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2. Hair roller - Wikipedia

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   Hair rollers in Tanzania 1960s Carmen hair roller heating device. A hair roller or hair curler is a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair in order to curl it, or to straighten curly hair, making a new hairstyle. [1] The diameter of a roller varies from approximately 0.8 inches (20 mm) to 1.5 inches (38 mm). The hair is heated, and the ...

3. Solomon Harper - Wikipedia

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   Electrical hair-treating implement" patent filed by Solomon Harper in 1924 [2] Solomon Harper (born in Poplar Grove, Arkansas , on August 8, 1893 [ 3 ] ) was an electrical engineer and inventor [ 4 ] known for creating the first electrically heated hair roller [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 2 ] [ 7 ] and 28 other inventions.

4. Hairstyling tool - Wikipedia

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   Hair rollers. Traditionally, a hair roller is a small roller with velcro used for styling and curling hair, and with a blowdryer. The damage that extensive heat application can cause to hair is well known however and so a number of alternative, heat-free hair rollers have been manufactured for the market.

5. Perm (hairstyle) - Wikipedia

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   The hair was wrapped in a spiral around rods connected to a machine with an electric heating device. Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) was applied and the hair was heated to 212 °F (100 °C) or more for an extended period of time. The process used about twelve 2-pound (0.9 kg) brass rollers and took six hours to complete. These hot rollers were ...

6. Hair straightening - Wikipedia

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   Large rollers can be used to straighten curly hair. Hair straightening is a hair styling technique used since the 1890s involving the flattening and straightening of hair in order to give it a smooth, streamlined, and sleek appearance. [1] It became very popular during the 1950s among black males and females of all races.

7. Victory rolls - Wikipedia

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   Pin-up photo of Anne Gwynne wearing victory rolls (1944) . Victory rolls are a women's hairstyle that was popular from 1940 to 1945, with a recent rise during the 21st century, characterized by voluminous curls of hair that are either on top of the head or frame the face.