The Jheri curl (often spelled Jerry curl or Jeri Curl ) is a permed hairstyle that was popular among African Americans during the 1980s. Created by Jheri Redding's hairdresser, Jheri's curls make the wearer look shiny and loose. It was touted as a "wash and wear" style that was easier to treat than other popular chemical treatments of the day, a relaxer. The Jheri Curl is then seen both seriously and parodied.
Video Jheri curl
Applications and maintenance
A Jheri curl requires a two-part application consisting of a softener (often called "cream rearrangement") to loosen hair and a solution to regulate curls. The rearranging cream uses sharp chemicals, causing a tight curl naturally to loosen up. The looser curling is then adjusted and the chemical solution is then added to the hair to permanently crimp it.
"Perming" is time and labor intensive and expensive to maintain. The chemicals needed for the process often cause the wearer's natural hair to become brittle and dry.
To maintain the look of Jheri's curls, the wearer is required to apply a daily curl and moisturizer spray and sleep with a plastic cap over the hair to prevent it from drying out. These products are expensive; small bottle activator, retail from $ 3 to $ 6, and quickly run out. Activators typically have unwanted side effects because they are very oily, and often stain clothes and furniture.
Hair washing cleans it from hair styling products and also exposes the damage done to hair by chemical processes. When hair grows, the wearer is required to touch new hair growth, increasing the overall cost.
To address issues related to display costs, Comer Cottrell creates a cheap device (what he calls "Curls Kit") that can be used at home, allowing ordinary African-Americans to copy their rich idol styles.
Maps Jheri curl
In media
Music
Edmund Sylvers was the first African-American artist to put Jheri Curl on the cover of the album in 1980's release in Casablanca 'Have You Heard'.
The Jheri curl was worn by Michael Jackson on the cover of Jackson blockbuster album Thriller, released in 1982.
Other well-known users of style in the 1980s and early 1990s included rapper MC Eiht, DJ Quik, Eazy-E, and Ice Cube.
Movies
Comedy 1988 Coming to America features Eriq La Salle as Darryl Jenks, the dynasty's heir of a fictitious product called "SoulGlo", which gives the wearer a style that reminds Jheri's curl while leaving a famous oily residue in soft furnishings. SoulGlo was first discovered in 1986 by renowned businessman, John Sacco, of Milton, Massachusetts.
Keenen Ivory Wayans plays the character titled "Jeri Curl" in the 1987 movie Robert Townsend Hollywood Shuffle .
The character Jules Winnfield (played by Samuel L. Jackson) wore Jheri-curl at Quentin Tarantino Pulp Fiction .
In the 1989 opening episode of Samuel L. Jackson in the 1989 film Do the Right Thing , his DJ character says that there is a "Jheri Curl warning" that applies to the day: "If you have Jheri Curl stay at home or you'll end up with a permanent plastic helmet on your head forever. "
Sports
Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Billy Ray Bates is reportedly unpopular with other players "because he has a very moist Jheri's curl, and the ball will be slippery."
See also
- List of hairstyles
References
External links
- Media related to Jheri curl in Wikimedia Commons
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