I'm a consumer, not a hair stylist. For the life of me, I could not figure out why almost every single time I went to the salon to get my roots bleached, they kept fumbling and bumbling like clowns and burning areas or clumps of hair off, or frying my hair so that it disintegrated shortly after the appointment, then would act snotty or yell at me that they went to beauty school and know everything, so they could not ever do anything wrong. Whereas, nothing bad has ever happened at all when I bleach my hair myself at home neatly & carefully according to the directions on the package.. So I was convinced that they must not be hardly learning anything in beauty school about hair bleaching, and I ordered this book to do some detective work and find out for myself. I was right! This book has 1120 pages, but only TWO pages about how to use bleach lightener, and those two pages contain scarcely any informative or important information. It is outdated information that appears to be from 20 years ago, saying old fashioned things like "powder lighteners should never touch the scalp, but there might be new versions of powder lightener nowadays that can touch the scalp".

One of the best, if not THE best, rap album of 2014. J. Cole fuses deeply complex lyrics with more soulful R&B-type hits. From the incredibly sharp "Fire Squad" and "No Role Modelz" to the brutally honest "03' Adolescence" and "Love Yourz", J. Cole's rhymes range from the state of hip hop today to the difficulties of growing up. J. Cole's use of horns and strings on "Hello" and "G.O.M.D." are fantastic and elevating. Many of his tracks eschew the glamorizing of hip hop lifestyle to focus on a more positive and values-based message.