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hair care stories: 4 news summaries
MOVIE REVIEW

 Good Hair Has a Few Knots 

Chris Rock shines as interviewer, but social issues get lost in the weave

Oct 9, 09 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Rock is a natural and hilarious interviewer, critics agree. But watchers are split on whether the substance of a rather complicated debate shines through in Big Hair, his documentary on black women and their coifs. A sampling:
  • Rock has helped craft a film with "much good feeling
... More »

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entertainment • film • African Americans • movie review • Chris Rock • black women • documentary film • hair care • perm • straightening • Good Hair

 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

 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

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