to appear on Atlanta and Co 

Later that night was the Curl Power Celebration where over 300 curlfriends came out to celebrate the launch of the New Au Naturale Collection. This event was hosted by Nikki Walton aka Curly Nikki and Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam. I had so much fun!

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Dark and Lovely Au Naturale Curl Power Celebration in Atlanta

On Thursday, May 9th, 2013 Dark and Lovely celebrated the launch of their newest line, Au Naturale, with Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam and Best-Selling Author and Curl Hair advocate, Nikki Walton in Atlanta, Georgia for the empowering CURL POWER Celebration.

Dark and Lovely Au Naturale’s CURL POWER CELEBRATION had a room full of curly haired girls dancing the night away! They enjoyed passed hors d’oeuvres, signature Bombay Sapphire cocktails, received curl consultations from the SoftSheen-Carson Style Squad at the curl stations and shared their curl stories throughout the night. The fun and interactive OMG Photo Booth was also on site, capturing all the curls and coils and posted photos live on the big screens for all to see! Curl Stations were fully stocked with the complete Au Naturale line for guests to experience firsthand allowing them to feel, touch and smell every product. Models with curly coifs also introduced guests to Dark and Lovely’s new Naturalista Digital tools available on iamdarkandlovely.com.

Keshia shared, "It was a pleasure to host Dark & Lovely's Au Naturale Curl Power event in Atlanta. The message behind Curl Power directly relates to the empowerment, self-esteem, and celebration of diversity I teach my girls at Kamp Kizzy!"

Atlanta notables Egypt Sherrod, Chanita Foster, Monyetta Shaw, Sister 2 Sister Editor in Chief, Jamie Foster Brown and Celebrity Stylist Olori Swank were in attendance to show support for their curl friends Keshia and Nikki.

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures courtesy of Prince Williams

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Dark and Lovely Curl Power Celebration

You're Invited To A Curl Power Celebration with Dark and Lovely Au Naturale!

Featuring Special Guest, Award Winning Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam and Hosted by Natural Hair Blogger and Founder of CurlyNikki.com Nikki Walton!

*Must be 21+ to enter and have a valid photo ID

PLEASE RSVP TO WWW.GUESTCODE.COM TO ATTEND WITH THE EVENT CODE 1829… Space is limited

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Thursday, May 9th 2013
6:00PM to 8:00PM

Havana Club
3112 Piedmont Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30305

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SaturDate is happening Feb 23! Stop by Walgreens for samples and coupons

Make sure to stop by your local Walgreens this Saturday 2/23 from 10am 5pm  to enjoy complimentary samples of Dark & Lovely Hair Care, as well as high value coupons, and special savings on all Dark & Lovely Hair Care products with b1g1 50% off through the month of February.
 
This event is happening at select Walgreens stores. Please click here to find a participating Walgreens near you; http://on.fb.me/WN2DQI

For my Atlanta Curlfriends, below are the following locations:

595 PIEDMONT AVE NE ATLANTA, GA
3740 CASCADE RD SW ATLANTA, GA
3800 PRINCETON LAKES PKWY SW ATLANTA, GA
2065 S HAIRSTON RD DECATUR, GA
3584 WESLEY CHAPEL RD DECATUR, GA
6671 COVINGTON HWY LITHONIA, GA
2945 PANOLA RD LITHONIA, GA
5320 MEMORIAL DR STONE MOUNTAIN, GA
4617 JONESBORO RD UNION CITY, GA
 

NEW Dark and Lovely Au Naturale is now at Walgreens! Discover Unstoppable Curls and New Haircare Innovations with Walgreens Beauty Advisors and SoftSheen Carson in select stores on February 23rd from 10am-5pm. Free samples and special $2 Off coupons will be given out (while supplies last). There will be a special BOGO 50% off all month in February on all Dark and Lovely products at all Walgreens locations! Buy 2 get 1000 Loyalty Points.

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Dark and Lovely & Rip The Runway Online Sweepstakes

SoftSheen-Carson® Dark and Lovely® is calling all fashionistas for a chance to win this season’s hottest and most wanted luxury handbags to complete their look!  Dark and Lovely is partnering with BET, the leading provider of quality entertainment, music, and public affairs television for African Americans, to encourage women to  “Rip the Runway Everyday” by entering to win hot accessories and tuning in to see Dark and Lovely on BET’s Rip the Runway.

Since Dark and Lovely offers breakthrough products to create the hottest hairstyles, the partnership with BET was a great opportunity to combine fabulous products with fashion programming.  Rip the Runway features today's hottest performances with the latest in high-end urban fashion and this year, Dark and Lovely’s very own Bria Murphy will be gracing the catwalk, which will be televised on March 20th and will be hosted by Kelly Rowland and Boris Kodjoe.  Also making an appearance at this year’s fashion show will be the newest products to the Dark and Lovely family, the 6 Week Anti-Reversion Cream Serum, the Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage maintenance and styling line and Go Intense!, the 1st hi-impact, hi-care permanent haircolor.

The consumer sweepstakes begins on February 1st and ends on March 15th.  50 fabulous winners will be randomly selected on March 31st with one grand prize winner receiving a stunning designer luxury handbag valued at $1,000!  First prize winners will sashay away with a premium designer handbag valued at $250 and the remaining winners will receive a contemporary clutch valued at $60.  For a chance to enter the sweepstakes visit www.iamdarkandlovely.com/riptherunway for details and simply complete the online form. 

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REVIEW: NEW! Dark and Lovely Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage Collection

 

The NEW Dark and Lovely® Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage maintenance and styling line is infused with mango oil and bamboo milk to provide all-day hydration, elongation, definition and nourishment for all curl types. The Au Naturale line includes: Hydrating Soak Shampoo, Knot-Out Conditioner, Curl Defining Crème Glaze, Coil Moisturizing Soufflé, Sheen Sealing Nectar and 10-IN-1 Styles Gelee. AuNaturale has NO drying alcohol, NO mineral oil, NO petrolatum, and NO parabens and is fortified with nutritive ingredients to make curls healthy, soft, frizz-free, and beautifully natural!  

Last night I styled my hair with the Curl Defining Creme Glaze on dry hair. Check out my results below

The product in this review was provided to the reviewer for the purpose of writing a review. This in no way affects the quality of the review provided. No monetary exchange occurred in exchange for the writing of the review. The views expressed in this review are strictly that of the reviewer. All reviews provided here are the work of the reviewer and remain completely unbiased

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NEW! Dark and Lovely Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage for Natural Hair

FINALLY my prayers has been answered. I suffer from Shrinkage and NOW there is a new product to help us curlfriends!!! 

SoftSheen-Carson Laboratories is excited to introduce NEW Dark and Lovely® Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage maintenance and styling line for natural hair. Dark and Lovely, celebrating 40 years of haircare knowledge and product innovation, delivers a product to meet the unmet haircare needs of a fast growing hair movement.  As a leader and expert in haircare, SoftSheen-Carson Laboratories® supports the increasing number of women embracing their natural hair with Dark and Lovely Au Naturale maintenance and styling products, which are specially formulated to address the unique needs of naturally curly hair textures to eliminate curl, shrinkage and frizz.

The NEW Dark and Lovely® Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage maintenance and styling line is infused with mango oil and bamboo milk to provide all-day hydration, elongation, definition and nourishment for all curl types. The Au Naturale line includes: Hydrating Soak Shampoo, Knot-Out Conditioner, Curl Defining Crème Glaze, Coil Moisturizing Soufflé, Sheen Sealing Nectar and 10-IN-1 Styles Gelee. Au Naturale has NO drying alcohol, NO mineral oil, NO petrolatum, and NO parabens and is fortified with nutritive ingredients to make curls healthy, soft, frizz-free, and beautifully natural! 

AVAILABILITY: NEW! Dark and Lovely Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage line is available in stores nationwide beginning January 2013

PRICE: $9.99 for all products 

 To find out more about these products, please visit www.iamdarkandlovely.com.

  *Currently I'm wearing my protective style I will post my review on these products soon so stay tuned!

UPDATE: LINK TO REVIEW --> http://www.itsarkeedah.com/2013/01/review-new-dark-and-lovely-au-naturale.html 

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