The Complete Book of Hairstyling (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

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Entertaining for beginner and expert alike ... Worthington's book is entertaining ... full of beautiful pictures. -- Karen Martin, The Baton Rouge Advocate, April 12, 2002

There are easy-to-follow instructions for more than 100 hairstyles in this glossy and very user-friendly book. -- Ronald A. Wood, Cosmetics, May 1, 2002

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Entertaining ... both a primer and advanced course in hair care and styling ... full of beautiful pictures. (Karen Martin Baton Rouge Advocate 20020412)

There are easy-to-follow instructions for more than 100 hairstyles in this glossy and very user-friendly book. (Ronald A. Wood Cosmetics 20020501)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Firefly Books; Reprint edition (March 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1552975762
• ISBN-13: 978-1552975763
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #99,704 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Um...., July 25, 2003

By	StarGymnast (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This book wasn't the best one I've read about hairstyling. The book does give a few good hair-care tips, but many of the styles in here are a little difficult to do and I don't think anyone who isn't good at hairstyling would be able to do them without help. Most of the styles in this book are for special occassions like weddings, dates, and vacations. "The Complete Book of Hairstyling" would be a good book if you want to find a style for one of the occasions above, but other then that, it would be wise to skip this book.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A few good styles buried under pages of useless information, April 14, 2005

By	B. Lefeaux "Style Finder" (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Learning how to care for and style your hair seems to take a back seat to a distracting, absurd, and irrelevant storyline of four fictional girlfriends. I did manage to find a few hairstyles that I liked, making it more or less worth the $13.57. I'm all for trying a new look, but this book is innundated with downright ridiculous hairstyles. The photos are not labeled with what style it is, so it is frustrating to try and match styling instructions with the look you would like to achieve. The layout is visually overstimulating and chaotic, making it difficult to find simple answers to styling questions.

40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally Complete, March 5, 2002

By	taleeya "taleeya" (Vancouver, BC Canada) - See all my reviews

This book is great! Its a combination of his 4 books (Vacation, City, Big Date and Big Day Hair). The pictures are beautiful, the writing is simple and there is pretty much everything you need to know about hairstyling in one book. Everything is broken down into easy to follow steps and tells you what you need before you start. But if you already have his other 4 books, I don't think this has any new material.