Gertrude E. Breck, a former model for the distinctive “Breck Girl” shampoo ads, and widow of the chairman of the board of John H. Breck Inc., died Monday at home. She was 89. Mrs. Breck lived at 104 ...

Shampoos tell the story of our lives. The scent of a shampoo from a long-gone era of your life can open the floodgates to the past. One whiff of gooey, green Herbal Essence and I’m transported back to ...

Edward J. Breck, who expanded his father’s small laboratory into a national maker of hair-care products, died of heart failure July 30 at his summer home in Watch Hill, R.I. He was 86. Mr. Breck ...