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Michel Kazan

A hair stylist, Kazan coiffed the stars: Greta Garbo, Natalie Wood and Raquel Welch. But he's best known as the originator of several hairstyles that outlive him: the bouffant, the pageboy and the French twist. Kazan died in New York May 13 at age 92.

From This is True for 14 May 2000

Suggestions for further reading:

Hair: Styling Tips and Tricks for Girls (American Girl Library)
List Price: $8.95
Amazon Price: $8.95

 
It's All Good Hair: The Guide to Styling and Grooming Black Children's Hair
By: Michele N-k Collison
List Price: $12.95
Amazon Price: $10.36
Editorial Review:

What are you going to do with your children's hair? Combing your daughter's hair is giving you a headache and now your son is asking you for cornrows. Relax. Finally, there's a lifeline for those who are desperately seeking help in styling their Black children's hair. Learn the tricks and techniques for today's most popular hairstyles with the easy-to-follow steps found in It's All Good Hair. It features hair-care and styling tips from a variety of experts, and you'll learn all the secrets to braiding, relaxing, and locking, as well as discover many other creative styling ideas. Say good-bye to those disastrous attempts at doing it alone. Here's the support you need to help your children look good and feel their very best.


 
Doll Hair: Styling Tips and Tricks for Your Dolls (American Girl Library)
List Price: $19.95
Amazon Price: $13.57
Editorial Review:
In this book-and-DVD set, girls will find lots of fun and fancy hairstyles to try on their dolls. Illustrated, step-by-step instructions for more than 50 hairstyles are included, plus tips for doll hair care and stylists' secrets for creating doll hairdos. The kit includes: a 25-minute DVD, wire brush made especially for doll hair, and doll-sized hair accessories.
 
Textured Tresses: The Ultimate Guide to Maintaining and Styling Natural Hair
By: Diane Da CostaPaula T. Renfroe
List Price: $15.00
Amazon Price: $10.20
Editorial Review:
Twist it! Braid it! Loc it! Enjoy the freedom and beauty of naturally textured hair.

Textured hair styles like Locs, Braids, Twists, Cornrows, and Knots are all the rage, adorning the heads of celebrities, athletes, and everyday folk now more than ever before. Yet, the actual caring, styling, and maintenance of textured hair still remains a mystery to many.

Now, Diane Da Costa, celebrity stylist and master designer of natural hair, unravels the tresses of textured hair, providing readers with information on the proper care of natural hair as well as a step-by-step guide on achieving various exciting styles.

Textured Tresses will help you:

Identify and celebrate the texture you were born with (whether it's wavy, curly, very curly, or tightly coiled)Keep your hair healthy and strong by using hair products and tools correctly and managing stress effectivelySelect the right stylist and salon to suit your hair care needsTransition from chemically relaxed hair to natural hair safelyExperiment with color, weaves, and chemicalsAchieve the styles you admire on your favorite movie stars and recording artists

Packed throughout with photos, illustrations, and special celebrity sections, Textured Tresses is a must-have whether you already twist, coil, loc, or want to learn how to begin.


 
The Inside Haircutting System
By: Tony Trono
List Price: $29.95
Amazon Price: $29.95
Editorial Review:
This step-by-step guide makes it possible for you to create styles that are compatible for individual clients and recreate those styles again and again. It's a logical, disciplined system in which you start with a specific objective and follow a step-by-step process to achieve it. The basic steps are always the same, no matter what style you want to achieve, or how long the client's hair, or whether the hair is curly or straight, coarse or thin.

Includes detailed instructions and illustrative photographs.


 
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