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Summary: Excellent book affirming the beauty of OUR hair!!!
Review: I have just recently decided to once again attempt to wear my natural by choice (my third and hopefully my last attempt). This book gives me the courage to move forward with that decision. I think the reason for my two previously failed attempts was because I didn't let the natural hair grow out long enough for me to style it attractively. This time, I'll take Ms. Ferrell's advice and wear extensions until it does. I wish there were more natural hair care salons here in New York City (not just braiding centers, of which we have so many already) that pay attention to proper grooming and quality hair products. Ms. Ferrell sounds like just the kind of person I would entrust with my natural tresses!I remember being a little girl in the 1970s and envying the white women in the shampoo commercials for their long, flowing straight hair (and wondering why mine wouldn't do the same). Even though I grew up with women in my who wore their hair natural, pressed or relaxed (including my beautiful mother, who has worn hers natural most of the time) and who didn't believe in this "straight hair is good hair" nonsense, I still didn't come to appreciate my hair's natural beauty until recently. If I had seen more of the beautiful natural hairstyles then that we have available today, I would have gladly worn it natural much earlier. Thankfully, at 28 years of age, it's not too late for me to start anew
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Summary: Good for Beginners!
Review: I have long wanted to go natural. My hair tends to grow long when I leave it chemical free but I never had any clue how to care for it in it's natural state. I didn't want to be limited to braids and locs were too permanent for my taste. This book features lots of free form styles for natural african hair. The book also teaches how to look for a stylist and how to do some of the styles yourself. The only drawback is that the author did not list brand names of hair care products. She indicated what ingredients to avoid and what ingredients to look for, but I need more than that. Anyone who knows of a book that posts product info, please let us know in your review. Overall, I recommend this book and if I lived in the author's city, she'd be my stylist!
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Summary: Coily, kinky, nappy and HAPPY- BUY THIS BOOK!
Review: I loved the pictures and simple how-to-do-it natural care and hairstyle information. I agree with all of the previous reviews. If you are interested in wearing your hair in "twists" this is the book that shows you how to work it.
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Summary: The ONLY book about curly, kinky hair
Review: I must have read a zillion black hair/kinky hair books before I stumbled across this one...and it has all the solutions the others overlooked or just didn't know! Like how most shampoos on the market totally dry out kinky hair and make it tangle impossibly---and what kinds you really should buy and what ingredients to avoid. And it actually has styles, real styles that you can do at home, on yourself or at a salon that won't leave you looking weird, funky or like Buckwheat. Since I got this book, I have no need for messy greases, pomades, or oils and my kinky hair is super soft, easy to comb and easy to style. This book is right so on target...the rest are just wannabes....
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Summary: REVEL in your natural beauty, sisters!!!!
Review: I purchased "Where Beauty...", her 1st book, and when I got the funds, I got the next one quick. This book is THE comprehensive guide to how Black women should treat,and cherish their hair. If I ever have a daughter, this book will support my reasons for NOT perming her hair for "convienience" that costs in the long run. In the South, I run across plenty of ignorance form sisters who have to have every hair permed within an inch of its life (to the tune of 1/2 their salaries it seems like), and then demand to know why I chose differently. I also had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Ferrell, and she's as wonderful in person as she comes across in her books. Lead on with light Pam...I hope that more sisters will embrace themselves because of you!!! This book is priceless!!!
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Summary: even better
Review: I read miss ferrell's first book and loved it...i do not know WHERE that first copy is...i love this second book even more...the photographs are a little better and even though it should have been edited a little...it is a rare and wonderful find that i have added to my home library!!! I wear a relaxer and always keep my hair up, but i bought this book when i was going through my braid phase. i never go to the beauty salon...too much time and money...it seems as if today's beautician is out for the money only...later for the health of your hair and pocketbook...there are a million hair salons here in atlanta and they will not get my money!!! PLUS, i do not have
the time to go and sit there all day. i do my own hair and get millions of compliments. i even braid my own hair when the mood strikes me. though i wear a relaxer, my hair is long and healthy. I never believed for once that black women who do press and relax their hair do it because they want to be white. no, we do it for more style option and better management...we do have a point to prove to anyone...not all black women who relax their hair have problems with damage and breakage either. i, personally will throw a bunch of braids in my hair in a minute and i wish to add that i get compliments from all races!!! I think that all hair types are beautiul. this book is lovely. i love the concept. everyone wants to borrow it...oh no...get your own!!! You can enjoy this book no matter how you like to wear your hair and do not feel any guilt about loving a straight look...just take exquisite care of your hair girl!!!
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Summary: A "MUST HAVE" for all natural hair wearers.
Review: I recently started the process of growing out my relaxer and then my Stylist, who had been making this transition easy, moved to another state. I was lost and ready to again subject my precious hair to harmful chemicals. Even though I live in a city with a large black population it is still very hard to find hair-care professionals that know how to take care of natural hair. Fortunately, I found this book by Pamela Ferrell and other books such as "For Colored Girls Who've considered..." by Lonnice Brittenum-Bonner. These are both excellent books that have given me the strength to persevere. I truly feel that beautiful TOTALLY NATURAL hair is just around the corner for me.
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Summary: It was okay
Review: I thought the book was okay for an overall introduction to haircare, but the topics covered were broad. Great for an intro book, but if you're looking for detailed information on one hair technique or another in particular, you won't get enough detailed info here.
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Summary: Are you 'Naturally' curious? This is the book to get!
Review: I was one of the many african american woman who had permed and relaxed their hair since I was able to crawl. After struggling with the question of "why" everytime I sat in the infamous 'chair' to be lathered with the cool and 'skunk' smelling aroma of the chemicals that would straighten my otherwise - thick and curly hair I decided enough was enough. I dropped all pretension and historical inculturation and cut my hair off. After 9 months of discovering what my hair truly is and is NOT (and loving and every minute of it!)I began researching black hair care and discovered this book. This revolutionized the way I manage my hair now - 8 years later. If you're looking for a way out of the 'hot seat' or tired of seeing the last of your strands fall to the barber shop floor I strongly urge you to check this book out. Even if you continue to straighten your hair (which is not always a bad thing), you'll learn the good, the bad and the ugly for caring for our various hair types and will no longer be at the whim of a hairstylist who thinks they know or should know or plain don't know what to do with our beautiful mane.
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Summary: Great for hair recipes and how to get out the perm...
Review: I was rather disappointed that there was no detail on how to actually style your hair like the all the lovely photos presented in the book. Overall though it is a good book about taking care of your hair and holds alot of important info, just not what I was looking for.
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