My mother’s wig making salon in the 1920s
She would string the hair up on a long thread knotted at the top and start making a wig out of it.
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Fast Forward Stephen Miller Ditches Spray-On Hair — Loses Cool In TV Rant For Trump’s Wall
Stephen Miller sounded every bit like an unhinged far right wing culture warrior Thursday when he shouted at CNN’s Wolf Blitzer about the need to build President Trump’s border wall “NOW!” But at least he dumped the spray-on hair experiment. The pugnacious Jewish White House aide, known for his hardline views on immigration, was showing…
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Fast Forward Stephen Miller Went On TV With Sprayed-On Hair And Twitter Loves To Hate It
White House senior adviser Stephen Miller sported a temporary new look on CBS’s Face the Nation, courtesy of a spray can. In what appears to be an attempt at covering his receding hairline, Miller, known for his hardline anti-immigration policies, sprayed — rather unevenly — something to give the illusion of closely cropped hair. But,…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Leaders Crack Down On ‘Slutty’ Long Wigs
Orthodox leaders are increasingly policing the length of women’s wigs, the New York Post reported Sunday, citing numerous women who say they have encountered criticism and even discrimination because of their artificial locks. “People always say the longer it is, the sluttier it is,” Esther Adina Sash, 30, told the Post. Orthodox women traditionally wear…
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The Schmooze Ivanka Trump’s Hair And Makeup Stylist Is A Mexican Immigrant
In what may seem like a surprising twist in the face of immigration, the woman that determine’s Ivanka Trump’s hair and makeup is a Mexican immigrant. Alexa Rodulfo moved to the United States in 2005 with a dream of working with the biggest names in the industry. Just a few years later, she made her…
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Community How I Learned To Love My Jewish Curls
A version of this article was originally published in Plus61J, an Australian-Jewish publication. I never really noticed my curly hair until we moved back to Australia. It was part of me, some days it behaved, others there was a lot of frizz, some products seemed to help more than others, but I didn’t spend a…
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The Schmooze Ivanka Trump Went To An Iowa Hair Salon. Now, Its Customers Are Outraged
At Salon Spa W in Des Moines, a gracious environment enhanced with blonde wood and chrome accents, a simple blow-out (a popular hair style that provides volumized hair,) costs $45. If you visit Spa W wishing to achieve a hairstyle like Ivanka Trump, who has (we suspect) double process-dyed hair, which is always immaculately blown…
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