Editor’s note: German inventor Karl Nessler patented the first permanent wave machine, which used borax solutions and electric heated rollers to curl the hair, in 1909. About a decade later, this ...
A hair salon in China is under investigation for telling a customer a hair perm and styling cost 398 yuan (US$60) but afterwards charged him 4,776 yuan (US$720) under a bizarre system whereby they ...
Unlike her peers in Beijing, hairdresser Ruth Wanu Waweru from Kenya tends not to cut, dye or perm hair. Instead, she braids her clients' locks. Ruth has been working for a hair salon in Beijing for ...