Ah, the things we do for beauty! The contraption pictured may resemble a torture chamber, but it was a prominent fixture in beauty shops for decades, providing women with a solution for straight hair.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As technology advances, people are willing to try any new gimmick to get the hair of their dreams, from new styling tools to chemical ...

With hair straighteners and $500 hair dryers among the popular grooming tools on the market, it's no wonder perms are going out of style. Perms were all the fashion rage from the 1950s and many women ...