After 37 years, Hairstyling Institute's era ends
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No need to worry that the good old days are long gone, by the way. One owner told us that a traditional barbershop, complete with barber pole, is like a good hairstyle: If it looks good and makes you feel good, there's no reason to mess with success.
(Paul McGeiver/MCT) This week, we dipped into the good ol' Style Girlfriend mailbag to answer a young reader's question about how to achieve a hairstyle with "take me serious" heft. Joey asked: "I'm a 24-year-old professional, and I want to be taken
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax is brought to us by the creators who gave us HOP, and the soon-to-be sequeled Despicable Me. Danny DeVito voices the Lorax, who speaks for the trees. The object of the Lorax's unsuccessful, tree-lover conversion, the Once-ler of
