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Emoji Hair Is A Thing That Is Happening

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Collage photos by Ricky Michiels and via Getty Images
Hayden Manders
17 June 2016

Why text it when you can hair flip it?

Peak emoji may have been reached. The latest trend in tiny icons that convey more meaning than words ever could isn't digital, nor is it sartorial. It's personal, and it involves your hair: Brace yourselves, for emoji hair is here to fulfill whatever long-lost Hair Flair Wrap fantasy you may have repressed. 

Created by the always forward-thinking British salon Bleach London, the emoji hair is more of an appliqué than it is an actual dye technique. Hairstylist Loren Miles debuted the look on both her Instagram and Bleach London's. The tapestry gets woven into a chunk of hair, so it's more temporary than the magical styles Bleach London is known for. (Hello, watermelon hair!) The colorists at Bleach London are so skilled, though, expect a dye version of the hairmoji to come soon. Imagine getting the hair flip emoji dyed into your hair. How meta.

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McDonald's Just Dragged Balenciaga's French Fry Carton-Like Shoes

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Photo courtesy of Balenciaga / Photo via @McDonaldsSverige Instagram

I'm cackling

Last year, Balenciaga released bright red square-toed mules which bore a striking resemblance to McDonald's french fry cartons. Now, the chain has fired back at the designer, threatening to release its own version of the shoes.

McDonald's Sweden posted a photo to its Instagram of a person wearing actual McDonald's fry cartons as shoes, and honestly, if there weren't yellow M's printed onto them, I'd have a hard time distinguishing them from the Balenciagas from a distance. Though the post doesn't directly reference the Balenciaga shoes, one can only assume that's who they are trolling.

McDonald's version actually makes for some pretty fly slip-ons, if you ask me. Good thing the Swedish branch of Mickey D's seems to be considering releasing the shoes if the post receives enough attention. The caption of the Instagram post translates to, "If we get 103042 likes we release these for real," though it only has about 17,000 as of publish time. These would likely cost much less than the Balenciaga shoes, which cost $545.

Internet, do your thing. I want a pair.

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There Is A New Song With Amy Winehouse On It And It's Haunting

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It marks her third duet with Nas

Here are some words that I never expected to read or hear again: There is a new song with Amy Winehouse. But here we are in 2019, and Salaam Remi has granted me a wish. On Valentine's Day, the Grammy-nominated producer and frequent Winehouse collaborator (also responsible for hits like Miguel's "Come Through & Chill") released "Find My Love" which features rapper Nas and that powerful and haunting voice that I have come to love and cherish so dearly.

Representatives for Remi said that the Winehouse vocals were from an old jam session the two had. Remi was a producer on both of Winehouse's albums, Frank and Back to Black. "Find My Love" marks the third time Winehouse and Nas have done duets under the direction of Remi. They were previously heard together on "Like Smoke," a single from her 2011 posthumous album Amy Winehouse Lioness: Hidden Treasures, and "Cherry Wine" from Nas' 2012 album Life Is Good. Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning on July 23, 2011, before they could complete production on her third album. My heart is still broken about it as she is by far my favorite artist.

"Find My Love" is set to appear on Remi's Do It for the Culture 2, a collection of songs curated by him. Check it out, below.

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