2 Michigon State News, Eost Lansing, Michigan Go FIRST Class at COACH Prices ... Come Join Our Crew! Friday. April 27, 1979 3 Cures create 'hairy' problems By SALLY EISELE person may not be right for the "Our shelves are so over¬ tending to ruin people's hair if which hair registers on the Hair products have become so next." loaded that even the profes¬ they're over-used." scale. diverse it is hard to distinguish Mary Poisson, sionals don't know what to buy She recommended several Harrell said products that are a Northville between what is necessary for senior, said she is the kind of anymore," she said. standard guides for choosing a PH-balanced will be identified good hair care and what is consumer who has problems Harrell believes commercial good shampoo and conditioner. as such. She also emphasized needless. brands have value, but adver- deciding which products are "Generally, stay with the the necessity to experiment Products shout warnings best. tisors have misled the consumer same company for both pro¬ with different brands to find the from the advertisement pages "I read the labels," she said. to believe much more is neces ducts," Harrell said. "The pro¬ best one that works for each of local newspapers, promising "But I don't really understand sary for hair care than what ducts are usually designed to person. cures for dandruff, the frizzies, what I'm looking for." really is. complement each other. They "Hair products have vastly lack of the frizzies, limp hair, MSU freshman Lisa Rutledge "People have been led to should also be PH-balanced." improved," she said. "All our dull hair and just plain ugly hair. said she didn't have any kind of a believe that conditioning the PH measures the acidity or beauty products are better than The only solution not on the hair, for example, is a neces¬ pattern for distinguishing be alkalinity of the product. A good they were just a few years ago. market is how to tell the tween hair products. sary, daily treatment," Harrell shampoo or conditioner should It's just a matter of knowing difference between the pro "I just try everything," she said. "It's not. A lot of condi¬ have a PH-level between 4.5-5.5 what you need, and what you ducts. said. tioners on the market are because that is the level at don't." One East Lansing cosmotolo- Trying everything can be gist said although there may be expensive and time-consuming, many new hair-care products and Schepper said the best HANDICAPPER FASHIONS available to consumers, the hair-care products are the pro¬ basic tools for hair care haven't fessional brands, not readily Special clothes designed changed. available to consumers. "A good shampoo and a good "The products we use are conditioner are all that are completely different," she said. necessary for hair care," said "They're more effective because By ANNA BROWNE pers. "We help the individual select Sandy Schepper, an employee they're not as watered-down. State News Staff Writer "There are few sources such from what's already on the of My Place, 4982 North wind And if you know where to go you Clothes designed for fashion as catalogs for clothing for market," Orlando said. "If their Drive. can buy them." are the concern of most people. handicappers," she said, and need can be met that way, that's But to know what shampoos The places Schepper is refer How they are designed to they're not very fashionable or the best way." and conditioners are good is a ing to are the beauty supply function has become the concern attractive." Orlando said two graduate major accomplishment in itself stores where the products are of an associate professor of the Orlando said that students in students and an independent these days. Different products available in bulk form for Department of Environment the class work on a one-to-one study student have done re¬ are available for long hair and professional use as well as in and Design. basis with clients and design search projects on designing short hair, dry hair and oily hair standard sizes for the novice. Jacquelyn Orlando became clothes with individual needs in clothes for handicappers and for damaged hair and dyed hair. Stevie Harrell, licensed cos- interested in fashions for handi- mind. children with handicaps. Schepper admitted there are no motologist and a clerk at Pierce cappers while working for a Orlando said they work with She said she encourages her set rules for deciding what Brother's Beauty and Barber cooperative extension service at designs which are already avail¬ students to send their designs to works best. Supply Co., 915 E. Michigan Ohio State University. able because "they don't have to catalogs to try and upgrade the "It's a process of experiments Ave., agreed that the hair Moving to MSU last Septem¬ always be something different. fashions which are offered. tion, of trial and error," she product market has been ber, Orlando taught a class It depends on the person's "It's all related to functional said. "What works for one flooded to a confusing degree. called Clothing for Handicap- characteristics." icontinued on page 18) 219 E. Grand River Across From Union Bldg. Ph.351-1098 A Michigan State News East Lansing, Michigan for comfortable, casual good looks COPPER RIVET casual court The New Woman's Choice SfrfssHioN sPo?n^ 2055 West Grand River 2055 West Grand River 6200 South Pennsylvania 6200 South Pennsylvania 5125 West Saginaw for everyone. 2055 West Grand River 6200 South Pennsylvania 5125 West Saginaw () Michigan Stole News, East Lansing, Michigan Tattoos create colorful bodies Bv BOB HAMILTON Hanging on the walls of the With a push of his foot the "He was a riot of rockets and shop are some photos of past shader starts humming. A fountains and people, in suck customers, a certificate for the shader is similar to the liner intricate detail and color that Tattoo Club of America and except the seven needles are in you could hear the voices various policy signs. a row. First on goes the brown, murmuring small and muted He won't tattoo people who then the red, then the yellow. from the crouds that inhabited are drunk or high. Payment is in Throughout the procedure his body. When his flesh advance and checks are not the area is wiped clean to allow twitched, the tiny mouths accepted. visibility as the ink gets flickered, the tiny green-and- spattered around. After an Bob said he won't put tattoos gold eyes winked, the tiny pink hour-and-a-half it's done. hands gestured. There were on heads, hands or feet. "If they're on the head and Harley wings with LoBo printed yellow meadows and blue rivers underneath. hands you can't hide them if you and mountains and stars and Moist will do any size tattoo want to and feet get infected too suns and planets spread in a from a small heart which costs Milky Hlat/ his chest." easy," he said, adding infection across $25 to $30 and takes 10 minutes wasn't too much of a risk From Ray Bradburys' "The extensive because he kept to more designs Illustrated Man." everything which very sterile. can easily cost $200 and over and take two or three Drunken sailors stumbling Moist was the first person to hours. out of the fog into smoke-filled receive a license for tattooing in Lyle Tuttle, probably the back rooms, bikers riding chop¬ Ingham County. best known tattoo artist today, pers and the tattooed lady at "I had to work real hard to get won't do a tattoo for less than the circus are fairly common that license. They liked my $50. images conjured up by the In every tattoo shop there are word tattoo. procedure, said I was real clean," Moist said. "Probably if designs hanging on the wall or in And for good reason — it used booklets called "flash." They anybody else came for a license to be that these were the only show the prospective customer they'd have to use my pro¬ people to get tattooed. At least cedure." what designs are available to the only people to get tattooed Moist begins by shaving the choose from. A person can also and admit it. area to be tattooed. Then he bring in his or her own design But not any more. More and sterilizes it with alcohol and and have it transfered. more tattoos are gaining pop¬ aplies a thin coat of vaseline. He Once a person chooses a ularity in all levels of our takes the stencil of the picture tattoo they have to decide society, particularly among and coats it with powdered where to put it. Different areas women. charcoal that has been steri¬ have different sensitivities to lized. This leaves an outline of pain. Flesh, fatty surfaces such Bob Moist, owner of Bob's the picture to be done. as the buttocks, upper thighs Tattoing on U.S. 27, says he The black outline ink is drawn and breasts are the least sen¬ does tattoos on all sorts of out of a little cup into the liner. sitive. Boney areas, the inside of people. The liner consists of seven arms and genitals are the most "We get a lot of business and needles in a tight circle. By sensitive. office people in here," he said. stepping on a foot pedal he turns Moist won't do any tattoo that "Last summer I did more the liner on and the needles he thinks is nasty or vulgar in tattoos on women than the six Photo by Bob shoot in and out rapidly. With any place he thinks is nasty or summers before combined." Homilton this he goes over the stencil vulgar. Bob's One tattoo customer said the more the better. He Tattooing is a small once to make sure it's all "I get a lot of guys in here who place, smaller than a residence keeps returning to the parlor for more. want those dirty pictures that complete and then wipes away hall room. It is located on U.S. the excess ink and voila — a they had done in the Navy 27 between Dons Truck Stop black outlined figure is pro¬ covered up," he said. "You and Charlotte. Moist is a friend¬ gonna be there a long time." voltage regulator. It's very neat duced. wouldn't "believe some of the ly man. and is the first person to Inside his shop are a bed, and tidy. The ink guns are With the fresh outline to work vulgar things I've covered over. say "If you aren't sure you want some chairs, a heater, a tele¬ actually called liners and from. Moist brings out the I usually use a flower to cover a tattoo, don't get one. Wait vision, a small stereo and a table shaders, which also describes colors; magnificent hues of red, them. Flowers mask them real until you are sure because it's with ink bottles, ink guns and a their function. brown, yellow and green. well." with one well-planned outfit. gender, "skins" wiil suffice. worried about frostbite on It is difficult to predict what Because it is usually a bit days which begin with cool a spring day will have in store chilly for such brevity in the weather, sandals or thongs here at MSU. The early early morning, many find it are a good idea. Shoes and MARCIA morning sky can be very necessary to tie a shirt over skin and halters and if the socks are hot and cluncky and deceptive, especially when are easily misplaced when the eyes are blurred and temperatures dip below 40 taken off to wiggle the toes in BRADFORD bloodshot from a less-than- degrees, a sweater or jacket the grass. dull evening the night before. may be necessary. Make-up is not encouraged But it is also a mistake to This can run into many if you are planning to bare count on the weather reports layers and problems begin your face to the sun, although to protect you from a sudden when you start to peel them mascara has been known to downpour or flash heatwave. off as the day wears on. To create Spring fashions some interesting de¬ There are several factors provide for this, a large signs as it creeps down the that should be taken into backpack or tote bag is a cheeks, and — who knows? — consideration when planning valuable asset to any ward¬ it might give you that indivi¬ one's daily apparel. If you are robe. Of course, with all those duality you've been seeking. detachable for like the majority of MSU students, cern. sun is a basic In East Lansing, people con¬ clothes in the backpack there will be little room for books, but keep in mind that it is Cloudy days can cause real problems. When dressed spe¬ cifically for the sun, it may be should take any amount of sun spring term and learn to set uncomfortable or even embar¬ they can get and give the skin your priorities correctly. rassing to get caught in the maximum tans maximum exposure. Some of the more brave and boastful Legs can be a bit of a problem. It is possible to wear rain. Finally, there are those a pair of shorts underneath may prefer to wear a bathing annoying freak snowstorms One of the toughest deci¬ Michigan any length of time suit under their clothes and slacks and thus be ready for that occur when they have no sions students face during are aware that an average bare themselves on the shores those chance rays, but the business doing so. In this spring term can be what to spring day may require at of the scenic Red Cedar suggestion is hardly a prob¬ situation, the early-morning wear. This problem becomes least three changes of clothes, between classes. able one for those who are glimpse out the window is especially important if you are and often these are insuffi¬ For those who like to be a into skin-tight designer jeans. sufficient indication of how an active, on-the go person cient to handle all occasions. little more discreet about (Visible short lines would ruin the day will go. When this who leaves home at an early Unless you are able to carry a tanning however, a good sug¬ the effect entirely.) happens it is unnecessary to hour, not to return until late suitcase or closet around with gestion might be a halter or The feet should always be consider the proper apparel — evening. you, it is necessary to learn to tube top as a bottom layer. Of bare at the first sign of spring, just leave on what you have Those who have lived in be prepared for all weather course, if you are of the male but just in case you are on and