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BBC UK – From food to fashion, the thriving market in human hair
The trade in human hair is a growing - and very lucrative - market, with a new film by US comedian Chris Rock looking at the industry. But what can human hair be used for? CONTINUE READING... BBC UK, Jun 24th, 2010 ...
Hair for Oil Benefit Concert: Bring Your Pantyhose to South Shores Tavern Friday – June 2010
The U.S. Coast Guard doesn't want your hair floating in the Gulf, and neither does BP. But if you care about warding off oil from South Florida's coastline, Christine Guyard needs your help. "I feel like we have to be proactive," says the Palm Beach Gardens mother of...
Hair today, oil cleanup tomorrow – June 2010
Frank Paganis of Pagani Hair Color & Design and Anthony Lullo of Anthony Lullo's Hair Design have come up with a new use for their leftover hair clippings: absorbing oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Through a trade publication, Paganis and Lullo, who are business...
A hairy situation – June 2010
Hair donation is hardly a new concept. Organizations such as Locks of Love and Pantene Beautiful Lengths, which provide wigs to children and women who have lost their hair because of cancer treatments, have long been popular charities for those seeking an altruistic...
Middletown hair salon to donate hair for Gulf Coast clean-up – June 2010
MIDDLETOWN - Debby Mastrianni, owner of the Hair Affair inside Main Street Market, opens up a cardboard box packed with about 250 different types of shorn hair. Normally, this large cluster-ball of locks would just be swept up and thrown away. But for now, Mastrianni...
Clean hair stockpiled to help with oil spill – June 2010
MIDDLETOWN -- Debby Mastrianni, owner of The Hair Affair inside Main Street Market, opens up a cardboard box packed with about 250 different types of shorn hair. Normally, this large cluster of locks would just be swept up and thrown away. But for now, Mastrianni will...
CSR Wire – Hooters Girls Donate Their Pantyhose to Create Booms and Absorb Up to 1 Million Gallons of Oil in the Gulf of Mexico
/PRNewswire/ -- Hooters Girls from all over the country will be voluntarily donating their torn pantyhose in an effort to help absorb the oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico. The laundered pantyhose are used to make booms which are stuffed with hair, fur and fleece to...
Valley animal fibers helping Gulf relief effort – June 2010
Idaho may be land locked, but Valley residents are pulling together to help the Gulf clean-up effort by using fibers from ranch animals. Tetonia alpaca breeder Tom Cleary is spearheading an effort to collect clippings that will be made into oil-soaking booms in the...
Share hair – a booming business: Gulf disaster spurs new use for tresses – June 2010
The situation in the Gulf of Mexico just got a little hairier with Los Altos Retreat Salon & Spa’s first-aid shipment of – what else? – hair, to a warehouse in Florida. Add nylon stockings, meshing and a little elbow grease, and the hair that once covered heads...
Salon Contributes to Gulf Clean-Up Effort – June 2010
Santa Barbara’s Salon Patine, located on upper State Street, has taken an inventive, practical approach to cleaning the Gulf of Mexico of the oil that now permeates it. In collaboration with Pureology Serious Color Care, which is also making a conscious effort to help...