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  2. Nail file - Wikipedia

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    The emery board was first patented by J. Parker Pray of New York in 1883. [3] Emery boards are generally less abrasive than metal nail files, and hence, emery boards may take longer to file down nails than metal nail files. Emery boards are usually less expensive than metal nail files and so can be economically disposed of after use on a single ...

  3. Mary E. Cobb - Wikipedia

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    Cobb opened her first Manhattan manicure salon in 1878 as "Mrs. Pray's Manicure". The Salon was an extension of her husband's manufacturing business. Over time Cobb developed a savvy business manner and focused on a higher-end market that evolved into operations at two townhouses on West 23rd street in New York and branches in Chicago, Washington, Boston and Philadelphia. [3]

  4. Emery (rock) - Wikipedia

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    Emery, or corundite, is a dark granular rock used to make an abrasive powder. The rock largely consists of corundum (aluminium oxide), mixed with other minerals. Industrial emery may contain a variety of other minerals and synthetic compounds. Crushed or naturally eroded emery (known as black sand) is used as an abrasive. Turkey and Greece are ...

  5. Artificial hair integrations - Wikipedia

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    The result being that each new bundle formed contains only the same lengths of hair strands. The term 'double' is used because the process involves drawing (pulling out) the hair from drawing boards (or drawing mats) twice. The hair is drawn first in one direction and then afterwards in the other direction.

  6. Hackle (wig making) - Wikipedia

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    A hackle is a metal plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair (or flax, for which see heckling comb). [1] This tool is used as a preliminary step in the process of custom wig making. It is typically clamped firmly to a table before use. The pointed needles are very sharp.

  7. Irene Emery - Wikipedia

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    Irene Emery (1900–1981) [3] was an American art historian, scholar, curator, textile anthropologist, sculptor, and modern dancer. [2] [4] She was known for her pioneering research in systematically describing global textiles, and was a leading authority on ancient fabrics and textiles, and for her published book The Primary Structures of Fabrics: An Illustrated Classification (1966).

  8. List of Saturday Night Live commercial parodies - Wikipedia

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    Chanel and Chanel Interior Designs for Airbnb — Respectively played by episode host Sydney Sweeney and Chloe Troast, Chanel and Chanel (the latter pronounces her name "channel") will design the property you're renting out to vacationers to look as bland as possible (e.g. inoffensive artwork, 700 K-cups in the kitchen, owner closets with ...

  9. List of people from Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Gery Chico, lawyer, politician, chairman of Illinois State Board of Education; Brad Childress, head coach of Minnesota Vikings 2006–10; The Chi-Lites, R & B group, "Have You Seen Her" Carl R. Chindblom, Cook County attorney, U.S. Representative 1919–33; Bob Chinn, restaurateur (born in Minnesota)