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🗓️ 7 August 2018
⏱️ 62 minutes
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I’m joined by Tam Watkins, founder of Loza Tam, where she’s been creating beautiful satin-lined turbans and headbands for the past two years. Before becoming the entrepreneur she is today, Tam was growing up in rural Florida or as she calls it ‘Trump Country’ and talks to me about that experience & growing up with a black Republican parent & Grandparent (rare indeed)! One of the things I love about Tam is her passion for travel and learning other cultures… she shares how the idea to create Loza Tam came to her in a yoga class & how that idea led her to Ghana where she now produces her product.
We talk about her ‘Britney Spears’ moment when she cut off all her hair because it became too matted while transitioning, feeling boyish post big-chop & how one kindergarten boy made her cry. She tells me about the positive affirmations she practices each day: “I am loved”, “I have marketable skills”, etc. and how that’s changed her outlook. We discuss social media & mental health but also have to acknowledge how much YouTube helped us in our natural journey! We also cover Botox as a preventative measure, pedicures being more mandatory than manicures, Tristian Walker and her experience working on Bevel and Form, Turkish women’s approach to beauty, traveling solo and her experience in China, the importance of reading reviews, wig life and we bond over our love of Wendy Williams.
Our Fave YouTube Channels for Natural Hair Tutorials:
Kimmay Tube https://www.youtube.com/user/kimmaytube < super thorough scientific approach
Naptural85 by Whitney (arguably the natural hair YT GOAT) https://www.youtube.com/user/Naptural85
The OG Cherry Lola Treatment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAafaJWWKUw
Products/Things Mentioned:
Watch Tam’s fave show African City (described as the African Sex & The City):
Acure- natural skincare products with proven results
R+CO Cleansing Conditioner for a product that never dries out hair but it still feels cleansed https://bit.ly/2AQqeAV
— Fenty Beauty Everything Really but these are Standouts —
Universal Gloss Bomb - best lipgloss of all time & looks great on everyone
Gold Highlighter - Killiwat/Trophy Wife
New Fenty Silver Highlighter Review
https://www.refinery29.com/rihanna-fenty-beauty-silver-highlighter-review
Heat Free Hair Clip-ins
https://heatfreehair.com/collections/clip-ins
Kinky straight half wig can be found HERE
Lancome Teint Indole 24 Hour Long Wear Foundation HERE
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0:00.0 | Hello, it's Brooke Devard and you're listening to the Naked Beauty |
0:05.3 | Podcast. I have a great episode for you guys today. I talked to Tam Watkins. She |
0:11.2 | has an amazing brand called Loza Tam. I highly encourage everyone check it out. |
0:15.6 | She reached out to me and just kind of said she was a fan of the show and she asked if she could send me some hair |
0:21.1 | wraps and then she was here in New York to go meet down at the |
0:23.9 | World Trade Center. A lot of the magazines are down there. So I think she was meeting with |
0:27.3 | some of the Conde Nast editors and we found time to grab a coffee and I was like, oh my gosh, you're so amazing. |
0:34.7 | I love your story. |
0:35.7 | I wish that you were in New York a little bit longer. |
0:38.5 | And she was like, well, I'm just in DC, I can come back. |
0:41.6 | How's Friday? So today's Friday and I'm so happy that we were able to connect. |
0:47.3 | I think she has such an awesome spirit and I really enjoyed hearing her story as an entrepreneur and |
0:52.2 | just as also as a woman of color growing up in the |
0:54.7 | south very different perspective very different family dynamic which you guys will hear about |
0:58.9 | so yeah I hope you guys enjoy the episode a lot I I really appreciate everyone's support, everyone |
1:03.8 | who's rated and reviewed the show, everyone who's subscribed and told someone |
1:07.8 | about it. I really appreciate all of the love and I hope you guys like the |
1:12.0 | episode. |
1:16.0 | I'm sitting here with Tam Watkins. |
1:19.0 | Welcome to the show. |
1:20.0 | Thank you. |
1:21.0 | I'm so excited that you could be here because we got to meet for the first time this week. |
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