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Commercial hair dyes contain thousands of different chemicals, some of which are reported to be carcinogenic - but you don't have to choose between gorgeous color and good health. Natural hair care expert Christine Shahin shows you how to use nontoxic plant pigments - henna, indigo, amla, and cassia - to color your hair naturally, whatever your hair type or ethnicity, with beautiful results! These pigments are readily available at natural food stores...

Explore the methods and procedures step by step to develop hairstyles with hair extensions.

On the way to get a hair cut, a child sees others with not-so-perfect hair.

Discusses the ways that different animals use their hair to survive, including the polar bear, reindeer, and porcupine.

Crazy hair day: Stanley is excited about Crazy Hair Day at his school, until he discovers that he has gotten the date wrong. Petunia: A silly goose learns that it takes more than just carrying a book to become wise. How do dinosaurs go to school?: Come along for a very unusual day at school as dinosaurs enjoy story time, show-and-tell, and recess. Monty: Monty, an alligator taxi, decides that he needs a vacation when the kids' back seat-driving...

Once upon a time, in the middle of a group of seven thousand happy islands named after King Philip of Spain, there lived a lady named Dona Esmeralda. She had a big bouffant hairdo and was much smaller than you. And she was always hungry... And so begins the wickedly hilarious tale of one very old, but very stylish little lady who loves to eat, but can only find the ooey, gooey, mushy, smelly leftovers of naughty children to nosh on. But what happens...

As Mama and Great-Grammaw skillfully weave and braid their children's hair into the intricate cornrow patterns of Africa, they retell fascinating tales of ancestral life in Africa and praise contemporary African American activists.

Celebrates Black hair and heritage through the lens of a young boy and his afro.