Salon
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World
Sydell L. Miller, Self-Made Eyelash and Hair Care Mogul, Dies at 86
She and her husband, Arnold, made it big in the beauty industry by giving new skills, products and dignity to the workaday salon hairdresser.
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Business
Lift a Pinky. It’s Time for Tea.
Phoebe Cheong and Jude Andam, friends who live on opposite coasts, have recently begun a tradition whenever they see each other. They have tea. On a recent afternoon, Ms. Andom, a makeup artist in Los Angeles, joined Ms. Cheong, a commercial ...
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Magazine
The Bergdorf Blonde Moves to Park Avenue
The location has changed, but clients such as Hillary Clinton and Martha Stewart remain loyal to Parvin Klein, a colorist who perfected an iconic hair color.
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Arts
When a Seat in the Theater Means a Seat in the Salon
“Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” is a play where the Black women in the audience are the ones who feel most at home.
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World
A Scientist’s Salons in Paris Cater to a Neglected Trait: Curly Hair
With a Ph.D. in chemistry and inspired by her daughter, Aude Livoreil-Djampou is trying to address the dearth of salon options in France for people with coiled or curly hair.
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World
A Friendship Woven of Hair and Heritage
As a child of mixed-race heritage, I often found that my hair was a source of tension between my mother and me. My father hails from Eritrea in East Africa, and my mother is from Sweden, so she and I have vastly different hair textures. When I was a ...