Curly Like Me

Teri LaFlesh

Description

The simple secrets to growing your curls healthy and long. Tightly curly hair isn't like any other type of hair, and it needs totally different care to make it happy. Do you spend countless hours—and untold dollars—on weaves, perms, salon visits, and products that promise to change, heal, or make your hair more manageable, only to end up even more frustrated? Do you wrestle daily with hair you can't get a brush through? Do you struggle to keep from hurting your child when you comb through her tight curls? Would you like to grow your tightly curly hair long and healthy? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this book was written for you. It gives you the information and techniques you need to celebrate—not fight against—your very curly hair. You will learn how not only to care for your curls, but to cherish them, all the while saving time, effort, and money. Curly Like Me is the off-the-grid, do-it-yourself owner's manual for tightly curly hair: Learn how to wear your own curls in their natural curl patterns Over 250 photographs and illustrations Includes the best products, tools, ingredients, curl-enhancing hairstyle ideas, tips for growing out your perm, and more Shows you pain-free techniques on how to comb and style your curls or your child's curls Over thirty easy, curl-enhancing hairstyle ideas, tips for growing out your perm, and more Helps you save money by avoiding costly treatments, products, marketing misinformation, and frequent salon visits so you can enjoy your own curls without pain, chemicals, or the use of weaves or extensions The story (with lots of photos) of Teri's journey from hair broken by relaxers, texturizers, improper care, trying to force it to conform, and fighting her weave addiction to finally understanding her own curls. End your struggles with misunderstood, damaged hair and begin your journey to thriving natural curls.
Acknowledgments.

1 My Hair History: How I Learned What Not to Do.

2 Get to Know Your Curls: Their Structure and Vulnerabilities.

3 Shampooing: Washing without the Matting.

4 Conditioning: How to Get Unflappable Curls.

5 Combing: For Those of Us Who Have Ever Gotten a Brush Stuck in Our Hair.

6 Setting Perfect Curls: Born to Clump.

7 Everything Else: Daily Care and Beyond.

8 Baby Curls: Tips for Little Ones.

9 Highlights: Do-It-Yourself Tips.

10 After the Chemicals and Severe Damage: Sometimes You Have to Walk through the Fire.

11 Your Toolbox: The Best Products and Tools for Your Hair.

12 Chemically Altering Your Hair: The Truth behind Coloring, Perming, and Relaxing.

13 How to Do Your 'Do: The Style Gallery.

14 The Philosophy of Curls.

Recommended Reading.

References.

Photo Credits.

Index.

Sujets

• Grooming
• African American hair
• Black hair
• Health
• Beauty
• Fitness

Informations

• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 15 avril 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780470586143
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Table of Contents
 
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
 
Chapter One - My Hair History
 
My Hair History
Now
 
Chapter two - Get to Know Your Curls
 
Hair Thickness
Hair Phases: How Much of Your Hair Is Growing at Any One Time?
The Basic Structure of Your Curls
The Ways Your Hair Is Damaged
Geek Out with Teri
Why Your Hair Acts Differently When Wet
What Makes Your Hair Curl Like It Does?
 
Chapter Three - Shampooing
 
You Don’t Need to Shampoo Every Day
Save Time by Combing Less
The Strategy: Keeping Your Hair as Calm as Possible while Shampooing
Shampooing Overview: Focus on Your Scalp
Money-Saving Tips for Using Extra Shampoo and Conditioners
Cleansing Can Be Moisturizing After All
 
Chapter Four - Conditioning
 
The Real Portions for Curls
Applying Conditioner
The Magic of Leaving the Conditioner In
 
Chapter Five - Combing
 
Comb When Wet, Caution When Dry
A New Philosophy for Your Tangles
How to Keep Combing from Hurting
Why Comb Wet?
Pre-Combing Your Trouble Spots
Getting Your Hair into Bite-Size Pieces
Ready to Comb
Step-by-Step Photo Guide to Combing Your Hair
Challenges
 
Chapter Six - Setting Perfect Curls
 
Leave in That Conditioner!
Define Each Curl, and the Weather Won’t Matter
Good-bye to the Neon Part
The Benefits of Defining with Conditioner
Troubleshooting the Puff
Drying Your Curls
How to Keep Your Hair from Turning into a Mat When You Sleep
 
Chapter Seven - Everything Else
 
Everyday Care
Morning Hair
Deep Conditioning
Scalp Issues
Shampoo without Shampooing
Occasional Care: Trimming
Commando Hair Care: Trimming It Yourself
Framing Your Face
Swimming
Camping
Tips before Going to a Salon
The Layering Question
Long Hair Care
 
Chapter Eight - Baby Curls
 
Step-by-Step Guide to Easy-Care Curls
Do I Need to Use Products Made Specifically for Little Ones?
Styles for Little Curls
For Brand New Ones: Let Baby Hair Be
Should I ...?
Your Gift of Understanding
 
Chapter Nine - Highlights
 
What to Buy
Why Highlights Only?
Short Hair Exception
 
Chapter Ten - After the Chemicals and Severe Damage
 
Your Two Textures
Your New Hair
Setting Your Two Textures while Growing Out the Chemicals
After the Chop
 
Chapter Eleven - Your Toolbox
 
Recommended Shampoos and Conditioners for Your Curls
Shampoos
Good Rinsing Conditioners
Good Combing Conditioners
How to Choose the Best Products for Your Hair
How to Pick Your Own Conditioners
The “Natural” Myth
The Best Hair Tools for Your Curls
 
Chapter Twelve - Chemically Altering Your Hair
 
What Happens When You Change the Color of Your Hair?
Chemically Removing Your Curls
Curlocide
 
Chapter Thirteen - How to Do Your ‘Do
 
Ways to Mix Up the Styles
Wear Your Hair Loose
Easy-to-Do Ponytail Styles
Braids
Knots
Buns
Easy-to-Do Twist Styles
Exotics
 
Chapter Fourteen - The Philosophy of Curls
 
Recommended Reading
References
Photo Credits
Index

This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Copyright © 2010 by Teri LaFlesh. All rights reserved
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey
 
Published simultaneously in Canada
Illustrations © 2010 byTeri LaFlesh
 
Photo credits appear on page 267 and constitute an extension of the copyright page.
 
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
 
LaFlesh, Teri, date.
Curly like me: how to grow your hair healthy, long, and strong / Teri LaFlesh.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eISBN : 978-0-470-58614-3
1. Hairdressing—United States. 2. Hair—Care and hygiene—United States. 3. Racially mixed women—Health and hygiene—United States. 4. Beauty, Personal—Social aspects—United States. I. Title.
TT972.L24 2010
646.7’24—dc22
2009031429
 

 
10987654321
To my hair, for all those years you only wanted to be yourself.
Acknowledgments
I am grateful and honored to have so many supportive people around me. I got superhuman help from some giving and patient people, without whom the book would still be a large stack of papers that continued to grow and hundreds of photos that continued to multiply.
I owe a gigantic thank-you to my agent, Emmanuelle Alspaugh, who proved she could move mountains and leap tall buildings. Because of her, this book is a reality. So many thanks to Arlene Robinson—this book’s Fairy Godmother. Fate was kind the day she agreed to edit the first version of the manuscript. I’m grateful and stunned to be working with all of the wonderful people at Wiley and so happy to have found a home with them. Many large thank-yous to my editor, Christel Winkler, for her vision, support, and enthusiasm for this project—I’m elated to have this opportunity to work with her. Lisa Burstiner, the production editor, has turned my vision for the book into beautiful pages, and I am touched by the care and detail taken by her as well as copy editor Patricia Waldygo, who went over all my words to make them so much better. A big thanks to Betty Lowman for her enthusiasm and feedback and for putting me in touch with knowledgeable people; Photoshop master Hugh Macdonald, for walking me through much-needed techniques of preparing photos for printing; Kenneth Benson of Pegasus Type, for his meticulous help with InDesign when I was first starting out; Prema Qadir for her time and her honest feedback; and Daniel Bruce, for glancing over some last-minute additions.
More thanks than I can express to my mom for her constant support and being just fine with the alligator-loving little girl that I was, and to my dad for giving me his unique view of the world and showing me—literally and figuratively—that no door is locked until you try it. I am grateful to my stepmom, Ruth, for helping raise me and for all of her visits and inspiration through the years; my brother, Jeff, my childhood partner in crime (though probably not always by choice); Jeff’s wife, Katrina; my sister, Chrystal; my mom’s husband, Leon; and my dad’s wife, Meredith, for sharing her curly-hair stories with me.
My life is so much richer for having my wonderful friends in it: Brewster, whom I have known longer than I haven’t known; Deborah, for her kindnesses; Carrie, for being my SG; Miss Lena, for being a one-woman cheerleading squad; and, of course, Lena’s wonderful parents, Bob and Essie, for their enthusiastic support of all of my creative projects, no matter how dubious—I am honored to have you in my life. Many thanks to Heidi Durrow for welcoming me to the table; to Amy and Monica for the dream of sand burrows; for all of the online support from Gillian, Maleka, Dione, my Farah, Benedicta, Vanessa, Aja, Jencie, Larene, Frances, Amber, and Lisa and for your suggestions, comments, advice, pictures, words, and friendship. I am indebted to all of the people who e-mailed me with their feedback, questions, photos, and suggestions: your encouragement and thoughtful questions made this book stronger.
This last giant thank-you I saved for my husband, Jon Crump. I am repeatedly stunned and honored by his love and perceptiveness that borders on psychic ability. He worked tirelessly on building the Web site and was an invaluable source of ideas, feedback, and support. He graciously let me use all of his cool software and even take over his computer. When things came down to the wire, he rolled up his sleeves and jumped in to help. I am continuously and happily surprised to ha