Beautiful Braids. The Step by Step Guide to Braiding Styles for Every Occasion and All Ages

Customer Reviews

disappointment

2008-09-04
I had cancer 2 years ago, and with the chemotherapy came alopecia. I mean I was really bald. I missed my hair so much. When it began to grow back, thick and curly (before baldness I had skinny, straight hair) I started to appreciate and love it. I started to take care of it: no more yanking a comb through it, no more rubber bands on pony tails. I decided never again to cut it, but to grow it forever. The BEAUTIFUL BRAIDS book was intended to help me choose and to achieve "styles for every occasion," but it didn't. There weren't complete instructions nor helpful illustrations. Most of the braided styles looked like those a 10-year-old might create. I can do an English braid. I had wanted help with some styles a little more complicated and interesting. I didn't get it.

Braiding your own hair

2008-01-14
If you are braiding someone else's hair, most of what is here probably won't help you. However, if you, like I, are trying to learn to French braid your own hair, where you can't really see what you are doing, this book can help. In fact, I spent part of every evening for nearly 2 weeks with my hands in my hair making knots, and this book in my lap. All of a sudden my hands 'got it', and now I can do about any braid I want on myself.

Lame Braids

2007-11-12
Not worth the money. Looks like hand sketches and too wordy for anyone who doesn't already know how to braid. Poor variety of styles. Book is very small and hard to keep open.

braids

2007-07-03
it was alright, nothing what i expected. i thought it would be more details, it's easy braids that i can already do. I wanted to learn cornrows and stuff. it's ok though

this book

2006-08-13
In the picture and discriptions on Amazon I feel I was missled
I thought is was a nice big book with nice pictures, or at least thats how they made it seem. When I got it it was just a tiny little black and white book with drawings of braids.

good luck

I will continue to shop at Amozon

Beutiful Braids-Step by step guide...

2006-07-06
Beautiful Braids (over 700,000 sold) owes its steady success to the simple fact that, as the most affordable and complete book on braiding on the market, it represents incomparable value. From elegant chignons and classic English braids to the sporty Duchess braid, these elaborate styles will continue to turn heads.

too basic for me

2003-03-12
Very very basic beginner's "I've never braided my own ponytail before" kind of book. Not at all as described ("100 black-&-white photographs", "these elegant braids will be turning heads...") Puhleeze!

Better books available

2000-10-02
This book wasn't what I expected. It is small (4x6 maybe) and doesn't contain anything I didn't already know. A better book is "Great Braids" by Thomas Hardy, also available on Amazon.

Good for beginners, but that's all

1999-07-03
If you already know how to do basic braiding, don't bother with this book. It's great for complete beginners, but doesn't deal with anything more advanced than a french braid. "More Beautiful Braids" is a bit better, but is still extremely lacking.