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Beautiful Black Hair: Real Solutions to Real Problems--A Step by Step Instructional Guide
the #1 African-American Hair Care Book in the Nation.
It is the classic guide that has the answers to all your questions about the care of your hair whether it is natural, relaxed or color-treated. Written by Shamboosie, a twenty-year veteran of the hair care industry BEAUTIFUL BLACK HAIR TEACHES you everything you need to know about: growing your hair long and healthy, stopping your hair from breaking overnight, getting rid of dryness and preventing it forever, applying chemical relaxer properly with no burning ever, choosing the best conditioners for your hair and using a daily maintenance program for maximum effectiveness. Chapters include: Hair: What is It? / It's Growing: Understanding Hair Growth / Beautiful Brown Babies: Children's Hair Care Solutions / The Care Package: Real Solutions That Really Work / Stop The Breakage: Putting an End to Dry Brittle Hair / It's A Natural Thing: Natural Hair, Extensions, Weaves and Wigs / Great Looking Hair Anywhere: How to Have Hair That Looks Great All The Time / The Color of Hair / The System #1: The Sodium Hydroxide Conditioning Lye Relaxer / The System #2 - Using Marcel Irons, Pressing, and Curling with a Gentle Touch / Getting it Together: Rethinking the Hair Care Routine
- GenresNonfiction
250 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2002
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July 30, 2009
Very informative book on the nature of maintaining and attaining healthy Black hair. I'm going to follow Shamboosie's advice and hope to have updates in 2-3 months. Results pending I may give the book 5 stars!
The premise is simple: Beautiful Black Hair. Shamboosie seeks to dispel myths, inform, and instill a need in women to ask questions and seek the best! While at times Shamboosie can be repetitive (I got it after the first two chapters that No-Lye relaxers are EVIL) and he can go back on some of the things he says (he says that you should NEVER get a chemical relaxer/curl and permanent hair coloring in the same day, but then says that is IS actually possible with the right care) overall the information makes sense, helps you to care for your hair better and also enlightens you as to whom you should trust when it comes to the hair care process. I know after reading what he said that I was upset at past stylists for giving me lip service and not helping me build healthy hair while noting the many successes and minor faults of my current stylist (we will be having a major talk when I next see her). I'd recommend this to ALL Black women or people who take care of Black hair as he speaks about natural hair maintenance as well as chemically treated hair. Even if you may not follow his advice like the Ten Commandments it's always better to be informed and to have an idea of what you should be asking, using, and looking out for.
The premise is simple: Beautiful Black Hair. Shamboosie seeks to dispel myths, inform, and instill a need in women to ask questions and seek the best! While at times Shamboosie can be repetitive (I got it after the first two chapters that No-Lye relaxers are EVIL) and he can go back on some of the things he says (he says that you should NEVER get a chemical relaxer/curl and permanent hair coloring in the same day, but then says that is IS actually possible with the right care) overall the information makes sense, helps you to care for your hair better and also enlightens you as to whom you should trust when it comes to the hair care process. I know after reading what he said that I was upset at past stylists for giving me lip service and not helping me build healthy hair while noting the many successes and minor faults of my current stylist (we will be having a major talk when I next see her). I'd recommend this to ALL Black women or people who take care of Black hair as he speaks about natural hair maintenance as well as chemically treated hair. Even if you may not follow his advice like the Ten Commandments it's always better to be informed and to have an idea of what you should be asking, using, and looking out for.
October 29, 2007
HOW TO TAKE CARE OF MT HAIR AND KEEP IT HEALTHY, EVERY AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BOOK.
April 9, 2012
Good book. I will keep it listed as a reference book.
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