January 2011
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free the powder (from talc)
i firmly believe that google has the answers to all of life’s questions.  that’s why this summer, i randomly googled what baby powder was made of.  i was horrified to learn that baby powder, which i frequently use on my hair to eliminate oil, is actually really, really bad for you! for months, i even swore off baby powder & switched to dry shampoo (which I think is actually just a...
Jan 28th
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Shobha goes west coast
  members of our Shobha team will be exhibiting at the international salon & spa expo (ISSE) in long beach this weekend [read: you will see one of these smiling faces if you go!]. with a focus on education & an eye for the latest trends, the annual trade show attracts thousands of industry experts from salons & spas all over the country. we will be hosting workshops in our signature...
Jan 25th
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Shobha adventures at scott j salon
we now share a common thread with the team at scott j. aveda salon!  that’s right we’ve set up a satellite camp & you can now get our signature threading & sugaring (for the face) further north on the island (of manhattan) at the scott j’s uws location (72nd & columbus avenue).  we’ve been warmly welcomed & are having a ball sharing the Shobha love.       curiosity may have...
Jan 21st
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Jan 18th
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new job, new brows
having been blessed with a unibrow at five years old, i’ve always been kind of obsessed with my eyebrows. i first started shaving the middle of my eyebrows way before i would like to admit. after much protest, however, i was able to convince my mom to get my eyebrows waxed for the first time when i was 12 years old. perhaps, i was a little too excited about my new discovery of the joys of having...
Jan 14th
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thank you!
we truly appreciated a great day together filled with great friends/family, food, drinks & of course a belly dancer!!! thank you for your patronage! here are a quick few photos of what our holiday festivities entailed…
Jan 11th
Jan 7th
kama sutra – the ancient art of sexiness
way before cosmo & maxim came around, people had very few options when looking for sexual advice…in the written form anyway [i’m pretty sure older siblings & wiser friends always existed!].  but where did those in-the-know go?  they went straight to the back corners of the local bookstore - often in the beaded-off section - for a dusty copy of the kama sutra, the ancient indian...
Jan 4th