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Recent Examples of big hairThis was a good woman with a great Christian heart who was not just about mascara, big hair and everything like that.—Dave Quinn, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024 Formed in 1984 in Kingston, the members were a rag-tag bunch of rock and blues freaks coming up in an era where their contemporaries consisted of big hair, bigger egos, and polished rock radio songs.—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024 Big sounds, big bands, big clothes, and — perhaps biggest of all — big hair!—John Russell, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024 No one serves up big hair energy quite like Blake Lively.—Robyn Merrett, StyleCaster, 31 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for big hair
But that is still a sizable market; a 2020 analysis found that 10.5 million Americans used home hair permanents and relaxers, and clients are still having their hair relaxed at salons.
Linda Villarosa Robin Miles Krish Seenivasan Alec K. Redfearn,
New York Times,
13 June 2024
There is always a temptation to make the temporary permanent, which is why the peace government must prioritize elections.
Decked out in a leather bomber jacket with sunglasses and a crew cut, Nix was Iceman.
Matt Schubert,
The Denver Post,
3 Nov. 2024
At the official start of the fall 2024 NFL season in September, the tight end, 35, made waves with his look, which had gone from his signature buzz cut to a shaggy crew cut with super faded sides.
My hair was coiffed into a sleek modern bun by David Cotteblanche, the stylist behind three of my Met Gala hairdos, and a Bobbi Brown artist applied my makeup.
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
18 Dec. 2024
The bread was sturdy enough to hold the burger intact, but felt less dense than a typical burger bun.
Then the door opened, and in came some kind of young person, tall and heron-thin, in a jumpsuit dirty at the knees, wearing a buzz cut that shone golden under the fluorescents and a gender that was not immediately legible.
Lauren Groff,
The New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2024
Bobs worn blunt or mussed, the enduring resurgence of shags and reimagined mullets, buzz cuts, and pixies, are all on the menu, infusing social feeds and red carpet events with a welcome levity.
Attending last night’s (December 13) New York premiere, the actor wore her blonde hair in a low chignon, with a deep, dramatic side parting kept slick to her head.
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Dec. 2024
The Princess's hair was wrapped into a low, full chignon at the nape of her neck, with the top sections criss-crossed and pinned and the rest of her hair woven together and pinned, with nary a hair out of place.
Her stylist at Looks Salon in Columbia, Maryland, will give her a feathery Farrah Fawcett look or a perm, and her bangs always come out fluffed to perfection.
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
28 Nov. 2024
Visually, it is defined by sequined dresses and star Blake Lively’s gigantic crimson perm.
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