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• In S.C., Beauty Salons Are Also Political Soapboxes

  Published: October 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: S C, Beauty, Salons, Also, Political, Soapboxes, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Champaign, Margaret Bell, Katie B Catalon, Charleston, Shanaya Hammond, Gaynell Wise, South Carolina, Illinois, North Carolina, Abc Inc, The Washington Post Company, George W Bush, Georgetown Uni

  CHARLESTON, S.C. -- At Hair Menders Unlimited beauty salon the other day, owner Margaret Bell was working up a soapy lather in a customer's thin, gray hair when a conversation in the waiting room took a dangerous turn.

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• In S.C., Beauty Salons Are Also Political Soapboxes

  Published: October 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: S C, Beauty, Salons, Also, Political, Soapboxes, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Champaign, Margaret Bell, Katie B Catalon, Charleston, Shanaya Hammond, Gaynell Wise, South Carolina, Illinois, North Carolina, Abc Inc, The Washington Post Company, George W Bush, Georgetown Uni

  CHARLESTON, S.C. -- At Hair Menders Unlimited beauty salon the other day, owner Margaret Bell was working up a soapy lather in a customer's thin, gray hair when a conversation in the waiting room took a dangerous turn.

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• Fashion disaster: Woman leaves stylist with chemical burns on her scalp

  Published: December 31, 2007, 9:21 am

  Tags: Bleach, Coiffure, Hair, Hair Dye, Hairdye, Salon, Salons

  Filed under: CoiffureSo here we are, on the brink of a brand new year -- what better time to try a new look? That's what Kareim Ugarte was thinking when she stopped into her local salon, and asked to have her hair color changed from brown to blond. Only that's not what happened. Instead of the blond locks she was after, Ugarte wound up looking

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• In the Eye of the Beholder

  Published: March 1, 2008, 11:58 am

  Tags: Mailbag, Beauty Salons, Tony Witt, Belle Newman, Claremont Village

  would prohibit new beauty salons from opening in street-level, storefront Village locations.In the city's downtown Village, there are many types of beauty businesses - hair salons, nail salons, barbers and day spas. On some blocks, there are three or four different salons.City officials worry that the increasing number of salons is disrupting

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• Belle Newman Hands City Hair Cutters Defeat

  Published: April 9, 2008, 2:19 pm

  Tags: Beaitu Salons, Claremont City Council, Corey Calaycay, Belle Newman

  At the Claremont City Council meeting two weeks ago, City Planner Belle Newman pushed the Claremont City Council to approve the banning of new personal care establishments at ground-floor locations in the Village. Here is a clip from the March 25, 2008 city council meeting where she gave the staff report. (We found ourselves a little bit

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• Claremont Conservative Covers Council Meeting

  Published: April 9, 2008, 8:55 am

  Tags: Claremont Conservative, Beauty Salons

  strict limits on new beauty salons in the Claremont Village. The ordinance places an outright ban on salons in first floor storefronts. The ordinance also bans existing salons from expanding into those same areas. Salons would still be allowed on second floors or in storefronts facing alleys - both limits that mean new salons wouldn't benefit

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• Transit and Salon News

  Published: April 26, 2008, 3:05 am

  Tags: Mailbag, Traffic, Metrolink, Beauty Salons, Gold Line

  time to find out what the 25 salons in the village are? I still am curious whether there really are 25..... and what they are. Thanks.We're not sure about the salons or how that number 25 was arrived at, but looking for salons, spas, nail and tanning businesses between Foothill Blvd. and Arrow Hwy. to the north and south, and Claremont Blvd. and

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• Trying Out for a Reality Show!

  Published: May 9, 2008, 3:57 pm

  Tags: Careers, Counselors, Craigslist, Employment, Gbv, Guided By Voices, Haircuts, Jobs, Placement Companies, Political Parties, Reality Shows, Reality Television, Reality Tv, Salons, Shaggy Hair, Staffing Companies, Ukulele

  with their stylists at salons, and how she, herself, tells her stylist everything. I think I made it clear that I’m more interested in free or cheap, quick and easy haircuts than any sort of bonding experience, but obviously “reality television” is just a name, and I don’t think it would be too disingenuous for me

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• May is melanoma and skin cancer prevention month

  Published: May 6, 2008, 2:27 pm

  Tags: Cancer News, Diagnosis, Health Risks, In The News, Lifestyle, Cancer, Common, Curable, Detection, Dr Z, Dr Z S Medical Report, Ed Zimney, Health Blog, Healthtalk, Melanoma, Melanoma Monday, National Melanoma Skin Cancer Month, Prevention, Sunscreen, Tanning Salons

  exposure (including tanning salons) is the most preventable risk factor for ALL skin cancers, including melanoma. It's pretty easy to check your skin regularly. You need to look at your entire body, including your back, your scalp, the soles of your feet, between your toes and the palms of your hands. You may need a mirror and/or a partner to

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• Tip of the day: I want to be a stylist.

  Published: June 13, 2008, 2:40 pm

  Tags: Clothing, Clothing Line, Clothingline, Fashion, Fashionista, Fashionista2008, Hair, Hair Salon, Haircut, Hairsalon, Makeup, Makeup Artist, Makeupartist, Salon, Salons, Style, Styledash, Stylelist, Stylist, Stylista, Stylistic, Stylists

  Filed under: Coiffure, Celebrity Style, Tip of the DayWho doesn't? Getting free material is the stuff. Going to fancy parties is where it's at. And being recognized for being able to pick clothing out of a closet, dab on lipstick or put hair into a ponytail? Wowza sign us up!But getting to that higher level requires a little work and know how.

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