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Terms from the 20s/30s Printed From: HairBoutique.com Category: Hair Talk Forum Name: General Hair Talk Forum Description: A free wheeling discussion of hair related topics. URL: https://talk.hairboutique.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5522 Printed Date: October 29 2025 at 10:59pm Topic: Terms from the 20s/30s Posted By: duke Subject: Terms from the 20s/30s Date Posted: February 23 2002 at 12:17pm In reading about the 1920s and 1930s, I came across the terms "finger waving" and "Marcel Waving". What does this mean - are these a kind a perm or not? Replies: Posted By: ladyO Date Posted: February 23 2002 at 2:50pm Marcel waving was a process that put permanent, flat waves in the hair-you`ll see it in old movies from the 30`s. It was a permanent process, but it required the person to be hooked up to a machine that put the waves in-cold perm solution came about in the 1940`s. I suppose finger waving would be trying to do the same thing manually, but I don`t know what the end result would look like. LadyO ------------- Posted By: hair Date Posted: February 23 2002 at 6:37pm ladyO wrote: Marcel waving was a process that put permanent, flat waves in the hair-you`ll see it in old movies from the 30`s. It was a permanent process, but it required the person to be hooked up to a machine that put the waves in-cold perm solution came about in the 1940`s. I suppose finger waving would be trying to do the same thing manually, but I don`t know what the end result would look like. LadyO Finger waving is not permanent. It done with a comb and your fingers. And it is still taught today, you have to know this to pass your hair test. ------------- donnado

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