Product junkies, don’t you hate it when you try a new product and you just don’t like it, you still have nearly a full bottle left and you don’t know what to do with it? Is your bathroom cabinet full of once used things?

Accessory hoarders, do you have shoes that you wore out once and never again and handbags that are gathering dust in your wardrobe?

Well, The Natural Lounge is hosting a Swapping Event in July in London.

You have the opportunity to try new things and look great whilst reducing waste.  Imagine in the UK alone 2m tons of clothing and shoes go to UK landfill sites every year. This represents nearly 4% of all the waste in Britain that is sent to landfill annually. I’d hate to think how many products end up here.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

1.        Arrive, Register and drop off your products and accessories (10 items max)

2.        Receive a stamp for every suitable item you came with

3.        Go in and browse around, pick new items and get some great stuff

4.        Check out and exchange your stamps for the new things you have chosen

WHAT CAN I BRING?

You can bring up to 10 items. When thinking about what you want to bring, think about what you would like to receive

NEW /NEARLY NEW. Your products should be new or nearly new i.e. you used once and did not like it, please don’t come with bottles that are less than half full as they will be refused.  We are looking for hair products like shampoo, conditioner and hair styling products. You can bring body products but not deodorant or make up. Sample sized products are not permitted.

GOOD CONDITION With the accessories you can bring, shoes, bags, belts, hats and jewellery but double check (because we will) that all the zips and buckles work the shoes are in good condition and not too worn. We will also check when you hand the items in

OTHER STUFF
The event is not suitable for young children or babies. The venue does not allow ticket sales on the door so make sure you get your ticket in advance.. This is a smaller event than Naturally Fabulous so tickets will sell out quickly. By purchasing a ticket you accept that tickets are non refundable.

YOU CAN ALSO GET YOUR NAILS DONE!

bjouxbeauty will be joining us at the Natural Lounge Swap Meet to provide all attendees with discounted nail treatments such as a polish changes and nail art. bjouxbeauty is “a big little mobile beauty service” able to cater to all your beauty treatment needs.  They use only the highest quality products from well-known and trusted product ranges such as Dermalogica, ESSIE and OPI. If anyone would like to book in advance please email bjouxbeauty@live.com

MEET AN AUTHOR & LEARN ABOUT HER AMAZING NEW BOOK

Did you know that, hair ornaments and combs that you use today are making history?  Six thousand years ago, someone buried a beautifully designed Afro comb.  It was uncovered 100 years ago but lay forgotten in an English museum…until now.Author K.N Chimbiri has written her third book called ‘Secrets of the Afro comb’ it has been written to accompany the ground-breaking Origins of the Afro Comb exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge (2nd July to 31st October 2013), Secrets of the Afro comb takes you back in time, and across the world and is for ages 8-80. Kandace will be joining us at the swap to tell us all about this new book and answer any questions you might have. 

YOU CAN ALSO LEARN ABOUT YOUR HAIR

Natural hair product company Afrocenchix are joining us at the event. They are a small UK based company, striving to make natural simple.  They have an amazing range of products that actually work and have great knowledge of our hair and hair care. They will be providing a Hair Education Talk and their products will be on sale on the day. 

There is absolutely no rush so can you stick around; listen to some music, network with fellow naturals.

What is great is that you can check in and out of the event as many times as you like just make sure you register first and have a wrist band on.  New things will be coming in throughout the day as new people come along.

The venue has an upstairs and a downstairs, we are downstairs, but if you want to use the facilities upstairs just make sure you have a wristband on.  The venue does serve food and drinks so it makes sense to come on down and have some lunch and a few drinks and network with our community. I can’t wait to see and chat with you all.