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Show LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT SILK For thousands of years, silk has been used to make the most luxurious clothing, from the robes of ancient Chinese emperors to modern-day designer de-signer dresses. Now silk is being used in hair care products prod-ucts to make your tresses shine. But how much do you really know about silk? Learning more about it may make your HAIR more beautiful. beau-tiful. According to legend, silk was discovered by the wife of the Emperor of China nearly 4,700 years ago. From China, the art of making silk thread from the cocoons of the silkworm spread throughout Asia. At the time of the ancient an-cient Roman Empire, silk was worth its weight in gold in the Western World. Carried along a trade route known as the "Silk Road," silk was the most important product traded between be-tween Asia and Western Europe for centuries. Even today, China and Japan remain re-main the most important silk producing countries in the world. Silk has always been prized for its luxurious shine and softness which is combined with a surprising strength and elasticity. Silk garments are lightweight, yet warmer than those made of cotton, linen or rayon. Today, silk has entered the realm of hair care. Aqua Net, a new line of shampoos and conditioners containing silk protein, has just been introduced intro-duced by Faberge. A breakthrough break-through in hair care technology, technol-ogy, the liquid silk protein can enhance manageability and give hair a shinier, healthier look. The new Aqua Net line from Faberge is PH balanced and lightly scented. It includes in-cludes three shampoos one for normal hair, one for extra body and a special moisturizing moisturiz-ing formula for dry, damaged, permed or color-treated hair. The conditioner is available in normal and extra body formulations. for-mulations. Consumers gave this, shampoo the highest marks in lathering action, rinsing, manageability, clean feeling, shine and added body. The luxury of silk nothing else feels like it, looks like it, or acts like it. 1 |