Hair. A Book of Braiding and Styles/Book and 3 Scrunchies Klutz

Customer Reviews

Super

2008-01-03
My 11-year-old daughter wanted this book for Christmas. It's been fun braiding each other's hair. The descriptions in the book are very easy to follow.

Awesome Book of Styles

2007-12-31
My girls love this book and can't wait to try out each and every style shown. The style details are well written and easy to follow! Good value!

Terrific!

2007-12-01
Wonderful photographs and diagrams for a beginner! Only wish they didn't have the box for the scrunchies as part of the book.

Helpful for the Hair Challenged

2007-11-09
A while ago I decided to learn how to do something with my long, thick hair other than a sloppy pony tail or sloppy single braid. I ordered this book used because I decided that the hair accessories it came with weren't something I would find valuable and because I was able to save more money on it that way. I found the book pretty helpful. I'm rather hair challenged-- I've never been able to figure out how to do anything with my hair that looks nice or get it to stay looking nice. With this book I was able to master the chignon with the three smaller braids and also a French braid!

Designed for "Little House on the Prarie"

2007-09-08
While on the search for a good book on easy hairstyling, I was elated to read all of the positive reviews for this book. I had short hair for years and have grown it out and was seeking some insight on quick and easy styles that would not require a lot of time (I have two young children and have little time for difficult dos).

I had hoped to find some neat updos and nice variations on the traditional ponytail. Instead, this book is all about braiding and the braids (as well as the models in the photographs) look like they are straight from an episode of Little House on the Prarie. The directions are clearly outlined and the photos nice BUT (and that is a big BUT), you must be interested in the 70's farm girl hair style in order to appreciate this book.

Though the braids are easy, I would never do them on myself as I prefer more modern styles (or even traditional styles that are not as dated as those in this book). The title of the book is very misleading -- the "and styles" is not appropriate. The entire book is about braiding alone. I purchased the book more for the "and styles" section which really does not exist.

As I said, if you are looking for a book on very dated braiding styles, this one is simple and quite clear with wonderful photographs to assist you. However, if you are looking for more modern styles and an inclusion of something other than braids, look elsewhere. I was very disappointed in this book.

Great Gift

2008-04-28
I bought this book for my 14 year old niece. She loves it and is practicing new "dos" daily! I looked through it quickly. Looks to be easy reading with detailed illustrations. I look to be purchasing one for myself in the very near future!

Best Hair Book Really Shows How-To's

2008-03-27
my daughter has long hair and has been begging me for a book of how-to's for hair. i've bought cute little books here and there and thought this book looked a little old fashion for her teenage self. but i got it anyway. she's had it since christmas and she LOVES it. mom is happy, too. my daughter has been experimenting with her older sister's hair and younger sister's hair, too. i love seeing her creations knowing she's getting them from the book. we're very satisfied and happy with this.

Good book, but time consuming (or plain impossible) for long hair.

2008-03-10
The pictures are good and the instructions are well written and (theoretically, anyway) easy to follow. However, for anyone with true long hair -- classic length or below -- nearly all of the hair styles presented will take far more time than most people want to spend in the morning. Trying to keep different sections from tangling up or mirror braiding/twisting themselves near the bottom is hard enough with the simple braids, but with the more complex ones, it gets headache-worthy. Some of the styles are just impossible to do by yourself at all when your hair is significantly longer than your arm reach.

This is probably an excellent book for people with medium length hair (shoulder to middle of the back), but for those of us with long hair, it's simply okay. Nice to look at but not practical for everyday styling.

braiding book

2008-02-26
I am not an expert stylist of hair and this book's simple instructions gave me hope that it could indeed be done. I liked it.

Easy to follow hair instructions

2008-02-07
We bought this book for our 12 year old daughter for Christmas. She loves it and has been trying many of the different hairstyles shown in the book. The instructions are step by step, with pictures, and they are easy to follow and equally easy to do. We haven't tried them all, but the ones we have tried have been successful and very pretty. It includes instructions for everyday hair styles to very elegant ones, and it comes with three scrunchies to finsih off many of the looks. I would recommend this book.