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Why I'm Hopelessly in Love With the Toxic Brazilian Blowout

Jessica Berger Gross knows it's toxic. But...

(Newser) - Jessica Berger Gross knows that her behavior is more than a little hypocritical. The yoga-column author/organic makeup wearer/vegetable grower loves the Brazilian Blowout. The hair conditioning and straightening process achieves its dreamy results by way of high levels of formaldehyde—"a carcinogen and, yes, the stuff they use on...

Inside Russia's Human Hair Trade

Ever wondered where extensions come from?

(Newser) - For well-to-do American women, hair extensions are a luxury; in Russia, Ukraine, and other former Soviet states, they're a way for poor women to make money—sometimes, relatively speaking, a lot of money. “Russian hair is the best in the world," a hair processor tells the New York ...

What's So Wrong With Older Women Having Long Hair?

Dominique Browning, age 55, tackles the question

(Newser) - Dominique Browning's mother hates her hair. Another friend told her it chips away at her professional credibility. What's so wrong with it? It's long. And not "being a couple of weeks late to the hairdresser long." Long. And it's turning gray, to boot, because Browning is 55. "...

'Hairlift' Donations Help Fight Oil Slick

Salons, groomers donate hair, fur for booms

(Newser) - The biggest "hairlift" in history is helping fight the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Donations of hair, fur, and wool are being gathered by salons, pet groomers, and farmers around the world to be stuffed into nylon tights, creating highly absorbent booms. Matter of Trust, the charity organizing the...

What's the Deal With Unshaven Women?

Role models like Mo'Nique remind girls they have a choice

(Newser) - Mo’Nique’s hairy legs during this year's awards season put personal grooming in the spotlight: Are women who skip shaving taking a stand or just grossing other people out? Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls tells the New York Times , “People assume you’re making a statement, but...

New Zealand Sniggers at Princess Anne 'Loaf' Hair

She kneads makeover help fast

(Newser) - Ouch. The subjects are getting uppity. New Zealanders are having a good laugh at what a local fashion designer has dubbed the "cottage loaf hair" of visiting Brit Princess Anne. And that's not all. The princes is also "boring as bat," in the parlance of New...

Kitties Fight Crime With DNA
 Kitties Fight Crime With DNA 
Mar 22, 2010 4:50 PM CDT

Kitties Fight Crime With DNA

Ubiquitous cat hair a valuable forensic tool

(Newser) - Dog is man's best friend, but cats can fight crime. Thanks to their tendency to groom and shed, household cats carpet a home—and anyone who sets foot in it—with DNA evidence. Kitty forensics have already led to one murder conviction after hair from a victim's cat was found...

Need a Real Change? Dye Your Hair

 Need a Real Change? 
 Dye Your Hair 
NEW YEAR, new you
Jan 4, 2010 9:06 AM CST

Need a Real Change? Dye Your Hair

Hair color is the cheapest, quickest transformation around

(Newser) - New Year’s resolutions pretty much never stick, and if they miraculously do, they take time—with one exception: hair dye. “Resolutions to eat more fruit and meditate every day and read Virgil are fine for the long-range self-improvement plans,” writes Mary Elizabeth Williams for Salon , but “...

N. Korea Bans Fancy Hairdos
 N. Korea Bans Fancy Hairdos 
Dec 16, 2009 2:07 PM CST

N. Korea Bans Fancy Hairdos

Pyongyang decrees that hair is to be kept 'tidy and simple'

(Newser) - North Korea's dear leader, who favors the bouffant, is laying down the law on haircuts. Men must keep their hair short, while women should keep their locks unstyled and pulled back. Above all, Koreans are to avoid "foreign" hairstyles. "To keep your hair tidy and simple is a...

Britain Bans Anti-Redhead Newspaper Ad

It implies red hair is unattractive, agency says

(Newser) - In another case of redheads fighting back against the injustices of the world, Britain's advertising watchdog has banned a newspaper ad for being "anti-ginger" after three people complained. The ad, for a TV show called Dating in the Dark, reads: "How do you spot a ginger in the...

Hair-Curling Gene Found
 Hair-Curling 
 Gene Found 
Dec 8, 2009 11:45 AM CST

Hair-Curling Gene Found

Findings may pave way for a hair-straightening pill

(Newser) - Scientists have discovered the root of curly hair, potentially paving the way for a hair-straightening pill. But don't throw out your hot irons yet—the findings, published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, will probably first be applied to the field of forensics. Understanding curls could help cops catch...

Note to Angelina: Zahara's Hair Needs Help

Unlike Madonna, Jolie doesn't seem to get that black hair takes work

(Newser) - She may be the world's most fabulous mom, with her beautiful multi-ethnic brood and the world's hottest babydaddy, but here's one thing Angelina Jolie clearly doesn't get: black hair. Photos of 4-year-old Zahara sporting dry, untamed hair show that Jolie is clueless about why and how black mothers style their...

My Hair Is Fake, and That's OK: Meghan

Following in Tyra Banks' footsteps, McCain comes clean about her hair extensions

(Newser) - Inspired by Tyra Banks’ appearance on her talk show sans weave, Meghan McCain comes clean on the Daily Beast: “Yes, I have been wearing different variations of permanent and semi-permanent hair extensions since high school,” she writes. If this revelation doesn’t sound earth-shattering to you, perhaps you...

To Straighten or Not: Hair Politics Snags Black Women

Many feel pressure to go straight

(Newser) - For black women, it's near impossible to choose a hairstyle without society weighing in. Chemical relaxers help straighten hair, but "you’re pegged as selling out," a black studies professor tells the New York Times. But go natural and "you’re seen as not practicing appropriate grooming...

Hipster Hair Gets Even Wackier
 Hipster Hair Gets Even Wackier 
Aug 13, 2009 1:15 PM CDT

Hipster Hair Gets Even Wackier

What does it mean? Even the stylists aren't sure

(Newser) - More and more men are traipsing to salons to achieve what one adherent calls “non-normative hair.” From Afros to dreads, Mohawks to pompadours, stylists are helping hipsters express themselves. One hairdresser even offers intentionally imperfect cuts, “so it looks like they cut it themselves in their bathroom,...

Your Shampoo Is Chock Full of Toxins

Few ingredients contribute to cleaning

(Newser) - Most of what’s in shampoo does nothing to cleanse—instead, it “strokes your emotions,” writes Bill Bunn in Salon. If your hair is greasy, you simply need detergent. But shampoos contain a variety of other ingredients—two-thirds by volume—intended to make you feel good about the...

Jacko Hair to Be Made Into Diamonds

(Newser) - A diamond company plans to turn the King of Pop's hair into bling, the New York Daily News reports. Company officials claim they have a lock of Michael Jackson's hair—obtained from the producer of the Pepsi commercial that set the singer's hair ablaze—and it intends to extract the...

Harry: I Don't Wash My Hair

Wilder prince into alternative hair care

(Newser) - Apparently Prince Harry's tufty ginger locks are due to something more than genetics. He boasted to buddies at a bar recently that he hasn't washed his hair in two years, reports the Telegraph. He's likely a follower of a low-maintenance quirky health theory that claims hair effectively cleans itself once...

Human Hair Grows Plants, Profits for Fla. Company

(Newser) - For growers and gardeners of all kinds, Smart Grow mats could be revolutionary. Tucked around the stems of plants, the cheap, natural mats keep weeds and pests away as they spur growth. There’s just one thing holding them back: They’re made from human hair. “No matter what...

Stylist Keeps Michelle's Secrets Under His Hat

Obama rewards him for staying mum

(Newser) - Michelle Obama has chosen the first hairstylist, and he's not among those seen publicly vying for the spot and milking their connections. Chicagoan Johnny Wright—whose clients include Vivica A. Fox and Selita Ebanks—hasn't let out a peep about his 2-year history with Obama's coif, and that respect may...

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