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From hair to eternity
Business Mirror
When the Palmolive'd KC Concepcion had her long, lustrous hair cut, her fans understood why she did so. She was reeling from a heartbreak played out on a national scale. But, what about the Cream Silk'ed Toni Gonzaga and Charlene Gonzalez?
Earthtalk: Artificial dyes and ADHD
The Hour (blog)
Another company specializing in natural (as well as organic) food colors is Nature's Flavors, whose products are widely used commercially in ice cream, baked goods, frosting, dairy products, syrups, sauces, beverages and even hair colors.
The Estee Lauder Companies Reports Strong Second-Quarter Results
MarketWatch (press release)
Operating income: Skin care, approximately $13 million; makeup, approximately $6 million; fragrance, approximately $2 million; hair care, approximately $2 million. -- The skin care category is a strategic priority for the Company.
Tracing the concept of middle age
Aiken Standard
Middle age, it turns out, is not a fundamental law of nature, according to author Patricia Cohen, but rather a man-made invention that was viewed in years past as a time of decline and senescence but is now equated with wealth, power and influence.
Store's specialty: transgender women
Windy City Times
And like many ladies, she's not shy about tackling the tasks where she feels nature came up short. Her methods include hormones, electrolysis—a process she describes as excruciating—to remove all facial and chest hair, and several facial surgeries.
Book Review - Tracing the concept of middle age
Jamaica Gleaner
Middle age, it turns out, is not a fundamental law of nature, according to author Patricia Cohen, but rather a man-made invention that was viewed in years past as a time of decline and senescence but is now equated with wealth, power and influence.
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture, Royal Academy of Arts, review
Telegraph.co.uk
With his oversized spectacles and hair dyed silvery blond, he became Brit art's first celebrity: a charmer whose personality beguiled the public as much as his work. Fast-forward half a century, and Hockney is still feted and adored.
Doings Calendar for Jan. 26
Chicago Sun-Times
Pick up a passport at the Hinsdale History Museum, 15 S. Clay St., Hinsdale and receive 65 pages of local museums and nature centers. Visit seven cultural centers and receive a prize. Call (630) 789-2600; info@hinsdalehistory.org.
Did Zombie Flash Mobs Help Pave the Way for Occupy Wall Street?
io9
She was easy enough to identify: at a corner table in the back sat three young zombies, two men in mostly white face paint with some black circles hollowing their eyes, and with them a young woman (who with her slight frame and dyed orange hair appears
William Gibson: I really can't predict the future
Salon
Over a bagel and cream cheese at Gibson's hotel, the morning after his Toronto talk, the lanky writer, with his friendly drawl, furrowed brow and perpetual mien of engaged curiosity explained how his fiction and nonfiction overlap, and how he plans to
