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Heba Maksad

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Founder + CEO @vollieverse
Come for the hair. Stay for the reminder that you’re allowed to take up more space.

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2 years ago

40 Things I’ve Learned | 01: You’re Someone’s Child, Too.

I turn 40 in March, and I want to share 40 things I’ve learned along the way. Sharing twice a week until my birthday.

Lately, I’ve been thinking about how much I want to return to the things I loved as a little girl. The things that made me happy before life became so full of responsibilities.

I love being a mother. I love being a wife. And I’m incredibly proud of what I’ve built @vollieverse but I also find myself craving time alone, to do things simply because I enjoy them.

I look at my boys and hope that no matter how old they get, who they become, or how many people depend on them, they never lose the parts of themselves that make them who they are.

And somewhere in that thought, I remember that I’m someone’s child too. Before I became all these things, I was my parents little girl and I want to take good care of their daughter too. taken in Queens, New York by @hebamaks

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I launched @vollieverse at 38, with two kids and no guarantee it would work. But I had something that so many women before me, and so many women today, never had. The freedom to try.

It’s not lost on me how many brilliant ideas were never given a chance or how many women never got to discover what they were capable of.

I don’t believe I have bigger dreams than they did. I just had the opportunities they deserved too.

If there’s something you want to do and you have the freedom to pursue it, I hope you do. And as we build lives of our own choosing, I hope we make it possible for more women to do the same. taken in New York, New York by @hebamaks

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6 days ago

You’re not getting it. It’s not clocking to you. It’s not clocking to you that I’m standing on business, is it? @chatgpt taken in New York, New York by @hebamaks

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8 days ago

For the sake of accuracy 🌼 taken in New York, New York by @hebamaks

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10 days ago

Dream hair, right here. @vollieverse ✨ taken in New York, New York by @hebamaks

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11 days ago

The women who get this probably don’t need it explained 🙊 taken in New York, New York by @hebamaks

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13 days ago

There is something powerful about understanding that you are not meant to be for everyone.

I’ve never felt a need to be universally liked. I think there is protection in being fully yourself. Your nature will draw certain people toward you, and it will push others away. Both are useful.

Not everything about us is meant to be softened. Sometimes the very thing that makes us harder to consume is the thing that keeps us free. taken in Chatham Bars Inn by @hebamaks

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14 days ago

flipping my hair until further notice

@jamal_tadros always gets it right
@strandsalonstudios 🖤 by @hebamaks

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18 days ago

Two things can be true. I know why women keep their guard up.

I also know good men exist. I was raised by one, married one, and I’m raising two.

We won’t rid the world of evil. But we can’t keep meeting it with silence either.

Pay attention. Say something. Do something. by @hebamaks

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20 days ago

Some things are only contradictory if you think we’re supposed to fit into one box.

#joespizza taken in New York, New York by @hebamaks

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22 days ago

Listen, your look can be Prada but the hair better be Vollie ✨

@vollieverse 🫶🏻

#prada #pradahair #pradafashionshow #dreamhair #expensivehair taken in New York, New York by @hebamaks

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