Perm but...

[Tinkerbell]

Not the frizzy type.


My hair is getting long and due to living off grid, the summer months hair gadgets are ok but in the winter it’s a pain.

So I thought I’d try a perm to keep a style in

Like these

Or

Or... my hairs grey

Is there such a thing as a very soft perm for longer hair?

[Pussycat Doll]

There are soft perms but you can’t have a perm really that looks like the photos you have posted. They are all done with wands etc to create beach waves.

[Feebee2]

From past experience many years ago, those styles are achievable with a lot of hard work.

[littlelish0544]

I rembember years ago wondering the exact same thing... i was hoping to read this thread and find out it was now possible! I love this sort of look. To all the hairdressers out there, why is it not possible to get a perm to create this sort of wave? Is it to do with the wieght of hair or something? Just curious, i havent a clue about any of it! I imagine even if you could perm this type of curl it would still need a lot of looking after and/or some sort of styling everyday to achieve this? Can you tell i dont do anything with my hair? I dont even own a hairdryer... 😕

[Tinkerbell]

Originally Posted by littlelish0544

I rembember years ago wondering the exact same thing... i was hoping to read this thread and find out it was now possible! I love this sort of look. To all the hairdressers out there, why is it not possible to get a perm to create this sort of wave? Is it to do with the wieght of hair or something? Just curious, i havent a clue about any of it! I imagine even if you could perm this type of curl it would still need a lot of looking after and/or some sort of styling everyday to achieve this? Can you tell i dont do anything with my hair? I dont even own a hairdryer... 😕

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According to articles I have read it is achievable by a perm so I too would like to understand. I just want a wash and go style!

[WhereIBelong]

Originally Posted by Tinkerbell

According to articles I have read it is achievable by a perm so I too would like to understand. I just want a wash and go style!

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I have a wash and go style - Professor Sprout style...

[Guest]

Originally Posted by Feebee2

From past experience many years ago, those styles are achievable with a lot of hard work.

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Originally Posted by Tinkerbell

According to articles I have read it is achievable by a perm so I too would like to understand. I just want a wash and go style!

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If I wash and go my hair would look like that, particularly second photo which is my length and colour. Instead I spend a lot of time straightening it out. DH tells me I should leave it to dry naturally, it is ok the first day if I do that but after sleeping on it it is a disaster.

[Tinkerbell]

Originally Posted by Claudette

If I wash and go my hair would look like that, particularly second photo which is my length and colour. Instead I spend a lot of time straightening it out. DH tells me I should leave it to dry naturally, it is ok the first day if I do that but after sleeping on it it is a disaster.

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I look like a scarecrow dragged backwards through a hedge.

I’m not a hair doer. I can’t cut it short as it grows at the rate of knots and I’d be permanently at the hairdressers equally I find shorter hair harder to style. I like to be able to put up my hair or not as I feel.

Never satisfied

[littlelish0544]

Originally Posted by Tinkerbell

I look like a scarecrow dragged backwards through a hedge.

I’m not a hair doer. I can’t cut it short as it grows at the rate of knots and I’d be permanently at the hairdressers equally I find shorter hair harder to style. I like to be able to put up my hair or not as I feel.

Never satisfied

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I cant cut mine short as it makes my head look too small for my body!

[Pussycat Doll]

The problem is the size of the perm rods! The size you would need for that type of wave would need to be about 3-4 inches in diameter which as far as I am aware just doesn’t exist. Also the curl would be so loose it would literally drop out and be straight. If I could perm like that I could retire, I promise.