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"What I do is nothing more than a shampoo away from being nothing."

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Said Kenneth Battelle, "the first celebrity stylist" (known for doing the hair of, among many others, First Lady Jackie Kennedy). The quote appears in the obituary of another celebrity hairdresser: "Brad Johns, Celebrity Colorist Known for His 'Buttery Chunks,' Dies at 70/He made blonde highlights a fashion sensation. But when he shared details about his relationship with Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, he ran into trouble" (NYT gift link). "Buttery chunks" is good. Have a name for your something more than nothing. And why be modest like Kenneth? Why not be prideful? "I’m really proud that I made hair buttery instead of ashy. I brought these words to hair color: butter, caramel, cinnamon. These words made people smile, and so they would come to me, asking for chunks, chunks, chunks. I made highlights that weren’t these teeny-weeny capellinis, but big golden chunks, like a child at the beach would have." When you think of hair, why not think of eating? Even though people hate hair in their fo

First report: Brad Johns, Celebrity Colorist Known for His ‘Buttery Chunks,’ Dies at 70 — nytimes.com, 1d