Re: Wavy hair without a perm?


<EmilyElle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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So here's the deal... I have straight hair. Like, really straight.
Straighter than a man with a beer and pork rinds on Superbowl Sunday.
My mom and brother have increasingly wavy hair that comes from my
grandfather, but I haven't seen it yet on me. Anyway. I've been
thinking about getting a perm, but:

a) they're expensive and I have more important things to spend my money
on (like my cellphone bill and calling my boyfriend in Japan and paying
for school trips). And I just quit my job, which was a stupid decision.
b) I've heard that "wavy" perms don't last very long. I really don't
want to have curly hair and wait for it to wave out.

I also hate doing *** to my hair in the morning. I wake up extremely
late and get ready in about 10 minutes, tops.

So is there any way I can coax my hair into being wavy without
resorting to a perm or having to style it every day? The only thing I'm
thinking is braids at night, but that only worked when I was a little
kid. Maybe if I did it every night? Hmmmm. Oh, and when I do succeed in
getting my hair wavy, it stays until maybe noon, and then it goes
totally straight again (especiallly in this insufferable heat).


I have the same problem and my results are always the same. Straight is
straight is straight. I have never been able to get my hair to hold in any
style without TONS of product and inevitably, I get tired of my hair not
being touchable or just the feel of all that excess product, and quit using
it. And if the style does hold for a little while (it sounds like I have
the same heat as you with sometimes 90% humidity), it must be spruced up
continually during the day. It's usually not worth it to me. I had a
beautiful shaggy cut right after DS2 was born and I faithfully used a hair
wax in it to spike it, but the hold was not strong enough and it became a
catch-22 between using enough product to hold the hair but not enough to
totally weigh it down. Then, the kids could never touch it and that was the
deciding factor, so I grew it out to a mom-do, shoulder length bob. They
love it; it's moveable and touchable! It's not the MOST flattering for me
but I'll live with it until they no longer are interested in being as
physical with me (may it never end!).

Regarding perms - I like them but you are right about them in a couple of
ways. IME, you must still be willing to work with your hair even with a
perm. When I did have one, really the curls just gave me extra body, so I
partially straightened with a curling iron or brush to make it look more
natural but the hold was phenomenal. It was like having all the most
perfect styling products in at once. You can't just let it go because then
you get the "I have a perm and don't have to do a thing with my hair because
it's so easy" look. Not good. As for wavy perms, I've not had one but have
always been of the opinion that if your hair is long, it may weigh out the
effects of a wavy perm. And that could happen quickly. But if you are
willing to put some sort of styling aid (curlers, curling iron) in while
having the wavy perm, the perm may cause it to hold better.

Sounds like you need to have an extensive talk with a stylist before you
embark upon anything permanent. I've never had a long hair perm. Mine have
always been when my hair's been shoulder length or shorter, thus I've been
cutting any damaged hair out more frequently. Perming and re-perming long
hair can damage it, uh, permanently.

HTH,

Jamie

P.S. Just an aside. On Valentine's Day, I went to have my hair cut,
colored, and highlighted by a new stylist. She used a flat iron on my hair!
Where's the sense in that?! My hair felt slick but looked like a 'deader'
version of itself. It did not move in the same way and I was glad to wash
it the next day to restore it's original condition.


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