WELCOME TO ANCIENT BLENDS!
SHOP TODAY AND ENJOY!
Visit us at 357 Tompkins Ave. Brooklyn, NY
2017
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TWO AMAZING DAYS/8/19th & 20th ALL DAY...SEE YOU THERE!!!
International Vendors Village Featuring:
Arts & Crafts, Music, Clothing, Jewelry, Hats, Sculptures, Foods, Job Recruitment, Product Sampling, and Corporate Exhibits:
From W. 135th Street Malcolm X. Blvd to Frederick Douglas Blvd.
Beginning Of My Women Circles: Clark Park, Philly http://www.cowrieshell.com/blog/womens-circle-in-clark-park-philly-8617
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Ancient Blends 1st Philly Event @ ARTisan Market at the BlackStar Film Festival 8/5/17
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Ancient Blends is an all-natural, plant-based, vegan hair and body care product line, as well as an experience. These products were created to facilitate the true nutritional needs of our hair, scalp and body. Ancient Blends has become an internationally trusted brand for natural hair and body care. My product line includes hair and scalp oils, herbal tea hair treatments, shampoos, natural gels, hair moisturizers, body butters, aroma-therapy mists, natural soaps, and much more. Ancient Blends can be purchased through my website: www.cowrieshell.com
Yendys Neferatum is also a member of Etsy Artists of Color. Ancient Blends Naturals are also available worldwide through www.etsy.com/shop/AncientBlendsNatural |
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NOTE: FINAL UPDATED EVENT FLYER (NEW TIMES)
HAPPY AUGUST 1st...
As this new month of August 2017 begins, meditate on these
prayers, mantras and wishes for our well being.
May this month bring us all satisfaction, peace and joy.
May all the desires off our hearts be granted.
May this be the beginning of new things in our lives.
May we stay strong, stay focused, be positive and fulfill our dreams.
Happy new month to you, my awesome friends!
Priestess Yendys Nefer-Atum
ANCIENT BLENDS HAIR & BODY CARE PRODUCTS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE ARTISTAN MARKET FOR THE 6TH ANNUAL BLACKSTAR FILM FESTIVAL: AUGUST 3-6, 2017
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VISIT AFRICAN HOLISTIC HEALTH CHAPTER OF N.Y
There are a ton of upcoming events in 2017 offered by Member Wellness Practitioners. Hope you can make them all !! Below and throughout this newsletter are several events transpiring. RSVP asap to reserve your seat for these powerful events !!!! Remember to bring a friend, family or associate to these events so they may benefit as well, k? -`Sista Shai
CLICK ON THE LINK:
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Ancient Blends plant based hair and body care @ A GREAT DAY IN HARLEM
SUNDAY 7/30/2017
THIS IS GOING TO BE EPIC..!!!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS...!!! 9/24/17 @ 3PM
COME THRU FOR THE VIBES! TICKET LINK IN OUR BIO 👑💜 Wednesday March 1, 2017 @SehiiiNYC x @Tajimagazine Present: Taji Mag Vol 10 Release Event •Live Performance •Art Exhibition •Pop Up Shop •Open Mic Featured Performers:
@lilly.black
@nosuhfoster
@lyleomolayo
@akinyeminyc
Featured Vendors
@thecelestinecollection
@uniquelywiredm
@ancientblends
Art By:
@theonewillfocus
@iamnaymarie
Music By: @omgcornelio
Sehiii Gallery
1103 Fulton St Brooklyn
7pm-12am $10
www.sehiii.com
@lilly.black
@nosuhfoster
@lyleomolayo
@akinyeminyc
Featured Vendors
@thecelestinecollection
@uniquelywiredm
@ancientblends
Art By:
@theonewillfocus
@iamnaymarie
Music By: @omgcornelio
Sehiii Gallery
1103 Fulton St Brooklyn
7pm-12am $10
www.sehiii.com
Love and Light to Taji Magazine for the feature in their Black Beauty & Culture website...!!!!
(Re)Discover Yoni Steaming to Heal Your Womb
https://tajimag.com/rediscover-yoni-steaming-heal-womb/
Be sure to pick up your copy of the magazine!
https://tajimag.com/
(Re)Discover Yoni Steaming to Heal Your Womb
https://tajimag.com/rediscover-yoni-steaming-heal-womb/
Be sure to pick up your copy of the magazine!
https://tajimag.com/
New Year off to a great start... EVENTS/ January and February 2017...
KEMETIC ASCENSION: Shrine Of Maat (2/2017)
BLACK LOVE BOX. GIFTS. CHECK IT OUT. https://www.instagram.com/blacklovebox/
Meet the Artists behind @BlackLoveBox
I look forward to seeing you all here! July 23 & July 24 from 10am - 7pm.
It's The World Natural Health & Beauty Expo!!! Come, shop, mix and mingle, learn and enjoy this fun-filled weekend. Join me, my Ancient Blends plant-based products, along with over 150 top hair care and beauty companies!!! Taliah Waajid is bringing The World Natural Heath & Beauty Expo back to New York City. This shows creates a much needed arena for consumers and beauty professionals to come together, to gather and exchange information about healthy hair and skin care, healthy living, eating healthy and the latest beauty products, hair products services, plus a whole lot more...
(Ancient Blends free samples!)
Expect on site free hair consultations, natural hair care tips and discounted hair care by top professionals.
Meet me and other favorite hair and body product companies.
For more info: www.newyorknaturalexpo.com
It's The World Natural Health & Beauty Expo!!! Come, shop, mix and mingle, learn and enjoy this fun-filled weekend. Join me, my Ancient Blends plant-based products, along with over 150 top hair care and beauty companies!!! Taliah Waajid is bringing The World Natural Heath & Beauty Expo back to New York City. This shows creates a much needed arena for consumers and beauty professionals to come together, to gather and exchange information about healthy hair and skin care, healthy living, eating healthy and the latest beauty products, hair products services, plus a whole lot more...
(Ancient Blends free samples!)
Expect on site free hair consultations, natural hair care tips and discounted hair care by top professionals.
Meet me and other favorite hair and body product companies.
For more info: www.newyorknaturalexpo.com
6/10/16
At The Allotment For 1 Hour....I'm just not getting in as much time as I'd like in my allotment, for all sorts of generally good life happening reasons. I like to think that when I do make the time to get there, it really counts. Yesterday morning I was there for 1 hour. It rained a lot the night before and I was super excited to see how all the new plants were holding up. An elder gardener and new friend was already there, so we talked about how all the work we'd done the day before, with weeding, setting up and planting up the bed was looking really promising. Also in that hour, I taught my great nephew how to pinch flower buds off the sage bush, eat raw scallions (lol) and helped him pick strawberries for his breakfast. The allotment is really not looking bad at all. I'm loving this! 
Cowrie Shell Center Spring-time!
6/6/16
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Press Release. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Cowrie Shell Center Receives 2015 Best of Brooklyn Award Brooklyn Award Program Honors the Achievement BROOKLYN September 2, 2015 -- The Cowrie Shell Center has been selected for the 2015 Best of Brooklyn Award in the Hair Salon category by the Brooklyn Award Program. Each year, the Brooklyn Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Brooklyn area a great place to live, work and play. Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2015 Brooklyn Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Brooklyn Award Program and data provided by third parties. About Brooklyn Award Program The Brooklyn Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Brooklyn area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value. The Brooklyn Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in our community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to recognize the small business community's contributions to the U.S. economy. SOURCE: Brooklyn Award Program #AchievementAward #Achievements #hair #naturalhair #holistichaircare #Professionalhaircare #TheYendysExperience #YendysNeferAtum #Priestess #healer #healthandwellness #spiritualhaircare #veganfriendly #plantbasedproducts #locs #afros #twists #kinky #coily #nappy #supportsmallbusinesses #Brooklynhaircaresalon #hairsalon |
Hello Queen, I've been meaning to send this photo of us at Afropunk for quite a while now, but it totally slipped my mind until it re-surfaced today. I had such an awesome time and experience at Afropunk. I was so overwhelmed by the beauty of my sistahs around me that I wanted to take pictures with all of them lol... I loved your booth and everything you're about and took a few business cards.
Best Regards,
Vahlerie. B.
Yes!!!! I was so excited to meet this beautiful Empress. I have watched some of her videos on natural hair care and I picked up some of her very special awesome luscious body products At Afropunk!!!
Galxz
7/25/2015
A Fantastic collaborative is schedule today in Prospect Park, Brooklyn N.Y as Ancient Blends natural products join creative vision with photographer Lorenzo...so, stay tuned for some on location sneak peaks!
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Greetings Friends;
I'm currently on vacation, resting up from months and months of events, growth, lessons and blessings. So my lil online shop is on 'vacation mode' until I return with colors, renewed, creative energies and inspiration on August 4th. In the meantime, please check out this sweet sistahs' product review on YouTube about my plant-based hair and body care product line Ancient Blends. Let's help more folks get to know about these amazing, quality products. #spreadawareness #naturalhaircare #hair #skin I'm @cowrieshellcenter on Instagram |
Grateful For Ancestral Blessings
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It has been one year since I learned about this!...My image had been chosen to grace this iconic Brooklyn mural on the wall of ApppleBee's restaurant in Gateway Mall in July 2014. The image was taken of me, along with my two lovely interns (my Gdauughter and her bestie) at The 43rd Annual International African Arts Festival.
So almost the end of June 2015, as if set to some magical timer, I was blessed again. I was informed by several back to back phone calls to The Cowrie Shell Center (my place of business) from callers that my 'ad/image' was featured in the Amsterdam News paper! They were inquiring about my Ancient Blends which they'd just sighted on page 9. I'm so grateful! http://www.cowrieshell.com/products.html (see article below) |
Preserving and honoring the International African Arts Festival 2015DAA’IYA L. SANUSI | 6/25/2015, 10:26 a.m.
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2015/jun/25/preserving-and-honoring-international-african-arts/
The 44th annual International African Arts Festival, also known as the African Street Festival in its earlier history, will welcome people from across the country and from around the world to celebrate African culture in the United States. IAAF will celebrate family, creativity and economic and cultural ingenuity in Brooklyn, where it all began 44 years ago.
Throughout its history, artists such as Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu, India Aire, Hugh Masekela and many more have headlined IAAF. “I’ve got to where I am in life, not because of something I brought to the world, but through something I found: the wealth of African culture,” said Hugh Masekela.
African culture will be represented Thursday, July 2 through Sunday, July 5, from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. The theme this year for the premiere Black cultural festival is “We Share,” representing the example set by Blacks in the U.S., who provide strong exemplary business successes, institution building and consistently positive family values.
Located at Commodore Barry Park and Navy Street between Park and Flushing avenues, performers will include Norman Connors, Living Colour, Ayanna Gregory (daughter of Dick Gregory) and the famed African Marketplace. Cita Rodriquez will open the festival of performances with New Kingston, the African Majesty Fashion show and a Children’s Play Zone.
“On Saturday, July 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the New York chapter of the National Association of Kawaida Organizations, in conjunction with the International African Arts Festival, will host its 26th annual symposium on ‘Culture, Community and Struggle,’” said Dr. Segun Shabaka, executive coordinator of IAAF.
“It’s one of the best annual events of the summer, with good food and performances. There’s something here for everyone,” said Wayne “DJ Ace” Winston on 247Jams.com.
Visit www.iaafestival.net for additional information and directions or call 718-638-6700.
Born With Natural Hair Yendys Nefer-Atum: Natural Hair Specialist, Plant-Based Wellness Educator, Herbalist, Holistic Health Practitioner, Natural Product Manufacturer, Presenter
Just hearing my native accent brings back many wonderful childhood memories. Also, everything about Barbados reminds me of my mother. My parents were both born in Barbados, I'm very glad that I was too! Besides my birth, my umbilical cord's connection to this island is a priceless gift! I attended Four Roads Primary School in St. Philip until I was about 10 years old. Some of my teachers were family and church friends. In 1976, my family migrated to America. I am the eldest of three children; I have a younger sister and brother. I'm so very proud of all the beauty that my lil island continues to offer to the world. I'm so blessed to have gown up in a time when having natural hair, wearing cornrows, corkscrews, plaits and afros was as normal as having my brown skin, a head on my shoulders, two arms and two legs. Growing up, my hair was pressed with a hot iron comb for church, but mostly stayed in cornrows. My father never like that my mother pressed my hair...
Fast forward to the past three decades: After an era of not expressing or experiencing just how good our good hair really is; it's truly refreshing to show ourselves and the world that being our true selves and our standard of beauty is 'simply beautiful anuff! '(insert Bajan accent here lol). ~ Yendys
Spiritual Hair Care
One's hairstyle, becomes one of the aspects of personal grooming and fashion. Some hairstyles are also being influenced by the cultural and popular considerations. The significance of hair on our head is much more than just looking good. In this world, we are the only beings who grow hair on our heads, once that growth starts. If we leave our hair uncut, it grows to a certain length and stops growing by itself. The length may differ from person to person. Hairstyles, like seasons change for public, private and ceremonial occasions. Hair represents the pure thoughts and spiritual status of an Individual, showing the bonds and spiritual oneness of a Family and defines the cultural harmony and spiritual alignment of a Nation. Hair represents the Pure and Spiritual thoughts of All Tribal People.
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77 Somers Street (Garden Level) btw, Rockaway Ave and Mother Gaston Brooklyn, New York 11233 Driving: (off Jackie Robinson Parkway) by Eastern Parkway Atlantic ave to Rockaway ave. Fulton street to Rockaway ave. Public Transportation: Train: A to Broadway Junction. Transfer to C or B25 to Rockaway ave & Fulton Street. A-train to Utica ave, transfer to C-train to Rockaway ave. C-train to Rockaway ave. Bus: B25, B60 to Rockaway Ave. |
