What You'll Find

Our book is the ultimate guide to understanding your hair. Because once you "get it," taking care of it and uncovering your beautiful curls will be a breeze. Here is some of the topics we cover:

Weather: Why dew point and not humidity is the key to understanding how your hair reacts in certain weather, and how you can adjust your curl maintenance routine accordingly.

Product ingredients: We look at product ingredients beyond sulfates and silicones. We have an entire chapter on essential oils, humectants, fatty alcohols, petrochemicals, salts, proteins and other ingredients found in hair care products.

Putting it all together: Handy charts outline guidelines for product selection based on hair porosity, texture, climate and product ingredient suitability.

And so much more! 


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Live Curly, Live Free, The e-book, is available for Kindle, iPad and Nook formats. In it, Curl Whisperer Tiffany Anderson-Taylor tells us all we need to know to have healthy, happy curls.

Honey Hair Conditioner

Want to give your hair a treat? Our honey conditioner treatment is a quick and inexpensive way to pamper yourself. Be sure to warm the honey before using it. The antibacterial properties of honey release low levels of hydrogen peroxide, which will lighten the hair, but heating the honey negates  the effects of the peroxide. Plus warm honey will feel great on your scalp!

Combine:

1/2 cup honey, warmed in the microwave
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

Massage well into hair from scalp to ends, then cover with a plastic processing cap. Process for 30 minutes at room temperature, then cleanse hair with a non-sulfate cleanser. For added penetration, sit under a warm (not hot) dryer for 20 minutes.

Want to get in on The Secret?
Live Curly, Live Free, The e-book, is available for Kindle, iPad and Nook formats. In it, Curl Whisperer Tiffany Anderson-Taylor tells us all we need to know to have healthy, happy curls.

Apple Cider Vinegar Rinse

There is some debate on whether or not simply a rinse with apple cider vinegar, better known as ACV,  can clarify the hair. But it does help bring the hair back into balance after an alkaline solution has come into contact with the hair and will shut the cuticle back down.

Repeated use of ACV rinses can be drying, so limit use to once or twice per month at most:

Combine:

1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 cup warm water

Pour the mixture over the hair after cleansing (do not rinse out), then condition as usual. Any lingering smell will dissipate as the hair dries.




 Want to get in on The Secret?
Live Curly, Live Free, The e-book, is available for Kindle, iPad and Nook formats. In it, Curl Whisperer Tiffany Anderson-Taylor tells us all we need to know to have healthy, happy curls.

The Curl Whisperer, In Action

Want to get in on The Secret?
 Live Curly, Live Free, The e-book, is available for Kindle, iPad and Nook formats. In it, Curl Whisperer Tiffany Anderson-Taylor tells us all we need to know to have healthy, happy curls.

Hair Trivia

Here are some fun facts and trivia about hair, compiled from various sources including the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. Enjoy!

• Hair on the head grows about half-inch per month.
• Every day, the 5 million or so hairs on an adult's body add about 40 yards of new growth.
• At any given moment, about 90 percent of the hairs on your head are growing and 10 percent are about to fall out.
• You will lose about 100 hair strands every day.
• The average person could lose tens of thousands of hairs from their scalp without even noticing it. 
• The surface area of the hair on a typical woman's head can cover from 40 to 85 square feet.
• Average number of hairs on the head: 100,000. But it depends on your hair color. For red hair, it's 90,000; black, 110,000; blonde, 140,000.
• Hair grows faster in warm weather
• The only place in your body with no hair? The soles of feet, palms of hands and lips.

Meet Tiffany, the Curl Whisperer

Called "The Curl Whisperer" by her clients, Tiffany Anderson is author of "Live Curly, Live Free - Unlocking the Secrets Behind the World of Beautiful Curly Hair." Tiffany is owner and creator of Live Curly Live Free salon at 2914 Beach Blvd. South in Gulfport, near St. Petersburg, Fla. She can be reached at (727) 323-2875 or info@livecurlylivefree.com. 

As a girl with curls herself, she knows firsthand the problems associated with curly hair because she's battled the same problems her entire life. And, unlike many stylists, she understands the importance of cutting curly hair dry so the curls retain their individuality, knows certain ingredients in most common shampoos and conditioners are a recipe for disaster for curly hair, and believes virtually anyone can learn to style their curls so they are soft and flowing―not wet and crunchy―and will hold their shape without frizz. 

Order the book here: http://livecurlylivefree.com/e_book.htm



 Want to get in on The Secret?
Live Curly, Live Free, The e-book, is available for Kindle, iPad and Nook formats. In it, Curl Whisperer Tiffany Anderson-Taylor tells us all we need to know to have healthy, happy curls.

The $39.99 Temptation

It has happened to the best of us. We'll be happily about our days, and a product catches our attention. 

It promises smooth, shiny, silky hair. A dollop of this miracle potion and all our worries will disappear. We'll have the perfect hair, which will lead to the perfect mate, the perfect home, the perfect job.

We pick it up: $39.99 for a 3 oz bottle.  Outrageous? Perhaps. But $39.99 for what will turn us into beauty queens? A bargain. We proudly carry the miracle bottle to the counter and hurry home to transform ourselves.

At home, the buzz quickly fades into disappointment. Yet another product cluttering up our cabinets, another product that failed us.

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There's a better way: Accepting   Embracing   no, LOVING our curls. That's what happens when we Live Curly, Live Free. The way to beautiful hair. With no fuss, no chemicals, no $39.99 3 oz miracle cures. 

Because  our curls don't need any of that. There's no feeling better than being free.



Want to get in on The Secret?

Live Curly, Live Free, The e-book, is available for Kindle, iPad and Nook formats. In it, Curl Whisperer Tiffany Anderson-Taylor tells us all we need to know to have healthy, happy curls.