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Title: Curly Girl by Lorraine Massey, Deborah Chiel ISBN: 0-7611-2300-8 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: 20 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.77 (82 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: My curls can now stand up for themselves
Comment: I've been following the instructions in this book for more than six months and my hair is soooo much happier. I've always had curls, but the weak, floppy kind that go stick-straight if you breathe on them. Like most people, I was skeptical about ditching shampoo, and for the first week it felt gross, but since then I've never missed it. My hair overall looks and feels much healthier, and my curls are more resilient than they've ever been. They're even still curly after I've slept on them.
The basic concept--handling your hair as you would a fine wool sweater--makes a lot of sense when you think about it. No wonder my hair used to be so flat! I get compliments on my hair often now, and people ask wonderingly, "Is you hair _naturally_ curly?"
I haven't tried any of the "potions" except the lavender spray, but I use that all the time. In general, I've found that the amounts given in the book are too modest. When they say "a teaspoon"--of styling gel, for example--use more unless you have super-short hair. My hair is chin-length and I use maybe 1-1/2 tablespoons of gel on it every day. It seems like it's going to be too much, but it works. A hair dryer with a diffuser also helps a lot; I just got the Conair Wavelengths model, which I've reviewed on Amazon.com.
My copy of this book came from my mom--one of maybe a dozen she's given out since someone else first gave it to her. We've both been to Massey's salon, too, and I do recommend going if you're in or near NYC: they're eager to answer your questions and it helps to see how a pro applies the techniques in the book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Must Have book for curly heads
Comment: I loved this book and learned to love my curls from this book. Her techniques for managing curly hair are easy and work. Lorraine Massey coowner of the spa and salon in trendy Manhattan called " Devachan", gives all natural tips and techniques to deal with curly hair and gives insight on what kind of curly hair one has. Since I live in New York I am eager to go to her Salon regulary for haircuts. Lorranie has a special philosophy for treating curly hair of not shampooing it because hair is not skin and we need to treat our scalp like our skin cleanse it once a week and exfiolate it once a week and moistrize. Our hair is made of keratin , fiber and needs to be hydrated with conditioner everyday it makes so much sense and I've followed it personally and my hair looks gorgeous I get compliments all the time and am so greatful for buying this book!
I urge anyone who has battled their curls to purchase this book it was the best 10 bucks I ever spent!
Rating: 4
Summary: Riding the waves to confidence.
Comment: Not since Charles Schultz introduced "Frieda" and her "naturally curly hair" to the world of Peanuts (and the world in general in 1961) as the rebel against straight hair, has curly/wavy haired women had such a friend. Where Schultz dropped his pencil, Lorraine Massey takes up the wide-toothed comb, dispensing advice on what to do and more importantly, what NOT to do in order to make peace with the follicles you were "blessed" with in Curly Girl The Handbook.
Massey, co-owner of the New York salon Devachan, and a curly girl herself, schools the frizz prone masses on discovering what type of curl you have - Corkscrew, Botticelli or (like yours truly) Wavy. Some of her suggestions, mainly going without shampoo and cleansing the hair with alternative products, might be met with the "ewww" factor, but many women swear by it, given the testimonials contained in the book. She encourages readers to seek out salons that are willing to be curl-friendly (and willing to trim the hair while dry) and not view less-than-spaghetti straight hair as something to be cut, thinned, and texturized into submission.
While some of her homemade concoctions seem, well, concocted and her styling suggestions might not work for people needing a more professional look, her good intentions make me to give this book a bouncy "B". Published in 2002, Curly Girl has become a sleeper hit among books, fueled in part by haircare websites such as Naturallycurly.com.
Frieda would declare that she could do anything because she had naturally curly hair. We should all have Frieda's self-acceptance! --Laurel825
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Title: Curl Talk: Everything You Need to Know to Love and Care for Your Curly, Kinky, Wavy, or Frizzy Hair by Ouidad ISBN: 0609808370 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 20 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Hair Rules! : The Ultimate Hair-Care Guide for Women with Kinky, Curly, or Wavy Hair by Anthony Dickey ISBN: 0375761306 Publisher: Villard Pub. Date: 20 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: That Curly-Haired Girl by Elise Feltrin, Aries Cheung, Jane Pavanel ISBN: 1894222148 Publisher: Lobster Press Pub. Date: 15 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Beautiful Brows: The Ultimate Guide to Styling, Shaping, and Maintaining Your Eyebrows by Nancy Parker, Nancy Kalish ISBN: 060980670X Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 31 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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