Textured Tresses: The Ultimate Guide to Maintaining and Styling Natural Hair

I gave this book as a gift to a friend who has recently gone natural. She's loves the book.

I bought "Textured Tresses" today and love it. There is a lot of celebrity name dropping but who cares. It is well written and provides product names, numerous illustrations, detailed how-to's and a salon directory. Also there is a section on picking the right stylist and salon that I found helpful. I bought "NO LYE!" Tuesday and returned it Wednesday. It was not nearly what I expected after all of the rave reviews. The illustrations were limited and the sections on twists was no help at all. Don't waste your money on "NO LYE!". No lie.

Diane gives a thorough background on hair. After reading this book I had a better understanding of how chemicals harm hair and how there is no such thing as "bad hair". It helped make my transistion from chemically treated hair to completely natural. She also gives recommendations on hair products.

I enjoyed reading this book and I refer to it quite often. Still a relative newbie to natural hair care, I particularly appreciate the way Diane has interwoven lists of hair care products that have proven success on natural hair with stories of her celebrity clients' hair care issues. There are also some wonderful photographs in the book. I'd highly recommend this book as a must read for anyone who is pondering going natural, as I was at the time of reading the book initially.

This guide teaches you how to accept, love and style your natural hair. I decided to grow out my chemical relaxer and found DaCosta's description of "natural sets" very easy to do and helpful . . .my hair has never looked healthier! I also appreciate her recommendations of hair salons all over the US and UK as well as her hair product reccomendations. Easy read and very affordable.