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Here is Teri LaFlesh's website: http://tightlycurly.com/welcome/
Book:
I ordered mine from www.amazon.com
Here's my review:
In the first chapter Teri discusses how she used to relax her hair and how she tried all types of methods to tame her hair like self texturizing and jeri curls. The book "Good Hair: For Colored Girls Who've Considered Weaves When Chemicals Became Too Ruff" inspired Teri to grow out her relaxer and wear her hair natural and unstraightened.
The second chapter discusses the science of curls/hair---how curls are formed, the layers of the hair strand, etc. Ways that hair is damaged and the effects of the environment are also reviewed.
Chapter three is about shampooing and conditioning the hair. Step by step instructions and pictures are included. She also talks about using conditioner only in the hair. Chapters four through six deal with combing and defining curls with conditioner only. Single stand knots and mats are some of the hair challenges discussed.
Chapter seven is about maintaining tightly curly hair. This was an interesting chapter. Teri talks about how to refresh curls for second day hair and beyond, trimming, etc. One thing that I found interesting is Teri doesn't think trimming tightly curly hair is necessary and hasn't trimmed in almost 10 years. According to her hair only needs to be trimmed if damaged, and she discusses how to trim hair in this chapter. Teri also believes that deep conditioning is unnecessary---she mentions that deep conditioners usually have the same ingredients as regular conditioners and the damaged hair can't be repaired.
Chapter eight discusses taking care of children's curls. Chapter nine discusses adding highlights to curls hair and chapter ten discusses hair care for transitioning from relaxed to natural.
In chapter eleven, products for taking care of curly hair are recommended. She talks about conditioner, combs, and (Denman) brushes. Ingredients in found hair products and what to avoid are discussed, too.
Chapter twelve discusses the science of how chemicals such as relaxers and coloring work on the hair. Chapter thirteen is about styling tightly curly hair. All of the styles are simple and cute and none of them involve combing or brushing the hair. All of the styles are also quick to do---taking about 5 minutes or less. Some of the styles include figure 8 buns and French twists.
Chapter fourteen discusses her views on curly hair and celebrating and embracing tightly curly hair. The book then concludes with recommended reading.
My grade: solid A
My thoughts:
Defining every single curl by smoothing each one between the fingers after using a Denman brush to clump them seems so time consuming and I'm also leery of never trimming, but Teri's hair looks nice and it works for her.
An alternative that Teri suggests to defining each individual curl is simply running the fingers through the hair while full of conditioner. This also defines curls but probably not as well as defining each individual curl.
I like how her method of caring for tightly curly hair is simple and so is her styling. All of the products she recommends are easy to find and affordable. She describes things in detail with lots of pictures. I wish the pictures were in color though--they're black and white. They were still nice though.
Overall I like the book. It is similar to the stuff discussed on her website but much more detailed.
This is trivial information but:
Teri mentioned that it is easy to part curly hair that is defined and not matted by simply using your fingers and flipping the curls over. I tried this on my hair and she's right!!!
I can now change my parts without a comb as and often as I want. I've been fully natural for almost a year now and didn't realize this until today. 
Book:
I ordered mine from www.amazon.com
Here's my review:
In the first chapter Teri discusses how she used to relax her hair and how she tried all types of methods to tame her hair like self texturizing and jeri curls. The book "Good Hair: For Colored Girls Who've Considered Weaves When Chemicals Became Too Ruff" inspired Teri to grow out her relaxer and wear her hair natural and unstraightened.
The second chapter discusses the science of curls/hair---how curls are formed, the layers of the hair strand, etc. Ways that hair is damaged and the effects of the environment are also reviewed.
Chapter three is about shampooing and conditioning the hair. Step by step instructions and pictures are included. She also talks about using conditioner only in the hair. Chapters four through six deal with combing and defining curls with conditioner only. Single stand knots and mats are some of the hair challenges discussed.
Chapter seven is about maintaining tightly curly hair. This was an interesting chapter. Teri talks about how to refresh curls for second day hair and beyond, trimming, etc. One thing that I found interesting is Teri doesn't think trimming tightly curly hair is necessary and hasn't trimmed in almost 10 years. According to her hair only needs to be trimmed if damaged, and she discusses how to trim hair in this chapter. Teri also believes that deep conditioning is unnecessary---she mentions that deep conditioners usually have the same ingredients as regular conditioners and the damaged hair can't be repaired.
Chapter eight discusses taking care of children's curls. Chapter nine discusses adding highlights to curls hair and chapter ten discusses hair care for transitioning from relaxed to natural.
In chapter eleven, products for taking care of curly hair are recommended. She talks about conditioner, combs, and (Denman) brushes. Ingredients in found hair products and what to avoid are discussed, too.
Chapter twelve discusses the science of how chemicals such as relaxers and coloring work on the hair. Chapter thirteen is about styling tightly curly hair. All of the styles are simple and cute and none of them involve combing or brushing the hair. All of the styles are also quick to do---taking about 5 minutes or less. Some of the styles include figure 8 buns and French twists.
Chapter fourteen discusses her views on curly hair and celebrating and embracing tightly curly hair. The book then concludes with recommended reading.
My grade: solid A
My thoughts:
Defining every single curl by smoothing each one between the fingers after using a Denman brush to clump them seems so time consuming and I'm also leery of never trimming, but Teri's hair looks nice and it works for her.
An alternative that Teri suggests to defining each individual curl is simply running the fingers through the hair while full of conditioner. This also defines curls but probably not as well as defining each individual curl.
I like how her method of caring for tightly curly hair is simple and so is her styling. All of the products she recommends are easy to find and affordable. She describes things in detail with lots of pictures. I wish the pictures were in color though--they're black and white. They were still nice though.
Overall I like the book. It is similar to the stuff discussed on her website but much more detailed.
This is trivial information but:
Teri mentioned that it is easy to part curly hair that is defined and not matted by simply using your fingers and flipping the curls over. I tried this on my hair and she's right!!!
I can now change my parts without a comb as and often as I want. I've been fully natural for almost a year now and didn't realize this until today.
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I enjoyed the pictures but wish they were in color.
