SalonOvations' Braids and Updos Made Easy (Paperback)

~ Jamie Jones (Author)

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Product Description

This is the essential reference for students and experienced hairstylists looking for a how-to manual on the latest braids and updos. Learn to take the frustration out of working with long hair by the use of hand-positioning and methods for handling several strands of hair at one time. Authored by Jamie Rines Jones, platform artist and international long-hair educator, this book is designed to help you offer long hair services to your clients, increasing your revenue potential.

About the Author

Jamie Rines Jones is a platform artist and international long hair educator. She is also the owner of Helping Hand Productions, a video production company in Blairsville, Georgia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Milady; 1 edition (June 10, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562533185
• ISBN-13: 978-1562533182
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #688,703 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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54 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Awful., February 4, 2003

By	mirasreviews (McLean, VA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

I bought this book because I was looking for some hairstyles beyond those found in basic books on braids and updos.There are some styles in this book in addition to the standard ropes, twists and French braids. They involve twisting your hair into zig-zags, looping, weaving a ribbon into your hair, or tying your hair into a big bow on the back of your head. These styles are ugly! Just plain atrocious-looking! Trashy and/or bizarre. Salon Ovations should be able to do better than that.

If you don't already own a copy, there is no more helpful or beautifully illustrated book for updos and braids than "Hair: A Book of Braiding and Styles"" by Anne Akers Johnson. There are far more styles represented than in the Salon Ovations book, and they are better illustrated...for half the price. If you are looking for some good styles in addition to those in "Hair", you won't find them in this book.

48 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Simple enough for anyone to use, May 2, 2000

By	Angel Lee "Liocorno Amethyst Moonstone" (Cleveland, OH United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This is a wonderful book for anyone who wants to learn to braid hair in a wide variety of styles. It includes information on the basics of working with long hair as well as 20 different braids.

Though geared toward those in the hairstyling industry, it is simple enough for anyone to use. My husband who has never done any hairstyling was even able to do the simpler ones in just a few trys.

The braids are arranged in order from easier to hardest. Written directions along with step-by-step illustrations showing hand positions are included. Each braid section is also shown in different shaded patterns.

Some braid & ponytail styles include fishtail, rope, Dutch, knotting, twisting, bowtie, overlap updo and many French styles.

50 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "Made Easy"? wellll..., June 11, 1999

By A Customer

I purchased this book with high hopes for finding new styles that would be easy to do. It now sits on my dusty bookshelf, where it has been abandoned. The hairstyles are certainly lovely, but the effort involved for one person to do their own hair seems excessive. It's probably a great book if you are a stylist, but for the "do-it-yourselfer", it's daunting and disappointing. I'm searching for another title - one that will better suit my needs.