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Beauty and Hair Care

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Buffalo-Wing-Flavored Soda, Wine Perfume Hit Shelves Despite Nobody Asking For Either

    All right, so the end of days might be nigh. Is that an overreaction to learning that a buffalo-wing-flavored soda recently hit the market, as did a line of perfumes scented to smell like wine varieties? OK, perhaps it's a slight overreaction, but come on, when solid food becomes inspiration for lib ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    American Mustache Institute Calls on Tax Breaks for Lip Hair; Plans March on D.C.

    ABC NewsDr. Aaron Perlut calls on a march on Washington.​The St. Louis-based American Mustache Institute last week joined forces with tax preparer H&R Block in calling for a $250 federal refund for men (and women) who proudly wear facial hair. Dr. Aaron Perlut, chairman of AMI, says the money ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Operation Brightside Commercial = Hope!

    In case you missed it, First Punch Film Production made this goofy lil' spot for the mayor:  We find it significant that the only person with enough decency and respect to not litter is the kid with the faux-hawk. Maybe there's hope after all! (For the future of St. Louis, that is; the young ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Broke? Try Bartering!

    Will Fischer A table of offerings from a previous Barter Fest. ​An alternative for holiday gifts exists just on the horizon, and it doesn't require spending a single penny! Gut Check would like to re-introduce a concept that most at least have vague familiarity with: bartering. Bartering, or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Eat, Drink and be Merry to Help an RFT Staffer Rebuild His Home [Updated]

    Image viaGut Check invites you to eat, drink and donate to help this RFT staffer rebuild his home.​Update: A friendly reminder, Gut Check readers: We're eating and drinking tomorrow after work at Three Kings Public House (6307 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-721-3355). Twenty percent of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Post-Dispatch Sniffs Out Story on Bath Salts -- Months After News First Broke of Fake Cocaine

    Post-Dispatch: It was right there! Under our nose the entire time!​Have you read the news today? Oh boy.It seems the Post-Dispatch has at last discovered that kids are snorting bath salts containing the drug mephedrone that simulates the effects of cocaine. The daily features its findings on the f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Iconic Hairstyle's Midwestern Roots Honored

    ​It's been fifty years since a hairstylist in Chicago first worked iconic magic with a rat-tail comb and a ton of hairspray. And now, her contribution to the planet's catalog of fabulous is being honored by the Chicago History Museum and Cosmetologists Chicago.Margaret Vinci Heldt invented the fam ... More >>

  • Music

    December 16, 2010

    Pierce the Veil

    6 p.m. Tuesday, December 21. Fubar, 3108 Locust Street.

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Last Collector Standing: Helen Petty on Rock & Roll Hair and Dance Parties With Her Son

    Jon Scorfina​The cultural importance of records extends beyond the music within their grooves. Generation after generation has defined itself by its vinyl aesthetic. From Elvis Presley to The Beatles, The Sex Pistols to Madonna, the album cover has become a cultural landmark that encapsulates ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Ivory Wave: Synthetic Cocaine Lands in St. Louis, Sends Teen User to Pysch Ward

    am-hi-co.comBath salts now banned in Bath, and the rest of the UK. ​Is there any end to the number of new fake drugs on the market? Earlier this year the synthetic marijuana, K2, was all the rage in Missouri and much of the United States. Now it's Ivory Wave, a drug marketed as "bath salts" but fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Morgan Spurlock Discusses Lip Hair, What He'll Do If Named "Mustached American of the Year"

    Is that a handlebar 'stache or one half of the McDonald's golden arches? ​Morgan Spurlock will be in St. Louis on Saturday for the American Mustache Institute's annual 'Stache Bash.The filmmaker and screenwriter, perhaps best known for Supersize Me, is in the running for AMI's Robert Goulet Memori ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    Free Aveda Massages at St. Louis Galleria Today

    Don't you feel better already?​Black Friday shopping got you ... stressed?Today only, the Aveda Experience Center in the St. Louis Galleria is offering free head, neck, shoulder and scalp massages, says spokeswoman Kelly Plummer. No need to make an appointment; the Aveda staffers are offering the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Brooke Shields Makes Pitch for Mustache Finalist, Actor Brandon Wardell

    Competition is heating up in the race to be named this year's Robert Goulet Mustached American of the Year. This week famed actress Brooke Shields jumped into the fray, endorsing fellow thespian Brandon Wardell -- whose mustache and singing talents have landed him roles starring as Freddy Mercury. Y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    'Stache Bash Changes Addrache -- Moving from Hrabosky's to Shannon's on December 4

    Image Via'Stache Bash headed thatta way.​This just in from the folks at the American Mustache Institute. Their annual gala slated for next month is changing addresses -- moving from the bar of one Cardinals' broadcaster to another. That's right, on December 4  'Stache Bash will take place at ... More >>

  • Music

    September 15, 2010

    Cast Spells

    10:40 p.m. Saturday, September 18. The Regional Arts Commission, 6128 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    American Mustache Institute Postpones 'Stache Bash; Grown-Up Excuses Cited

    John Oates rings in last year's Stache Bash.​If you -- like me -- have already begun grooming your facial hair for the American Mustache Institute's annual 'Stache Bash, you may be wearing that lip sweater for awhile. Daily RFT recently caught up with one of AMI's founders Aaron Perlut (a.k.a. Dr. ... More >>

  • Film

    August 4, 2010

    Red Bull: Alain Resnais does his carrot-topped muse no favors in Wild Grass

    John Oates rings in last year's Stache Bash.​If you -- like me -- have already begun grooming your facial hair for the American Mustache Institute's annual 'Stache Bash, you may be wearing that lip sweater for awhile. Daily RFT recently caught up with one of AMI's founders Aaron Perlut (a.k.a. Dr. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Thirteen Questionable Mustaches from the Pitchfork Music Festival

    As a fad or trend, mustaches are rather passe. (Shh -- don't break the hearts of the fine folks at the American Mustache Institute, who have made the facial hair their life's passion.) But someone forgot to tell the attendees of last weekend's Pitchfork Music Festival that not everyone can rock the ... More >>

  • Film

    June 30, 2010

    Tilda Swinton's got to be free in I Am Love

    As a fad or trend, mustaches are rather passe. (Shh -- don't break the hearts of the fine folks at the American Mustache Institute, who have made the facial hair their life's passion.) But someone forgot to tell the attendees of last weekend's Pitchfork Music Festival that not everyone can rock the ... More >>

  • Music

    June 30, 2010

    Kid 'N Play

    7:30 p.m. Friday, July 2. The Chaifetz Arena, One South Compton Avenue.

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2010

    Tresses to Impress

    7:30 p.m. Friday, July 2. The Chaifetz Arena, One South Compton Avenue.

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    The Morning Brew: 4.27

    The best restaurant in the world for 2010 has been announced, and it's Noma in Copenhagen. The Guardian reports on the restaurant's upset of El Bulli, the winner for the past four years and the return of rustic over modernism. Tweezers: they're not just for splinters and unwanted facial hair anymo ... More >>

  • News

    January 6, 2010

    ¡Ask a Mexican!: Special Best-of Edition

    The best restaurant in the world for 2010 has been announced, and it's Noma in Copenhagen. The Guardian reports on the restaurant's upset of El Bulli, the winner for the past four years and the return of rustic over modernism. Tweezers: they're not just for splinters and unwanted facial hair anymo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Holly Golightly, John Mayer Announce St. Louis Shows

    British garage-rock queen-bee Holly Golightly is returning to St. Louis for the first time since August 2005 at the Firebird on Tuesday, December 1. Details forthcoming. Also, John Mayer has announced a show with Michael Franti and Spearhead at the Scottrade Center on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Ticke ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2009

    Bouffant Is Better

    British garage-rock queen-bee Holly Golightly is returning to St. Louis for the first time since August 2005 at the Firebird on Tuesday, December 1. Details forthcoming. Also, John Mayer has announced a show with Michael Franti and Spearhead at the Scottrade Center on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Ticke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    Who Needs Paul Mitchell When There's Rod Blago Shampoo?

    Unreal just heard about some employees at a Chicago radio station who received an unexpected package last week, ripped it open and proceeded to laugh so hard that some of them peed their pants. The joke du jour: BLAGO Volumizing Shampoo and Conditioner - For Really Big Hair. "IT'S BLEEP'N GOLDEN!" r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    So, That's What Pimp Juice Smells Like! Nelly Launches a Perfume

    nelly.netHave you heard the news?St. Louis' favorite rapper, Nelly, is out with new fragrance for his Apple Bottom line of female fashion wear. And no, the artist is not naming the perfume after his popular energy drink and song, Pimp Juice. Not that that matters. The ladies will still be attracting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Beauty Bar/Punk Rock Hair Salon Opens this Saturday

    The Beauty Bar is a name of a venue in other cities -- Austin and Las Vegas, for starters -- and now a "punk rock hair salon" in St. Louis. The grand opening is tomorrow, and will feature beer, BBQ, burlesque and tunes from Strawfoot. (I tried to continue the "B" alliteration, and just couldn't. Bum ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 11, 2009

    We Work Hard for Our Money

    So hard for it, honey

  • Music

    February 4, 2009

    The Take Action! Tour

    6 p.m. Wednesday, February 11. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

  • Music

    November 19, 2008

    Semi Precious Weapons

    7 p.m. Monday, November 24. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2008

    Hairy Halloween

    Not so secret 'stache

  • Music

    October 15, 2008

    The Nukes

    9 p.m. Saturday, October 18. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

  • Music

    October 15, 2008

    Ponytail

    9 p.m. Thursday, October 16. Billiken Club, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University, 20 North Grand Boulevard.

  • News

    August 22, 2007

    Calling all Leprecanos, Korexicans and Beaner-weiners!

    The Mexican wants your hybrid names.

  • Calendar

    August 1, 2007

    'Stache Bridges

    The Mexican wants your hybrid names.

  • News

    January 17, 2007

    Bad Hair Days

    A Clayton salon owner claims his former stylists are poaching his upscale clients.

  • Culture

    October 11, 2006

    Women on the Verge

    Orange Girls are back -- and Bold.

  • Music

    October 4, 2006

    Shiny Toy Guns

    7 p.m. Sunday, October 8. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).

  • Calendar

    August 9, 2006

    Summer Nights

    7 p.m. Sunday, October 8. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).

  • News

    July 19, 2006
  • Calendar

    May 3, 2006

    Kills the Ozone, Saves the Country

    Hairspray is necessary for life

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 26, 2001

    Best Place To Get a Regular Haircut

    Larry Evilsizor Barber Stylist

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 26, 2001

    Best Hair Salon

    Thu Do Hair Design

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 26, 2001

    Best Hair On a TV Personality (Female)

    Keryn Shipman, KDNL-TV (Channel 30)

  • News

    March 28, 2001

    How Do You Fix a Bad-Hair Day?

    Week of March 28, 2001

  • News

    December 13, 2000

    American Beauties

    Don we now our gay apparel

  • News

    June 14, 2000

    Going Out with Style

    For Libby Yocco, preparing for death included a postmortem coiffure by a loving granddaughter

  • News

    February 23, 2000

    Force Behind the Throne

    A St. Louis barber-chair maker weathered the Depression, succumbed to Japanese competitors and adapted to changing fashion

  • Music

    February 24, 1999

    Local Time

    A St. Louis barber-chair maker weathered the Depression, succumbed to Japanese competitors and adapted to changing fashion

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