Don't Go Shopping for Hair-Care Products Without Me: Over 4,000 Products Reviewed, Plus the Latest Hair-Care Information (1877988316)

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Editorial Review:

Are $20 shampoos and conditioners worth it? Can good hair-care products be found at the drugstore, or are the expensive salon products really superior? In this comprehensive guide to all things hair care, consumer advocate Paula Begoun answers those questions and more in her reviews of more than 130 drugstore, salon, and department store hair product lines, from Aveda to Matrix and Pantene to Zirh. Thousands of products are described and evaluated according to their performance, reliability, price, and claims. Begoun compares good and bad ingredients, dispels hair-care industry myths, evaluates what helps and what hurts hair, and explains how to tell the difference between reality and hype with respect to a product's performance. Hair sprays, shampoos, conditioners, gels, mousses, pomades, silicone serums, and other items are covered. Her "Best Products" lists make it easy to find items worth trying in any category. The consumer bible of hair-care products, Don't Go Shopping for Hair-Care Products Without Me shows how to find the best products available at the most economical prices. Ultimately, Begoun shows consumers how to have beautiful tresses without spending a fortune.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

questionable marketing:

This is a useful book, primarily because it narrows your search and may save money. It's hard to tell whether her ratings are accurate- I am a researcher, and suspicious of one person's subjective research, so her conclusions must be accepted on faith. More importantly, the author suggests that readers can check out, on her website, newly rated products which didn't make it into her book. She doesn't tell you that you have to purchase this at the cost of another book. I found this deceptive. I wouldn't mind... more info

This book changed how I look at products:

Products used to be a mystery to me. I'd spend hours in stores, reading ingredients, totally lost, and looking for some magic ingredient to "cure" my hair. I was totally at the mercy of whatever the product label promised the product could do, and I believed it. I had no other information. How do you decipher what's in a product without buying expensive and difficult to understand technical books? Especially as a teenager and young adult, I had few other objective resources to turn to.
Then I found... more info

Informative Book:

The content of the book is what I expected.The condition of the book was not in a new condition, shelf life was apparent by the off colour of the pages of the book even though the book itself appeared as though it was not read beforehand. Apparently this book is no longer in circulation. I was not aware of the condition of the book at the time of purchase. If I would have known that the book was in this condition I would not have paid $33.00 for it.
The company who sold me the book was nice enough to... more info

I liked it enough to give as a gift for a friend:

Very informative, though there are definitely hair care brands that she doesn't review (like KeraCare, for example). However, there are numerous brands that I have never heard of that are included, and some of which seem like they weren't popular since the 1980's. . . . . .
I did like the book enough though to give it as a gift to my friend who has lots of trouble finding hair care products that don't irritate her scalp. The author does a decent job of explaining the ingredients (both necessary ones... more info

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