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
This was the way the illustrator had to follow—no glamorizing for him either; no giving everyone a permanent wave.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 3, 2016
Maybe, I’ll take time out and get a permanent wave, except that I hate beauty parlors.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
