From 1882 to 1897, Marcel Grateau, a hairdresser, was charging 500 francs for a perm while his colleagues were getting 10 to 20 francs for the same service! It was only after he had amassed a fortune of a million that he decided to retire, bought a chateau in Normandy and unveiled his technique.
Marcel Grateau became famous in the late 19th century when he invented the curling iron that bears his name. At the age of 30, he quickly conquered the hairdressing market in France and then throughout Europe.

Hot inflation was a process of incredible complexity. The hairstyle was carried out on dry hair using a special technology using a comb and tongs, which had to be heated to the required temperature on a gas burner, while it was impossible not to warm them up or overheat.

Nowadays there is a whole range of electric pliers, which differ only in diameter. ? Only for puppeteers, they never came up with a miniature tool to make such beautiful curls. How I miss Marcel. Therefore, I use the technology of the 19th century: I heat the soldering iron and use the method of intuition and practice, so as not to burn the finest fibers of goat hair, I make beautiful hairstyles for my dolls.

Author Oksana Shebaleva