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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
To the Board of Directors
Alberto-Culver Company:
We consent to the use of our reports dated October 22, 1999, incorporated herein
by reference, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Alberto-
Culver Company and subsidiaries as of September 30, 1999 and 1998 and for each
of the years in the three-year period ended September 30, 1999, and the
financial statement schedule for the three-year period ended September 30, 1999,
which reports are incorporated by reference or appear in the September 30, 1999
annual report on Form 10-K of Alberto-Culver Company, and to the reference to
our firm under the heading "Experts."
/s/KPMG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
August 22, 2000
