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Conversation 2 months ago

What 25 centimeters of hair can teach you

At a salon in South Jakarta, I watched a woman cut her hair for someone she’d never meet, reminding me how simple acts could carry so much care.

People 4 years ago

Bad hair day: India salon told to pay $271,000 for botched trim

The court determined that as Roy had already established a career lending her skills to advertisements for hair products, the botched haircut had led to "severe mental breakdown and trauma".

Environment 4 years ago

Hair today, green tomorrow: UK stylists join eco-drive

Hairdressers across Britain are being urged to do their bit for the environment by recycling snipped-off hair to help clean up oil spills, make compost or generate energy.

Lifestyle 5 years ago

Hair scavenged from Nairobi dump ends up in salon amid COVID-19 pandemic

The pandemic means fewer clients with less money and a hairstylist is cutting down on costs by cleaning and reselling hair from the dumpsite.

Lifestyle 5 years ago

L'Oreal eyes post-confinement rush to hair salons

L'Oreal is counting on consumers rushing back to hair salons to help its business recover quickly once European and US coronavirus lockdowns are lifted, it said on Thursday, adding that beauty sales were bouncing back already in China.

Lifestyle 5 years ago

'This is bliss': Chinese barber has clients queuing up as Wuhan eases lockdown

For barber Xiong Juan, a recent easing of restrictions in the city of Wuhan, epicenter of China's coronavirus outbreak, means she is now busier than ever.

Lifestyle 5 years ago

Cutting your hair at home? Clipper brand Wahl has these tips

Wahl, the company that invented the first handheld electric clipper 101 years ago, has tips for cutting your hair at home.

Lifestyle 6 years ago

Mozambican hairdresser breaks taboos to keep 'Afro' love alive

Cadino Chipanga decided 20 years ago to take up a trade then seen as taboo in Mozambique: a male hairdresser looking after women. He also resolved to focus on dreadlocks - a style unacceptable in some African communities.

City 6 years ago

Challenge completed: Transjakarta directors shave heads after breaking record

Acting president director Yoga Adiwinarto said the head-shaving was in response to a challenge from Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan who issued a dare to the directors and managers after they set a record of 500,000 customers on March 20, 2018.