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