Natural Hair and Hair Products

By Denika Penn-Carothers

Do you understand your natural hair and your natural hair needs? Do you want to know how to achieve Healthy Hair? Denika Penn-Carothers reveals by way of her own studies and journey all that you need to know to conquer all of your natural hair challenges. The wisdom and insight offered in this book will be an excellent resource to empower you to have your own successful natural journey. All of your questions are now answered.

TOPICS ADDRESSED:

Anatomy of the hair
What is my Hair Type?
Sulfate Shampoo vs. No Sulfate Shampoo
Conditioning: Cones vs. No Cones
Clarifying the Hair
Detangling: To Comb or not to Comb
Thirsty Hair: How to Quench Your Curls
This Oil, That Oil, Which Oil?
The Truth about Petroleum and Mineral Oil
Reducing the "Frizzies"
Defining Your Natural Curl
The "Big Chop" & Transitioning
Transition Styling: How to Blend Textures
How Much Heat is Too Much Heat?
The Truth about Chemicals
Hair Loss Demystified
Protective Styles
How to be a Successful Natural
Guide to Natural Hair Lingo
Homemade Conditioning Treatments

• Language: English
• Publisher: Denika Penn-Carothers
• Release date: Dec 12, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301729302

Denika Penn-Carothers

Denika Penn-Carothers is a healthy hair consultant, Spiritual Empowerment Coach, motivational speaker, author and relationship consultant. She offers a transformational view of how to 'GROW' through every challenge we encounter. She sits from the seat of compassion, love and the Highest Truth as she empowers her audience to become ever present, aware, conscious and accountable for the choices they make daily.

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NATURAL HAIR AND HAIR PRODUCTS

How To Get Healthy Hair Now

By

Denika Penn-Carothers

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Natural Hair and Hair Products

Copyright © 2012 by Denika Penn-Carothers

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Acknowledgements

I would like to firstly acknowledge the Divine and my Divine Team for the inspiration, guidance, direction and fortitude to be able to realize this accomplishment. I can take very little credit for this publication, as I literally felt like the information contained herein was spirit-delivered to me and all I had to do was follow the path and type the words.

I am so grateful to my mother, Anne Penn, for her constant love, encouragement, guidance and support in my life. Even though she is no longer with me physically, her love, guidance, direction and presence continue to be with me on a daily basis. She is and will forever be my first love and my inspirational example of what greatness, love, determination and beauty looks like. She is the best mother one could ever connect with.

To my husband, Linyea, who has encouraged me, ever since I said that I had books in me to write, to walk in my destiny and purpose. You have always expressed your confidence in me to accomplish my dreams. Thank you for being my support system and for loving me and pushing me to fulfill my destiny. I am eternally grateful for your love and support.

To my children, Antuan, Destiné, and Annelea, who have always been the reason for which I did everything. I want to thank you for allowing me to always practice being love, truth and encouragement and for always accepting with open hearts that love, truth and encouragement. I have learned so much by being your mother and I am so thankful that God blessed me with the best, most beautiful children; thank you Lee Lee for your editing help and Des for your proof reading.

To my sister Daphne, you are the catalyst behind the passion that I have for natural hair and natural hair products. Because you loved me enough to challenge me to take this natural journey, I possess the tools to be able to share this knowledge and information with the world. Thank you for being my sister and for provoking me onto my path (smile).

To my sister Ny, thank you for your inspiring wisdom and your belief in me to fulfill my purpose of inspiring and giving the gift of wisdom to whomever the Divine would allow me to touch. You have encouraged me and motivated me in ways that you don’t even know. Thank you Ny Bear.

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NATURAL HAIR AND HAIR PRODUCTS

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INTRODUCTION TO THE NATURAL HAIR JOURNEY

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself Alan Alda

With the level of consciousness rising in our society today, many people are embracing their natural selves and stepping boldly into territory that has not in prior years, really been encouraged or accepted. As a healthy hair consultant, I meet beautiful women and men everyday who are stepping into the natural journey, but don’t quite know what they need to do to acquire the look that they want. As a result of not knowing, they encounter challenges that they need help working through and answers for.

Living in a chemically processed society has limited us from being educated on how to maintain, style and upkeep our natural hair. My knowledge of how to maintain my natural tresses has come through much study and dedication to understanding my natural hair, but also through having a desire to help others on their natural journey.

My journey to natural hair began in 2008. The consideration to go natural came as a result of my inner desire to get away from chemicals in every form; food, body products, hair products, etc. I was on a journey of becoming more aware, from a conscious level, of what I put into my body and onto my body. This resulted from being very concerned about the diseases and medical conditions that seemed to be on a rampage within the world. What is causing so much sickness? was the question that I started with in my quest for knowledge to do better from a health consciousness perspective in my own life.

I have had a desire several times throughout my life to go natural, but had bought into the stigma story with regards to the way natural hair looked. The few times I had endeavored to go natural, I would only get to a certain point in my transition before I gave up on the process and sought me a jar of chemicals!

The reason for my failures in the past was as a direct result of not being educated in the techniques and how-to’s of dealing with my natural hair. Since the age of 7, my hair was being relaxed. As a bi-racial child with a white mother and black father, my mother had no idea (bless her sweet soul) how to deal with my tremendous amount of kinky/curly/coily hair. So being encouraged by black family members, she began the process of chemically relaxing my hair.

In the early stages of my transition journey, I discovered that I actually have four different textures in my one head of hair. The hair in the crown area of my head has a kinkier texture than the rest. The hair by the nape of my neck is a softer, looser, more manageable curl texture. The right side of my hair is a tighter coiled curl while the left side of my head has more of a looser coiled curl.

Now, I am very clear in my transition journey story to point out that the initial part of the journey was not an easy one. I am so grateful to my sister Daphne who not only encouraged me to go natural, but on several occasions had to talk me out of my venturing into the beauty supply store to buy a jar of relaxer. My conversation went something like this while I was pulling up to the parking lot of the beauty supply store,