Cozy's Complete Guide to Girls' Hair

Cozy Friedman is a New York based hairdresser specialising in children's hairdressing. As a wash and go mum having a curly haired three year-old daughter with a strong-willed fashionista-in-the-making streak has caught me out. Pippa’s "demand" for plaits minutes before racing to get out of the door in the morning can lead to meltdown when not met!

Cozy's Complete Guide to Girls' Hair "five under 5 minutes" style section was made for me while "the braid brigade" section has made a big impression on Pippa whose requests get more complicated by the week. I met her French braid requests yesterday but do need more practice.

Cozy's Complete Guide to Girls' Hair contains lots of info on different hair types and hair care and maintenance, as well as a "Hair Emergency!" section for tips on lice, split ends and static. The book is 50/50 split between styles and hair care tips and to my mind a 75/25 split with even more styles would be even better as it’s the range of styles that make it fun. Pippa certainly loves looking at the photographs in the easy ring binder format and has spent a lot of time choosing her look. Her current favourite is the "heart braid" for experienced braiders estimated at 15 minutes, I’ve not managed it yet!

Pippa really likes this book although I do think she’s on the young side for it. By six or seven it will be perfect as she can follow the instructions herself and indulge in a different style every day. Until then I’ll keep practising the heart braid until she can wear it outside the house!

PWT rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

Cozy's Complete Guide to Girls' Hair is available from Amazon.