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Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Health
- Daily Mirror
Haircare set that promises 'to slow hair loss' has over 30% off
Philip Kingsley's Density Discovery Set is designed to improve locks while making strands look fuller As we grow older, it's not uncommon for our hair to become finer and thinner. However, shoppers have discovered a revolutionary haircare range that adds thickness and volume to their hair. Philip Kingsley's Density Discovery Set, which includes shampoo, conditioner and scalp drops, is designed 'to slow hair loss' while giving locks a fuller appearance. Plus, it's currently on sale, reduced to £54 from £78 - that's a decent £24 saving. Reviewing the set, a shopper in her early 70s shared her experience: "I have fine, naturally blonde hair even though I'm in my early seventies, but just lately, it has started thinning. The Density Shampoo and Conditioner duo have helped, and they are a joy to use." Clinical trials also vouch for the shampoo's effectiveness. When used with the Density Conditioner and Protein Spray, 92% of testers reported their hair felt more textured, while 25% noticed increased volume after just one application. Shop the Density Discovery Collection £78 £54 Philip Kingsley Buy Now on Philip Kingsley Product Description The shampoo purifies the scalp, fortifies strands, and imparts long-lasting fullness, making it perfect for those dealing with thinning hair. Its ingredients include hydrolysed pea peptides, which offer antioxidant, hydrating, and smoothing benefits. Meanwhile, the conditioner also helps to improve the health and condition of fine hair with its lightweight formula. The scalp drops contain a peptide blend and caffeine to help stimulate the scalp and promote healthy hair growth. However, Philip Kingsley isn't the only option for thinning hair. Champo is another brand on our radar, with its Pitta Volumising Shampoo (£20) promising immediate, long-lasting fullness and body. In fact, it's so popular the brand sells one every minute. Alternatively, for a more affordable option, the Sukin Volumising Shampoo is available for £5.95 at Boots. The matching Sukin Volumising Conditioner is also £5.95. As mentioned, the Density range has bagged some fantastic reviews online. One delighted mother enthused: "My 18-year-old daughter started to lose her hair on top (and) no one could say why. But using these products has changed her life for the better. We've noticed a difference in the last couple of months." Meanwhile, another individual raved: "I noticed the difference after the first use. My hair looked noticeably thicker. Even other people noticed. I have since purchased more and will continue using it. I am really pleased with it and recommend it to anyone with fine hair." Regrettably, not all feedback was positive. A disgruntled user reported: "So far, I am not convinced it helps. Shampoo makes my hair greasy and lank." On a brighter note, another contented customer remarked: "The Density Thickening Shampoo and Conditioner already seem to be working on my thinning, shedding hair. The scalp is less visible, and the hair looks healthy. I am delighted."
Gulf Today
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Gulf Today
Promises are for never: Bashir Makhoul eyes pledges in Zawyeh Gallery show
Zawyeh Gallery is currently hosting The Promise, a solo exhibition by renowned Palestinian artist Bashir Makhoul. To run till June 30, in The Promise Makhoul unveils his latest works, exploring themes of home, displacement and memory through visual narratives. The exhibition title encapsulates a poetic and ambiguous statement of intent — an assertion that is both an event and its upending. A promise is made and, inevitably, can be broken. The duality is at the heart of Makhoul's practice, where creation and fragmentation, completion and rupture, coexist. At the core of the exhibition is the recurring motif of the house, depicted in its most elemental form: a cube with a door and a window. The geometric structures, arranged in dense and chaotic formations, reflect the overcrowded conditions of refugee camps and marginalised communities. Despite their elegant colour palettes, the artworks reveal a stark contrast between aesthetic beauty and unsettling political realities. An olive tree in close-up. Featuring works in painting, electroplated sculptures, printmaking, handwoven wool and silk tapestries and mixed media works, the art explores identity, fragmentation, dispossession, and longing. Through layered symbols such as home, petals, and patterns, Makhoul examines the fragile balance between loss and hope, chaos and order, destruction and rebirth. Home for him is both a sanctuary and a site of loss. It is not only a place where one builds memories, but also a location where one loses them. Home therefore does not offer only security, but also gives birth to instability and loss, especially if home is a refugee camp. Makhoul explores his relationship with his homeland, examining its emotional and psychological impact. He works between lived reality and nostalgia, presence and displacement, permanence and impermanence. Weaving is just not a skill for him: it is also the reconstruction of memories while electroplated sculptures symbolise disruption. As a Palestinian who has spent most of his life in exile, the notion of home is therefore conflicted. The Palestinian experience of home under occupation is marked by the sense of belonging and also the haunting feel of uncertainty. Among the featured series is Fractured Oblivion, an extension of the artist's earlier Promise series. Scattered blossom petals — once symbols of unity — now encircle dark voids that echo bullet holes Makhoul photographed in Beirut in the 1990s. The colour hides pain. The war-torn surfaces evoke his family's exile during the Nakba, while the petals suggest healing and the voids, as the title implies, lead only to oblivion. The themes of rupture and continuity extend into the Skein series, where tangled threads symbolise exile and return. Works such as Drift and Density (3) explore the Palestinian experience of loss and perseverance, with Density (3) standing as a testament to a fragmented nation bound together by resilience and solidarity. Makhoul's latest experiments in electroplated 3D printing introduce an unexpected crystalline structure inside his house formations. The approach reaches its pinnacle in My Olive Tree, where geometric structures take on the spectral form of an ancient olive tree — a personal symbol for the artist, standing between two parcels of land he does not own. The olive tree, much like the Palestinian people, waits — embodying persistence and the inevitable fulfillment of the promise to return. The Promise offers a powerful meditation on identity, displacement, and resilience, and marks Makhoul's first solo exhibition in Dubai. He was born in 1963 in the village of Makhoul in the Galilee region of Palestine. The artist was only five years old when he and his nine siblings — four sisters and five brothers — lost their father, leaving his mother alone to raise them. He attended school till he was ten, and around the age of 13, began to supplement his schooling with paid work at a carpentry shop to contribute to the household income. It was his boss at this shop who discovered his artistic skills and passion for design; eighteen months after he began, Makhoul was named the manager of the workshop. Following secondary school, he also made violins designed for Arabic music and played them at weddings. In the early 1980s, he began to study fine arts at Haifa University, later relocating to the United Kingdom. In 2017, Makhoul became the first Palestinian Vice-Chancellor at the University for the Creative Arts, UK, cementing his central place in the art world of the Palestinian diaspora. Bashir Makhoul is a Palestinian artist. Exile has significantly impacted Palestinian art, forcing artists to grapple with displacement, identity, and the ongoing struggle for homeland. Palestinian artists have used their work to express the pain of loss, cultivate nostalgia for a lost homeland, and document the tragic experiences of their families and communities. Exile also has led to the development of new artistic mediums and styles, as artists adapt to changed circumstances. notes that the Palestinian experience of exile 'is a multifaceted tapestry woven with threads of longing and resistance. At its core lies the dichotomy between the tangible memories of those who were forced to leave their homeland by Israel's military forces and the inherited narratives passed down to subsequent generations. Throughout their diasporic journey, Palestinians have grappled with the challenge of preserving their heritage and resisting attempts to delegitimise their indigenous connection to the land ... diaspora, far from being a passive state of displacement, emerged as a locus of resistance and cultural resurgence. Artists and writers crafted narratives of resilience, depicting the indomitable spirit of a people determined to resist cultural assimilation and preserve their identity.'
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Barbara Corcoran Thinks This Career Trend Is Bad For Your Money — Do Experts Agree?
Workers rely on raises, bonuses and job promotions to advance their careers and their earnings. But one career trend — remote work — could make that more difficult. I'm a Self-Made Millionaire: Consider This: 4 Things You Must Do When Your Savings Reach $50,000 In an interview with Angela Yee on the 'Way Up With Angela Yee' podcast, real estate mogul and business expert Barbara Corcoran acknowledged that from an employee's perspective, wasting time commuting doesn't make sense. But whether remote workers are actually more productive at home, Corcoran said she's not buying it. 'As a boss, you know, I kind of like when I'm in the office to see all the people that work for me in the office working with me,' she said. 'If I'm not in the office and I'm taking those two days off or working myself outside the city on some business related thing, I like my people to know they don't have to come in. But when I'm in, I like my people in.' In partially remote workplaces, that preference can result in a phenomenon called proximity bias, which is favorable treatment toward employees by virtue of their physical proximity to their supervisors. According to the Harvard Business Review, the bias 'stems from the antiquated assumption that those who work remotely are less productive than those who work from the office.' A spate of employer surveys in the early 2020s, when offices began reopening after the COVID-19 pandemic-related shutdowns, suggested that proximity bias might result in remote workers having fewer opportunities for advancement than their onsite coworkers. One such survey from the Society for Human Resource Management lent credence to that concern. The survey found that over two-thirds of supervisors of remote workers considered those workers 'more easily replaceable,' and 62% said that 'remote work is detrimental to employees' career objectives.' Proximity bias can impact your career in many ways, according to Density, a San Francisco-based workplace design and occupancy planning company. For example, you might experience: Fewer opportunities to take on the kinds of high-impact projects that result in raises and promotions Fewer performance evaluations Reduced pay due to lower commuting costs or living in a location with lower living expenses Less access to information and company resources Find Out: These tips from Forbes can help you overcome the challenges remote workers face from employers who, consciously or not, favor employees who work onsite: Ask your boss for a weekly one-on-one. Use the time to share your career goals and make sure you understand and are meeting your employer's expectations. Reach out to coworkers — individually and in small groups — to stay connected. Ask for high-profile projects that can enhance your visibility within the company. Ultimately, views on remote work from an employer perspective will vary. However, utilizing the tips above and doing your best to get in as much face time as possible could go long way toward being noticed or considered for advancement provided you are also putting in good work. More From GOBankingRates4 Unusual Ways To Make Extra Money That Actually Work How Much Would I Save if I Cut My Credit Card Interest to Low APR for a Year? How Middle-Class Earners Are Quietly Becoming Millionaires -- and How You Can, Too This article originally appeared on Barbara Corcoran Thinks This Career Trend Is Bad For Your Money — Do Experts Agree? Sign in to access your portfolio
