Beauty Needs Me

Founder of a skincare line? Check! Celebrity Style Consultant? Check! Restauranteur? Check! International Tour Manager for an Afrobeats artist? Check! Mission Trips to Africa? Check! Devoted Father? Check!

Sam Desalu is the definition of a renaissance man! In this episode we chat with him about how he began his career in the wardrobe department at BET and his love for Africa. He tells us all about touring the world with popular Afrobeats Artist, Runtown, the inspiration behind him starting Desalu Naturals, a shea butter skincare line, and its mission to help women’s menstruation in Africa. And of course he dished about his skin and hair care regimen. Sam also spoke to us about uprooting his life in Africa for his newborn daughter, Zion, and how the past few months have allowed him to grow deeper in his faith and walk with Christ.

Learn more about what Sam mentioned during this episode below:

Afripads.com

Afrikafifty6.org

DesaluNaturals.com

Sponge Hair brush (not sponsored or endorsed by Beauty Needs Me):

https://www.amazon.com/men-hair-sponge/s?k=men+hair+sponge

Black Soap: https://www.byrdie.com/african-black-soap-2442627

Calamine lotion (not sponsored or endorsed by Beauty Needs Me):

https://www.healthline.com/health/calamine-lotion-for-acne

Keep up with Sam on IG at @SamDesalu and DeSalu Naturals at @DesaluNaturals. Keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]!

Hosts: Dunni Odumosu and Taleah Griffin

Produced by: Le’Ru Productions

Welcome to the very first episode of Beauty Needs Me! We are so excited to either introduce or re-introduce you to the amazing Angela Christine a.k.a Angela C. Styles! Angela is an Emmy award winning hairstylist, author and entrepreneur who personifies #blackgirlmagic.

On this episode Angela takes us through her journey with hair as a child, how she started doing hair professionally, her time on WE Tv’s LA Hair, authoring a children’s book titled “Hair” chronicling Keely’s journey to loving her natural hair to most recently winning an Emmy for her work with EVE on CBS’ The Talk. We also learn the inspiration behind her hair line, Conscious Curls Hair.

Angela Styles gives us insight into how she’s been navigating her business during this modern-day revolution and whether or not she’s had to switch anything up in light of brands being asked to #pulluporshutup. And you’ll finally get the answer to “How long is too long to rock those box braids?”

Keep up with Angela on IG at @AngelaCStyles and Keep in touch with Beauty Needs Me at @beautyneedsme or email us at [email protected]!

Hosts: Dunni Odumosu (@theedunnio) and Taleah Griffin (@taleahgriffin)

Produced by: Le’Ru Productions

Welcome to the Beauty Needs Me Podcast! The first episode airs June 19th.