Wavy, Curly, Kinky: The African American Child's Hair Care Guide (Kindle Edition)

by Deborah R. Lilly (Author)

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Product Description
Your hands-on guide to the best care for your child's hair

Now taking care of your child's hair can be fun, easy, and trouble-free! In Wavy, Curly, Kinky, renowned stylist Deborah Lilly shows parents the best ways to style and maintain African American boys' and girls' hair from infancy to the preteen years. She presents clear, easy-to-follow hair care guidelines for the three different types of African American hair and gives you expert recommendations for the best products and techniques for each hair type.

Featuring step-by-step instructions, photographs, illustrations, and a helpful question-and-answer section, this comprehensive, user-friendly guide shows you how to:

• Determine your child's hair texture
• Get up to speed on hair care basics from washing to combing to braiding
• Press, relax, or texturize hair
• Weigh the pros and cons of cutting your child's hair
• Train, nurture, and manage problem hair

Keep your child's hair healthy and looking great with Wavy, Curly, Kinky—and transform hair care time from a chore to a fun, bonding experience for both you and your child!

About the Author
DEBORAH R. LILLY has been a professional hairstylist for fifteen years. She has been both an instructor and a hairstylist for theater, film, and advertising. Her work has appeared in Ebony, Essence, Hype Hair, Black Elegance, and Sophisticate's Black Hair.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• Print Length: 168 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
• Publisher: Wiley (November 4, 2005)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• ASIN: B000SRMZBW
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #22,728 in Kindle Store (See Bestsellers in Kindle Store)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Useless, March 13, 2006

By	T. A Campbell "t_campbell" (King George, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Wavy, Curly, Kinky : The African American Child's Hair Care Guide (Paperback)

I wanted a book that would show in detail how to do different styles. This book only contained a brief description on braids and cornrows. I also did not like the author recommending straighteners for kinky hair. I wanted a book on how to work with my daughter's natural hair, not on how to change it.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars n/a, December 14, 2005

By	Chase Conley (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wavy, Curly, Kinky : The African American Child's Hair Care Guide (Paperback)

I was extremely dissatisfied with this book - it gave very few helpful ideas on how to care for "kinky" hair. It also called the very fine baby hair angel hair, as if hair that is not fine and soft is something other than that. I expected to have helpful ideas on how to keep my daughter's natural (thick and not straight) hair healthy and style it beautifully. In fact, I only learned how to chemically treat and straighten her hair. The only style recommened for thick and coarse hair were braids....as well, the book was not very comprehensive. I do not recommend this book.

27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Self Hate and African American Women, March 16, 2006

By	C.N.U - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wavy, Curly, Kinky : The African American Child's Hair Care Guide (Paperback)

Upon buying this book I was hoping to find new and easy styles for natural African textured hair. I was EXTREMELY upset by several suggestion to chemically treat a CHILD'S hair if it is not what this ridiculous author considers "angel" hair. I was also under the impression that in this day and age, African American women were becoming more comfortable and loving of ourselves naturally, and I am highly dissapointed to see otherwise. I would like a book that caters to BLACK hair. Not black people who want white hair. For the biracial women that think this book is a dream come true, mark these words: Your child will probably have a hurdle to jump being biracial in a world that demands that we define ourselves as it is. Don't subject your child to further self scrutiny by teaching them to hate their physical attributes. If you don't want black/biracial children-and all that comes with it, don't choose black partners.