Example Sentences

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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

Well, I didn’t know a thing about perming black people’s hair and my frst customer was a black woman and I mauled that woman’s hair.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride