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Summary: another mediocre book.
Review: okay if you want something to stop you from feeling bored,with grammatical errors.Some information would educate others.
I am reviewng it because I think it is worth a read.As you may or may not know African coily hair is quite unique in vision, texture, behaviour and probably in chemical make up too. Coily haired women around the world, go to the most extremes in terms of spending.
(Spending time, spending pain and the spending price to have African coily hair styled)
A hairstyle that we believe looks good or will help us to become socially and economically advanced.
Or maybe for our own self-esteem and maybe to attract the charms of a love interest.
Either way, psychologically and philosophically I believe that your hair is a reflection of the state of your consciousness, your internal beliefs and your relationship with the world.
What about exploring physics through african hair?
For example how much pressure, gravity and tension and tearing do we put our hair through by combing it?
let alone excessive harsh combing.
Mathematically speaking how many of you readers can tell me how many curls/coils per inch your hair has, and does it vary in coil and moisture?
Next question:When does the nature of the hair change and why?
(i know it does!)
It seems to me all these books on afro hair are good and I welcome it, but we still need to be more informed and they all seem to need better editing, just like Black American beauty magazines.I must campaign for better grammar and less air brushed photos!!!
It is as if we like to see ourselves falsely rather than the reality of what we are...
Black women need to demand more scientific reasoning from our books and be less competitive over black men which only fuels their egos and as a result probably creates more baby-mothers!!!
Sorry but I had to vent out my opinions. I give this book four stars for the effort and time invested as a writer I know it takes time...
I maintain that it is still worth reading,more than any carcinogenic chemical so called hair treatment that you pay for. Anyway what do I know I am a black african british woman!!!!
Most of you Americans think we in Britain have no trains or any kind of progressive development!!!
Anyway if I wrote my book answering my questions that I put to you how many of you would buy it?
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Summary: It at least opens your mind
Review: This and her other book 'Plaited Glory' at least open your mind to natural hair. Hopefully this book and others will focus more on natural hair and help young girls go natural before they go bald. After praying, wishing and spending a lot of time and money for 'good hair', I have it without doing any of the things I used to do. I now have length and body since I've stopped stripping the life out of my hair with perms and other chemicals. I love going to the 'beauty supply store' to watch girls/women try to figure out what I've done. A few will even ask - are the those extensions, a weave? No, they're my natural locks and I set them in various ways to achieve curls, waves, etc. I wash my hair every 2-3 weeks or whenever it needs it. I feel so free!!! Most people are shocked to find out they're locks "but they're so neat" and all natural..."they're so long...that's all your hair?". :-) And it really makes me smile when I only spend $8.00 total for peppermint shampoo and conditioner. Share this book and any thing else you can to enlighten all.
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Summary: Good Place To Start
Review: This is the first book I read while I was considering going natural. I found it funny and entertaining, and I read it cover to cover three times. The book was recommended to me by a hairdresser who had given up relaxing her own hair. When I talked to her about possibly going natural, she said that some people still "texturized" once or twice a year. While reading "Good Hair", I noticed that the author also talked about texturizing hair as an option, and in fact texturized (lightly relaxed) her own. I felt somewhat disappointed by that because the main reason I wanted to stop perming was so that I did not have to rely on anyone to do my hair. Texturizing was something that I knew I'd be unable to do myself. Furthermore, it made me feel as though the many styles Ms. Bonner modeled and gave instructions for would not work on my super tightly curled/kinky natural hair. I persevered however, and using this site, found the book, "Let's Talk Hair" by Pamela Ferrell. That book was much more encouraging to me because it offered free form natural styles that were achieved without any chemicals. I have been completely natural for almost a year now, and I love it. The funny thing is, I have recently begun to rely more and more heavily on "Good Hair" for styling help and hair care advice. I have now found that most of those styles can be accomplished without texturizing--all you need is enough length. If I had read "Good Hair" only, I may not have embarked on my natural journey. But now that I am well into it, I find this book to be very helpful.
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