frizz

kihara

kähertää puhekieltä Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
puhekieltä To curl; to make frizzy.
(w) (1633-1703)

with her hair frizzed short up to her ears

In labour-saving homes, with care, / Their wives frizz out peroxide hair.

There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs; (..)