I’d seen this book for a long time, but never ordered it. I’m trying to build my “Nappy” library and this seemed like a good addition. I’m starting to shy away from “how to” books, however, and this will probably be the last one I read for awhile.
I’m trying to concentrate more on the social and historical aspects of natural hair, so you can expect book reviews on such books later.
Anyhoo, this is a good book for beginners. As I was skimming through it, I kept thinking: “Dang, this author has got to be on the hair boards a lot”.
After I ran across references to Nappturality as well as a foreword from “Deecoily”, the founder of Nappturality, I realized I was right. Highlights of this book include: Pictures of styles, rudimentary guide on how to do said styles, basic concepts such as “no poo”, breaking down ingredients, starting and caring for locs, the “big chop”, and a wearing weaves.
The book is a quick read and small/thin enough to fit in a medium sized purse. The pictures are plentiful, but in black and white (except the cover).
Honestly, you can get probably 99 percent of the information in this book online for free somewhere. However, if you want it nicely compressed all into one place without searching, this book is the way to go.
This would be a great gift for someone who has no clue where to start when dealing with their natural hair. If you’ve got some rudimentary knowledge and have been engaged on the hair boards/blogs, I’d save my money.
The author has a website (not free) here.
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She’s also on facebook too. You can add her as a friend. She does have some great styles.
T-keyah Crystal keymah, has a book on natural hair as well, but her focus is on styles.
Kinda on the topic of the book’s title, what do you think of the word “nappy”? I tend to stay away from anything with that word in it, and it could be the most useful book, blog, etc. but I often wonder what others think about it.