Let’s not front ladies and gentlemen, if you didn’t rock one back in the day, you sure knew someone who did: oily pillowcases and dry cleaning bills aside, the jheri curl had folks throwing and flinging their do’s like nobody’s business and once MJ got his set, it was on! Rest In Power Sir Cottrell, keep it glowing!
“The creator of Pro-Line products and the historic Curly Kit died at home in Plano, Texas, on Oct. 3 of natural causes, the family said. He was 82.
In 1979, Cottrell created the infamous Curly Kit, a chemical treatment that created tight, wet-looking locks in the fashion of the Jheri Curl. But while the Jheri Curl cost about $200-$300 in salons, Curly Kits sold in stores for about 8 bucks.
Cottell’s version literally brought the Jheri Curl to the masses and spawned a parade of similar products from other hair-care companies. It also forced beauty salons to slash their price to roughly $35.
“We looked at the curl process,” Cottrell told the Dallas Observer in 1996, “and saw it really was a simple process and people could do it themselves. It was no secret.” (EURWeb)
