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Women getting perms at Silian, Beijing's most popular hair salon, after hairdressing services were partially restored in the late 1970s (Image 1). Around 1978, the year that China began its policy of reform and opening-up, Beijing's most popular hair salon, Silian, began offering perms again with the approval of the central government. However, people still needed the permission of their work units to get perms, according to Wu Xiumin, general manager of Silian. The shop's brand-new, cutting-edge perm machines attracted crowds of clients, as well as numerous foreign reporters. 

Image 2: Hair perming in a 1980s barbershop.

Shibayama Kanetarou 芝山兼太郎 (1873-1929) (at left), pioneer of beauty salon in Japan using on a perm machine at Yokohama, Japan - 1929

  For years my mom has said she’d rather go to the dentist than to the hair salon. This made no sense to me as I love to have someone fuss over me and make my hair do things I can’t.

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The discussion about her dislike came up again when I asked, “Mom, when you were little did you have curly hair?”

I wanted this information because I’ve decided to let my hair be what…

This model won First Prize at the Hairdressing Fashion Exhibition in London 1935. The trend to shorter hair has progressed exposing the neck and ears. The colour effect was achieved by incorporating pigments in the setting lotion.