Think the RMB25 cut-wash-blow at your local salon is a bargain? Think again. Chinese news reports are now saying that a lot of the shampoo used in hair salons around China are just cheap blends of thickener, fragrance, shampoo powder and water costing between 0.4-1.2 yuan per kilo. In some of the more extreme cases, experts have found the shampoo to contain mercury, sulfur or benzene. This could either damage your hair, cause you to go bald, or even give you cancer. more ›

• After the powdered milk scare not too long back, we looked at why mothers in Shanghai are turning to the teat. Looks like ‘breast is best’ after all!
• We were sooo let down by China’s national costume in Miss Universe; especially when we looked at last year’s costume and one of this year’s competitors.
• We got experimental with homemade shampoos! Perhaps ‘Miss China’ could take a gander at this one! If you have any leftover beer; then take a look…

After the recent hair care scares related to Bawang Shampoo, more and more people are turning to homemade shampoo recipe - even after product quality officials debunked the original reports of excess carcinogens. more ›

It's been about a month since herbal shampoo Bawang was accused of having carcinogens mixed in with its hair products. And since then, its spokesperson Jackie Chan hasn't had a word to say on the matter. He finally broke the silence yesteray in Shanghai. more ›

Swimming just got a whole lot safer. State media reported on Friday that all Shanghai public swimming pools will now have "specially trained staff" smelling the shampoo and body wash of all swimmers before entry is allowed in an effort "guard against explosions or other "terrorist attacks". Recently "some 400 of the city's more than 450 pools had passed safety examinations", but what of the remaining 50 pools? Well they may be "oblivious of the new rule". Bomb sniffing dogs in the airport, security checks in the metro stations, people smelling your shampoo. We feel so much safer already. See the full Reuters story more ›