If there’s one person in the haircare world whose word I actually trust over the endless TikTok “hacks,” it’s Anabel Kingsley. Consultant trichologist and Brand President at Philip Kingsley, she’s spent her career looking at hair and scalp health through an actual clinical lens rather than a trend cycle – and today, she’s published her debut book: Haircare: The Ultimate Guide, out now and available to order.
Why Anabel Kingsley The Hairbook Book is needed
So much haircare advice online contradicts itself – wash daily, never wash daily, “train” your hair to need less shampoo, brush 100 strokes a night, don’t ever brush wet hair. Anabel’s book is built to cut straight through that noise with an evidence-led approach, drawing on years of clinical expertise to explain what’s actually happening with your hair and scalp, rather than repeating rules nobody’s ever properly questioned.
What I love most about the premise is the wider framing: your hair isn’t a separate, standalone thing you style and forget about – it’s genuinely connected to what’s going on inside your body. The book explores that relationship in depth, covering everything from hair loss and ageing to nutrition, hormones, stress and colour damage, and what all of that can reveal about your overall health.
The questions it actually answers
Some of the biggest haircare myths and questions get properly unpacked, including:
- Can you actually “train” your hair to need washing less often?
- How often should you really be washing it?
- Do haircare supplements and “miracle” hair growth claims hold up?
- Why can rapid weight loss have such a noticeable impact on hair health?
If you’ve ever Googled any of these at 11pm and come away more confused than when you started, this is the book that’s meant to settle it for good.
Where to get it
Haircare: The Ultimate Guide is available to order now – I’ll be picking up my copy and will report back on what I learn. Given how much misinformation circulates in this space, having something this credible to point people towards feels genuinely overdue.
