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Maya Smith and Brian Smith

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a moment w/ @ouidoux ❤️‍🔥📸

what a privilege to witness this kinda connection in person. a reciprocal love so naturally played out right in front of everyone in the room. a patient kind, w/ such a homie vibe, but more grounded… whew I am ready! you hear me God?! wit ya big head! 😭😭😭

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#giannasnapped #thedoux #ilovethedoux #mayaandbriansmith #founders by @ouidoux

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🖤 Brokeazz & richness, Baby we made it work…

📸@allencooley taken in Atlanta, Georgia by @ouidoux

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Growing up…together 👩🏾‍❤️‍👨🏾

#ouidoux #highschoolsweethearts #1995 #blackcreatives #blackfounders #blackandmarried #blacklove taken in Atlanta, Georgia by @ouidoux

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✨🪮 by @ouidoux

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Happy Father’s Day, Daddy-o!
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#ouidoux #mrsmith by @ouidoux

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We are beyond proud and honored to salute this young man. We got us a college grad! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 Uriel 💕 You are our wildest dreams! ERRYBODY wish our baby a happy graduation day!

#scadgrad #ouidoux by @ouidoux

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I can talk about hair all day, but for some reason, I barely got through this post…Thinking back to my first day of Autism discovery in ‘04 brings back a lot of big feelings. I’m sharing this (a month late) because I realized my son’s support journey started because someone else had the courage to speak up for the ASD community. That day changed our lives.

THANK YOU @iamtishacampbell for being my lightbulb moment over 22 years ago.

Early intervention, advocacy, and community are everything, especially for Black and Brown families navigating systems that don’t always show up the way they should.
Trust what you see. Ask questions. Speak up. Get the support your child deserves.

He’s Got you. He’s got the kid. He’s got a plan. I promise.
You’re not alone. 💙

#asdcommunity #autismawareness #autism #autismmom taken in Atlanta, Georgia by @ouidoux

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London.

#Q2 by @ouidoux

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and it’s only February.

#friendsandfamily #losangeles by @ouidoux

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Show me how… by @ouidoux

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Maya Smith, 46, CEO + co-founder of @ilovethedoux 
@ourkindofwomen How did growing up in the 80s/90s shape your understanding of womanhood, freedom, or responsibility?

@ouidoux When I was growing up, we had beauty shops. We had going down the street and letting Auntie press our hair. There was a lot more in person community when it came to being a Black woman.

I was born in 1979. So, I grew up in the ’80s and ’90s. During that time growing up in the Black beauty salon environment really cultivated my understanding of womanhood. I admired the women who came in and had their hair transformed. I watched the way they walked in and the way they were nurtured and cared for in what has always been Black space. The beauty salons and barbershops in our community have always been places that belonged to us. They’ve been where we nurtured each other, communicated love, and affirmed each other’s importance and value.

That’s really how I ended up doing what I do now, creating spaces for Black women to feel comfortable, relaxed, valued, and beautiful.

Growing up in the ’80s and ’90s and having that salon environment impressed so much upon me when it comes to who I’ve become as a stylist, as a professional, and as an educator.

I would say my understanding of womanhood was modeled for me in those spaces. And freedom, too. I learned to encourage people to choose how they wanted to wear their hair..whether that was a relaxer, braids, or a blowout. Watching women choose how they wanted to show up in the world really modeled what I ultimately encourage other women to do: choose for themselves.

As far as responsibility, I grew up in spaces where we understood how necessary it was to care for one another. Someone else’s experience in my salon, in my space, has always felt like my responsibility. I’ve always believed it was my role to intentionally create that space for her.

Growing up in the ’90s, when there was a stronger sense of community, taught me to care for the woman next to me and reflect back reflect her importance and her beauty.

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@ourkindofwomen pop-up exhibit presented by @ilovethedoux International Women’s Day March 8, 2026 taken in Atlanta, Georgia by @ouidoux

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