Curly Girl: The Handbook

Curly Girl: The Handbook

The Curly Girl manifesto is back, now completely revised, updated, and expanded by more than a third with all-new material. Created by curly hair evangelist Lorraine Massey—the go-to curl expert featured in <i>Allure</i>, <i>InStyle</i>, <i>Lucky</i>, <i>Seventeen</i>, and <i>The New York Times</i>; and founder of several curly salons and curly products in New York City—<i>Curly Girl</i> is the surprising bible for the 65 percent of women with naturally curly or wavy hair and a desire to celebrate it.<br /><br /><i>Curly Girl</i> is packed with unique and fail-proof hair-care methods, inspiration, and an empowering pro-curl attitude. It’s all here: daily routines for Botticelli, fractal, and wavy curls; Lorraine’s no-more-shampoo epiphany—<i>handle your hair as gently as you do your best cashmere sweater</i>; homemade lotions and potions. New to this edition: an illustrated, step-by-step guide to trimming your own hair (remember: it’s not what you take off; it’s what you leave on); a section on the <i>particular</i> needs of wavy hair; Lorraine’s Down-and-Dirty Curly Boy Routine; more fabulous ’dos for weddings and other special occasions; a chapter on multi<i>curl</i>tural hair written by an African American specialist. Plus, updated information on green and chemical-free products. From now on, there’s no such thing as a bad hair day.