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The Five Minute Hair Stylist
Combine the success of the "five-minute" format with the enormous popularity of Beautiful Braids and the result is this appealing collection of 30 simple, pretty, and sophisticated hairstyles that any woman can create with ease and confidence. 125 full-color photographs.
88 pages, Hardcover
First published February 27, 1991
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January 27, 2016
On the prowl for hair up-do books after browsing an incredible one at Books-A-Million that I couldn't afford, I snapped this one up through Paperbackswap, thinking I could get some tips. I love doing up-dos with long hair, but sadly this book wasn't much help. A short review for a short book follows.
Yes, we do see how to french braid through illustrations - and make a french twist - but anything beyond this is relatively simple. Too simple. The first real picture shows a woman with a half up-do, that just involves twisting the sides once before meeting in the middle with a barrette. I would think anyone would be able to figure this one out? The Quick Quiff is cute, if not worn well by many women in this day and age (it's aged) unless they have the right face shape only (I couldn't wear it and not look sickly). Other ridiculously simple directions include 2 braids just tied together (and on a child, this should tell you something), a simple braid, simple chignon, and just tying your hair back with a bow.
Styles such as the Braided Chignon, another nifty braid variation, and French Roll variation would almost make this book worth it for a cheap price, but it's further killed when presenting hair dos that are just bob cuts for shorter hair. These are NOT updos, they are hairstyles to be cut and kept that way daily. Basically the book is more of a waste of time, save a few decent hair up-dos we need instructions for. More worth seeking out if getting it free.
Yes, we do see how to french braid through illustrations - and make a french twist - but anything beyond this is relatively simple. Too simple. The first real picture shows a woman with a half up-do, that just involves twisting the sides once before meeting in the middle with a barrette. I would think anyone would be able to figure this one out? The Quick Quiff is cute, if not worn well by many women in this day and age (it's aged) unless they have the right face shape only (I couldn't wear it and not look sickly). Other ridiculously simple directions include 2 braids just tied together (and on a child, this should tell you something), a simple braid, simple chignon, and just tying your hair back with a bow.
Styles such as the Braided Chignon, another nifty braid variation, and French Roll variation would almost make this book worth it for a cheap price, but it's further killed when presenting hair dos that are just bob cuts for shorter hair. These are NOT updos, they are hairstyles to be cut and kept that way daily. Basically the book is more of a waste of time, save a few decent hair up-dos we need instructions for. More worth seeking out if getting it free.
January 29, 2020
I found this book at work randomly and decided to read it. It has many hairstyles popular in the 90s and directions on achieving the looks. It was fun to look back on the styles my mom used to wear and learn tips for working with my own hair now!
January 3, 2024
The photos are a little dated, but the styles are still good to know! I wish there were more drawings of intermediate steps, like there are for the French braid.
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September 18, 2015A well-illustrated braiding/pinning handbook.
Also a pretty good inspiration resource for stylists of late 80's vintage in either the yuppie or alterna-chic mode, while ducking the era's more notorious pop/punk influences. Large full-color photographs show hair, make-up, and accessories details beautifully.
Also a pretty good inspiration resource for stylists of late 80's vintage in either the yuppie or alterna-chic mode, while ducking the era's more notorious pop/punk influences. Large full-color photographs show hair, make-up, and accessories details beautifully.
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