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Summary: A KEEPSAKE FOR ALL BLACK WOMEN NOW, PRESENT AND FUTURE!!!
Review: "Let's Talk Hair..." is a outstanding book that many young Black women should read before they opt to put that next perm or touch in their hair! It gives you great information about the history of Black hair care and the issues Black women were forced to deal with as a collective people. It gives fabulous insight from the maintenance of Black hair, with different textures to beautiful hairstyles and networking. I personally recommend this book to anyone who is thirsty for knowledge of Black hair. Furthermore "Let's Talk Hair..." is a book that all Black women should read because this book holds valuable and vital information for all Black women if our hair is to survive the next millenium.
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Summary: FOR TOTAL APPREICATION OF NATURAL HAIR!!!
Review: Having read Ms. Ferrell's other books, I couldn't wait to get my hands on this one. I was preparing for a trip to Italy when I realized this book was published. I called her shop in D.C. and had the book shipped overnight. I read the entire book on my 10-hour flight to Italy, and it was great. Pam gives details that you can only get from trial and error. This book takes natural hair care to a new level -- educationally and spiritually. The instructions are great and the pictures are beautiful. I couldn't wait to get back to the States to do my hair. Since I've been back, I've tried a few of the styles, and I am grateful for the thorough instructions. This book is a MUST HAVE if you are a natural hair lover. I'm a truly "twisted sistah" with the help of this book!!!
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Summary: A Must Read for Every African American Woman!
Review: African American woman share a common bond of trying to live up to a false sense of the Anglo Saxon myth of beauty. From reading Ferrell's book, one will understand the stuggles that black women have gone through to acheive this white standard of beauty when Black women should enjoy their natural beauty. Ferrell challenges her readers to stop using chemical relaxers in order to straighten so called bad kinky hair and to enjoy your kinky hair! Free yourselves from bondage and GO NATURAL!! A black woman will never understand the true sense of mental freedom until she frees herself from chemical relaxers. In the words of Alice Walker, a black woman will not enjoy true freedom unless she frees herself from chemical relaxers and straightening combs.
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Summary: Loved it!
Review: As I began to read this book, light and truth became visible all around me and I could not put it down. I recommend this book for all those who are thinking of transitioning from chemically treated hair to natural, beautiful curls. This book is for beginners, natural sistas, and students of natural hair care. Beautiful!
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Summary: Loved it!
Review: As I began to read this book, light and truth became visible all around me and I could not put it down. I recommend this book for all those who are thinking of transitioning from chemically treated hair to natural, beautiful curls. This book is for beginners, natural sistas, and students of natural hair care. Beautiful!
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Summary: This book is da BOMB!
Review: Before reading this book and the other suggested books, (No LYE, Plaited Glory, and Good Hair)I was constantly in turmoil with my hair. It was terribly crucial that i sport the latest "fried, dyed and laid to the side" hairstyle. There were times when i missed out on life because my "Do" wasn't done. I have had chemically treated hair for 20 years and i am only 26yrs old. My hair would grow really good and healthy when i wore braids for long lengths of time, but only to fall out again and again and again...as soon as i decided my long kinky tresses needed a perm to show off all that fantastic long new growth.It never failed, it always withered away in due time because of the perms. Due to this book and the others, i have solemnly made a pledge to go na-true-ral, I owe it to myself. It has taken me 20 years to realize why my hair seemed as though it would not grow when i used these toxic chemicals. Thanks to the book(s), now i know why. For years and years i have been a slave to beauticians. Throwing away hard earned money,lossing hair, getting scalp burns, and not to mention spending countless hours in the salon wasting precious hours of my wonderful life for a fried hairstyles that lasted no longer than a day (only hours if it was raining or windy). NO more!I am not going to let society dictate what is beautiful to me or for me, and this book has given me the fortitude to stand tall! As i type this review, My hair is breaking severely from the harsh chemicals i have used. It literally breaks if i move my head to fast. The hair that I grew from wearing braids for 1 year was shoulder length and looking healthy in August 99 when i got my new perm, but it is now ragedy, above my hear,thin and funky looking thanks to the almighty perm. It will be braided tomorrow to prepare for a new begginnig! If i had just had this book 20 or even 10 years ago, i could have saved myself a lot of time, money, shame, and most of all, hair. Now, I can't wait to find a good natural hair stylist in the ATL, the only sad part about it is that i have to start all over again from scratch, when in fact, if i had had these books, i'd be natural and free, by now.
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Summary: The "naptural" hair care bible
Review: Every black woman who is either thinking of going natural or is already natural but doesn't know what to do with "it" should own this book. "Good Hair," "No Lye," and this book all take different approaches to the same topic -- how best to care for chemically unaltered tightly curled Afro-textured hair -- but this one is by far the most comprehensive, particularly in terms of the number of chemical-free styling options available. I have been natural for the better part of 5.5 years and this is the book I always recommend first. My favorite sections involve descriptions of black hair and the various properties and characteristics it has. So many of us are so used to thinking of this hair type in "can't, doesn't, won't" mode...this is a book that will have you operating in "can, does, will" mode. The key to caring for this hair type involves abandoning everything you've been taught about your hair -- a methodology that simply isn't designed for this hair type! -- and learning from scratch. This book will help you get there. The only reason I don't give this book five stars is that it's very poorly edited. But I was once an editor, so I pick up on bad editing right away. If you can get past the shoddy editing (and the average person usually can), this book is well worth the money. If you need more information about caring for natural Afro-textured hair, there are a plethora of Web sites containing discussion forums in which you can participate. Do a search on "natural hair" on Google.com.
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Summary: The "naptural" hair care bible
Review: Every black woman who is either thinking of going natural or is already natural but doesn't know what to do with "it" should own this book. "Good Hair," "No Lye," and this book all take different approaches to the same topic -- how best to care for chemically unaltered tightly curled Afro-textured hair -- but this one is by far the most comprehensive, particularly in terms of the number of chemical-free styling options available. I have been natural for the better part of 5.5 years and this is the book I always recommend first. My favorite sections involve descriptions of black hair and the various properties and characteristics it has. So many of us are so used to thinking of this hair type in "can't, doesn't, won't" mode...this is a book that will have you operating in "can, does, will" mode. The key to caring for this hair type involves abandoning everything you've been taught about your hair -- a methodology that simply isn't designed for this hair type! -- and learning from scratch. This book will help you get there. The only reason I don't give this book five stars is that it's very poorly edited. But I was once an editor, so I pick up on bad editing right away. If you can get past the shoddy editing (and the average person usually can), this book is well worth the money. If you need more information about caring for natural Afro-textured hair, there are a plethora of Web sites containing discussion forums in which you can participate. Do a search on "natural hair" on Google.com.
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Summary: Well Written and Chock Full of Hair Care Info
Review: Finally, someone that knows what its like to have to really deal with OUR hair. I use this book as a reference guide when trying to deal with my hair. Girls, women, females... it's just not easy. I turned a new leaf at the age of 40 and began to really get into my health, eating and drinking habits. I tend to do my investigation through books and kept coming across books that talked about the skin's great absorption capabilities. That started to finally sink in when it came to my hair. That why would I put dangerous chemicals on my scalp for over 20 years and not think eventually it would catch up with me. I took the route of growing out my relaxer via braids for a little over a year. It worked but I got tired of them too. My problem which I don't know if it was explained in any book is that while my hair grew quite nicely while in braids it was also quite damaged. You just can't take care of your hair properly the way you need to with extensions in your hair. So I have now given up the extensions and have a head full of wonderful nappy hair and it's scary believe me. But while it has taken me some time to get used to shampooing it, combing it and just getting it tamed, each time I get better and better at it. Heed the tips in this book, I did and now I know how to shampoo my hair without getting a head full of tangles, I know how to blow dry it (if I want to and most times I don't) and I know how to condition it. If I have one complaint it's that there should be more step by step pics of what's going on. I have to admit I now have a wig, a false hair piece for buns to cover me for those days when I just have a tacky looking corn row. My hair isn't long enough (not yet anyway) to just throw a long braid down my back but I know now that it will only get better. Take the effort, don't listen to all those out there who encourage the chemicals and be true to yourself, if not for your own ethnic pride then for your health.
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Summary: Nothing New
Review: I already wear my hair natural and was looking for tips on maintenance. I was looking for products etc., that would be more suited for my hair type...but there was nothing for me. This is primarily for those who are just starting the process of growing their natural hair. This book even talks about wearing weaves, which is not the type of help I was looking for!
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