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A man in China is stunned after being quoted a standard price for a haircut and then being told afterwards the price was 12 times higher. Baidu A hair salon in China is under investigation for telling a customer a hair perm and styling cost 398 yuan (S$83) but afterwards charged him 4,776 yuan under a bizarre system whereby they divided his scalp into 12 “sections” with each costing the quoted price for the service. The man, surnamed Liu, went to the Zhenxuan Hair Salon in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, eastern China, last week to have a hair perm and styling. A...

Five young teenage girls are facing charges in the brutal beating of a young woman in Downtown Crossing. According to a police report, the juveniles pounced on the victim after making a comment about her hairstyle. The attackers reportedly called the victim “white [expletive] with braids” and told her she could not wear her hair in the style because she was “not Black.”

In the candid pictures, the French president bears a resemblance to Bond actor Sean Connery and star Burt Reynolds - both known for their bountiful chest hair. Social media users also compared the French premier to fuzzy-chested Roger Federer. Mr Macron is running hoping to beat far-Right politician Marine Le Pen in the election. To do so, he will need to galvanise some support from the young who has surprisingly warmed to Marine Le Pen compared to her previous runs. With 12 candidates in the first round whittled down to two, now they must seek to appeal to the circa...

Washington (CNN)The US House on Friday passed legislation that would ban race-based hair discrimination in employment and against those participating in federally assisted programs, housing programs, and public accommodations. The Democratic-led House voted 235-189 to pass the CROWN Act, which stands for "Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair." The bill seeks to protect against bias based on hair texture and protective styles, including locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, and Afros. "Natural Black hair is often deemed 'unprofessional' simply because it does not conform to White beauty standards," Democratic Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey, the...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three Idaho women are suing the state in federal court over its expensive training requirement for professional hair-braiders. The women, represented by the Institute for Justice, filed the lawsuit against the Idaho Barber and Cosmetology Services Licensing Board in Boise’s U.S. District Court on Tuesday, the Idaho Statesman reported. Idaho is one of five states that still require cosmetology licenses for professional hair braiding. The licenses require 1,600 hours of training and can cost up to $20,000, even though cosmetology schools aren’t required to teach braiding techniques for naturally textured hair. Scott Graf, spokesperson for the...

The Minnesota House of Representatives passed legislation with bipartisan support Monday that would make it illegal to discriminate against someone because of their hairstyle. The “Crown" Act, an acronym meaning “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural hair," would add hairstyle and texture to a provision in the Minnesota Human Rights Act that prohibits racial discrimination in housing, employment and education, among other areas. **SNIP** Agbaje cited an incident when an employer banned hairstyles worn by Black employees like afros, braids and dreadlocks, and proceeded to fire employees who refused to cut their hair once the policy was put...

TikTok hair influencer Laura Ashley may be one of the no ’poo trend’s best successes — and all it took was going six years without using shampoo or conditioner. Ashley, 27, claims her hair went from “pin straight” to curled and sweeping, thanks to ditching traditional cleansers and adopting a raw, vegan diet. “My thing is, if I can’t pronounce it or I don’t know what it is, I’m going to try and stay away from it,” she told South West News Service of the chemical-laden fine print shown on most store-bought shampoos. The California thrift shop owner said she...

When I first suspected that I was losing my hair, I felt like maybe I was also losing my grip on reality. This was the summer of 2020, and although the previous three months had been difficult for virtually everyone, I had managed to escape relatively unscathe. My loved ones were safe. I still had a job. I wasn’t okay, necessarily, but I was fine. Now my hair was falling out for no appreciable reason. Or at least I thought it was—how much hair in the shower drain is enough to be sure that you’re not imagining things? The second...

A 38-year-old Ukrainian woman hasn’t cut her 65-inch long hair since she was 12. Alla Perkova is a hair model whose brunette mane reaches down to her feet. “The scissors have not touched my hair in almost 30 years,” she revealed to Caters. SNIP She also doesn’t use special styling products on her hair and insists that her hair length is a result of good genetics she got from her mom, Maria Perkova.

Stu Turner has raised a few eyebrows with his bizarre new lookAs sad as it is to admit, autumn is well and truly here. While there have been glimpses of sunshine, there have also been tremendous downpours across Wales and the rest of the UK, and there is an undeniable chill in the air after a hot, hot summer. But one man who is feeling the cold more than most is Stu Turner, from Roath, Cardiff, who has entered October with a strong - and totally unique - new look. Read more:You can find our latest stories from across Cardiff...

Little Rock, Arkansas news station KATV suspended anchor Chris May and meteorologist Barry Brandt for wearing Afro-style wigs in mid-September The station also fired longtime news director Nick Genty The wigs were part of a 'return to the 70s' segment in which on-air talent was supposed to sport looks popular in the 1970s as temperatures dropped It was heavily criticized by a local activist who said that a white person wearing an Afro wig is a perpetuation of 'systemic racism In a statement, officials for KATV said they condemned the stunt Sinclair Broadcast Group Vice President John Seabers also met...

The auction house said the baseball-sized clump of hair was collected over the course of multiple haircuts by Homer Gilleland, Presley's personal barber for more than two decades. The hair was kept in a plastic bag by Gilleland, who gifted it to Thomas Morgan, a close friend of both the barber and the singer. The "extensive documentation" included with the hair, which has since been transferred to a sealed jar, includes plane tickets from occasions when Presley brought Gilleland on the road with him to cut his hair and a certificate of authenticity signed by John Reznikoff of University Archives,...

Zahab Kamal Khan last cut her hair when she was 13 years old. Now, she's 30. She credits her grandmother's oil for helping keep her hair healthy. She applies it twice a week. Khan set the record for a new category: "most hair donated to a charity by an individual." She has decided to donate her hair to children with hair loss.

The Kinky Curly Coily Festival celebrated everything about black hair. Black hair is versatile. You can braid it, fro it, loc it and so much more... I actually do some of my student's hair as well," said Worlds. "It helps me form better relationships with my kids. I am pretty sure I use a hair analogy with my kids to tell them why we use math in the real world." For local artist and songwriter Ivy Roots, her natural hair is a symbol of freedom... "We like to change our hair up," said Worlds. "I wear wigs all the time."

As reported earlier — The University of Pittsburgh is growing scalps from aborted babies on lab rats. This is straight from a horror movie. The scientists are using human baby fetal skin processed via removal of excess fat and growing the baby hair on rats. And Dr. Tony Fauci is funding this gruesome study. On Friday Tucker Carlson invited Pro-life advocate David Daeiden on his show to discuss this horrendous study at the University of Pittsburgh. https://twitter.com/i/status/1395768552720945152 Daleiden told Tucker Carlson, “Dr. Anthony Fauci owns every bit of this study.” So, will any conservative have the guts to question Fauci...

A real-life Rapunzel with 6.5ft-long natural, blonde hair who hasn't cut her locks in 30 years has revealed the secret behind growing her golden tresses. Alena Kravchenko, 35, from Odessa, Ukraine, said she only washes her hair once a week in a process which takes 30 minutes. The hair model never combs her hair whilst wet to prevent breakages nor does she use a heat to dry it, preferring to air dry her hair naturally.

AJ Pritchard's girlfriend Abbie Quinnen has suffered third-degree burns after a wine bottle exploded and set fire to her hair and clothing. The professional dancer, 23, was filming a video with her Strictly star beau, 26, when the accident happened on January 19 and was driven to Ealing Hospital in London by his brother Curtis, reports The Sun On Sunday. Since the awful incident, Abbie has needed three skin grafts and made 20 hospital visits with AJ caring for her as she recovers at home inbetween appointments.

A young Rita Moreno tried to emulate Elizabeth Taylor in her appearance, but when it came to her hair she maintained her cultural identity. During the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Moreno, 89, opened up about her early years in Hollywood and Gene Kelly’s request to cut her hair for her role as Zelda Zanders in the 1952 film “Singin’ in the Rain.” “I did something that is so Latina because I was the shyest person on earth, and I said no,” Moreno, who is the subject of the documentary “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for...

Female soldiers can let their hair down, and flash a little nail color under new rules being approved by the Army. But male soldiers will still have to shave. Army leaders announced Tuesday that they are loosening restrictions on various grooming and hairstyle rules, as service leaders try to address longstanding complaints, particularly from women. The changes, which also expand allowances for earrings and hair highlights and dyes, are particularly responsive to women of various ethnicities, and will allow greater flexibility for braids, twists, cornrows and other styles more natural for their hair. . . . At the same time,...

Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani delivered a rambling monologue Thursday meant to reveal evidence for a 'massive' vote fraud where he quoted 'My Cousin Vinny' and claimed he had 'hundreds' of sworn affidavits as evidence that he would not share - because, he claimed, it would put his witnesses' lives at risk. After suffering more than a score of legal defeats on President Trump's multi-state case to throw out ballots, Giuliani resorted to an extended rant about alleged fraud to reporters packed in tightly at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington. The last time he held a press conference...