Who's Muggleborn/Cosmetics

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No: HPFGUIDX 17653

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Catlady <catlady at w...> wrote:

> 
> CoS: "Dean Thomas, who, like Harry, had grown up with Muggles, 
ended up
> closing his eyes and jabbing his wand at the list, then picking the
> subjects it landed on."  I take that as canon saying that Dean is
> Muggle-born: who but Harry has been wizard-born but raised by 
Muggles?

That would make sense. Nice catch there. 

> 
> I think it was me who made the point about Lavender being Muggle-
born
> because she didn't know about Grims, but I am so convinced that 
Lavender
> Brown is the kind of whimsical name that wizarding folk give their
> children AND that the Patil twins are Muggle-born that I am tempted 
to
> believe that JKR made a mistake! It was Parvati, not Lavender, who
> "looked puzzled"!

Hmmm. I can't recall anything in canon that really states that the 
Patil twins are muggleborn, or that they are not. For some students, 
we get confirmation of whether they are wizarding or non wizarding 
(Cedric, the Creeveys, etc.) but for more minor characters, we can't 
really say either way. (for example:  what about Cho?)


<wizarding and beauty industry>
It
> might as well be a Muggle product if it takes a whole jar and a 
couple
> of hours work: what is use of having magic if it can't sleek 
Hermione's
> hair with a wand wave and an incantation????
> 

That's true. Perhaps hair magic is just difficult. I suspect that 
Lockheart enhanced his smile (and he did do things to his hair), so 
perhaps lots of wizard beauty care products exist. But there's also 
the tooth straightening episode. Now, I think orthodontics would be 
much more difficult to fix than hair, but oh well. But if they can 
deal with broken bones, etc. so easily, it's no wonder wizards are so 
long lived. 

> Meanwhile, back on Snape, I choose to believe that he isn't actually
> oily, his skin just LOOKS oily. I know someone who has that problem.
> And 'slimy' was a value judgment, not a physical description.

Could be so too, that his hair and skin just look that way. No one's 
really wanted to get close enough to tell the difference, except for 
some members of the fan club. :) 

Charmian