This course is especially useful for new parents of curly haired children, and will make their hairstyling experience much more fun.  It will teach your children to love their natural hair, and to view straightenning as more of a style option than a necessity.

There are no tests or quizzes in this course, but there is a forum for discussion.  You are free to ask any questions you like..

There is also an HTML version for those who prefer just to read on their own.

Instructor: Nicole Lasher (Ibtisam)
Contact: email webmatron@cornrows.co.uk
Homepage: http://cornrows.co.uk

Brief Description:  An online course in caring for African hair.  Contains step by step illustrated instructions for beading and braiding patterns.

Goals:  To provide parents and novice stylists with the knowledge to style African hair neatly with minimal damage and pain.

Course Outline

• Welcome
• African Hair Textures
• Supplies
• Washing and Combing
• Dealing with Knots
• Styles for Kids
• Brief Relaxing and Texturizing

• Notes on Natural Hair Choices
• Referral to Free Cornrows and Pinch Braiding Instructions
• How to Get Beads onto Hair Braids (Illustrated)

• A Simple Pattern for Pigtails (Illustrated)
• A Ponytail Cornrows Pattern (Illustrated)
• How to Do Neat Parting for Complex Patterns (Illustrated)

• The Blow-out
• Hot Combing and Flat Irons
• Chemical Relaxing and Coloring, Important Tips