He had a bullet head covered with tight ringlets and a mustache that drooped in contrast.
That means not forcing tight ringlets to relax, or trying...
Her hair, still wet despite toweling, was in tight ringlets.
The fingers of her right hand were twisting painfully tight ringlets in her hair.
His hair was very short and still curled in tight ringlets.
His hair was of shoulder length and in tight ringlets and emitted a strong perfume.
His hair curled into tight ringlets when damp.
The child's hair is carved in a series of tight ringlets.
She had a fresh permanent wave, and her hair was a mass of tight gray ringlets.
By the later 1810s, front hair was parted in the center and worn in tight ringlets over the ears.