The Jheri curl was the ‘it’ hairstyle to have from the 1970s until the early ‘90s. ... sprayed with lots of "activator juice," to add mega-watt shine.

A Jheri curl is a hairstyle that was popular among Black folks during the late 1970s (hitting its peak in the '80s and early '90s), featuring loose curls that are extremely shiny.

The last time I saw someone wear a Jheri curl with a straight face was in the summer of 2015. ... if it has too much activator, can make you look like you just rubbed Crisco on your face.

Keela Boose of Norfolk, circa mid 1980s. Keela Boose, Norfolk “I had a Jheri curl back in the day, and I went to England for the summer with two bottles of Jheri curl juice (or curl activator ...

Before he struck gold on “In Living Color,’’ Wayans played a homicidal breakdancer (aptly named Jheri Curl) who was perilously — and hilariously — reliant on his supply of “activator ...

Thanks for all the feedback on my work on #MLBonTBS so far, negative and positive, but the jheri curl is staying! -- Pedro Martinez (@45PedroMartinez) October 1, 2013 That's right, haters!

Cottrell's Curly Kit, at about $8 a box, brought the Jheri Curl to the masses. (And later it would be exported to countries in Africa and the Caribbean, and a version for children, the Kiddie Kit ...

HOF-bound Pedro Martinez is the last in a long line of Jheri-curled athletes. July 23, 2015. By Clinton Yates. Pedro Martinez is a 1st ballot HOF nominee off the jheri curl alone pic.twitter.com ...

The 70s and 80s will be remembered by many as the era of disco and Dynasty. But for some of us, those years were marked by the rise of the Jheri Curl. Named for stylist Jheri Redding, the Jheri ...

In in, a detective played by Robert Townsend interrogates reluctant homicide witness Jheri Curl, played by Keenan Ivory Wayans, and gets him to talk by slowly spilling out the precious activator ...