Hair today, gone tomorrow

We wash it, dye it, shave it, curl it, iron it, mousse it, clean it out of the sink, tousle it, spike it, banana clip it, lose it, relax it, barrette it, berate it, comb it, bleach it, deep condition it, spray it, cut it, add extensions to it, braid it, crimp it, tease it, gel it, brush it, love it and hate it.  People in the United States spend $20,641,000,000 per year on it. So what am I talking about?  No, not pants!  Hair!

 

Here are some great books featuring this versatile asset:

 

Drunk, divorced & covered in cat hair by Laurie Beasley Perry.

 

After her husband takes off, Perry finds solace in knitting and enters society again with the help of her smart and funny knitting group.

 

Great hair : secrets to looking fabulous and feeling beautiful every day by Nick Arrojo.

 

This “What Not to Wear” stylist offers a complete education on hair care to enhance your beauty so you feel gorgeous. 

 

Guilty by a hair! : real-life DNA matches by Anna Prokos. 

 

Your hair can confirm your guilt or maintain your innocence.  Remember that.

 

Speaking of crimes, it would certainly be one not to offer you the viewing pleasure of perhaps the most exciting silent hair video on the Internet:

 

 

–Bonnie

 

 

it (almost) always grows back

Aah, the heat and humidity of summer are doing a number on my hair these days.  It seems to grow faster, and get curlier in the strangest ways.  That must be why I just recently came across a blog for the hair obsessed.  Isn’t the Internet great?

Well, yes, but the library’s better.  Did you know that we can help you decide on your next hair style?  Well, perhaps not exactly help you decide, but, as always, provide you with the resources you need to make your decision.  We subscribe to several hair style magazines:

• Hair
• Hair Now
• Sophisticates Black Hair Styles
• Sophisticates Hairstyle Guide

Plus, we have all sorts of books that can provide a wonderful array of options to choose from:

• Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History, by Victoria Sherrow.  (Some people write blogs, some people write encyclopedias!)
• Wimples and Crisping Pins: Being Studies in the Coiffure and Ornaments of Women, by Theodore Child.  (This one’s from 1895…  I told you there are all kinds of options!)
• The Complete Book of Hairstyling, by Charles Worthington.
• Hairstyles: How to Have Beautiful Hair, Step-by-Step, with Over 30 High-Impact Simple-to-Use Techniques, Looks and Makeovers to Do at Home, by Jacki Wadeson.
• Queens: Portraits of Black Women and Their Fabulous Hair, by Michael Cunningham and George Alexander.
• Feng Shui Beauty: Bringing the Ancient Principles of Balance and Harmony to Your Hair, Makeup and Personal Style, by Billy Yamaguchi.

On top of all of that, you can make an interest in hair into a multimedia experience!  There’s always the musical, or you can read a Bubbles mystery, about a hairdresser-turned-investigative-journalist.   

So next time you’re in the market for a new hair style, stop by!  You’ll get an expert opinion (on how to find what you’re looking for).

-Kaarin