Featured are over 25 great braid designs to do yourself. The techniques are easily mastered and responsible for an array of new and exciting looks.*For a quick change of style, turn your traditional ponytail into something completely original in just a matter of minutes. Interested in appearing cosmopolitan? The French braid provides elegance and is sure to never go out of fashion. Want to show off your funky side? If so, see how the four-strand and wrapped crown 'do's grab you. These are but a few of the many wonderful styles. Maintenance tips and some gadgets and accessories you might want to check out will be extremely helpful in guaranteeing you the best-looking hair possible. 96 pages (all in color), 7 x 10. ...

Customer Reviews:

1 of 1 found this review helpful:
accurate, 2005-09-28
The book is as it is described. Very helpful and illustrative with both the drawings and the photos.

3 of 4 found this review helpful:
Just got it....not to sure, 2002-11-13
I just got the book last night Great Braids!!! So far just by flipping though it and reading a little bit of it I am not sure about it. I bought the book because my daughter has long hair that is hard to keep fixed for a full day of school. The pictures and diagrams are kind of confusing. I already know how to to the regular french braid but I wanted a little varation. This book does have that. I am just not sure she will be still long enough for me to do these styles for her. One thing I really like about this book though is that the front of the book teaches you to make a few hairbows. Overall the book seems to be what I was looking for.

11 of 12 found this review helpful:
not the best book ever, 2001-09-23
if you're a beginner and you've never seen a french braid before, you MIGHT want to invest in this book. I didn't. I got it from the library. Had I bought it it would have been a total waste of money. The "open file system" is annoying, not useful, and you definately can't use it to do your own hair. Because of the open file system, I still don't understand how to do a "four strand braid", which was the ONLY braid I didn't already know how to do. ...

25 of 25 found this review helpful:
Braids and more, 2000-10-02
I bought two braiding books at the same time (the other was Beautiful Braids, by Coen and Maxwell) and this is by far the better of the two. There are upside down and inside out braids, as well as herringbones, twists, and some updos.

The book seems to be written to beauty professionals though, since several of the styles are explained in terms of how to do it on someone else's hair, not your own. I'm having a hard time convincing my husband that braiding my hair is a good use of his time. I'm still glad I bought this book, since there are several ideas I hadn't thought of.

65 of 65 found this review helpful:
Exciting but not new, 2000-01-17
Hardy's Great Braids! contains interesting and easy-to-do styles for medium-to-long hair. What's disappointing, however, is that the styles - and in some cases, the illustrations! - almost completely duplicate Anne Akers Johnson's Hair: A Book of Braiding and Styles (published two years earlier than Hardy's volume). Buy one or the other, but not both.

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