Diane Da Costa Recommends

Diane Da Costa's Recommended products:
Aveda
Carol's Daughter
Clinique-sold at Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Saks Fifth Avenue
Gentle Treatment-Sold at Target, walmart, and drug stores
Goldwell Color system-goldwell.com
Kiehl's - (212)-67-3171, sold at NYC
Kera Care Products-Avlon/Affirm. Avlon.com
Kerastase Shampoo and Conditioners-kerastase.com
L'oreal Majarel Professional Colors and Salons-loreal.com
Optimum Multimineral Relaxers-Lorealusa.com/softsheen-carson.com
Pantene Pro-V Shampoos and Conditioners-Sold at Rite Aid, CVS and other drug stores.
Neutrogena Shampoos & conditioners-sold at Rite Aid, CVS, and other drug stores.
Matrix: Biolage Earth Tones Color Refreshing Conditioners-matrix.com
mizani Relaxer System, shampoos, conditioners, and finishing products 1800-342-7661
Phytologie/Phytospecific-Sold at Barney's

Review of No Lye!: The African American Woman's Guide to Natural Hair Care by Tulani Kinard

I loved the pictures in the book.

Tulani really knows her stuff.

The contents of her book include:

Chapter 1: The Root of it all

Don't get stranded: Understand your Hair's composition

Shape Up: Determining your Hair's Shape

The Look and Feel of It: Determining your Hair's Texture

Texture Test

Chapter 2: The Breaking Point

You are What you Eat- And So is Your Hair!

Keeping Baldness at Bay

Cosmetic Solutions

Chapter 3: Coming Clean- Shampoo And Grooming 101

Just the pHacts, Ma'am

Shampoos

Why is our Hair Dry, Normal, or Oily?

Shampoo Ingredients

The Right Shampoo for You

How to Shampoo Natural Hair

Conditioners

Drying Your Hair

No pains, No strains for Natural Manes: How to Comb Out Natural Hair

Scalp Disorders

Diet for Healthy Hair

There are eight chapters in No Lye! The African-American Woman's Guide to Natural Hair Care.

This is a book for anyone and everyone who really wants to understand their hair and obviously their roots. However, the book left me wanting more. Soemtimes I would be reading one topic then turn the page and a new topic comes up.

But it was a good read overall.

Review of Good Hair: For Colored Girls Who've considered weaves when the chemicals became too Ruff by Lonnice Brittenum Bonner

Just this weekend I went to the library and stumbled upon this book. Again. I had skimmed through it once before and probably got a lot from it but I resisted change and only began to use a spray bottle of water to spritz my hair with.

I feel that "Good Hair," relates to most Black women who want to try something, anything to keep their hair from falling off. Lonnice Brittenum Bonner speaks with ease that makes any reader feel like she's one of her girlfriends. In the introduction she talks about her hair problems which makes it so much harder for us African-American Women to shy away from our own hair problems/stories. An example of a hair problem from her book is:

When I wore braids for one and a half years and grew a shoulder-length head of hair I literally thanked God for, only to screw it right up with a chemical straightener... on top of a home curly perm. Go ahead and snicker, but you know women who've done this if you haven't already done it yourself...