
The Science of Black Hair
A Comprehensive Guide to Textured Hair Care
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Marti Dumas
About this listen
The Science of Black Hair is the ultimate consumer textbook on black hair care. Technically oriented and detailed throughout, this book was written with the serious hair-care consumer in mind. Hair science, research and testimony combine in this carefully written text designed to examine black hair on a deeper level. With its light academic style, it is truly the last hair book you'll ever need.
Listeners will learn how to:
- Maintain chemically-treated or natural hair in optimal health
- Stop hair breakage with a novel, protein/moisture balancing method
- Regulate product pH balance for shinier, more manageable hair
- Grow their hair longer, stronger, and healthier for life!
Additional Features:
- Regimen Builder with extensive product listings
- Ingredients glossary
- Interviews
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-16-23
The black hair book of the century!
This book has educated me in so many ways and it is one of the best investment I've made this year.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-18-18
Great listen
I love listening to this book, I can relate to the author and she teaches at the same time.
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- ShopAholic
- 02-25-23
Great detailed hair care book
I loved listening to this book. It goes into great detail about how our hair grows, to the proper products to use when and are categorized. I'm planning to get a hard copy for myself and as gifts for my friends.
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- Renee
- 12-26-19
Truely Comprehensive
I spend alot of time making DIY hair products and I learned alot from trisl and error. This book gave meaning to the results I was getting and cut my learning curve in half.
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- Eulanda
- 09-27-15
A wonderful read (listen) & a wealth of knowledge. Thank you.
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the book, which was incredibly educational, wonderfully narrated and even entertaining. My 'story' was certainly told in this book; however, I am left even the more enthused and encouraged to forge ahead on my 'black hair journey'. I would highly and gladly recommend this to any and all of my sisters of color.
Thank you for your labor of love and selflessness Audrey Davis-Sivasothy!
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- GDavis
- 10-11-24
The narrator was soft spoken. Very informative.
I think the book gave precise details as well as the origins hair structure & circumference. Also instruction on how correct problems in order to promote healthy hair. I enjoying learning how to regrow healthy strands.
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- Maria Love
- 01-06-17
SO EDUCATIONAL
I am a newly transitioning black woman, being 18 and knowing absolutely nothing about how to take care of my hair this book answered every question I could've asked extremely throughly. Between a mix of this book and some fellow YouTubers my hair is on its way to great lengths. This is definitely a holy grail in black hair care and I know why! I will forever recommend this book to others I met along my journey.
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- Annice
- 11-02-17
Excellent
I stumbled upon this book in my quest to find material on natural hair care. I was pleasantly surprised at how detailed the book was. Very informative.
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- Terry-Ann Gowie
- 05-17-15
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A really good book , very informative and teaches me a great deal about my natural hair.
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- Marjorie McLennon
- 08-06-18
Excellent Book
I gained the confidence I need for my natural hair journey. Very useful information throughout the book!
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