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D&G Watches

Bring a fashion watch from the catwalk to your wrist. They offer a stunning collection of fashion watches for all walks of life. Controversial stylings make D&G watches one of the greatest fashion watch brands of all time. They are also known for the high build quality standard they adhere to. There ever changing collection of D&G watches are designed to express current fashion trends for the modern person. D&G watches are part of the Seiko group of watch companies and as such offer the highest standards in build quality and support services.

Cat Watches

Have been developed to meet ever stringent requirements. Our customers will not accept compromises. We combine cutting edge design, high functionality and innovative technology to offer a solid performance. Whether at the Grand Canyon in white water or free climbing, perhaps below sea level or in artic desert conditions, our timekeeping instruments stand for being reliable and dependable through all your activities. Caterpillar is synonymous with reliability, durability and cutting edge technology. That very same strength is incorporated in the Cat range of watches and chronographs.

Diesel Watches

Diesel's kooky, urban look is perfect to make a style statement. If head -to-toe diesel is too much for you, experiment with a diesel watch. Always leading the way with fresh innovative styles diesel watches are a must have fashion accessory. Diesel watches are really in a league of there own for unique and original styles.

Fendi Watches

When Eduardo Fendi open his workshop in 1925 and founded fendi, he launched what would become one of Italy s best known fashion dynasties. Now known primarily for furs, ready-to-wear, accessories and fragrance, fendi has been offering watches to its savvy and discerning clientele since the lates 1980. Fendi watches are sleek, chi, attractive and equally appealing to both men and women. All fendi watches features ETA Swiss movements and are water resistant to 100 feet.

Citizen Watches

Since the establishment of citizen watches in 1924, technological advances in the timekeeping industry have been frequent and considerable. Citizen has been the leader in these advances. The citizen Eco-drive system is the most recent development in watch technology. Each stiletto watch displayed below possesses the Eco-drive system, providing environmentally friendly. Battery-free watches. Other features of the stiletto watches include water resistance, mineral glass crystal, and stylish bracelets and case.

Romanson Watches

Romanson adopts the 150 years of historical Swiss watch making skills, this is for the benefit of our customers, as expressed by the philosophy of our Romanson products. We put honesty, sincerity and faith in every small part. This is the main source that makes company this much famous, reliable and credible among people world-wide. Romanson watches sub brands are eleve watches, Adel watches, modish watches, Giselle ladies watches, opus men's watches for the sporting spirits among us, opus brand is lined up with various functional time pieces. Automatic chronograph, quartz chronograph, big date, high pressure water resistant watches for divers, for serious sports up to casuals.

Trofish Watches

The characteristic features of Trofish watches are happy, cheerful, and vivid colours and decoration with stones, enough to touch one's instinct deeply. The sparkling collections of it reflect latest fashion trends. These unique timepieces invite young fashion leaders and those who go ahead in fashion. Trofish diamond collection is made to bring you most enjoyment and satisfaction while wearing your watch. Each diamond was carefully selected to fit in our Swiss made watch. This luxury design watch will help you to feel fashionable and be noticeable.

Conwon Mp3 player

Sporting mp3 player 16GB of flash memory and Cowon's legendry sound and build quality, the brand new iAudio 7 can run for days with a phenomenal 60 hours playback with it's built in rechargeable lithium polymer battery. Breeze through your menu settings with the state of the art Swing Touch function which...

Covering every possible format and compatible with popular subscription services like Napster (iAudio 7 is compatible with WMA DRM 10), the stunning new iAudio 7 is packed with features which players double its size would be envious of. Weighing in at just 52 grams, the new iAudio 7 is pocket friendly and packs immense power with 52mW of sound output power, and like all COWON players features Jet effect; a 5 level customizable sound equalizer featuring BBE, Mach3Bass and 3D surround. Its mp3 player's brilliant 1.3'' TFT 260k colour screen can playback movies and images. iAudio 7's TFT colour screen is known for not only its crisp clear display, also its lightning fast response to colours and wide viewing angle, which lets you enjoy videos and photos more comfortably. A built in Digital FM Tuner with the ability to record and schedule recordings and the built in microphone for voice recording compliment the player's extensive recording abilities. Mp3player, slim mp3players, Necklace mp3 players, Digital mp3player, cheap mp3 players, voice recording mp3 players, usb2.0 mp3 player, Quality mp3players, cheap mp3 player, flash memory mp3 player, 2gb mp3 player, portable mp3player, stylish mp3 players, music mp3 player, mp3 player uk, digital audio player.

Lactose watches

Few brands can claim the instant recognition that Lacoste watches with its crocodile logo can boast. Rene Lacoste watches, the legendary tennis player, brings an instant association with sporting excellence. The first player to take the Davis cup from the Americans, a two time Wimbledon champion, thrice winner of the French Open and two titles from the Forest Hills Open, his pedigree as a tennis player is without question. His nickname "the Alligator" was created by the American press as it was felt it best described his tenacious style. His friend Robert George doodled a crocodile for him which he liked so much, he had it embroidered onto the sports jacket he wore onto the courts. The crocodile has of course now moved from one jacket to become an instantly and internationally recognisable icon adorning clothing, perfumes, footwear and of course, Lacoste watches.

Here at Sab-fabisco, we carry a wide range of Lacoste watches models, possibly the widest range available anywhere. All our Lacoste watches are shipped from stock at our own warehouse and logistics facility in the UK direct to you. Lacoste watches represent a very affordable way to get a top name in the fashion industry at a very affordable price. When you buy a Lacoste watch from us you get a genuine designer timepiece, boxed in it's own Lacoste watches packaging with instruction booklet and warranty details. Lacoste provide a two year movement warranty from the date of purchase on all the models in the range.

New models of Lacoste watches are added to our portfolio on a regular basis. If you want to be kept up to date with new arrivals, please send us a request via the to be added to our mailing list. Lacoste watches come in various styles, and many different colours within each style. Lacoste describe their watches as either Sport or Club style. Whichever you prefer, we're sure we have a model in stock that will suit your style.

Haurex watches

A bold and masculine luxury chronograph watches from Haurex with stainless steel case enriched by a 10 micron gold rose plating, presented on a black rubber strap designed for strong and powerful men. Signature gift box included, Made in Italy   Chronograph watches.

Watch straps

Sabfabisco believes that all customer needs are important when looking for their replacement watch straps. Some may require a strap that creates individuality, others may need a watch strap which has certain specifications, then there is the general watch strap for everyday use so the scale of requirement can be vast. It is for this reason that I aim to offer a wide selection of genuine watch straps , high quality replacement watch straps at sensible prices.

Human Hair color is the pigmentation of hair follicles due to two types of melanin, eumelanin and pheomelanin. Generally, if more melanin is present, the color of the hair is darker; if less melanin is present, the hair is lighter. Levels of melanin can vary over time causing a person's hair color to change, and it is possible to have hair follicles of more than one color.

Particular hair colors can be associated with ethnic groups - however, due to migration and global travel, considerable variations have developed in the hair color of individuals within an ethnic group, creating a greatly increased diversity of hair color.

Contents

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    * 1 Genetics and biochemistry of hair color

    * 2 Natural hair colors

          o 2.1 Brown hair

          o 2.2 Black hair

          o 2.3 Blonde hair

          o 2.4 Auburn hair

          o 2.5 Red hair

          o 2.6 Grey and white hair

    * 3 Conditions affecting hair color

          o 3.1 Effects of aging on hair color

          o 3.2 Other medical conditions affecting hair color

          o 3.3 Artificial factors affecting hair color

          o 3.4 Changes in hair color after death

    * 4 Hair coloring

    * 5 See also

    * 6 Footnotes

    * 7 External links

[edit] Genetics and biochemistry of hair color

Two types of pigment give hair its color: eumelanin and phaeomelanin. Phaeomelanin colors hair red. Eumelanin, which has two subtypes of black or brown, determines the darkness of the hair color. A low concentration of brown eumelanin results in blonde hair, whereas a higher concentration of brown eumelanin will color the hair brown. High amounts of black eumelanin result in black hair, while low concentrations give gray hair. All humans have some phaeomelanin in their hair.

Phaeomelanin is more chemically stable than black eumelanin, but less chemically stable than brown eumelanin, so it breaks down more slowly when oxidized. This is why bleach gives darker hair a reddish tinge during the artificial coloring process. As the phaeomelanin continues to break down, the hair will gradually become orange, then yellow, and finally white.

The genetics of hair colors are not yet firmly established. According to one theory, at least two gene pairs control human hair color.

One gene, (brown/blonde) has a dominant brown allele and a recessive blonde allele. A person with a brown allele will have brown hair; a person with no brown alleles will be blonde. This explains why two brown-haired parents can produce a blonde-haired child.

The other gene pair is a not-red/red pair, where the not-red allele (which suppresses production of pheomelanin) is dominant and the allele for red hair is recessive. A person with two copies of the red-haired allele will have red hair, but it will be either auburn or bright reddish orange depending on whether the first gene pair gives brown or blonde hair, respectively.

The two-gene model does not account for all possible shades of brown, blonde, or red (for example, platinum blonde versus dark blonde/light brown), nor does it explain why hair color sometimes darkens as a person ages. Several gene pairs control the light versus dark hair color in a cumulative effect. A person's genotype for a multifactorial trait can interact with environment to produce varying phenotypes (see quantitative trait locus).

[edit] Natural hair colors

Natural hair color can be black, brown, blonde, or red, depending on a person's ethnic origins. Hair color is genetically associated with certain skin tones and eye colors.

Black hair

Dark brown hair

Brown hair

Auburn hair

Red hair

Blonde hair

Grey (gray) hair

White hair

[edit] Brown hair

Main article: Brown hair

Brown hair is the second most common hair color, the most common in Europe and some other parts of the world. It is characterized by higher levels of eumelanin and lower levels of phaeomelanin. Of the two types of eumelanin (black and brown), brown-haired people have brown eumelanin; they also usually have medium-thick strands of hair. Brown-haired people are also known as brunettes.

[edit] Black hair

Main article: Black hair

Black hair is the darkest and the most common color of human hair. It has large amounts of eumelanin and is less dense than other hair colors.[1]

[edit] Blonde hair

Main article: Blond

Blonde hair ranges from nearly white (platinum blonde, tow-haired) to a dark golden blonde. Strawberry blonde, a mixture of blonde and red hair only (thought to have originated in Celtic and Scandinavian countries) is a much rarer type containing the most amounts of phaeomelanin.

Blonde hair can have almost any proportion of phaeomelanin and eumelanin, but both only in small amounts. More phaeomelanin creates a more golden blonde color, and more eumelanin creates an ash blonde. Blonde hair is common in many European peoples, but rare among peoples of non-European origin. Many children born with blonde hair develop darker hair as they age.

[edit] Auburn hair

Main article: Auburn hair

Auburn hair ranges from light to reddish brown. The chemicals which cause auburn hair are eumelanin (brown) and phaeomelanin. It is most commonly found in individuals of European descent.

[edit] Red hair

Main article: Red hair

Red hair ranges from vivid strawberry shades to deep auburn and burgundy, and is the rarest fully distinct hair color on earth. It is caused by a variation in the Mc1r gene and believed to be recessive.[2] Red hair has the highest amounts of phaeomelanin and usually low levels of eumelanin, and is the rarest natural human hair color.[citation needed]

[edit] Grey and white hair

"White hair" redirects here. For the Native American leader, see White Hair. For the fictional character, see Whitehair.

Grey hair color typically occurs naturally as people age (see "Effects of aging on hair color", below). For some people this can happen at a very young age (ie: at the age of 10). The same can be said for white hair. In some cases, grey hair may be caused by thyroid deficiencies or a deficiency of B12.[3]

[edit] Conditions affecting hair color

[edit] Effects of aging on hair color

A gray-haired man

Children born with some hair colors may find it gradually darkens as they grow. Many blonde, strawberry blond, light brown, or red haired infants experience this.

Changes in hair color typically occur naturally as people age, eventually turning the hair gray and then white. This is called achromotrichia. More than 40 percent of Americans have some gray hair by age 40, but white hairs can appear as early as childhood. The age at which graying begins seems almost entirely due to genetics. Sometimes people are born with gray hair because they inherit the trait.

Two genes appear to be responsible for the process of graying, Bcl2 and Bcl-w. The change in hair color occurs when melanin ceases to be produced in the hair root and new hairs grow in without pigment. The stem cells at the base of hair follicles produce melanocytes, the cells that produce and store pigment in hair and skin. The death of the melanocyte stem cells causes the onset of graying.[4]

[edit] Other medical conditions affecting hair color

Albinism is a genetic abnormality in which little pigment is found in human hair, eyes or skin. The hair is white or pale blond.

Vitiligo is a patchy loss of hair and skin color that may occur as the result of an auto-immune disease.

Malnutrition is also known to cause hair to become lighter, thinner, and more brittle. Dark hair may turn reddish or blondish due to the decreased production of melanin. The condition is reversible with proper nutrition.

Werner syndrome and pernicious anemia can also cause premature graying.

A recent study demonstrated that people 50-70 years of age with dark eyebrows but gray hair are significantly more likely to have type II diabetes than those with both gray eyebrows and hair.[5]

[edit] Artificial factors affecting hair color

A 1996 British Medical Journal study conducted by J.G. Mosley, MD found that tobacco smoking may cause premature graying. Smokers were found to be four times more likely to begin graying prematurely, compared to nonsmokers.[6]

Gray hair may temporarily darken after inflammatory processes, after electron-beam-induced alopecia, and after some chemotherapy regimens. Much remains to be learned about the physiology of human graying.[7]

There are no special diets, nutritional supplements, vitamins, nor proteins that have been proven to slow, stop, or in any way affect the graying process, although many have been marketed over the years. This may change in the near future. French scientists treating leukemia patients with a new cancer drug noted an unexpected side effect: some of the patients' hair color was restored to their pre-gray color.[8]

[edit] Changes in hair color after death

The hair color of mummies or buried bodies can change. Hair contains a mixture of black-brown-yellow eumelanin and red pheomelanin. Eumelanin is less chemically stable than pheomelanin and breaks down faster when oxidized. It is for this reason that Egyptian mummies have reddish hair. The color of hair changes faster under extreme conditions. It changes more slowly under dry oxidizing conditions (such as in burials in sand or in ice) than under wet reducing conditions (such as burials in wood or plaster coffins).[9]

[edit] Hair coloring

A hairdresser colors a client's hair.

Main article: Hair coloring

Hair color can be changed by a chemical process. Hair coloring is classed as "permanent" or "semi-permanent".

Permanent color, as the name suggests, permanently colors the hair - however because hair is constantly growing, the color will eventually grow out as new, uncolored hair grows in.

Permanent hair color gives the most flexibility because it can make hair lighter or darker as well as changing tone and color, but there are negatives. Constant (monthly or six-weekly) maintenance is essential to match new hair growing in to the rest of the hair, and remedy fading. A one-color permanent dye creates a flat, uniform color across the whole head, which can look unnatural and harsh, especially in a dark shade. To combat this, the modern trend is to use multiple colors - usually one color as a base with added highlights or lowlights in other shades.

Semi-permanent color washes out over a period of time - typically four to six weeks, so root regrowth is less noticeable. The final color of each strand is affected by its original color and porosity, so there will be subtle variations in color across the head - more natural and less harsh than a permanent dye. However, this means that gray and white hair will not dye to the same color as the rest of the head (in fact, some white hair will not absorb the color at all). A few gray and white hairs will blend in sufficiently not to be noticeable, but as they become more widespread, there will come a point where a semi-permanent alone will not be enough. The move to 100% permanent color can be delayed by using a semi-permanent as a base color, with permanent highlights.

Semi-permanent hair color cannot lighten hair. Hair can only be lightened using chemical lighteners, such as bleach. Bleaching is always permanent because it removes the natural pigment.

"Rinses" are a form of temporary hair color, usually applied to hair during a shampoo and washed out again the next time the hair is washed.