Ella Joyce is an accomplished actress of stage, TV and film, most remembered for her role as "Eleanor" on Fox TV's sitcom "Roc." After what seemed a lifetime of her hair concerns, she joined the ranks of hair outlaws, and decided to live relaxer chemical-free. After many distressing hair adventures and "emergencies", and successfully allowing her natural hair to grow longer than she ever imagined, and receiving many compliments and inquiries about her hair maintenance, she decided to share her thoughts, memoirs and kinky hair secrets, with other frustrated Black women everywhere.
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Ella Joyce is married to actor/photographer, Dan Martin, and lives in southern California.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inspirational,
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This review is from: Kink Phobia: Journey Through a Black Woman's Hair (Paperback)
If you are considering purchasing of this book, I urge you to go ahead and buy it.I am in my third year of wearing my hair in natural styles. It has at times been a difficult three years. I have often wanted to throw a relaxer in my hair to conform to the average standard of beauty and to be able to care for my hair with ease. I have read and own several of the natural hair care books out there. I really like Lonnice Bonner's books but was unable to duplicate the natural curly styles that she wears until I read Kink Phobia. Ella Joyce's Kink Phobia provided me with inspiration, detailed styling instructions, a products list, and reassurance that my thick curly mass of hair is indeed beautiful. Ms. Joyce reminded me of the many reasons that I decided to go natural in the first place. Any editorial failures should be overlooked in consideration of Ms Joyce's sincere, open-hearted, and sista-ly sharing of kinky information that she learned the hard way.
13 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not worth your time or your money.,
By "littlefish" (Virginia Beach, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Kink Phobia: Journey Through a Black Woman's Hair (Paperback)
This has to be one of the most poorly structured and poorly written books I've ever had the experience to read. While I do think Ella is a beautiful woman and a fairly decent actress (or, to be politically correct, "actor"), she fails miserably as a writer. I tried my best to ignore the fact that every grammatical rule was casually tossed out the window, but that eventually proved to be too difficult.I bought the book because I recently decided to "go natural" with my hair. I had all my relaxed hair cut off last month, which left me with short natural hair. I was hoping that Ms. Joyce's book would be a good supplement to "Good Hair" by Lonnice Brittenum Bonner in helping those of us who have been moved to go without chemically altering our hair. Unfortunately, that was very much not the case. Ms. Joyce shares her many hair trials, but I wasn't looking for her experience; I already know the trials that come with dealing with kinky and curly hair! I was looking for substantive information about natural-hair care. The book is touted somewhat as a how-to book. I was reminded "how to" return a book to Amazon. Even her critique of hair-care products left me empty. Beyond the poor writing, worse grammar, and lack of any real information, I was also disappointed that Ms. Joyce neglected to show us more photos of her journey. Like Ms. Bonner did in her book, Ms. Joyce showed plenty of photos of her final result. (In Ms. Bonner's book, she has a photo of her short afro and then photos of her shoulder-length hair. What happened in the meantime?) There were no "in- between stage" photos or information that would be helpful to the many of us who are transitioning. It's as though POOF! One day you decide to go natural, and the next day you have a head full of long hair. While Ms. Joyce used braids to transition, more information and pictures of the in-between stage would have, I think, provided more inspiration. I can say that if you are looking for a bit of information about braids (she really touts those for transitioning), then you may be able to glean something from this book. However, I have to caution you that even that information is presented in a somewhat disjointed fashion. I really think this is a "one star" book; but I'm giving the book two stars for the simple reason that there is a bit of information about braids as a transitioning device. Someone may find that information helpful.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Kink Phobia: Journey Through a Black Woman's Hair (Paperback)
This book was every black woman's dream and answer to the daily struggle of
taking care of hair attempting to meet society's demand of what is politically correct. This book helps to empower black woman into accepting what our creator's design for the black woman.
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