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Client brief: “make it feel expensive.” Delivered. ✅ Your event deserves to look like it felt. DM “BOOK” and let’s capture yours. #eventvideographer #torontovideographer #hamiltonvideographer #contentcreator #eventcontent
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“Hair in its most natural state is professional.” In this episode of The Safe Room, host Shon Williams and guest Anita Grant discuss natural hair, professionalism, and the confidence to show up as yourself without seeking validation from others. For Anita, it’s about learning to love herself as God made her, from the crown of her head to the soles of her feet, while still showing up, doing the work, and walking in her purpose. Topic: Natural Hair, Confidence & Professionalism Host: Shon Williams Guest: Anita Grant Watch/Listen: luvbayradio.live Follow: @luvbayradio What does showing up confidently as yourself look like to you? #NaturalHair #BlackHair #Confidence #Professionalism #SelfLove
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“I’m still going through my journey. I’m still trying to figure it out.” In this episode of The Safe Room, guest Anita Grant shares why she almost waited to launch Hello Hair because she was still learning to build a relationship with her own natural hair. Instead of waiting until she had all the answers, she chose vulnerability. That journey became part of Hello Hair’s voice, not as an authority telling people what to do, but as the supportive “auntie” figuring it out alongside the community. Topic: Launching a Hair Brand Mid-Journey Host: Shon Williams Guest: Anita Grant Watch/Listen: luvbayradio.live Follow: @luvbayradio You don’t always have to have it all figured out before you begin. #NaturalHair #Entrepreneurship #SelfDiscovery #BlackHair #Authenticity
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“My hair became the catalyst to my self-discovery.” In this episode of The Safe Room, guest Anita Grant shares how she went from hiding her natural hair and struggling to see herself as beautiful with it, to embracing a journey of self-discovery that eventually led to Hello Hair. After the end of her previous brand, Fleeky, Anita found herself asking a deeper question: Who is Anita outside of the brand? Her natural hair became part of the answer and a catalyst for rediscovering herself. Topic: Hiding Natural Hair to Building Hello Hair Host: Shon Williams Guest: Anita Grant Watch/Listen: luvbayradio.live Follow: @luvbayradio What has helped you rediscover a part of yourself? #NaturalHair #SelfDiscovery #BlackHair #Entrepreneurship #PersonalGrowth
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Our hair represents our stories, but more importantly, our education of our hair allows us to embrace who we are and cultivate our communities. Our guest @helloanitagrant embodies this message through her business @hellohair_book and we’re glad to have her speak about her mission in education and heritage. Topic: Hello Hair, Can I Ask You A Question? Guest: @helloanitagrant | Founder of @hellohair_book Host: Shon Williams | Host/Executive Producer Anita Grant is a purpose-driven entrepreneur and the founder of Hello Hair. After launching her first tech venture, Fleeky, she felt called to create work rooted in identity, care, and impact. That calling became Hello Hair — a social impact brand that uses hair as an entry point to confidence, education and overall health. What began as a desire to rewrite the story for her daughters has grown into an ecosystem of books, textured-hair dolls and educational experiences that explore hair through science, wellness and self-esteem. Anita’s work has been featured in Forbes, Essence, and CBC, and on season 19 of Dragons’ Den. At the heart of her work is a simple belief: nourish the roots: physically, emotionally and culturally and youth and families will bloom. 📍Streaming live: YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok & LUVBAYRADIO.LIVE
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Recap of The Braid Lounge this past Sunday! Thank you @gyallivant_hamilton , @hellohair_book , @momentswmatt , @nikitaylored , @luxebraids_by_hola and @sandrampofu_ #simplyangeline #braidsstyles #hairlovers #blackwomenbloggers
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Profit is not a betrayal of the mission. It is how the mission stays alive. Anita Grant burned out early doing community work with no returns, jumping from event to event while the brand itself stalled. The unlock was internal before it was operational. She had to stop feeling guilty about money and accept that without revenue there is nobody to serve. Most social enterprises die of that guilt, not the market. Save this if you're building one. Full episode on YouTube, link in bio. #socialenterprise #founders #entrepreneurship #community #buildinpublic
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I had the privilege of going to the Braid Lounge hosted by @gyallivant_hamilton and @hellohair_book @helloanitagrant ! I loved I could hang out with other Black women and connect about our hair journey! #simplyangeline #blackhairgirl #blackwomenhair #hellohair
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A childhood nickname became a belief she carried for decades Anita Grant traced her I'm not enough feeling back past the business, past the perming, to a name her siblings gave her at six years old. It was a joke to them and a quiet weight to her. It's why she's pouring into her daughter now, because the shaping doesn't start in adolescence or a career. It starts in the home. Full episode on YouTube, link in bio. #mentalhealth #vulnerability #story #parenting #personalgrowth
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Seconds before walking into Dragon's Den, her daughter's tooth fell out. Anita Grant, founder of Hello Hair, was doing her final interview before the doors opened when her six year old started crying beside her. A tooth she'd been hanging onto for six months picked that exact moment to drop. Producers panicked. Her husband came to take her out. Everyone said Anita would have to pitch alone. Then her daughter wiped her own tears, counted to two, and said mom, I'm ready. Anita told me that after that, nothing in the den could shake her. If her kid was ready, she had to be ready. She walked in, had a conversation instead of a performance, and walked out with an investment. The composure we bring into big rooms rarely comes from the prep. It comes from who's standing next to us. Full episode of The Useful Podcast below.
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Men were never taught hair because nobody ever asked them @helloanitagrant says the resistance we assume is there doesn't exist. Mom, sister and auntie always did the hair, so dads and uncles never put their hand out, but the desire to be included is real and men carry their own hair experiences too. Hello Hair is expanding to bring them in. Agree or disagree? Full episode on YouTube, link in bio. #men #fatherhood #haircare #community #personalgrowth
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Profit is not a betrayal of the mission. It is how the mission stays alive. @helloAnitaGrant, founder of @hellohair_book , burned out early doing community work with no returns, jumping from event to event with no structure while the brand itself stalled. The unlock was internal before it was operational. She had to stop feeling guilty about money and accept that without revenue there is no one to serve. Now community and commerce run as parallel systems, a fixed set of social partners she shows up for consistently, and an ecommerce engine that funds it. Most social enterprises die of the guilt she described, not the market. Treating profit as a moral compromise instead of infrastructure is how good missions quietly disappear. Full episode of The Useful Podcast below. #socialenterprise #founders #entrepreneurship #community #buildinpublic
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