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"Seeing as we only have one not-so-spectacular mall in Manhattan, I don&amp;amp;#8217;t really keep up with what goes on in them. So I was kind of surprised when I noticed that several of the kiosks in the middle of the mall I went shopping at in Baltimore this weekend were actually makeshift out-in-the-open beauty salons. Some of the things I spotted (in order of oddness): A teenager getting her nails buffed, a chick getting her eyebrows threaded, and yet another lady trying out a body scrub on her arms over a little water basin.I&amp;amp;#8217;m not talking about real storefronts here where there&amp;amp;#8217;s glass separating you from all the passersby&amp;amp;#8212;I mean those stalls in the center where you normally find gumball machines and the kind of 3-D painting where if you stare at them long enough, you see a ship or a sunset scene pop out at you. Several of them were set up as either small treatment centers or little spa-gift-shop-like stores with products out to sample. Now, I can appreciate the convenience factor (hey, I got my ears pierced at the mall when I was little), but overall the whole thing seemed a little odd to me. I mean, the threading booth had mustache and side burn options&amp;amp;#8212;not usually the kind of thing you want done out in mixed company, I would think. Plus, the pampering aspect kind of goes out the window when you&amp;amp;#8217;ve got kids walking by with Hot Topic bags, you know? But maybe it&amp;#x27;s just that I&amp;#x27;m new to all this and so it seems odder to me than it really is. Is this something that you see in your local malls? Have you ever gotten a treatment at one of these little stalls? I want to know! More mall/beauty talk: Find out how a trip to the mall can determine how quickly you&amp;amp;#8217;re aging and is teeth whitening at the mall a good idea? Get Glamour Wherever You Go! Follow us on Twitter. Friend us on Facebook. Add us to your Google homepage. Photos: Wireimage.com"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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