Customer Reviews

Kinki Kreations: A Parent's Guide to Natural Black Hair Care for Kids

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I purchased Kinki Kreations along with Michele N-K Collison's "It's All Good Hair" and Pamela Ferrell's "Kids Talk Hair" and found it to be the best of the three books. While I loved the beautiful color photographs in "Kids Talk Hair," I found it to be lacking in detailed directions for creating the cute hairstyles in those photos. On the other hand, I loved the basic diagrams in "It's All Good Hair," but found the book less inspiring than the other two. I was also bothered by the section on using chemical relaxers in children's hair as I think it is important to embrace natural hair care. I liked Kinki Kreations because of the gorgeous photos, the step-by-step instructions for all of the hairstyles, and the positive way natural hair was presented. I also appreciated the author's acknowledgment of the book's value to non-black parents of black children, as this is the category my family falls into.

While I'd recommend buying all three books if your budget can handle it, this is definitely the one to buy if you only want to spring for one. The only thing that would make it better would be color photos and perhaps a little lengthier treatment of boys' hairstyles.

Do you remember when you were a young girl with newly pressed hair? You could not go out to play for fear of ruining your hair. What about your first perm, do you remember how you felt? Well I do, I felt like I went bald. I repeatedly touched my hair to make sure the limp strands were still there. Since those days the standard for African American beauty has evolved to include our hair in its natural state, the best state for it to be in.

Jena Renee Williams has put years of experience with natural hair care into KINKI KREATIONS, a natural hair care guide for children. She takes you through step by step in an easy to follow manner, starting with using the proper tools, to preparation, styling and maintenance. There are black and white photos for each style described in the book for the reader to have a visual of the finished style. The styles she creates are beautiful and age appropriate.

I love this book. I wish it existed when I was a little girl. It embraces natural hair care, shows readers that natural hair is manageable and they can achieve beautiful hairstyles for their children. Jena Williams has done a wonderful job in promoting natural hair care.

Reviewed by Aiesha Flowers
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

I loved this book! I got my first relaxer at 8 or 9 so I have never learned to care for natural hair. This became a big problem when my daughter was born with a head full of it. I got through the baby stage OK, but now she is two and her hair is thick and kinky. After using styles that put too much stress on her hair, big chunks started to fall out and I knew I had to do something. I went to the Web to see if I could find a site or book that talked about hair stlyes for African-American children. I found Kinki Kreations and went to the nearest Border's the next day. I immediately began to use the tools and suggestions in the book, which was easy to read and understand, and had lots of illustrations. This was incredibly helpful to a novice like me. Within two days I had washed, trimmed, and combed out her hair as the book instructed and put it into little twists. I have never gotten so many compliments on my daughters hair! Her hair has stopped breaking, it's growing rapidly and is strong and healthy. The natural oils recommended have worked wonders. My heart sang when my little girl told me, while admiring her new twists in the mirror, "Mommy, I like my puffy hair". I am indebted to Jena Williams for sharing her knowledge and philosophy in this great little book.

As a white mother to two african-american children I have struggled to learn how to care for my children's hair without damaging scalp or psyche. This book gives very good directions and has a lot of photos. I especially liked the section on caring for a boy's hair, something that is missing from many hair-care books. My children liked looking at the photos and showing which ones they liked the best. I liked being able to do the styles by following the directions.

Author Jena Williams was inspired to write Kinki Kreations because of a young client that was brought into her shop one day with damaged hair and scalp burns. Realizing the fact that there are so many parents who have no idea how to maintain their young children's hair, she decided to write a book about young hair care. Thus, Kinki Kreations was born.

This is a handbook on natural hair care styles for girls and boys ranging in age from infancy to young adulthood. Kinki Kreations is a handy guide that gives tips on proper cleansing and conditioning techniques along with instructions on some of today's trendiest natural haircare styles. Helpful photographs accompany the step-by-step directions to recreate dozens of beautiful looks.

Kinki Kreations is the book that belongs in every parent's library. Jena Williams has created the supreme hair bible for children.

This book was just what I needed!
I was at my whits end and ready to put a perm or texturizer in my daughter's hair. I saw this book in a bookstore, took it home and read it in 1 day.
After reading this book I have a newfound respect for my daughter's hair - it is BEAUTIFUL. I cringe when I think of the damage I could've done to her beautiful, soft curly hair.
While it's not big on styles...it does provide you with sound advice on how to take care of, manage and nuture your child's hair growth without producing an abundance of tears.

I whole heartedly recommend this book for any Mom who is constantly in battle with your daughter's hair.

If you have a girl, this would be a great book -- some really cute styles (I love the afro puffs). The section on boys' hair pretty much simply advocates to cut the hair very close to the scalp. There is info for cornrows, but the hair has to be fairly long. What was most frustrating was a picture of a boy with "coils", stating that this is a popular way to grow out the hair, but there is absolutely no info. on how to do these coils. She has one method of dreadlocks, but you can get more and better info. on the internet.

For boys, I'd give this book a 1 star. For girls, I'd give it a 5 (some nice, basic instructions for hair care). We finally found someone in our area (Southern Oregon) who specializes in ethnic hair. She is teaching us how to start dreadlocks in our boy's hair, and will teach us how to maintain them, so we don't need to keep going back.

I'm a mom of a biracial child - I am from Europe and have no idea of what to do with my child`s hair. I also bought the book "It's all good hair" and I use these two as my bible for making my daughter`s hair. I wish I would have bought this one first - this has a very precious way how to handle baby`s and newborn`s hair, so as how to wash hair if baby cries and so on. The book "it`s all good hair" is full with ideas, drawings, and really a lots of pictures and variations. This book has not so many pictures and variations - it is more about hair care. I think it`s a very good book. Althrough I have to admit I belive that at biracial kids the hairproducts of coloured kids (like Pink oil and stuff) are a bit too strong sometimes.

I liked this book for giving an overview of how to care for African American hair for those of us who, like me, are not African American and don't have experience with Black hair. It had a good list of supplies needed and shows some hairstyles that look simple to execute. However, I wish that the book included some information on caring for relaxed or treated hair, even just one chapter. It would be more useful.

I was searching for a book on hair care for black children. I used the prior reviews to make my decision to buy this book and hoped that it was as good as stated. I love the book! It provides an education on how to care for black children's hair. These same techniques can also be applied on adult hair. I wear long locks, my oldest daughter wears small locks and youngest daughter wears her hair in various natural styles. I especially appreciated the references to natural hair products such as jojoba and essential oils to style and condition hair. The book provided techniques on how to relax children prior to hair care and emphasized making sure chilren are occupied while actually doing the hair (braiding, locking etc). The book touches on our various hair textures and educates on the types of tools (combs, brushes, hair pins etc) one should use on these various hair types. It also provides a small section on hair accessories such as beading. The book is written in simple language and also provides pictures of various hair styles for children. I highly recommend this book for all and especially new parent of African American children or rather all children of African descent. In countries where European type straight hair is the majority (tv,movies, magazines), it is especially important to keep magazines, and books that show natural hair styles. Show these to the children often so that they understand how to take care of, style, appreciated natural hair and see beautifully styled natural hair.
I also recommend the following:
-Dreads
-Carol's Daughter Mimosa Hair Honey
-Carol's Daughter Healthy Hair Butter
-Carol's Daughter Tui Leave-In Conditioner