Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #383110 in Books
• Published on: 1996-10-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

Synopsis
Offers Black women advice on hair care, tells how to highlight the natural beauty of one's hair, and discusses Afrocentric hairstyles, shampoos, and conditioners.

From the Author
Be the natural original asiatic blackwoman nature intended
Peace, I am so glad to see so many of my readers comment with success stories. I want to inform all you earth daughters out there that you shouldn't be embarrassed with what mother earth has given you, it is a gift to be nurtured and makes you as a black mother of civilization divine indeed. You are sacred, do not let the long term effects of the european american influence harbor your thoughts any longer......Peace

Customer Reviews

Good book, but read and understand carefully
I agree w/ Deborah in D.C.-- I, too, decided to go "natural" (my real self, right?) back in '96. Well, I had seen the author of this book on "Oprah" and had seen the book in '94 in the stores. Picked it up in '96 and wore braids for a year in order to grow out the real deal. Well, when you look at the pictures in this book, you HAVE TO REALIZE that the author's hair is TEXTURIZED. Agreed: why go natural just to put "mild" chemicals in it? Natural is natural, period. A texturizer, much like a regular relaxer, when applied wrong can damage your hair. Now I'm sitting here in '99 wishing I had kept it absolutely natural since '96. Instead of having a head full of slightly damaged texturized hair, I could have a head full of beautiful NATURAL hair. Don't get fooled by the beautiful hairstyles in the book. They're ALL texturized. What's NATURAL about that?

Plaited Glory
It is pleasing to find a book that encourages black women to wear their hair in more afro-centric styles, rather than punishing their scalp and hair by using chemicals which damage as well as weakens both hair and scalp.

I would have liked to have seen more illustrations of different braided styles, however I commmend the author on this book - and I have recently ordered another book by this author.

Congratulations

Good for Inspiration
I gave this book a high rating simply because it inspired me to go natural this year. However, I would have loved the book even more if it would have stressed natural hair styling without texturizing, and provided color photos along with other natural (non-texturized) hair models. I believe it to be an excellent book to start out with for the beginner to learn about their natural hair, to gain information on basic wet-setting techniques, and for pure inspirational purposes only. Thanks Ms. Bonner for inspiring me!