Mending The Relationship Between Women Of Colour And Their Hair | Candius Diallo & Omon Odike

This week on Omon's Couch, Candius Diallo (Founder of premium hair brand, La Verita) shares her inspiration behind providing hair services that reshape beauty standards for women of colour everywhere. She talks about the closing the gap between black women as consumers and as manufacturers of the hair products and extensions that often become significant parts of their culture and identity.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
03:48 - How she got into the hair business
06:36 - Filling a gap in the hair industry for women of colour
10:08 - Promoting healthy hair and confidence in diverse textures
12:53 - Learning about human hair as a consumer
16:04 - Why you need hair knowledge before becoming a vendor
24:28 - Entrepreneurship tips for hair vendors
28:29 - Changing perspectives on beauty standards
31:55 - Managing human resources as a hair manufacturer
36:25 - La Verita's vision for women around the world
39:11 - Trivia Time!
ABOUT THE GUEST ✨
Candius Diallo is the Founder of LaVerita (a premium hair brand that offers high quality and personalised hair extensions and services). Her passion for hair care led her to discover a gap in the market between the number of women of colour who use extensions and those who get involved in the manufacturing process and find the best fits for their unique textures.
ABOUT THE SHOW ✨
Omon’s Couch is a platform created with a passion to help young entrepreneurs and professionals reach their full potential in their respective careers and businesses. Our founder, Omon, understands firsthand the struggles that come with pursuing a dream and the need for the right mindset, strategies, and support to achieve success.
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ABOUT THE HOST ✨
Omomene (Omon) Odike is the CEO & Principal Consultant of U-Connect, One of Nigeria’s leading Human Resource Company and Founder of Gr8jobsng, the first of its kind HR Recruitment Platform in Africa. As an Entrepreneur, she is credited with introducing innovative and pro-active solutions in Recruitment and Outsourcing, Training and Development, Verification & Background Checks, Pre-Assessment Testing as well as Quality Management Strategies to clients; positioning the U-Connect brand as a trail blazer in the Human Resource consulting industry.
Her experience spans over 18 years from Legal Practice to HR Consulting and she is very passionate about youth empowerment, employability and employment as well as women in business.
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