Cutting Your Family's Hair [Paperback]

Gloria Handel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 28, 2002

No more bad hair days ever again! Give those you love the cut they want--plus remedies to keep those tresses healthy and shining. After all, who knows better than you what they like and how they live? Not only will you help them look great, but it's also a wonderful opportunity to pamper friends, partners, and children. Select a style, taking into account a person's hair type, texture, and density as well as their facial structure and lifestyle. Buying the proper tools and equipment is absolutely essential, from brushes to butterfly clips. Close-up photos and detailed instructions teach you how to hold the scissors and comb, the angles at which to snip, and how to establish guides to the correct lengths. Then comes an array of cuts, with and without bangs, shown from start to finish: easy-to-care-for trims for children; blunt-cut, wispy, and layered styles in all lengths for women; and basic short versions for men. Bonus: recipes for natural, homemade hair-care products, including shampoos, rinses, and conditioners.

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From the Back Cover

Don't go to some over-priced salon the next time you or someone in your family needs a haircut--do it yourself at home instead! Look at the color photos of everyday people--not models--pick a style, and see how to create it. There's something for all ages and tastes, as well as for short and long, curly and straight hair. And when you know some simple tricks of the trade--such as the proper way to hold a scissors and comb--no one in your family will ever have a bad haircut again.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (March 28, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806958510
• ISBN-13: 978-0806958514
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #273,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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63 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tons of photos, easy to follow; styles are simple but timeless, April 1, 2007

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Mindy (North Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cutting Your Family's Hair (Paperback)

My husband's hair grows faster than mushrooms on a damp night, so you can imagine how much it would cost to keep his hair trimmed. He used to just wear it long but that's no longer practical. I had been cutting his hair, but all I could do was give him a buzz cut with the clippers, or this strange cut that made him *look* like a mushroom.

I guess I wanted more inspiration.

I liked this book because it covers hair styles for men, women and children. Most of the styles are simple enough for beginners but there are also more advanced techniques included such as layering and blending. Also, the styles are not trendy at all. You won't find the Rachel cut, or the Farah Fawcett shag. Instead these hairstyles are classic and should endure for years and years to come. Also included in this book:

* How to do bangs, blunt and curved.
* How to do a blunt cut for short, medium or long hair
* How to do layered cuts for short, medium and long hair
* Children's haircuts for boys and girls
* Four classic men's hair cuts
* Hair preparation, cutting angles and how to establish guides

I'm a visual learner and the tons of photos really helped. I also liked that the photos were of real people with all shapes and sizes of faces, with all types of hairs. Not the professional models where every hair cut would look fabulous on them.

An added bonus is a section that gives recipes for shampoos, rinses and hair moisturizing treatments. The author argues that it is sometimes cheaper to make your own haircare products and that many manufactured products have a petrolatum base which can build up in your hair.

All in all, I have been very satisfied with this book. It covers everything about the basics and hair care to boot! It does not have a huge selection of styles to choose from, however for my purposes, it is more than adequate.

45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a very well done book with color pictures, October 2, 2004

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purplebubba (Detroit Area, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cutting Your Family's Hair (Paperback)

Note: My review is for the 2002 Edition. There is also a 2005.
I ordered this book from Amazon. I feel this is a great book considering that most haircutting books use illustrations to show how to cut hair and this one uses pictures of people. The book also has some recipes for making your own products. I also like that this book is written in layman's terms so anyone can learn. It may not have more advanced cuts but it's a quality book. You can't get much better info unless you watch a video or take a class. It has step by step instructions for the following,
For Children:
Girls' one-length cut / Girls' medium one-length cut / Boys' one-length short cut.
For Women:
Short one-length cut with bangs / Medium one-length cut with bangs / Long one-length cut / Short layered cut /
Short layered wispy cut / Short one length cut with layered back /
Medium layered cut / Long layered cut.
For Men:
Short cut / Short layered cut / Medium layered cut / Clipper cut (very short).
There are also plenty of pictures of other styles that aren't step by step.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fabulous for hair DIY, April 5, 2002

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Carol Brantley (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cutting Your Family's Hair (Paperback)

given to me by a friend, this is a fabulous, easy to follow book. Whether you want to cut your own (and your family's) hair, or just wonder how it is done, you will find this guide very helpful.

Best one I've seen. A great buy!!