Amazing Braids, Buns & Twists: A Step-by-Step Guide to 34 Beautiful Styles

by Eric Mayost

Overview

This easy-to-follow guidebook puts the power of style in your hands!

Learn to create thirty-four classic and contemporary braids, buns, and twists with step-by-step tutorials for each one. Detailed photographs will take the guesswork out of styling, while glossy fashion photographs will demonstrate how to tailor and accessorize each hairdo. A braiding glossary at the front does the decoding for you, so all you have to do is get to work! With advice for different hair types, textures, and lengths plus product tips and fun variations, Amazing Braids, Buns, and Twists! is a must-have beauty resource for show-stopping hair.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781623540661
Publisher:	Charlesbridge
Publication date:	09/08/2015
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	8.06(w) x 10.06(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

Top Tel Aviv hairstylist Eric Mayost is the owner of one of the city's most trendy salons; he has styled hair for ads, television shows, and leading fashion magazines; and he has led professional hairstyling courses and seminars. He is known for creating hairstyles that are innovative and hip. Mayost is also the author of Spectacular Hair (Sterling), Gorgeous Wedding Hairstyles (Sterling) and Fabulous Teen Hairstyles (Sterling).

Read an Excerpt

Do you love long hair? If you’ve taken the time to grow your hair, then the answer is probably an emphatic “Yes!” Long hair is really popular these days, and it’s no surprise. Healthy long hair, whether it’s wavy, straight or curly, allows for so many incredible hairstyle possibilities. Long hair can be styled to look romantic, sophisticated, playful or glamorous. It can be curled or swirled, braided or wrapped, twisted or tied, and so much more. In short, the list of possibilities is as long as your hair – if not longer!
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Table of Contents

Introduction 4

Braiding Glossary 4

Tools & Accessories 5

Gallery of Hairstyles

Elevated Elegance 6

Texture'n' Twirls 10

Folded Fancy 14

Summertime Swirl 18

Cinnamon Swirl 22

Elegant Allure 26

Charming Twists 30

Princess Plaits 34

Bewitching Twist 38

Twist-a-Licious 43

Glamour Girl 48

Summertime Romance 52

Fancy Free 56

Rippling Rapunzel 60

Top Knot 64

Fanciful Fishtail 68

Fishtail Wrap 72

Sugar 'n' Spice 76

French Fold 80

Fishtail Folly 84

Super Stardom 88

Creative Crown 92

Waves 'n' Braids 96

Colossal Curl 100

Extension Extreme 104

Cockle Shells 108

Wild Wreath 112

Topsy Turvy 116

Wrapped Around 120

Licorice Laces 124

Braided Tranquility 128

Sassy Swirl 132

Rippie Effect 136

Swirl Sensation 140

Index 144

Editorial Reviews

Classy, glamorous, exquisite, intricate! The 34 hairstyles contained in this guide will be the envy of many young women. In the book’s front matter, stylist Mayost gives definitions, tools, and accessories needed to for the job. Then instructions for each style follow, using a four-page format that begins with a full-page color photograph of the model showing the finished ’do. Step-by-step instructions follow with detailed text and a color photograph to illustrate. The final photo in each section is again of the finished hairstyle. Models represent different ethnic groups and have different hair types. Mayost is known for his elaborate hair designs and cover styles for magazines, so it is not surprising that this guide goes beyond your average French braid. Though it proclaims, “no professional styling skills required,” most of the featured styles are difficult and take between 13 and 15 steps to complete. This is Mayost’s fourth hairstyle book, and it will likely be popular in high school and public libraries.
- Booklist Online

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