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Sydney Morning Herald, Tue, 12 Jul 2005 5:38 AM PDT
Blue Water High http://www.smh.com.au/news/review/blue-water-high/2005/07/12/1120934232481.html
Money is the teen issue of the week in the idyllic world of the elite surf academy inhabited by these improbably gorgeous bikini girls. A rock band is touring and while Anna, the German student, seems to have plenty of cash to cover all the tickets in advance, everyone else is struggling.

icWales, Mon, 11 Jul 2005 8:08 PM PDT
Just plane glam http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=15725635&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=just-plane-glam-name_page.html
OK, so they may not be as glamorous as your bikini or as sexy as your sarong, but flight socks are an essential item when jetting off on your holiday.

New York Post's PageSix via Yahoo! News, Tue, 12 Jul 2005 1:03 AM PDT
JEANS ON THE RISE
ACTRESS Parker Posey breezed into Factory PR's fashion showroom recently in search of new jeans - but not low-risers.

East Bay Newspapers, Mon, 11 Jul 2005 1:42 PM PDT
Hanging by a thread http://www.eastbayri.com/story/283744463506482.php
You've heard it before. "No pain, no gain." "It's painful to be beautiful." For centuries, women have accepted this as fact, whether by trying to force their curvaceous bodies into tight, blood-sucking corsets or girdles or by waxing their legs, eyebrows, bikini lines, etc. to remove all unwanted hair.

Hanging by a thread


You've heard it before. "No pain, no gain." "It's painful to be beautiful." For centuries, women have accepted this as fact, whether by trying to force their curvaceous bodies into tight, blood-sucking corsets or girdles or by waxing their legs, eyebrows, bikini lines, etc. to remove all unwanted hair. There is no such thing as too much pain when it comes to perfecting the body's appearance ... right?

You know you've done it. Most women, and even a lot of men, have. You make the trip to the salon and sit back in the always-uncomfortable chair. Head back, eyes closed, you try not to think about what is about to happen to you. You know once it's over, you'll look great, but, oh, the process!

The technician leans over you, her eyes filled with a combination of sympathy (she's a woman, she's had it done, too!) and superiority. The hot wax almost burns a bit as she "paints" it on your brow, which by this time is starting to sweat in anticipation of what is to come. Her able fingers smooth the canvas cloth repeatedly over the wax, to make sure it adheres to the skin. The act is almost soothing. Almost.

"Are you ready?" she asks, a hint of doom in her expert voice. She's done this before, countless times. You grip the edge of your seat, clamping down your teeth as you probably mutter, "Almost over, almost over," repeatedly to yourself. Then....rrrrriiiiiiiiippppppppppp!

Her arm flies over your head, taking the canvas cloth, the hot wax, your unwanted eyebrow hair and about two layers of your precious skin with it. No, it's not like removing a Band-Aid really fast. It's kind of like Chinese water torture, only no water, extra torture.

Ah, waxing. One of the many rituals women suffer through to make themselves more beautiful. While any area can be waxed (we're not going to go there), the eyebrows and face are the most common. They're also the areas that other people see the most. The eyebrows are the frame of our face, and whether you wax, pluck, get electrolysis, or (gasp!) shave, chances are you're doing something to maintain them.

Well, now there's another way to remove unwanted facial hair and you know what? It doesn't hurt. No, really. Fast, inexpensive, safe and effective, threading is a method of removing hair at the root that has been practiced in East Asia and the Middle East for centuries, and one that is gaining popularity across the United States as more and more women discover that beauty and pain do not have to go hand-in-hand.

You do what with the thread?!

Despite its name, threading has absolutely no connection to sewing at all. Note: No needles. Just 100 percent cotton thread. How, you ask, does a piece of thread remove the stubborn hairs that I spend hours a week plucking? Easy.

The thread is knotted, leaving three ends. One end in each of the technician's hands and one end in her mouth, to create resistance. By knotting the thread and creating a trap, hairs are caught and forced out by the root. The technician makes a rapid back and forth movement with the thread, removing the hair quickly and efficiently. Depending on the client's needs, the hair can be removed individually, or a few at a time.

The process is very meticulous, allowing the technician to remove hair from between the brows, as well as under and above the arch. The careful movement lets the technician shape each brow, removing as much or as little hair as necessary or desired.

Those who have never touched their eyebrows with any hair removal method may experience a slight pinching or stinging sensation, and possibly a little bumpiness or redness immediately following the procedure. This is generally no more painful than what you may experience after plucking on your own or having your brows waxed at the salon.

The process itself, depending on how much of your face you get done, generally takes less than 10 minutes, and the results are immediate. If you think you might be a little more sensitive to pain, a numbing solution can be sprayed on your brow to decrease the sting, and hydrocortisone cream applied immediately after will reduce any redness or bumps.

Closer than you think

Threading is already a common practice in larger cities like Los Angeles and New York. But there are a few salons in Rhode Island that are offering the service to their customers. Le Mani Capelli in Warren is one of those salons.

Tammy Munroe has owned and operated the salon at 175 Main St. for six years, offering hairdressing and waxing to her customers. On Memorial Day of last year, a unique way to expand her business basically just fell into her lap.

As she was planting flowers outside the corner shop, she got talking to Sanju Kohli, who was walking her infant son. Ms. Kohli struck up a conversation about the salon and introduced Ms. Munroe to threading. Never having heard of the practice before, Ms. Munroe said she was very surprised at how effective it really was.

"As soon as she demonstrated it, I was like, 'Wow!' " she recalls. "I couldn't believe how well it worked."

Shortly after their encounter, Ms. Kohli's sister, Gina, began offering threading through Le Mani Capelli, followed after a few months by Ms. Kohli herself. Now just the two of them and one other hairdresser, Ms. Munroe and Ms. Kohli make quite the team, introducing both men and women around the East Bay to a new, less invasive way to look beautiful.

"This takes care of the finer hairs, so you don't have to do it as often as tweezing or waxing," Ms. Munroe explains. "I offer waxing, too, but this is better for your skin. With waxing, you're taking the top layer of skin off. Threading also gives you a better shape because it's more precise. Some people are afraid to try it, because they think you're using a needle and thread, but it's not like that at all."

A tradition, crossing cultures

Ms. Kohli learned the art of threading when she was a teenager back in her native India, and she says the practice itself originated in East Asia centuries ago.

"Women in India never wax their eyebrows," Ms. Kohli explains, as she prepares her next customer, lightly brushing baby powder over the eyebrows to soak up some of the oils on the face. "Waxing is unheard of in India. It's not like it is here."

Threading, according to Ms. Kohli, is more than just simply removing hair.

"It's much more involved. It's about looking at the whole picture, the whole face, and taking into account all of the different angles and shapes," she says. "You have to shape the eyebrows to match the whole face. This is why I like to give a lot of time to my clients."

Although threading is gaining popularity, it is not spreading as quickly as some might hope because the skill is so difficult to teach, Ms. Kohli says. It takes a lot of practice to perfect, and a lot of cosmetology schools aren't offering it to students. Mainly women like Ms. Kohli and others from the Middle East who are so familiar with the practice are able to offer it in salons.

Any skin type, any age, any time

Threading is a good hair removal option for anyone, regardless of age and skin type. Because it is non-invasive, it is safe for anyone to try, even if you are using acne medications. Ms. Munroe says the youngest threading client at Le Mani Capelli is 11 years old, while the oldest is 95.

Claire Almada, 60, of Bristol is also a client. She's been having threading done for almost a year and says she'll never go back to her old ways.

"I've done it all — waxing, tweezing. I was tweezer-happy," Ms. Almada explains with a chuckle. "This is way more precise than waxing. I was a little leery about getting other parts of my face done, because I'd never waxed or done anything, other than my eyebrows. But I was surprised that it didn't hurt. Now I get it all done, about every four weeks. There's no maintenance, nothing. It's great."

Mollie Francis, 20, of Warren agrees. She tried it out of sheer curiosity, loved it, and even convinced her boyfriend, 25-year-old Josh Landskroner, to try it.

"I heard it was better than waxing, so I tried it out of curiosity," Miss Francis explains. "Then both my sisters ended up coming and I dragged my boyfriend. It's so quick and painless, so low maintenance. You don't have to do anything in between. Josh isn't ashamed to do it, he's even convinced his friends to do it."

"I'm definitely telling the guys about it," Mr. Landskroner says with a smile. "I've been doing it for about four months now."

"You can't go in and tell Sanju, 'I want my eyebrows to look like this,' " Miss Francis says knowingly. "She does it according to your face. She matches your brows to fit your face."

Depending on your skin type and how fast your hair grows, you can expect your threading to last anywhere from two weeks to five weeks. At Le Mani Capelli, the charge for eyebrows is $10; lip is $5; chin $2 to $3; and about $22-$25 for the full face.

Are you ready to give up waxing and tweezing for threading?

Threading has been around for centuries, but has only recently begun to gain popularity in the U.S.

* What is it?

Threading is a method of removing facial hair at the root. Rows of stray hairs are yanked out with twists of cotton thread.

* How does it work?

The technician holds one end of the thread in her teeth and the other in her left hand. The middle is looped through the index and middle fingers on the right hand. The technician then uses the loop to trap a series of unwanted hairs and pull them from the skin.

* Advantages

This method is inexpensive, quick, neat and often times less painful than tweezing or waxing. Results can last up to two to four weeks.

* Disadvantages

Outside large cities, the popularity has not caught on as much, so not many salons offer the treatment. For some, the process can be painful or cause itching. Possible side effects are similar to those for tweezing and waxing and may include temporary skin redness or puffiness or folliculitis, an infection of the hair follicles.

So you want to try it?

Le Mani Capelli is one of the few salons in the area offering threading. The salon offers threading Tuesday through Friday, from noon to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Depending on your skin type and how fast your hair grows, you can expect your threading to last anywhere from two weeks to five weeks. The charge for eyebrows is $10; lip is $5; chin $2 to $3; and about $22-$25 for the full face.

By Beth Bottis

bbottis@eastbaynewspapers.com

Blogging Baby, Mon, 11 Jul 2005 11:10 AM PDT
The Shows I'm Forced to Watch: Band Geeks http://www.bloggingbaby.com/entry/1234000413050092/
The Show : Spongebob Squarepants The Basics : He lives in a pineapple under the sea. Get with the program! The Episode : Squidward’s old college rival, Squilliam Fancyson, gives the forlorn fast-food cashier a chance at stardom: the opportunity to conduct a band at the Bubble Bowl. Only problem? It’s BYOB - Bring Your Own Band. Squidward rounds up his fellow losers in Bikini Bottom and

Reuters via Yahoo! News, Mon, 11 Jul 2005 6:04 AM PDT
Business is buzzing again in battered Bali http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050711/lf_nm/tourism_indonesia_bali_dc_1
Sun-bathing topless on Bali's famed Kuta beach, Joanna Lee seems unfazed by the sight of giggling Indonesian tourist policemen buzzing by on a golf cart.

Reuters via Yahoo! News, Mon, 11 Jul 2005 7:01 AM PDT
TV review: The Princes of Malibu http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050711/review_nm/television_malibu_dc_1
If you watch it solely as a cartoon and take nothing in it as even remotely genuine, Fox's "The Princes of Malibu" has some modest -- albeit wholly contrived -- entertainment value. So much for the positives.

Publican, Tue, 12 Jul 2005 5:25 AM PDT
Lambrini aims for on-trade - 12 July 2005 http://www.thepublican.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=17889&d=32&h=24&f=23&dateformat=%25o%20%25B%20%25Y
Click here for your copy of the Pub Industry Handbook 2005, the award-winning trade reference bible. What made the news in The Publican this week 10 years ago, five years ago and last year. Click here.

Tribune Chronicle, Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:21 PM PDT
Rib Burn Off moving to a new location this year http://www.tribunechronicle.com/ticket/story/0712202005_tik001burnoff7.asp
Following your nose to the Mahoning Valley Rib Burn Off will lead to a new location this year. The 21st edition of the meat-and-music festival moves from June to July and from the parking lot of Eastwood Field to the parking lot of nearby Super Kmart.

BrandWeek, Mon, 11 Jul 2005 1:39 PM PDT
Wyeth Preps for the Coming Boom http://brandweek.com/brandweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000977175
NEW YORK -- If ever there were a sign that the Baby Boom generation is on the verge of mass retirement—and that there's money to be made off it—then this would be it: Charlie's Angels star Cheryl Ladd is doing an awareness campaign for osteoporosis.

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