What is the significance of the word "permanent" in regard to apermanentwave.
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In the ladies' department it would be worse: if apermanentwavehad not long been started, it could not be finished within an hour.
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Thepermanentwavehairstyle took time to obtain and was expensive, so many women wanted to protect their hair while swimming.
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A poorly performedpermanentwavewill result in breakage of the disulfide bonds through chemical reduction, because it fails to fix the newly formed bonds.
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Manipulating disulfide bonds in hair is the basis for thepermanentwavein hairstyling.
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Electricity led to the development ofpermanentwavemachines and hair dryers.
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The aforementioned process of applying apermanentwaveto hair is one example of oxidative cross-linking.
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Gidwitz helped refocus the company's product line toward beauty parlor supplies, includingpermanentwavesolutions and hair dryers.
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Without chemicals for coloration, permanent waves and shampoo, without tonic to pour and fancy lotions to sell, coiffeurs were reduced to offering the most rudimentary and least remunerative services.
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Take up his time usefully in putting permanent waves into hair or in mending broken chairs.
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That will not oblige him to make them about bottles or to enter into the intricacies of permanent waving.
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It is for this reason that women are, in increasing numbers, turning to these home permanent waving kits.
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Now we find that it is like some of the cheap permanent waves that are advertised—the curl has been taken out of it.
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It certainly does not affect the metal-using industries because, with home permanent waving, metal equipment is not used.
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She did not have permanent waving, tinting, shampoos and all the rest of the things that are provided at the ladies' hairdressers because she could not afford them.
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