Initially they contacted me and asked me to film a segment in my kitchen demonstrating how to make something for your hair out of easy stuff you’d have around the house. So I made a hair mask/deep treatment out of avocado, coconut milk, olive oil, honey and banana. It’s a recipe I came up with years ago and have posted on NaturallyCurly.com a bunch of times. You blend it all up in the blender and pour it into an ice cube tray. When it’s time to do a deep treatment you just thaw out a cube or two and you’re there! So they thought that was a great idea, because it’s simple, it’s all food, and it’s different. So I filmed the segment in my kitchen and did it about 4 times through, like they asked, and they would do all the editing and air it on the show. We sent the tape in and they said they’d get back to me with an airdate. That was sometime last week.

So Monday morning they called and said they LOVED my tape and they wanted me to come to New York to be on the show and do a 4-minute segment with Rachael about hair tips! And they said I’d be flying to NY on WEDNESDAY. Yep, like 2 days away. :)

So I will be flying from Arcata to New York on Wednesday and we film the show on Thursday. I will spend Thursday night in NY and get a hotel so I can spend a little time with my in-laws and..... MY DAD!! He lives about 5 hours north of Toronto and I see him once a year and he’s my BEST buddy – and he’s dropping everything to fly to NY to be with me for this! HOW GREAT IS HE??

It gets even more interesting! :) I thought they were going to air the avocado hair mask segment on the same day as they air the stuff we’re filming on Thursday. Nope. They’re going to incorporate it into the show they’re taping tomorrow, because it fits in with whatever else they are doing on that show. Then Thursday we’ll film the show where I’m actually THERE, so basically, I’ll be on the show twice!! Both times we’ll have plenty of notice before the episode airs, and since they’re filming 2 days apart it seems likely they’ll air close together too. They said the shows usually air a few weeks after they're taped, and they'll give me plenty of notice about both of them so I can tell everyone and tape it and stuff.

So it’s all come about very quickly and of course I’m really excited! I will write again when I have more news. :)
Jess