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Chocolate Hair Vanilla Care: A Parent's Guide to Beginning Natural Hair Styling by [Rory Mullen]

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Chocolate Hair Vanilla Care: A Parent's Guide to Beginning Natural Hair Styling Kindle Edition

by Rory Mullen (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Chocolate Hair Vanilla Care: A Parent's Guide to Beginning Natural Hair Styling covers basic hairstyles and techniques, from learning to part naturally curly hair to styling cornrows and twists. If you are a transracial adoptive parent, a parent of a biracial child, or a caregiver to a young one with kinky-curly hair, this book is everything you need to start a hairstyling routine with your child. This comprehensive guide is organized so that you can read sections on an as-needed basis, addressing techniques and maintenance that are specific to your family's needs at any point along your child's haircare journey.

Chocolate Hair Vanilla Care:

A Parent's Guide to Beginning Natural Hair Styling

PART I: An Overview of Hairstyling

Why Style Natural Hair?, Defining Protective Styling, Preparing for Styling, Tips for Practicing

PART II: Hair Parting Techniques

Preparation for Parting, Tools & Tips for Parting, Basic Part Lines, Creating Box Patterns

PART III: Buns, Coils, Twists, & Braids

Puffs & Buns, Two-Strand Twists, Three-Strand Braids or "Singles"

PART IV: Flat Braids & Flat Twists

Overview of Flat Braids & Flat Twists, Flat Twists, Cornrows

PART V: Hairstyling

Outlining Styling Needs, Getting Your Child Involved, Setting Realistic Expectations, Sitting for Styling

PART VI: Hairstyle Maintenance

How to Protect Hairstyles, Playtime, Swimming, Maintaining Styles

PART VII: Removing Hairstyles

Deciding When to Restyle, Removing Elastics, Removing Tiny Braids, Locking & Matting

PART VIII: Troubleshooting

Issues with Boxed Styles, Rolled Cornrows, Tight Rows, Loose Rows

APPENDICES

Appendix A: Sample Styling Routines, Appendix B: Hair Products

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104 pages
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Publication date

September 15, 2014
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ASIN : B00NMX8SHO
Publication date : September 15, 2014
Language : English
File size : 162759 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
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Print length : 104 pages
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- #1,295 in Adoption (Books)

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Rashan Clark

natural hair care bible

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2014

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I'm So Glad I Bought This book! I am a chocolate mommy with no kid hair skills outside of pony tails. I just received it today and my daughter immediately started to pick the styles she wanted to try. I was so hesitant to try at first, in fear of messing things up. My true plan for the book was to take it to the salon and let lauren pick a style to be done. I love how Rory explains the technique, even putting examples step by step! Great hair care guide and tips on products, and hair tools to use. No offense or prejudice when I say I never would have imagined a white woman teaching me how to do my daughters hair I say this in a sincere grateful tone! I have family members that can do most these styles but the issue is they never took the time to teach me ...I'm so excited to try a new style each week! Thank you so much Rory Mullen this book is my new hair bible! Ha!

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This book is literally life-changing

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2016

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I never write reviews, but I have to say this book is AWESOME and inspired me to put a review on my to-do list. As a white mom (with hopelessly straight, low maintenance hair) of an African American child, I've spent SO much time watching youtube videos, reading hair website posts and talking with friends and hairstylists trying to get my arms around all things curly black hair. But I still had so many questions about all the little things that I have never really been sure about half of what I was trying to do with my daughter's hair. And unlike with my hair, there are consequences for every wrong choice I make with her hair! This book explains them all.

It takes you from the very beginning to explain how to keep hair healthy, beginning with the hows and whys of cleansing, detangling/conditioning, moisturinzing, sealing (oils vs. butters), stretching (Who knew?), styling (gels and creams) and the order all this is supposed to go in and why. The section on the bazillion ways to part hair ("basic" part lines vs. box patterns vs. pinch patterns, etc.) and the order of parting was possibly my biggest Who knew? Next she explains and shows the difference between "protective" styles such as puffs and buns, one-strand coils (finger vs. comb), two-strand twists (regular vs. rope, box vs. flat) and three-strand braids ("single" or "box" braids vs. "cornrow" or "flat" braids).

As far as styling goes, she covers the difference between underhanded vs. overhanded braiding - cornrows are like french braids but they must be done underhand, which explains why my first attempt at cornrows was a disaster (I grew up braiding my hair overhand). She includes step-by-step photos with different colored strands of yarn so you can see the difference. All throughout the book there are plenty of photos of all the different styles shown on a child. I can show these to my daughter to see which styles she wants me to try without us having to troll distracting or adult-oriented websites together or me having to create a million screen shots from websites to show her. The book also includes the various ways of and upsides and downsides to securing twists and braids, like beads, bands, snaps, etc. She gives a whole section on how to maintain styles during sleep, playtime and swim time. She also discusses the when and how of removing each style, and gives troubleshooting tips.

Can't remember how much the book cost me, Don't care. This book (plus the related videos on chocolatehairvanillacare.com) changed my life in that my daughter's hair is now healthy and protected, she feels control because she gets a say so in choosing a variety of hair styles, she has better self-esteem, we don't spend hours messing with her hair during the week when we're trying to get her off to school, and she actually looks forward to spending a few hours getting her hair styled on the weekend. Seriously, what more could you ask for?

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Raech

Absolutely wonderful read. I am a Bonus mom to a ...

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2016

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Absolutely wonderful read. I am a Bonus mom to a wonderful 6 year old African- American girl. She is definitely a bundle of joy. Recently, we have been experimenting with leaving her hair natural. Not having the same hair type as her (I have straight hair), I have been constantly searching the internet for ideas. I came across this book after going to the website with the same name. I cannot tell you how helpful it has been. It is by no means a complete style book, but it is a great introduction. It was an easy read and I found everything so helpful. The author peppered it with plenty of pictures to reiterate her points and she broke down a lot of the main concepts that I was initially confused about. I would definitely recommend this book for someone who is new to styling natural hair for children. Definitely a great read.

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Twisted Swisher

A Great Start

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2020

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As a a new white adult influencer of young black and bi-racial children, I have lots to learn about hair differences. This book was a great introduction of ideas, designs and how-to. I did have a basic understanding of various braids, from my own childhood - but this helped me understand the importance of product for different hair types. I believe it is a great introduction, tutorial and how-to. The pictures are great, the explanations simple, and lay-out excellent. I recommend this book to anyone unfamiliar with curly, non-caucasian hair care.

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Step-by-step styling guide for beginners

Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2014

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I read this book from cover to cover in two evenings. I have followed the Chocolate Hair / Vanilla Care blog for several years and learned a lot there, so I wanted to check out her new book. As an adoptive parent, I have been reading and learning a lot over the last 3 years. Although I did learn a few things in the book, none of it seemed "original" nor revolutionary. It's filled with common and proven hair styles. HOWEVER, I wish this book had been written years ago because it puts all that information and knowledge in one place! Each page is filled with photos and very clear instructions. It's well-written and easy to follow each tutorial.

My favorite parts of the book are when the author compares different styles side-by-side: finger or comb coils? regular or rope twists? braids or twists? cornrows or flat twists? These were particularly helpful to me! I have experience doing my daughter's hair but most of what I know has been from trial and error. So, her explanations gave me greater confidence.

This book is just what it says: a BEGINNING guide to hair STYLING. The author does give a few hair tips but it's not a "hair care" book. Moreover, she does not give reviews nor recommendations of products. Still, I recommend it!

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The Guske Group

Buy it- buy several!

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2014

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My copy just came and I AM THRILLED. We adopted AA twins - a boy and a girl- and the blog has been invaluable but having the information in a book format is exactly what I needed. I anticipate having my daughter choose a new hairstyle as she gets older and I'm excited to teach her how to treat her beautiful head of hair so that it's always healthy and "happy". I might have to purchase more to hand to other moms just like me- who love kids with natural hair but haven't a clue what to do with it.

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LolaLovesHair

Amazing Book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2015

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This book is nothing short of amazing!
I have devoured this book since it arrived (and just looking at the "Look Inside" option had me eager to get my hands on it!)
There is a veritable treasure trove of information and styles in this book and it is so obviously done with love.
The author is honest, to the point and full of encouragement. Covering the majority of the styling options but not going beyond her own experience (like not touching on African threading), it makes all the styles she suggests seem a possible.

If you have a daughter, buy this book! If you are newly natural or on a hair journey, buy this book.

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R.lee

slightly disappointed with "instructions " as I was hoping for specific ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 5, 2016

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Lovely item...quickly received. ..slightly disappointed with "instructions " as I was hoping for specific breakdown of steps to create styles...stylingknowledge is assumed, I'm a parent from birth of mixed race girls without family input so I had been expecting details to assist with the intricacies.

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happyclappy

The related blog is excellent but for time-poor mothers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 3, 2014

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A very worthwhile purchase. The related blog is excellent but for time-poor mothers, this comprehensive guide offers the best bits of the blog, all in one easy read. My daughter loves looking through the hair pics of Boo and its good to see someone she can relate too. Very pleased with

Buyer1991

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 24, 2016

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The layout and instructions could possibly be better but overall ... very helpful.

Tor

Good buy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 17, 2015

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Perfect for beginning to understand how to manage my mixed daughters hair.

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