kiss curl

Related to kiss curl: spit curl

kiss curl

(Hairdressing & Grooming) Brit a circular curl of hair pressed flat against the cheek or forehead. US and Canadian term: spit curl

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Noun

kiss curl - a spiral curl plastered on the forehead or cheek

spit curl

crimp - a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled

Translations

kiss curl

n → Schmachtlocke f

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The American singer with his trademark kiss curl has since been called the Father of Rock 'n' Roll and the song has gone on to feature in 14 films and has been recorded in 35 languages.

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I asked for a huge kiss curl that would hang perfectly to the left of my face and with enough gel and teasing, it did.

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The following year the same woman gave me a home perm - a "Twink" because I was to be a bridesmaid at my brother's wedding I had only just perfected the art of getting a perfect Cilla Black kiss curl by spitting on it when she cut it into the same style Ena Sharples wore under her hairnet.

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Dreams put the young woman with the kiss curl and eye-patch at the top of the charts and in the record books for the highest entry for a female artist.

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I quite quickly weaned her from breastfeeding in the weeks before my return to work for my mental health, which at the time was hanging on by a baby's kiss curl.

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The fashion was for straight hair with a kiss curl a la Cilla Black and I had only just managed to get it to fall right with the aid of sticky tape and spit when I had to endure a Twink which gave me a head full of frizz of the same texture as the horse hair stuffing in our old sofa.

dorinda mccann

I hated Amami because Mam used it to give me what they called a 'Kiss Curl' right in the middle of my forehead.