This episode is another installment of our February series, "Nappturalite Diaries"! This series is all about chronicling your own natural hair, natural beauty, or natural lifestyle journey! And, we will be allowing listeners like you to share their own natural beauty stories to give you tips and encouragement!

You are not alone if you've jumped on and off of the natural bandwagon more than once. In fact, many say that the third time's a charm when it comes to going natural!

Join us as listener, Dawn Hilliard shares her experience of going natural more than three times and she feels that her natural hair is here to stay this time.

Ariane Roberts of Black Naps will share a special new project that she's launching to encourage little girls with natural hair!

Amber Matthews of Get Creamed will tell us all about her natural soap line and how to use them to get luscious skin!

It's our anniversary, Nappturalites! Join us for this commemorative episode as we celebrate our 4th year on the air! Listen in as Dawn shares some of her favorite moments from previous shows!

We've got a special celebrity guest joining us to celebrate! Actress, Tanya Wright of HBO's True Blood and Orange Is the New Black will share her natural hair journey and introduce her new multi-media lifestyle brand, HAIRiette of Harlem!

This episode is also the beginning of our February series, "Nappturalite Diaries"! As we celebrate our milestone, we want to give you tips on how you can chronicle your own natural hair, natural beauty, or natural lifestyle journey!

And, Kumi Rauf of I Love Being Black will be back to school our Naturalpreneurs on social media and how to make it work wonders for your business in the Naturalpreneur Business School Segment!

While many nappturalites rock their natural hair as a badge of beauty, many of us may find wearing our natural hair as a challenge to our self esteem. Join Dawn, Jaye and special guest co-host Brittany Thomas of Clumps of Mascara as we discuss our favorite tips for rocking your natural beauty confidently, enhancing it and using it to your advantage. Also, joining us is the Afro diva herself, singer Marva King! Marva is the voice behind the song "Afro" (the Nappturalite anthem). She will share what inspired her to create the song "Afro" and why she believes it's her sexiest asset.

As Nappturalites, we sometimes concentrate more on the health of our hair, and forget about the health of what our hair comes out of. During this show, we will chat with Sofn'free's Director of Education, Will Williams! He will share what it means to truly have a healthy scalp and why his mantra - "Aspire to the Healthy Scalp, Hydrated Hair, Strong Shiny Strands Trifecta" still stands after 30 years in the black haircare industry. We will also giveaway samples of Sofn'free's new GroHealthy products to ALL of our listeners! And, one lucky caller will receive a full set of the new GroHealthy products! Listen in to win!

Have you always wanted to ask the founder of a natural hair company how they got their start? This exciting and informative episode will feature a roundtable interview with Carmen "MiMi" Fleming, creator of natural hair accessory business, Tomoka's Twists! Listen and find out what inspired her to become a "naturalpreneur". As always, you'll have a chance to ask them how they've created lucrative businesses from their passions! We'll also have special guest co-host PrettyDimples01 from YouTube with on the show!

This broadcast will feature an interview with Chris-Tia Donaldson, the author of "Thank God I'm Natural: The Ultimate Guide to Caring for and Maintaining Natural Hair". "Thank God I'm Natural is the #1 hair book on Amazon.com and has sold over 3,500 copies in less than four months! Chris-Tia will share her personal journey of going natural and why she thinks the notion of "natural" is being embraced more and more by the black community. We're also giving away a copy of Chris-Tia's amazing book!

In honor of Valentine's Day, we decided to put together a show for all Nappturalites featuring songs and poetry inspired by the love of natural hair. Author, Charisse Carney Nunes will join us as we countdown our Top 10 favorite songs and poems recognizing the beauty of the Nappturalite and her natural mane. We will also have a LIVE spoken word performance by Ben E. Nodding that you do not want to miss!

GIVEAWAY SPONSOR:Tomoka's Twists
Calling all Nappturalites! This is the first official broadcast of the Nappturalite Radio Show! During this show, Dawn, Jaye and guests will share their stories of why they decided to go natural and the power behind making such a choice.
We will also interview special guest Del Sandeen, Black Hair Expert on About.com! Del will share with us why she went natural, her love for Black hair and tips on taking care of natural hair.