Welcome, Naturalista! Receive easy, step-by-step natural hair techniques, tips and methods as well as inspirational encouragement at Natural Hair Rules (NHR).
Struggling to disarm negative perception of the natural-haired African American woman, Creator Tamara L. Floyd embarked on her natural hair journey in 2006 as means to define her own personal standard of beauty. Her experience is chronicled on this website.
Today, NHR provides a social network for more than 30,000 loyal readers, who are considering a transition to natural hair, already transitioning or completely transitioned and looking for tips.
Natural Hair Rules (NHR) is an award-nominated and top-ranking natural hair/beauty blog including No. 2 Networked Blog Beauty Blog. NHR has grown tremendously since its official launch in 2008 and continues to provide encouragement to empower others to be who they are naturally by nurturing themselves from the inside out.
Creator of Natural Hair Rules.com
Tamara L. Floyd is a branding, media relations and product ambassador that specializes in new media marketing and promotions for corporate, non-profit and entertainment industries. For more information visit www.floydandassoc.com or follow on Twitter @tamarafloyd.
A graduate of the University of Houston with a Bachelors’ of Science in Biology and minor in African American Studies. Tamara currently serves as a consultant, coach and speaker and has been named the “Natural Hair Guru”.
Floyd aspires to fulfill her God-given purpose in life and therefore be blessed, effective and productive in everything she does.
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hi Tamara. my natural hair is breaking off seriously, especially at the temple. i went natural more than a year ago and still waiting on improvement, pls what can i do. advice me…
Hello Cesca,
There could be a number of factors to look at.
1 – Traction alopecia How do you wear your hair i.e. lots of weaves, braids, pulled back or up?
Constantly wearing weaves, braids, wearing hair pulled back or up too tightly does one thing: puts too much tension on hair and scalp. And this will lead to gradual hair loss. It can get pretty bad. If this is your case, stop wearing hair in tight hairstyles right away. And do hairstyles that put less tension on hair & scalp. Hairstyle examples: Twist out, braid out, twist and so on. Grow the hair back by massaging scalp on a weekly basis with a mixture of hair oils that promote hair growth. Oils like Jamaican black castor oil, peppermint oil and rosemary oil are just a few examples to start with. If you wish to keep it simple, Jamaican black castor oil will work just fine.
2 – Alopecia: progressive and complete hair loss
I don’t know if there is a way to reverse this but unfortunately could be your case. I would advice you to go and see a doctor to rule this out. This disease is a bit rare so don’t worry to much.
I do hope this helps!
HELLO TAMARA!! I AM SO GALD I FOUND THIS WEBSITE, IT WAS VERY EASY FOR ME TO FOLLOW AND I UNDERSTOOD THE INFORMATION!! IT WAS CLEAR AND CONCISE..I HAVE NOT SUBSCRIBE TO ANY NATURAL WEBSITES…I JUST DID!! I AM NEWLY NATURAL AND STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT!! I LOVE YOUR WORK, I DO PLAN ON GETTING THAT SHIRT…GOOD LUCK IN YOUR ENDEAVORS!
I am now getting the chance to come explore your website fully. I love your tweets and your beautiful pics on IG. I love your beauty, you have true beauty from inside out. Your a sweet person.Your the first natural follower that I’ve been following that actually responds to my comments. I have read some of your tips and i will take them. I came back on here so I can check the post where you tell what products you need when your just starting out. I dont want to be a product junkie. I have been researching products that some people say that are good that have worked for them. As the saying goes just because it works for one or many, doesnt mean it will work for another. So maybe you can help me with that, what products should I really buy that will also stimulate growth and help it grow as well as keep it moist and healthy most important.
Check out this post on how to moisturize dry natural hair. http://www.naturalhairrules.com/build-a-moisturizing-natural-hair-regimen/
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