My Divine Natural Hair : Inspiration and Tips to Love and Care for Your Crown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burlock, Shelia, author.

Contributor:

Burlock, Sylvia.

Burlock, Melissa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hair--Care and hygiene.

Hair.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : 1517 Media, 2024.

Summary:

Uplifting and authentic, My Divine Natural Hair helps Black women embrace the God-created beauty of natural hair through inspirational readings and salon chair guidance on how to heal, consistently care for, and grow their coils.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction

Hairmeneutics

Melissa's Hair Story: Tresses &amp

Stresses

"A relaxer isn't the same thing as a perm."

Princess of S-Curls

Asian Beauty Stores &amp

African Hair Braiding Salons

"It looks real."

The Devil Is a Lye &amp

the Truth About Glue-In Tracks

Hairstyles &amp

Hiding Spaces

Mirror Reflections

Crowns

Sylvia's Hair Story: Closing the Drawer on the Hot Comb

Shelia's Hair Story: From Plaits to 'Fros

Spiritual &amp

Historical Roots

The Blessing of InHAIRitance: Ancient Hairstyles of Today

The Burden of Legacy: Four Hundred Years of Hair Trauma

How we wear our hair matters (to the women around us).

Ways to Uplift Other Natural Hair Women

The Maker's Tools

Reflections to Find the Divine in My Natural Hair

1. Transform My Thinking Instead of My Hair

2. Affirming My Hair

3. Hair Identity

4. Rest for a While

5. Happy Hair

6. Throwing Out the Magazines

7. Crowns

8. In Touch with My Hair

9. God honors my hair.

10. When I'm the Only Afro in the Room

11. My hair is like a garden.

12. No Longer Ashamed

13. Hands off my hair!

14. We're on this hair journey together.

15. Work it, girl!

16. When My Natural Hair Goes to Work with Me

17. Age &amp

Thinning Hair

18. God has already anointed my head.

19. The Black Hair Community

20. Heavy Hair

21. My Wake Moment

22. Know Thy Hair

23. A Prayer for Children &amp

Alopecia

24. Black Hair in Church

25. The Labor of Hair Care

26. I surrender all.

27. Celebrate My Hair

28. Hair Hate

29. Touch-The Love Language of My Hair

30. Small Hair Prayers

31. My hair is a member.

32. Scarves &amp

Wigs

33. Fairytale Hair

34. Princess Hair

35. Weakness

36. I didn't marry your hair.

37. He loves my hair, he loves it not.

38. Grief &amp

39. Consistency &amp

Care

40. More than My Hair

41. Divine Natural Hair

42. Just Like Eagles' Feathers

43. The Aroma of My Hair

44. Counting My Hairs

45. Natural Hair in Hospitals

46. Image Builders

47. Don't be a long hair hater.

48. Educate the next generation.

49. Self-Conscious about My Hair

50. Protection is perfection.

51. It is well.

52. What does age have to do with it?

Salon Chair Sessions

What is natural?

Hair Textures, Hair-Type Charts &amp

"Texturism"

Different Journeys, One Story

1S. Basic Natural Hair 101

2S. It's all about the scalp.

3S. Four Ways You May Be Damaging Your Scalp

4S. Damaging Styling Practices

5S. Hair Cleansers, Cleansing Washes

6S. Wash Day

7S. Sample Healthy Hair Care Regimen &amp

Calendar

8S. Dandruff

9S. Swim Day

10S. Treat Your Hair with Kindness

11S. Use Your Fingers

12S. Protective Hairstyles

13S. Being about Head Wraps

14S. Six Reasons You Keep Having Split Ends

15S. Superior Ways to Moisturize Natural Hair Year-Round

16S. Two Steps to Regrow Natural Hair

17S. Hair Growth &amp

Perceptions That Come with It

18S. Understanding Thickness, Density &amp

Porosity

19S. Ways to Grow Out Chemical Treatments &amp

Return to Natural Hair

20S. Energy for My Hair

21S. The Inner Hair Struggle

22S. Combating Hair Care Fatigue

23S. Five Tips to Take Care of Your Hair as You Age

24S. Kitchen Salon

25S. Satin is a natural girl's best friend.

26S. Alopecia

27S. Embracing Those in Our Community Who Have Alopecia &amp

Alopecia Remedies

28S. Solutions for Scarring Alopecia

29S. Surgery &amp

Hair Loss

30S. Don't tame the mane.

31S. Hair Care for Little Girls

32S. Stick to the same products.

33S. Product Ingredients to Avoid

34S. Honey, Humectants &amp

Humidity

35S. Biotin

36S. Herbs to Know: Thyme, Basil, Ginger &amp

Neem

37S. Herb to Know: Calendula

38S. Herb to Know: Rose Hip

39S. Herb to Know: Hibiscus

40S. Recipe: Homemade Flaxseed Gel

41S. Carrier &amp

Essential Oils

42S. Best Oils for Scalp Massage

43S. How to Effectively Use Oil for Your Hair

44S. Five Ways to Use Olive Oil to Condition Natural Hair

45S. Myths That Prevent Us from Wearing Our Natural Hair

46S. Find a natural hair community.

47S. Finding a Hairstylist

48S. Natural Hair Q&amp

A

Glossary

Acknowledgments

A Brief Timeline of Black Hair, 1400s-2000s

Notes.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-5064-9402-1

OCLC:

1420634998