House of Tara, a make up and beauty brand owned by renowed make up artist,philanthropist and recently listed young global leader of 2013,Tara Durotoye is a brand known for its creative and unique products and Tara herself, is known for having a passion for women and the Nigerian youths.
Using her brainchild, House of Tara, a project has been initiated to appreciate and celebrate House of Tara beauty reps across all parts of the country.These beauty reps range from students,to housewives,to school dropouts,business owners and more who have,despite all odds come out empowered and successful in their business ventures.
The project ‘100 voices’ recognises that each of these reps have inspiring stories to tell and share with everyone and so this is a platform for the reps to share their stories with Nigerians.
The project starts with beauty reps with truly inspiring stories to send in their stories to House of Tara and the stories will be read by inspiring Nigerian women among whom are;Linda Ikeji, Uche Pedro of bellanaija, Funke Bucknor,Adesuwa oyenokwe,Ibukun Awosika and more.These women will pick 25 of the most inspiring stories as there are a lot of stories to be read through(over 1000 have been received already).
The beauty Reps chosen for having the most inspiring and touching stories will be treated to an all expense paid trip from any part of Nigeria to Lagos and will be given celebrity treatments as they will be taken to radio,TV stations for interviews and will have a photo shoot session sponsored by House of Tara.Also, their stories will be shared through the social media platform of some of the judges(Linda Ikeji, Bella Naija)
In addition to all these, all the inspiring stories sent in will be published in a cofee table book titled ‘100 voices’ and will also feature the profiles of the beauty reps and these book will be distributed by House Of Tara nationally and internationally.The final winners of the 100 voices will have house of tara tote bags named after each of them and their story printed on the bag!.
House of tara has trained and empowered a lot of people through its make up classes and is always looking for ways to further empower and appreciate them.The 100 voices is a platform created to not only appreciate the beauty reps but to inspire and empower Nigerian women and the youths as well.
For more information and enquiries on the 100 voices project, visit 100voices.houseoftara.com
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