This AM I did something I thought I'd never do...I gave a permanent...to one of my own offspring. If you only knew how strange that idea (let alone reality thereof) is to my psyche.
I have never given a perm before, but I CAN read, so I figured we'd wing it. Below is Rachel before I gave the perm. She slept with ("those stinkin'") curlers in to achieve this look. Sleeping on curlers is not optimal, so she would like to avoid it in the future! Those curls would have disappeared inside 30 minutes, even if we hadn't washed her hair.
Below shows after I got all the rods in. Tedious, but certainly doable...
If you've had your hair permed, you know the drill between the above picture and the next one. Curling lotion, timer, timer, timer, timer...the key is determining how long the solution needs to stay in. Too short and you just wasted a lot of time. Too long, and you look like a Brillo pad. We wanted somewhere in between. It looks like the eagle has landed!
Here she is after the neutralizing solution was applied, rods were out, conditioner was in...me, oh, my! There are a lot of steps involved. I'll post a picture later of her newly curly dried hair. She's out on the porch right now, reading while it dries.
Hope springs eternal...
~Joan
4 comments:
Well, you could always tell her that when it goes gray it gets more body....My hair was straight, straight, and even more straight. Even after perming...NOW, that I have gray hair, it's got more body & holds curl longer....go figure...
Sam
In the short time that I have been "following" your blog I am learning not to be amazed at what you will turn your hand to next!! :D
'eagerly awaiting the post which shows the final result :D
Meanwhile I wonder what YOU would do with a week with just you and your sewing machine! I have one coming up!! and I am fearful of wasting it!!
When are we going to see a pic of the dried hair?
her hair is long and heavy and probably drags out the curls. the curl was not set yet but trying again will make her hair frizzy and not nice.
Post a Comment