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A review by ljcarey011
Curly Girl by Lorraine Massey
3.0
I was hoping this book would be more along the lines of little helpful hints for handling, cutting and styling hair. This is in there, but it's maybe 1/4 of the book. Most of the book reads like a self help book: Cast off the shackles of straight hair and love yourself! I realize that we as women put a lot of time and effort into our hair and how it does or doesn't look can definitely hurt or help the self-esteem but holy crap this book made me feel super mentally stable!
This book may also not be aimed at me, rather people who straighten their curly hair and have never tried to manage it on their own. At least the first half of the book is just a repeat of the following "rules": quit using harsh shampoos, quit straightening your hair, condition/moisturize your hair and quit dragging the curl out of it with constant brushing. Apparently I am some type of curly hair prodigy because I managed to figure this out in high school. This seems to be most of what Lorraine teaches people, based on this book, so that was a pretty useless chunk of the book. I thought this was common sense for managing your hair that most girls figured out in teenage years of experimenting. Apparently I was ahead of the curve.
The hair cutting area is a disappointment as well. Basically you learn where to cut in the curl and to use sharp scissors. I was hoping for something a little more involved to tame my messy, thick hair. Mostly I learned I need to move somewhere with a population large enough to support hair studios that do more than straighten and dye hair all day long. There are some fun styles in the book that I may go back to in the future but overall this book was a repetitive line of very basic hair care.
I'm giving it a three because maybe it really will be helpful to some people and maybe some people need this "coming out" for their hair. I am just not that person. For me it was overall a lot of writing for not a lot of learning.
This book may also not be aimed at me, rather people who straighten their curly hair and have never tried to manage it on their own. At least the first half of the book is just a repeat of the following "rules": quit using harsh shampoos, quit straightening your hair, condition/moisturize your hair and quit dragging the curl out of it with constant brushing. Apparently I am some type of curly hair prodigy because I managed to figure this out in high school. This seems to be most of what Lorraine teaches people, based on this book, so that was a pretty useless chunk of the book. I thought this was common sense for managing your hair that most girls figured out in teenage years of experimenting. Apparently I was ahead of the curve.
The hair cutting area is a disappointment as well. Basically you learn where to cut in the curl and to use sharp scissors. I was hoping for something a little more involved to tame my messy, thick hair. Mostly I learned I need to move somewhere with a population large enough to support hair studios that do more than straighten and dye hair all day long. There are some fun styles in the book that I may go back to in the future but overall this book was a repetitive line of very basic hair care.
I'm giving it a three because maybe it really will be helpful to some people and maybe some people need this "coming out" for their hair. I am just not that person. For me it was overall a lot of writing for not a lot of learning.