- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (4 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060839805
- ISBN-13: 978-0060839802
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 19.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,187,565 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Lorri has an amazing ability to create hair color that looks natural and beautiful and still remains shiny and healthy!"--Reese Witherspoon
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"Are you ready for star treatment? Prepare to pamper your tresses with recipes, tips and tricks from one of Hollywood's most popular colorists, [who] takes common coloring errors from disaster to fixed with little-known secrets that keep your favorite stars shining on the runway."--Sophisticated Hairstyle Guide
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found the book very easy to read and the instructions were not to difficult and it has given me ideas for the autumn season and at least the author does not make colouring such a mystery.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Great book for learning to interpret how to home colour your own particular natural hair shade to achieve better results.
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49 of 54 people found the following review helpful
I didn't learn anything from this book
12 Nov 2007
Format:Hardcover
As a non-professional who has nonetheless colored her hair at home for many years, I didn't feel as if I got anything new out of this. Tips like, "prepare your area" and "use a protective cream around the hairline" are so basic, you'd have to be completely new to hair color not to know that. On the other hand, I've never been bold enough to attempt my own highlighting so I read through those sections to see if it was doable.
Unfortunately, the directions for various techniques were unclear and there weren't enough pictures to show what she meant. I still feel completely in the dark about how to highlight my own hair. The colors that you have to choose from are only a few for each shade range (dark brown, light brown, dark blonde, light blonde). If the color you want is not in the book, she won't show you how to achieve it. Also, your hair has to be virgin (not already colored) to follow her recipes. She does not even go into different options for coloring hair such as semi-permanent, demi-permanent, etc.. All recipes are for permanent hair color. I've actually learned quite a bit more about hair color reading and researching on the internet than by reading this book.
Overall, I am disappointed. At least the book makes a nice coffee table book for your girlfriend's to look through and I would recommend it to anyone who is completely new to coloring hair as it is definitely meant for the novice (except for the highlighting and advanced techniques which are suited only to professional stylists). Don't expect to find even a very basic explanation of the color wheel or underlying pigments. Overall, not what I expected. I was really hoping to find insider secrets but did not find them here.
Unfortunately, the directions for various techniques were unclear and there weren't enough pictures to show what she meant. I still feel completely in the dark about how to highlight my own hair. The colors that you have to choose from are only a few for each shade range (dark brown, light brown, dark blonde, light blonde). If the color you want is not in the book, she won't show you how to achieve it. Also, your hair has to be virgin (not already colored) to follow her recipes. She does not even go into different options for coloring hair such as semi-permanent, demi-permanent, etc.. All recipes are for permanent hair color. I've actually learned quite a bit more about hair color reading and researching on the internet than by reading this book.
Overall, I am disappointed. At least the book makes a nice coffee table book for your girlfriend's to look through and I would recommend it to anyone who is completely new to coloring hair as it is definitely meant for the novice (except for the highlighting and advanced techniques which are suited only to professional stylists). Don't expect to find even a very basic explanation of the color wheel or underlying pigments. Overall, not what I expected. I was really hoping to find insider secrets but did not find them here.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Not that helpful....
23 Oct 2007
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this book with high hopes of learning how to color my hair at home. Read it from cover to cover, then went back to identify what I wanted, and how to do it. I cannot for the life of me understand how to do my "tab 4" hair in a "Milk Chocolate" color with the "Foil out" technique! I have read and re-read these two sets of instructions to try to bring them together into instructions that make sense, but they don't, so I won't attempt it. If any other readers of this book have any advice about this, I'd love to hear it! At this point, I don't know that this book will be useful to me at all, unless I decide to settle on some other recipe that actually makes sense. I'm disappointed.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Works better in theory than practice
14 Nov 2007
Format:Hardcover
I have never written a review in my life - but there's a first time for everything. I agree that this is a beautifully presented book. The photos look great and it all sounds so easy. It took me 3 days and visits to several stores to get all the equipment. Now, I am sitting here with the most obscene orange hair. I have an appointment tomorrow with a color correction specialist. Who knows what that will cost or how long it will take. So much for saving money doing it yourself. Take this book with a grain of salt. Be very careful as you proceed with her "recipes". I knew something didn't feel right when she said to buy Feria #100 "very light blond" in order to get "caramel" brown. I've learned my lesson. I will stick with the salon.
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