permanent wave

Example Sentences

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I could tell she liked him when a week after their first date she writes, "Had permanent wave."

From BBC

Early on, Bradford noticed the end papers, used to set hair in a permanent wave, that would wind up on the floor of his mother’s salon.

From Washington Post

That day, “I looked at the snow on the dunes behind my house and it dawned on me that we had a permanent wave right there.”

From Washington Post

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

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times