We had the good fortune of connecting with Mishana Malahoo and we’ve shared our conversation below.
Hi Mishana, we’d love to hear about how you approach risk and risk-taking
For me risk taking can have a good or bad outcome. When I decided to leave my physical 9-5 job and work from home full time, I was still on the negative side of thinking that if this doesn’t work out then what’s next? Do I go back to working in an office?
Eventually, I braved up and put that negativity on the back burner and ran with the opportunity to work from home.
Fast forward to now, I have gained so many experiences and new skills that I didn’t know I was capable of doing.
Working from home gives me the opportunity to start my hair content page and I am having so much fun with it.
At the end of the day, I believe in taking risk with a positive attitude as the results may surprise you.
Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I am a natural hair influencer. What sets me apart from others, I would say my personality and my content creation says a lot about me. I do what makes me comfortable and what works for me. I started my natural hair journey back in 2018. My hair was over processed and it was time for a change. Back then, I faced a lot of challenges and that’s because I didn’t know what I was really doing. I had no clue how to care for my natural hair. I bought products without even knowing if they were for my hair type. I didn’t do any research. I literally went in blind and hoping my hair would just get healthy with anything.
Eventually, persons started reaching out to me after I did my big chop and they started asking me questions, wanting tips, needing advise on what they need to do to get their hair healthy or even long.
That’s when I realized, I needed to fix me – what even works for me, do I have a hair type?
Today, I am proud of the person I have become on this journey. I have learned so much about my hair – the type, what is likes and I have been using my platform to help others too.
When you see me, you will know I am an individual who takes care of myself as well as trying to maintain a healthy hair lifestyle.
If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
If my bestie was to visit me, it would be a week of fun! We would have a little road trip on the north coast in Jamaica.
We would book an Air BnB.
Monday – Dunns River Falls
– climbing the falls and to a catamaran cruise
Tuesday – Day in
– Order food , play games and enjoy catching up.
Wednesday – Mystic Mountain
– ATV activities
– Dinner at Plantation Smoke House
Thursday – take a small road trip and enjoy the strip in Ocho Rios and maybe go swimming with the Dolphins
Friday – Chill Day and have drinks at the Margaritaville
Saturday – Beach Day
Sunday – Spa ( unwind and relax )
The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
would love to dedicate my shoutout to these wonderful persons in my life: Damar, Ava, Roni and Shalanda. Each person have helped in whether by guiding me on right path, giving me tips and tricks on how to me successful as well as investing in me.
Without them, I don’t think I would have started my Natural Hair Content page journey.
Website: https://linktr.ee/MishanaM
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itscurlygirlmish/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mishana.malahoo
Youtube: https://youtube.com/c/MishanaM
Other: Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/mishanam/