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Blonde Obsession.(fondness for blonde hair color)(Viewpoint essay)
Blonde Obsession
For 98 percent of the population, being blonde doesn't come naturally -- or easily. An exploration of the lure, legend, and cost of blondeness. By Meghan Daum
i'm not, at least in most ways, your typical blonde. I hate playing volleyball (beach or no beach) with a vengeance. I am not, nor have I ever been, a surfer or a cheerleader, nor have I belonged to a sorority, a country club, or the cast of The Sound of Music. I realize these are stereotypes of the most predictable variety. But to talk about blondeness is to talk less about hair color than about the cultural assumptions that have kept the enterprise going for upward of a century. ...
- NEW REVLON LINE CUTS HAIR COLOR TIME TO 10 MINUTES.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: WWD Grossman, Andrea M. April 6, 2001 700+ words
...Revlon is throwing a curve ball to the hair color industry. The company, which hasn't introduced a hair color line since 1998 and until now has placed...minutes, a first for the permanent hair color category. High Dimension, a 24-stockkeeping...
- HERBAL ESSENCES EXPANDS INTO HAIR COLOR.
- Magazine article from: WWD Grossman, Andrea M. March 9, 2001 700+ words
...brand with the launch of a companion hair color collection. According to industry sources...to reclaim its leadership position in hair color dollar sales from L'Oreal, a ranking...and nutritionals division. Clairol's hair color sales dipped 3.6 percent last year...
- +Repelle(TM) Conducts New Research on The Best and Worst of Hair Color.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 5, 2007 700+ words
...Motivations and Attitudes Towards Hair Color of Women in U.S. CINCINNATI, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- +Repelle Hair Color Stain Shield -- the only product...protects skin from harsh chemical hair color stains and irritation -- recently...
- HAIR COLOR MEETS L'OREAL'S MATCH.(L'Oreal Paris endorses Scarlett Johansson and...
- Magazine article from: WWD Nagel, Andrea January 6, 2006 700+ words
...giant is readying to roll out its 2006 hair color launch, one that's designed for those...for the truest match to their natural hair color. Natural Match, as the new permanent...tones, a challenge in the at-home hair color category. "Hair color, which is used...
- UNILEVER ENTERS HAIR COLOR MIX.(National Association of Chain Drug Stores,...
- Magazine article from: WWD Grossman, Andrea M. Brookman, Faye Klepacki, Laura June 21, 2002 700+ words
...but because of reports that the vibrant hair color category is about to get a new shot of...is Unilever's U.S. entry into hair color. Unilever declined to comment on its...consumer products giant, sells permanent hair color under the SunSilk brand in Thailand...
- The Century of Hair Color.(hair colorings industry)
- Magazine article from: Global Cosmetic Industry CORBETT, JOHN F. September 1, 2001 700+ words
...making the 20th century "the century of hair color." The development of synthetic organic...trade resulted in the birth of modern hair color at the dawn of the 20th century. Finally...DYEING FOR BUSINESS Genesis of the major hair color companies in the business at the end...
- CLAIROL: ANTI-AGING TREND HITS HAIR COLOR.(Revitalique hair coloring line to...
- Magazine article from: WWD Tode, Chantal June 12, 1998 700+ words
...women who don't want their mother's hair color," said Franz. "They grew up with...where they haven't been before with hair color." So convinced is Clairol that Revitalique can rewrite the rules for drugstore hair color that it is predicting the line will have...
- Noufal Hair Color Studio Featured in Passion Color for 4th Year; Five Noufal...
- Press release article from: Business Wire January 30, 2006 700+ words
VIENNA, Va. -- Noufal Hair Color Studio, an award-winning full-service...Passion Volume 7 hair book. Noufal has five hair color styles in this edition. This is the fourth time Noufal Hair Color Studio has been featured in this publication...
