Hair Braiding to Grow, Strengthen, and Lengthen Your Hair - Paperback

Do you want your African hair to grow longer? If you do, then this book is for you! In Hair Braiding to Grow, Strengthen, and Lengthen Your Hair, author Diana K. Mitchell utilizes this centuries old method of styling African hair in order to help women learn how to work with and properly care for their God-given hair. Mitchell packs her book with practical and useful information that draws on lessons learned from her mother and aunts.

With over 90 illustrations, hand drawn by the author herself, this constructive guide uses visual- and text-based learning systems to teach you how to:

1. African Braid

2. French Braid

3. Plait Hair

4. Properly, and Safely, Extend Braids and Plaits

5. Rebraid

6. Grow Your Hair Longer, and

7. Maintain Natural Hair Growth.

Author Diana K. Mitchell has cared for and braided her hair using the techniques that you will learn in this book for more than thirty years. She grew up in Virginia, and now lives in North Carolina.

"My passion is to help women and children who have tightly curled hair like mine learn how to work with, and properly care for, their beautiful God-given hair. In addition, I pray that the information within my book will also help mothers of adopted African American children, who have tightly curled hair, learn how to properly care for their children's hair, too."