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
There was a picture of Captain Cook, embellished with red hair and a permanent wave and spectacles.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 29, 2010
Then she pulled me so close to her that the sharp-smelling concoction for her permanent wave nearly singed my nostrils.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
