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Goodbye, Old Friend<br />
By: BJ Killeen / Down the Road<br />
It was <strong>19</strong>49, and the baby boom was in full<br />
swing. It was also the year Volkswagen<br />
introduced the Beetle to America. Few cars have<br />
reached the same status icon as the affectionately known “Bug.”<br />
I’ll bet many of you have either, at one point in your life, owned a<br />
Beetle or had a friend who owned one. <strong>The</strong>y could float, the air-cooled<br />
engine could be fixed with a rubber band and a stick of chewing gum,<br />
and one even beat Ferraris in a fictional movie (we love ya, Herbie!).<br />
<strong>The</strong> VW Beetle comes close to the cockroach as the only bug who<br />
would survive Armageddon.<br />
But the time has come, once again, to bid farewell to one of the most<br />
popular cars ever created. While the Beetle’s history is more infamous -<br />
commissioned in the <strong>19</strong>30s by Hitler as the people’s car (volks wagen)<br />
the Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche of 9<strong>11</strong> sports car fame.<br />
After the war, the British took over the factory and continued to<br />
produce the popular hardtop coupe. By <strong>19</strong>72, the Beetle had sold over<br />
15 million units, and replaced the Ford Model T as the best-selling car<br />
in the world.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Beetle ceased production for a while, then reappeared as the<br />
“New” Beetle in <strong>19</strong>98. <strong>The</strong> third-generation Beetle ran from 2012 until<br />
this year, when the car will be retired yet again. Total sales of the Beetle<br />
are upward of 22 million.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 20<strong>19</strong> Beetle will be the last in a long lineage. Over the decades,<br />
About That Hair Color<br />
By: Linda Bateman-Gomez / Timeless Beauty<br />
I<br />
’m still not quite ready to go the all-natural<br />
route and sport grey locks but am trying to<br />
avoid monthly appointments for a permanent dye<br />
session. I am therefore continuously in search of products that allow<br />
me to disguise the grey until I can’t get away with it any longer!<br />
Since finding colors that don’t contain peroxide or ammonia are no<br />
longer easy to find in the USA I have been ordering a version of Clairol<br />
online as it is still sold in the UK.<br />
I stumbled on a new product at Ulta called dpHUE gloss. It is a<br />
semi-permanent hair color and deep conditioner that is available in<br />
several colors.<br />
It was much pricier at $35 a bottle than the UK Miss Clairol, but I<br />
the styling has remained, but, thankfully, safety, interior features,<br />
performance, and technology have not.<br />
Today’s Beetle is better in every way yet retains all of the reasons why<br />
people fell in love with it in the first place: affordable, adorable and fun<br />
to drive. A testament to the love for the Beetle can be seen in myriad<br />
car clubs around the world, as well as never-ending adulation from<br />
Hollywood filmmakers.<br />
Will there ever be another Beetle produced from Volkswagen?<br />
According to Hinrich Woebcken, former President and CEO of VW,<br />
“Never say never.”<br />
BJ Killeen has been an automotive journalist for over 30 years.<br />
She welcomes all questions and inquiries, and can be reached at<br />
bjkdtr@gmail.com<br />
had a coupon and decided to give it a try. Anything I can buy right off<br />
the shelf is certainly a bonus - especially if shopping online is not your<br />
thing!<br />
I bought 2 bottles as it had a light brown and dark brown and I<br />
wasn’t sure which would be best. I looked up the information online<br />
first, as I do with almost anything I buy now for user warnings and saw<br />
the heads-up about getting it in on your hands. Take note: wear gloves<br />
and old clothes with this stuff because it does stain.<br />
I followed directions and having used both the brown colors I must<br />
say that I am pleased with the results. It is definitely a more permanent<br />
color than the Clairol and it has left my hair really nice and soft.<br />
A bonus of this product, compared to many others on the shelf, is that<br />
it has no ammonia or peroxide and it smells nice. <strong>The</strong> color does last so<br />
test a small area first in case you don’t like it.<br />
<strong>The</strong> downside is that it is expensive compared to other drugstore<br />
alternatives.<br />
And the reviews for the red hair color were not good, so I would likely<br />
not use that color if that’s your shade. Otherwise, it is definitely nice to<br />
have a new go-to for my hair coloring trials.<br />
30<br />
November 20<strong>19</strong><br />
Linda Bateman-Gomez has an international beauty company<br />
based in Las <strong>Vegas</strong> that specializes in cosmetics and other beauty<br />
products. Contact Linda at TimelessBeauty2020@gmail.com or<br />
through her website www.fullips.com.
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