Customer Reviews

A Easy Braids, Barrettes and B (Kids Can Do It)

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I like to check out the reviews on books before I buy since there is no way to actually thumb through the book and see for yourself if it is what you want. Most of the time this has done fine for me and I have enjoyed what I purchased. Not this time. For the life of me I can't figure out why anyone would give this book any more than 1-2 stars...5 stars is just absurd!!! Looking through the pages of this book all I could think of was, "you've got to be kidding me!" So there goes another [amount of money]out the window. I guess if you know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about hairbraiding and you can't find a friend to show you the BASICS then you might find something here. I mean they "teach" you how to create a PONYTAIL...is there anyone on the planet that doesn't know how to do a ponytail? Honestly? I was looking for a book that would offer some variety. I have two small daughters one starting school next year and I wanted to be able to do somthing with their hair other than a pony tail, pig tails, or a basic french braid. So, I bought this book on Braids...what a mistake. I will go to the book store next time so that I can look through the pages! I wanted to give this book 1 star, but I changed my mind due to the fact that there are a couple pages on how to make scrunchies and barretts and the end of the book. So one star for basic french braiding for someone who is an absolute beginner and one star for the barretts section. Again, this was not something I was interested in, and also something I think most people can figure out fairly easily on their own, but none the less I decided to give this book 2 stars...which is being VERY, VERY generous on my part! If you are looking for a book to give you some ideas on styling hair I highly suggest you look elsewhere. Happy book hunting - I hope this helps someone out there.

Lots of easy ideas for quickly getting your kids' hair ready (from K-12 and beyond!). And some projects for them to craft, too. My daughter likes the clear pictures, which means she can quickly flip through it and say, "I want my hair like this today." None of the styles take more than a few minutes to do, but they look nice. These are not very complex (no 4-strand braiding, here), but hold up well through the day.

if you want something with new styles,i wouldnt choose this book.it has the "old" favourites like pull backs,basic braid and even a pony tail(and yes it even tells you how to twist the hair elastic around the ponytail!)
it does include hair wraps,instructions for hair accessories and corn rows and fish tail braids(which are slightly more advanced than the others but still in the beginners bracket)
for clearer instructions(for all the braids in this book and more)id recommend "braids and bows" by anne akers johnson and for the more unusual(if you can call it that)id recommend "more beautiful braids" by patricia cohen.
this would be good for beginners but as it includes instructions for the ponytail(who in the world cannot do a ponytail?)even the beginnr may be reluctant to use this book.

I got this book hoping to learn some new interesting ways to do my daughters hair. This book did not meet my needs, but I am sure it would be helpful for someone who did not know how to braid.

I'm sorry but I never knew how to do a French braid and this book just confused me further. The other braid ideas are good. I never heard of of a fish tail braid. Looks interesting. Can't wait to try it on my 3-year once her hair gets longer.

Very good book with easy to follow directions. I was mainly looking for barrette instuctions.

I am a male with long hair, and I found this book to be most helpful in giving me direction how to french braid my hair, and do cute styles with a barrette. I would recomend it to any males with long hair!!