Camille Radford 'Rainbow vlg warriors, poetry, black girl magic and cats'

This week Michelle speaks with Camille Radford a small Esty business owner from Maryland, Baltimore all about the inspiration behind her faux locks business, Rainbow VLG Warriors. Camille designs and creates faux hand-rolled and dyed wool dreadlocks using sustainably sourced wool from a farm in North Carolina. She initially wanted to find a hairstyle that wasn’t damaging or brought tension to her scalp, so she started experimenting with making vibrant and colourful locks. The locks proved to be quite popular on her Instagram account and people were reaching out to ask where they could buy the hair, so the idea was formed to create a business selling the locks. But for Camille, the locks aren’t just about making colourful hair for people to buy. They are used as a statement to represent emotions, causes, and events such as; Pride, Breast Cancer Awareness, and Political statements. Camille is also the co-author of a poetry book called Cookies and Cream created with her college roommate and co-author Crystal Durachko. She talks to us about the inspiration behind creating the book of poems and a brief insight into some of the poems in the book. We talk about what black girl magic means to Camille, some of the stigmas about wearing natural hair, and creating protective hairstyles. She is also a cool cat mum to her cute care called Killmonger Toothless Radford-Jackson, and she shares the adorable story of how they first met. Camille also shares a personal story of experiencing panic attacks and talks about Killmonger being an emotional support pet for her and her mom. This is one cute kitty story not to be missed! If you want to find out more about Camille you can find her on Instagram @camillelucky and her business account @rainbow_vlg_warriors and of course, her beautiful cat also has an account @kingkittenkillmonger. The Catmaste Chronicles Podcast interviews so many great guests who have successful and interesting businesses, and stories about cats and well-being. Join Michelle for weekly episodes as she invites guest speakers from coaches, personal trainers, yogis, business owners, creatives, and more to discuss their personal success stories and well-being. Oh, and of course CATS. All of our guests are cat owners and have such amazing stories about their beloved pets. So whether you want to start a journey of wellness, listen to inspirational stories about life and cats, we are the place to be. You can follow Michelle on Instagram and Facebook @Chattycatscare. As always please do rate, review, and subscribe