blow dry

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Social media has spurred an increase in retailers dedicated to making Americans look good in photos, from blow-dry hair salons to waxing chains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

On her return to the daytime TV show, Garraway joked that she was "looking forward to a blow-dry".

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024

Before dogs enter the ring, groomers blow-dry the bellies of Tibetan spaniels, unfurl curlers from the muzzles of snow-white Malteses and spritz the coiffed, cloudlike bobs of bichon frisés.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2023

“I would go to a gas station and I would blow-dry my hair with a hand blower and wash my hair ... put makeup on and everything,” Kerr said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2022

He learned the dangers of sitting on the edge of the tub last winter after he fell in and Dad had to blow-dry him.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass