ユル巻き

English translation: soft, loose (or gentle) curls

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Japanese term or phrase:ユル巻き
English translation:soft, loose (or gentle) curls
Entered by: conejo

19:14 Jan 20, 2007
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Cosmetics, Beauty
Japanese term or phrase: ユル巻き
This is from a document pertaining to beauty salons & hair styles, which leads me to believe that ユル巻き is probably a hair style. I can't give any more context...

What would the correct translation for this term be?
conejo
United States
Local time: 05:41
soft, loose (or gentle) curls
Explanation:
...one suggestion.

Letting loose
Stylists are holding back drastic measures and aiming for loose, soft and oversized curls with shorter layers and waves for a realistic, everyday style. ...
www.azcentral.com/style/beauty/articles/021505springhair-CR... - 50k -

For pics, see: http://images.google.com/images?q=ユル巻き OR 揺る巻き OR ゆる巻き&ie=UT...
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/living/cosmetic_helth/hda_c20/img/p...
(as opposed to tight curls: http://www.toshiba.co.jp/living/cosmetic_helth/hda_c10/img/p... )

http://images.google.com/images?q=soft loose curls&ie=UTF-8&...



and the bonus pic (scary!)
http://www.e-orderhere.com/cgi-bin/cs/shopexd.asp?id=738
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KathyT
Australia
Local time: 20:41
Grading comment
Thanks, everybody
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Summary of answers provided
2 +3soft, loose (or gentle) curls
KathyT
2loose curl
ishigami


  

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loose curl


Explanation:
http://www.alaska.net/~jnoble/sailaway/spa/LooseCurl.html


ishigami
Local time: 18:41
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 4
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
soft, loose (or gentle) curls


Explanation:
...one suggestion.

Letting loose
Stylists are holding back drastic measures and aiming for loose, soft and oversized curls with shorter layers and waves for a realistic, everyday style. ...
www.azcentral.com/style/beauty/articles/021505springhair-CR... - 50k -

For pics, see: http://images.google.com/images?q=ユル巻き OR 揺る巻き OR ゆる巻き&ie=UT...
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/living/cosmetic_helth/hda_c20/img/p...
(as opposed to tight curls: http://www.toshiba.co.jp/living/cosmetic_helth/hda_c10/img/p... )

http://images.google.com/images?q=soft loose curls&ie=UTF-8&...



and the bonus pic (scary!)
http://www.e-orderhere.com/cgi-bin/cs/shopexd.asp?id=738


    Reference: http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=soft+loose+curls&hl=en&l...
KathyT
Australia
Local time: 20:41
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 72
Grading comment
Thanks, everybody

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Will Matter
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  -> Thanks, willmatter :-)

agree  JPMedicalTrans
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, alexfromsd :-)

agree  Joe L: Better than a "punch perm".
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  -> Yikes!! Haven't seen one of those in a while! Thanks, Joe :-)
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