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City 6 years ago

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Curly hair don’t care: People ignore straight hair beauty standards, embrace natural locks

Curly hair is often seen as messy, bothersome and rebellious according to common beauty standards. Despite being donned by many living legends and music icons, reality can bite for those with natural curls.

Lifestyle 6 years ago

How necessary is it to wear hair sunscreen?

If your skin needs sunscreen to keep it looking its best, so does your hair.

Lifestyle 6 years ago

Mobile barber cuts a dash with Afro-Caribbean Londoners

In a quiet street in south London's trendy Brixton district, 25-year-old Kristian Robertson parks his trailblazing mobile salon. For a little over a year, he has worked for Trim-It -- a start-up offering haircuts for people with Afro-Caribbean roots.

Lifestyle 6 years ago

In Belgium a mullet is not a haircut, it's a state of mind

Belgium is all business at the front, in the very serious EU capital Brussels, but it's all party at the back, in the little western town of Boussu.

Science & Tech 6 years ago

Experts comb through DNA from possible Da Vinci hair

A lock of what some historians think is Leonardo da Vinci's hair went on display at a museum in his Tuscan birthplace as they seek to prove it contains his DNA 500 years after the genius died.

Health 7 years ago

Common hair-washing mistakes stopping you from having healthy hair

Washing hair is a familiar activity, but you might be making one of these common mistakes that is stopping you from having healthy hair.

Lifestyle 7 years ago

Silver is declared the hair color of the year for 2019

Blondes might have more fun, but silver is officially the most fashionable hair color, according to L'Oréal Paris and Vogue.

Lifestyle 7 years ago

Breaking down dry shampoos

The Dry Shampoo is a blessing for those who are forced to go days without washing their hair, or are simply too lazy to do so.

Lifestyle 7 years ago

'My Hair, Your Hair': Bosnians weave wigs for kids with cancer

Bosnia, one of Europe's poorest countries, has no domestic wigmaking industry. The nearest available source has been neighboring Croatia, where wigs cost up to 2,000 euros ($2,300) -- more than four times the average monthly salary in Bosnia.