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They’re dropping advice from ChatGPT—aka “Chat”—as if the OpenAI bot is their most trusted consigliere, counseling on everything from business strategy to whether you should let your friend get a perm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
“Mrs. Carter put a perm in my hair in ‘79.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2025
Backed by dancers dressed as rodeo clowns, Roan - herself wearing a sequinned cowboy hat and sparkly boots - rode a a giant pink carousel pony, complete with an 80s perm.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2025
Knowles later reposted a video featuring audio of comedian Katt Williams bragging about his long, natural hair without the use of a perm.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2024
His hair looked as if he had given himself a perm or something.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
She ate more black beans, lathered her scalp with French soap and opted for root perms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
Gone were the fluffy perms that are the definers of K-pop stardom - here instead were "eggheads", anonymised buzzcuts of soldiers on the frontline.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023
Henson started getting perms when she was 6 years old, but as she grew up, she became more conscious about keeping her hair healthy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
Only chemical treatments like perms or straightening can change these bonds.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2023
Flannels, goatees, and combat boots were in; bodysuits, Hypercolor, and perms were on their way out.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
From sporty jocks to trendy girls with permed hairstyles and hooped earrings, the filter amassed around 2.6 billion views and was created by user Joannitante, a multidisciplinary designer.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023
Naturally, I expanded my pasta library in those longs months without bucatini, via long fusilli bucati resembling impeccably permed ringlets, fat ribbons of pappardelle, ruffled campanelle bells and coarse-edged, slow-cooking pici.
From Salon ● May 17, 2022
Asawa’s mother got her hair permed for the first time and socialized with the other women at the camp, activities her hardscrabble farm life never allowed.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2020
The new hairdo comes after speculation swirled in late December that the singer permed his hair.
From Fox News ● Jan. 8, 2019
She’s in her midthirties, with permed blond hair and a slight deviation in her facial symmetry that’s worse when she smiles.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Then, at a salon, an aesthetician cleans them with a degreasing solution, and a perming gel is applied to break down the existing bonds in the hair.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
She said most beauty schools focus on salon safety and sanitation, and the use of heat styling tools and chemicals for straightening, coloring, perming and relaxing.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2020
Most beauty schools focus on salon safety and sanitation, and the use of heat styling tools and chemicals for straightening, coloring, perming and relaxing.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 28, 2020
The owner, Hatice Utku, is perming the hair of a woman who looks unusually sombre.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2014
I told her this while I was perming and cutting her hair, because when you’re a hairdresser you have to chat with the customers and make them feel good and act like everything is toasty.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
