permanent wave
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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
He smelled the permanent wave solution as soon as he opened the door.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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