Caring for Textured Hair

  • Joy Hankins
Caring for Textured Hair

Learn How to Treat Different Types of Hair and Skin of Kids in Foster Care You know the feeling you get when the phone rings and a worker from your agency says they have a child they’d like you to consider taking into your home? Your heart starts to beat a little faster as you […]

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About the Author

Joy Hankins

Joy Hankins is the CEO of The Joy of Curls, a plant-based textured hair and skin care brand with a mission to support the foster care community. With more than 20 years of experience as a braider and hair educator, Hankins developed the course "Curly Hair Loving Care," to teach foster parents and caregivers how to style, apply products, and utilize tools to nourish textured hair. The Joy of Curls, is available online at www.thejoyofcurls.shop and in retail at Hy-vee and Hankins has been featured in multiple media outlets for her contributions to the foster care community. For more hair tips and tutorials, follow @thejoyofcurlsbeauty on Instagram.

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