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Becoming a Hairstylist by
Based on the real-life experiences of an expert in the field, an immersive, accessible guide to a career in hairstyling brought to life by acclaimed writer Kate Bolick--essential reading for anyone interested in this creative and dynamic profession. Gwenn LeMoine sees the world through the lens of hair. The daughter of two hairstylists, she has taken her natural talent to an entrepreneurial level and is now the owner of Parlor, a wildly popular, two-location hair salon in the East Village and Brooklyn. A pioneer with four decades of expertise in styling eccentric celebrity personalities, LeMoine works with clients such as such as Piper Kerman, Rue McClanahan, Molly Ringwald, Twyla Tharp, and William Wegman, to name only a few. Her work has also been featured on television (SNL, VH1, ETV), in magazines (Real Simple, Nylon, The New York Times, and Paste), and at awards shows, such as the Tonys and Emmys. In Becoming a Hairstylist, Atlantic columnist and New York Times notable author Kate Bolick provides a compelling profile of a career in hair styling through the life of LeMoine, and offers us a glance at a day in the life at Parlor. The perfect resource for anyone interested in a career in cosmetology, Becoming a Hairstylist portrays how to excel as a stylist--at any age and for all types of customers.
Call Number: TT955 .L46 B65 2019 (Waycross)ISBN: 9781982115906Publication Date: 2019-04-02
Hair to Dye For by
How to achieve amazing hair color effects at home from a simple exotic highlight to the unicorn hair of your dreams! Ever wanted blue hair? How about red, purple, green, white, pink, or grey? How about a bunch of those at once? With this book, your fantasy hair can now become a reality. Written by well-known hair colorist Ash Fortis, this book includes step-by-step instructions on how to do dozens of different hair dye techniques, from highlights to hologram hair. Featuring gorgeous photography and custom how-to illustrations, Hair to Dye For will not only show you how to dye your hair, it'll give you inspiration for amazing looks you'd never even imagined.
Call Number: TT973 .F67 2020 (Camden)ISBN: 9781681885049Publication Date: 2020-05-26
Milady Standard Barbering by
Milady Standard Barbering, 6th edition, continues to be the leading resource in barbering education, providing the foundational principles and techniques needed to be successful while in school, pass the licensing exam, and launch yourself into a thriving career. Incorporating new photography, artwork and overall layout, the look and feel of this edition has been transformed, resulting in a sleek and clean design. Content has been updated within each chapter with a major focus on the procedures, infection control, life skills and business chapters, just to name a few. In addition, classic techniques have been paired with contemporary looks to ensure success both while in school and beyond to employment. As the only textbook that provides an integrated set of resources to enhance the learning process, this new edition continues its long history of setting the standard in barbering education.
Call Number: TT960 .S33 2017 (Golden Isles & Jesup)ISBN: 9781305100558Publication Date: 2016-06-14
Nailed It by
World-famous nail artist and author of the must-have textbook for nail technicians, Marian Newman reveals the stories behind some of her most iconic nails created for fashion shows and magazines, as well as the secrets and techniques to recreate her incredible nails. Featuring images of Marian's stunning and unique nail looks for Kate Moss, Gisele, and Cara Delevingne, for advertising campaigns by Dior and Alexander McQueen, and fashions shows including Vivienne Westwood, Louis Vuitton, and Givenchy, Marian takes you on a journey through her incredible 20-year career working with the biggest names in fashion. Always true to her own style of creative curiosity, Marian provides step-by-step techniques for some of her most outrageous and spectacular nails, as well as revealing what's in her toolkit and where you can buy her favorite products. Full of beautiful photographs from the world's most influential photographers and illuminating behind the scenes details, Nailed It is the essential book for all nail lovers. "Marian Newman is to nails what Karl Lagerfeld is to frocks." Tatler "Marian Newman is arguably the biggest influence in the nail world, ever." Elle
Call Number: TT958.3 .N49 2019 (Camden & Golden Isles)ISBN: 9781786274069Publication Date: 2019-04-23
Robert Jones' Makeup Masterclass by
Robert Jones' Makeup Masterclass is about more than dramatic transformations. It's for honing makeup artistry and building confidence for a beautiful result.
Call Number: RA776.98 .J66 2018 (Camden) & OnlineISBN: 9781592337835Publication Date: 2017-12-19
The Scandinavian Skincare Bible by
The Swedish bestseller that will revolutionize the way you treat your skin. Beautiful, healthy skin is a holy grail for teens with acne and adults with wrinkles alike, and multi-step beauty routines are all the rage. But we know surprisingly little about our largest organ. Think drinking water will replenish your skin? Think again. More products, better skin? Nope. And an expensive product doesn't guarantee reliable results. You don't need to cleanse your skin in the morning; in fact, too much cleansing can be damaging. Toner is redundant, natural products are not always best, and bacteria are not the enemy--and that's just the beginning! Learn how to read the labels on products, know exactly what it is you're putting on your skin, and make better decisions about how you care for it. Using cutting-edge research about the microbiome, as well as the relationship between gut health and skin,The Scandinavian Skincare Bible challenges how we look at beauty today. By revealing the science and exposing commercial tricks, Dr Gillbro empowers us to lay the foundation for healthy, beautiful skin.
Call Number: RL87 .G5513 2020 (Camden)ISBN: 9781950354351Publication Date: 2021-02-09
Twisted by
A Kirkus Best Book of the Year Stamped from the Beginning meets You Can't Touch My Hair in this timely and resonant essay collection from Guardian contributor and prominent BBC race correspondent Emma Dabiri, exploring the ways in which black hair has been appropriated and stigmatized throughout history, with ruminations on body politics, race, pop culture, and Dabiri's own journey to loving her hair. Emma Dabiri can tell you the first time she chemically straightened her hair. She can describe the smell, the atmosphere of the salon, and her mix of emotions when she saw her normally kinky tresses fall down her shoulders. For as long as Emma can remember, her hair has been a source of insecurity, shame, and--from strangers and family alike--discrimination. And she is not alone. Despite increasingly liberal world views, black hair continues to be erased, appropriated, and stigmatized to the point of taboo. Through her personal and historical journey, Dabiri gleans insights into the way racism is coded in society's perception of black hair--and how it is often used as an avenue for discrimination. Dabiri takes us from pre-colonial Africa, through the Harlem Renaissance, and into today's Natural Hair Movement, exploring everything from women's solidarity and friendship, to the criminalization of dreadlocks, to the dubious provenance of Kim Kardashian's braids. Through the lens of hair texture, Dabiri leads us on a historical and cultural investigation of the global history of racism--and her own personal journey of self-love and finally, acceptance. Deeply researched and powerfully resonant, Twisted proves that far from being only hair, black hairstyling culture can be understood as an allegory for black oppression and, ultimately, liberation.
Call Number: GT2290 .D33 2020 (Camden)ISBN: 9780062966728Publication Date: 2020-06-23
Selected eBooks
Hair by
Bobs, beards, blondes and beyond, Hair takes us on a lavishly illustrated journey into the world of this remarkable substance and our complicated and fascinating relationship with it. Taking the key things we do to it in turn, this book captures its importance in the past and into the present: to individuals and society, for health and hygiene, in social and political challenge, in creating ideals of masculinity and womanliness, in being a vehicle for gossip, secrets and sex. Using art, film, personal diaries, newspapers, texts and images, Susan J. Vincent unearths the stories we have told about hair and why they are important. From ginger jibes in the seventeenth century to bobbed-hair suicides in the 1920s, from hippies to Roundheads, from bearded women to smooth metrosexuals, Hair shows the significance of the stuff we nurture, remove, style and tend. You will never take it for granted again.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780857851703Publication Date: 2018-10-04
Madam C. J. Walker's Gospel of Giving by
Winner of the AFP/Skystone Partners Prize for Research on Fundraising and Philanthropy, Association of Fundraising Professionals, 2021 Terry McAdam Book Award, given by the Alliance for Nonprofit Management 2023 Peter Dobkin Hall History of Philanthropy Prize from the Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). Founder of a beauty empire, Madam C. J. Walker was celebrated as America's first self-made female millionaire in the early 1900s. Known as a leading African American entrepreneur, Walker was also devoted to an activist philanthropy aimed at empowering African Americans and challenging the injustices inflicted by Jim Crow. Tyrone McKinley Freeman's biography highlights how giving shaped Walker's life before and after she became wealthy. Poor and widowed when she arrived in St. Louis in her twenties, Walker found mentorship among black churchgoers and working black women. Her adoption of faith, racial uplift, education, and self-help soon informed her dedication to assisting black women's entrepreneurship, financial independence, and activism. Walker embedded her philanthropy in how she grew her business, forged alliances with groups like the National Association of Colored Women, funded schools and social service agencies led by African American women, and enlisted her company's sales agents in local charity and advocacy work. Illuminating and dramatic, Madam C. J. Walker's Gospel of Giving broadens our understanding of black women's charitable giving and establishes Walker as a foremother of African American philanthropy.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780252043451Publication Date: 2020-10-12
Tracey Cunningham's True Color by
The history, inspiration, and muses of hair color, as told by Hollywood's top hair colorist Tracey Cunningham: True Color is the first book by the world's most celebrated and in-demand hair colorist. Cunningham's work on Hollywood's biggest celebrities and her influence on the beauty industry are unparalleled. True Color will trace the history of hair color and offer a glimpse behind Hollywood's global cultural influence and the biggest entertainment icons that have inspired Cunningham's work. The book will also serve as a practical manual and detail the nutrition habits that promote healthy, owing follicles (the canvas of any good dye job) and your pre-salon visit checklist. To help unearth your dream inspiration, whether you're a brunette, blonde, redhead, or even transitioning to natural silver, True Color will also feature exclusive interviews and personal, never-before-seen photos from some of Cunningham's biggest clients.
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781419738111Publication Date: 2021-05-04
Expert Recommedations
Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual: For Everyone from Beginner to Pro by
This is the book that Bobbi Brown's fans have been waiting for: her 25-plus years of makeup styling experience distilled into one complete, gorgeous book. Bobbi looks at everything from skincare basics to every aspect of facial makeup--from how to find the right color and type of foundation for any skin tone to how to apply every detail of eye makeup (Brows, Eye Liner, Eye Shadow, and Eye Lashes) no matter your eye color and shape. Of course there are never-before-seen tips on blush, bronzer, lip liners, lipstick, etc. And Bobbi looks beyond the face with informative chapters on "Hands and Feet" and "Body Skin Care." Each chapter has thorough step-by-step basic directions for makeup application and easy-to-follow photographs and line drawings, along with Bobbi's expert, yet assuring, advice. Plus, there's a groundbreaking section of the book that will be of special interest to women who've wanted to know how makeup stylists do what they do: the top beauty secrets only these artists know, essential equipment to keep on hand, how to break into the business, and how to work with photographers and celebrities.
Breathtaking photos of the finished faces-from everyday looks to exotic runway style-along with advice on putting it all together for every woman, make this a book like no other.
BOBBI BROWN'S MAKEUP MANUAL will be the only book any woman will need to look absolutely fabulous.
Call Number: RA 778 .B8786 2008 (Camden, Golden Isles, Jesup & Waycross)ISBN: 9780755318476Publication Date: January 1, 2008
Standard Cosmetology by
This full-color, spiral bound supplement to the leading cosmetology textbook in the marketplace, Milady's Standard Textbook of Cosmetology, provides for 28 additional cuts and styles: 17 women's and 11 men's. This brand new resource showcases cuts and styles in step-by-step accuracy.
Call Number: TT 970 .M55 2009 (Camden)ISBN: 9781435400740Publication Date: 2008-06-25
Start Your Own Hair Salon and Day Spa by
Personal care services from head to toe remain invaluable commodities among consumers in every city and town. Learn the ins and outs of starting a successful business in one of today's hottest industries: salons and day spas. From establishing your business legally in the marketplace to holding a grand opening and developing your prices, service menu and hiring staff, this step-by-step guide takes you from big-picture plans to day-to-day dealings in your new spa and salon. Learn how to get and keep premium customers with advice, and tips from interviews with successful hair salon and day spa owners.
Call Number: TT965 .S26 2014 (Camden, Golden Isles & Jesup) & OnlineISBN: 9781599185439Publication Date: 2014-09-09
