Topic: Hair Care And Styling

Human hair trade soars on celebrity hairdo envy

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A growing desire for the glossy, long locks of celebrities is fuelling a multi-million pound (dollar) global trade in human hair, with demand for hair extensions surging in the past year, according to e-commerce website Alibaba.com.Searches for human ...

Alaska salon patronized by Palin gets own TV show

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The Wasilla, Alaska, beauty salon credited with designing Sarah Palin's trademark "up-do" hairstyle will be the subject of its own reality television show, "Big Hair Alaska".TLC, the same cable network that produced and aired "Sarah Palin's Alaska," has ...

Indian 'holy hair': keeping the West fashionable

Strong religious belief and spirituality coupled with sky-rocketing demand from fashion-conscious Western women has made India the world-leader in the hair extension trade.The South Asian country has long been the world's biggest exporter of human hair and companies involved in the sector ...

School's ban on cornrow hairstyle 'discriminated'

A London school's ban on certain hairstyles including cornrows has resulted in "unlawful, indirect racial discrimination which is not justified", the High Court ruled on Friday.The test case decision is a victory for the family of African-Caribbean teenager "G", who wears his ...
Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney has expressed his delight after undergoing a hair transplant.Rooney confirmed on his Twitter account he visited a top London clinic for treatment in a bid to restore his receding locks."Just to confirm to all my ...

AFL player sent off for 'dangerous' haircut

An Australian Rules player was sent off because his gelled mohawk haircut was deemed dangerous, a report said Tuesday.Nathan Van Someren, who plays for Victorian country side Simpson Tigers, was told to leave the field in the third quarter of their match ...

Japan trims hair-cutting laws in quake zone

Japan has relaxed laws on haircutting to allow barbers and stylists in areas affected by the earthquake and tsunami to clip and style at evacuation shelters or makeshift shops, a report said Saturday.The current law bans barbers and beauticians from cutting hair ...
The head of the European body tasked with tackling risks to the financial system warned European Union lawmakers Monday that forcing investors to take losses by restructuring national debt they now hold would reward speculators.Such losses were not part of rescue programmes ...

Jennifer Aniston says "Rachel" haircut "ugliest ever"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It was the hair cut that launched a million copycats. But now Jennifer Aniston says the layered look she sported as Rachel Green in the hit TV show "Friends" some 15 years ago was "the ugliest haircut I've ...
Adam Lambert was spotted sporting a sexy new long hairstyle in Los Angeles over the weekendRocker Adam Lambert was spotted sporting a sexy new long hairstyle in Los Angeles over the weekend. According to alternative newspaper the Los Angeles Weekly, the American ...