Hair and Hairstyling
Much Ado About Hair-dos
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 13, 2013 -
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Category: 1950s, Hair and Hairstyling
Red-Headed Mutant
How did an unweaned rugrat manage to grow out three or four feet of bright red hair? Was she born with that mop? If so, Mom must have had one heck of a birthing experience.
Is it a wig? if so, please explain in 1000 words or less.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 17, 2013 -
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Category: Babies, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Comics, 1950s, Hair and Hairstyling
Comb Art
A dominant theme in modern art is to transform everyday, seemingly mundane objects into art. I guess we can blame Warhol for this trend. In the case of Sonya Clark, her object of inspiration is plastic combs. She makes sculptures out of them. She explains: "Combs imply order in as much as they are tools that organize the fibers we grow. They suggest thorough investigation as in 'to go through something with a fine-toothed comb.' When a comb has broken or missing teeth there is evidence of struggle. The missing teeth provide a new rhythm, the music of a new order." [via junkculture]
Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 03, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Hair and Hairstyling
You Can Touch My Hair
Last week three black women stood in New York City's Union Square holding signs that read, "You Can Touch My Hair." It was part of an "exhibition" intended to explore people's "tactile fascination" with black women's hair.But the exhibition quickly proved controversial, because apparently many black women don't think it's a good thing to be encouraging strangers to get their grubby hands all over their heads. A group of protesters formed, holding signs such as "you can't touch my hair but you can kiss my ass" and "touch my hair with your hand & I'll touch your face with my fist." [huffpost]
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jun 11, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Hair and Hairstyling
Follies of the Madmen #197
As gross-outs go, the notion of a giant head raining its dandruff on helpless humans (or is that a normal-sized head raining on shrunken doll people?), is pretty far up the scale. Not sure, however, that it makes me want to buy the product.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 24, 2013 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Disasters, 1940s, Hair and Hairstyling
Westphal’s Auxiliator
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Here's an old-timey hair tonic with a weird name. The strange noun just means "helper."
Composed of "55% grain alcohol," it went down many an alcoholic's gullet, I'm sure.
Believe it or not, the tonic was mentioned in a SIMPSONS comicbook. If you look at their ad below, you'll see why. The mutant female user resembles the famed Springfield three-eyed fish.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 22, 2013 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Elderly and Seniors, Comics, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, Nineteenth Century, Hair and Hairstyling
Pubic hair grooming injuries on the rise
The article "Pubic Hair Grooming Injuries Presenting to U.S. Emergency Departments" was published in the December issue of the journal Urology. The authors note that the scientific community has paid little attention to the subject of pubic hair grooming injuries, which is why their article is a welcome correction.The take-home from the article is that a) pubic hair grooming injuries are on the rise, mostly because more people are watching porn, inspiring them to want to look like porn stars down there, so they start grooming, sometimes with bad consequences; and b) razors were responsible for most of the injuries. The authors recommend using clippers instead.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 19, 2012 -
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Category: Hygiene, Medicine, Genitals, Hair and Hairstyling
Follies of the Madmen #194
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 01, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Technology, 1970s, Hair and Hairstyling
The Afro Chair
Do afros make you think of chairs? That's what they made Korean designer Yangsoo Pyo think of, inspiring him to create the "Afro Chair." He writes:
Therefore, there is no danger of destroying women's stockings or knitwear. In fact the chair is very comfy. The manufacturing process of this chair begins with a simple iron frame. Then, the springs are used instead of the normal sponge and leather cover.
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Posted By: Alex - Sat Sep 22, 2012 -
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Category: Furniture, Hair Styling, Hair and Hairstyling
Horror Express
If you like the cheesy trailer in the first window, you can watch the whole movie in the second.
The real "horror" of course is Christopher Lee's Disco-NFL Mustache!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 03, 2012 -
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Category: Death, Evil, Movies, 1970s, Hair and Hairstyling, Fictional Monsters, Trains
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