Japanese straightening permanently restructures the hair, while Brazilian blowouts and keratin treatments are semipermanent coatings that wash out in roughly four months and still allow some wave or curl to hold.
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Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
1 Oct. 2026
That’s why the Hurricanes haven’t held back, even in their blowouts.
Instead of collectivity, there is a certain kind of animal community, or one that the poems’ speakers—children, old men, drunks, prostitutes—often stand apart from.
—
Max Norman,
Harpers Magazine,
22 Sep. 2026
For speeders, drunks, reckless drivers and the like.
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