It's All Good Hair: The Guide to Styling and Grooming Black Children's Hair (Paperback)

by Michele N-k Collison (Author) "When my daughter Sydney was born, everybody wanted to know who she looked like..." (more)
Key Phrases: flat twists, hair breakage, good hair, Valerie Callender (more...)

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Product Description
What are you going to do with your children's hair? Combing your daughter's hair is giving you a headache and now your son is asking you for cornrows. Relax. Finally, there's a lifeline for those who are desperately seeking help in styling their Black children's hair. Learn the tricks and techniques for today's most popular hairstyles with the easy-to-follow steps found in It's All Good Hair. It features hair-care and styling tips from a variety of experts, and you'll learn all the secrets to braiding, relaxing, and locking, as well as discover many other creative styling ideas. Say good-bye to those disastrous attempts at doing it alone. Here's the support you need to help your children look good and feel their very best.

About the Author
Michele N-K Collison is a veteran journalist who has written for such national publications as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Black Enterprise.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; 1 edition (February 19, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060934875
• ISBN-13: 978-0060934873
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #48,516 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book I have been searching for..., September 6, 2002

By	Dena Luworo (South Bend, IN (formerly from Eugene, OR)) - See all my reviews

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can empathize with the author, Ms. Collison, I too have been searching for the hairstyle book and the magazine that will lay it out for me. For more than 7 years, and four bi-racial children later (two boys and two girls), I had yet to find such a book. This book is truly the start of something good. It goes into detail, but not too much detail, how to care for a variety of hair textures "from bone straight to wavy, to tightly coiled and everything in between" (pg. 13). It covers parting to combing to cornrows, twists and braiding. It also covers some basic style for boys. I loved her personal stories, her own and contributors as well. I also appreciate how we are reminded to tell our daughters that they are beautiful and smart as we spend time together combing and styling their hair. As a librarian, I will be praising this book to all who walk through our doors and I look forward to the sequel. Way to go!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this book if your child has short hair! , February 17, 2006

By	T. Hawthorne - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I checked this book at the library and was so glad I didn't buy it. It had some really cute hairstyles but all the hair styles featured children with way past shoulder length hair. All the tips she gave were basic and stuff I already knew. She completely skipped toddlers. She had a small section on how to take care of babies hair and then jumped to pictures of older children with relaxed long hair. She had a small section for locked hair no section on nature hair and an area on how to relax your childs hair if her hair too nappy to comb. My daugher is only three. I was looking for tips to keep her hair healthy and to help it grow. She had one picture of a little girl with short braided hair and everyone else with hair down their back which is something most toddlers have yet.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Guide Book, October 24, 2005

By	H. Rodriguez James "librarian" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this book for ideas on how to style my 4-yr. old daughter's hair. I has a few ideas, but the book is really for someone who does not know the first thing about grooming black hair. It is a good, guide book that takes you from infancy through the pre-teen years.

Reading the book with your toddler helps her to appreciate her hair type, and she can also select styles that she may want you to try on her.

My biggest disappointment was that there were not enough pictures of different styles and how to do them.