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OPINION

 Note to Angelina: 
 Zahara's Hair Needs Help 

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

Oct 11, 09 8:53 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • hair • Madonna • Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt • Black Hair

OPINION

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

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

Sep 16, 09 2:03 PM CDT
(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... More »

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entertainment • fashion • hair • Tyra Banks • Meghan McCain • hairstyle • hairdo

 To Straighten 
 or Not: Hair 
 Politics Snags 
 Black Women 

Many feel pressure to go straight

Aug 27, 09 9:39 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Michelle Obama • hair • black women • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • hairstyle • women's issues

 Hipster Hair Gets Even Wackier 

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

Aug 13, 09 1:15 PM CDT
(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,... More »

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fashion • hair • trend • dreadlocks • hair care • Jay-ZTV • hairdo • Afro • Mohawk (haircut) • hair stylist




 Your Shampoo Is 
 Chock Full of Toxins 

Few ingredients contribute to cleaning

Aug 13, 09 8:39 AM CDT
(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... More »

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hair • chemicals • cleaning • toxins • hair care • shampoo

(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... More »

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hair • celebrity • carbon • diamond • Michael Jackson • Beethoven • celebrity death

 Harry: I 
 Don't 
 Wash 
 My Hair 

Wilder prince into alternative hair care

May 1, 09 2:54 AM CDT
(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... More »

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London • Prince William • Prince Harry • hair • charity • Britain • British royals • polo • hair care

(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... More »

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Florida • agriculture • hair • plants • gardening • Smart Grow • Blair Blacker


 Stylist Keeps 
 Michelle's Secrets 
 Under His Hat 

Obama rewards him for staying mum

Mar 26, 09 9:46 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Hollywood • Chicago • Michelle Obama • hair • stylist • Johnny Wright

NJ Scrubs Plan to Ban Brazilian Bikini Waxes

State smoothes out dispute over painful procedure

Mar 21, 09 4:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - New Jersey has ripped up a plan to forbid the state's salons from offering Brazilian waxes, reports the Chicago Tribune. A state panel was moving towards banning the procedure—which involves the full removal of hair “down there”—after reports of injuries, but the state's consumer affairs chief... More »

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New Jersey • hair • ban • salon • bikini • swimsuit • Brazilian wax

 Office Quickly 
 Graying Obama 

President's locks lightening after just 44 days in the White House

Mar 5, 09 5:53 AM CST
(Newser) - The toll of doing America's top job is showing on Barack Obama's head just 44 days into his presidency, reports the New York Times. Like George Bush and Bill Clinton before him, Obama is rapidly going gray. Obama-watchers say the graying started at the close of the campaign, and they... More »

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Barack Obama • presidency • hair • hair color • President Obama

 German Car Firm 
 'Used Auschwitz Hair' 

Nazi links may torpedo Schaeffler's hopes of a government bailout

Mar 3, 09 5:43 AM CST
(Newser) - A German auto parts firm's hopes of a government bailout have been dealt a serious blow with the discovery that it used the hair of Auschwitz prisoners to make fabric, the Independent reports. The Schaeffler company denies the accusations, but an Auschwitz historian says two tons of hair, shaved from... More »

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Germany • Holocaust • hair • automaker • concentration camp • Auschwitz

opinion

From Hair to Eternity: Michelle's Black 'Do Puzzle

Letting hair go 'natural' could be first lady's most political move

Feb 5, 09 2:24 PM CST
(Newser) - With fashion mags touting makeovers monthly, will Michelle Obama change her signature look? The first lady’s straight locks are “already starting to look locked in, like armor,” Erin Aubry Kaplan writes for Salon, but a new ‘do is a risky endeavor for a black woman: “... More »

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African Americans • Michelle Obama • White House • hair • black • first lady

 When Economy Gets Tough,
 the Tough Go Blond 

Celebrity Brit hairdresser finds clients turning to the dye bottle for cheer

Jan 30, 09 4:24 AM CST
(Newser) - The grim economy is causing a gold rush in Britain's hair salons, a celebrity hairdresser tells the Daily Telegraph. His sales of blond hair products have jumped 67% since last year, and he credits the sales bombshell to women looking for a quick way to cheer themselves up amid the... More »

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hair • hair color • recession • Britain • stylist

(Newser) - A Chicago salon named Ossama’s Hair Design has seen a marked uptick in business after changing its name to Obama’s, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. “This is going to work for me for sure,” said Mike Elsheikh, the shop’s owner. “The name is absolutely... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • hair • Osama bin Laden • salon • barbershop • name change • President Obama

OPINION

Blagojevich Can't Not
Look Guilty 

Illinois guv's hair and clothes all point to one thing: crime

Dec 21, 08 8:19 PM CST
(Newser) - When it comes to Rod Blagojevich, it’s a little too easy to judge a book by its cover, writes the Washington Post’s Robin Givhan. When he wears black business suits, “he evokes the image of a goodfella engaged in ‘waste management.’” And when he... More »

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hair • corruption • Illinois • appearances • guilty • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal

DNA Results Shed Little Light on Caylee Case 

Labs see evidence of 'decompositional event' in chloroform-soaked car trunk

Oct 24, 08 5:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - No positive identification of Caylee Anthony’s body could be made from DNA analysis of evidence gathered from her mother’s car trunk, the Orlando Sentinel reports today. However, investigators found “an unusually large concentration of chloroform.” Odor analysis yielded hints of a “decompositional event that could... More »

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Florida • hair • odor • Oak Ridge National Laboratory • DNA evidence • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony

 How Palin 
 Got Her 
 Political 
 Updo 

Palin, stylist collaborated on business-like look

Sep 13, 08 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Beehive Beauty Shop is an unassuming bubble-gum pink cut-and-color salon, but it’s in this little Wasilla establishment that Sarah Palin forged her trademark look, the New York Times reports. As mayor, Palin often wore her hair down, but when she jumped into the race for governor, she... More »

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Alaska • hair • style • Sarah Palin • Wasilla

OPINION

 Are Curls Typecast as 'Crazy'? 

Hollywood guilty of perpetuating stereotypes about tangled tresses

Sep 4, 08 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - "How come a third-act makeover always seems to involve a flatiron?" asks Sara Vilkomerson in the New York Observer, pondering Hollywood's penchant for casting curls as a sign of chaos. Vilkomerson skewers mainstream film culture for hammering home the "straight is sane" message, calling it the "Princess ... More »

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Hollywood • fashion • women • hair

 VP Hopefuls Shift
 Positions, Hairdos 

Opinions change on abortion, gays, stylists

Jul 11, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Recipients of the VP vetting process are shifting their positions (and their stylists), Politico reports. Here are some examples:
  • Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has ditched a less-than-leaderly mullet, opting instead for a short hairstyle.
  • Florida's Charlie Crist has spun 180 degrees into the offshore drilling camp, matching John
... More »

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell • abortion rights • hair • vice president • Tim Pawlenty • Charlie Crist • Sam Nunn • offshore oil • Tom Ridge • Mark Sanford

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