permanent wave

Example Sentences

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But in beauty school, I discovered I was allergic to permanent wave solution.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2019

Beauty was Étienne’s business: A Hungarian-born hairdresser, who lived to 98, he had invented a permanent wave machine.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2018

The show is about his grandfather, a hairdresser and the inventor of the permanent wave machine.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2017

There was a picture of Captain Cook, embellished with red hair and a permanent wave and spectacles.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 29, 2010

Then she pulled me so close to her that the sharp-smelling concoction for her permanent wave nearly singed my nostrils.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool