Everything You Need To Know About The Modern Perm 2024
Balayage/Ombre' Perm: Picture natural-looking, voluminous curls or waves that evoke the effortless elegance of a big barrel curling iron. With sponge curlers rolled diagonally a few inches from the roots, you achieve a gradual curl – smooth on top and gently waved towards the middle, cascading into luxurious spiral curls. The Ombre'/Balayage perm adds an irresistible touch of glamour and allure to any hair colour.
This technique offers the best of both worlds – a chic, carefree style that's a breeze to maintain, while still offering versatile styling options. It's the ideal choice for those seeking a hint of sophistication without committing to a long-term perm. Ready to elevate your hair game with the Balayage/Ombre' perm? Let's make it happen! 💫
Styling Options: Air dry or use a diffuser. Apply gel or mousse for added definition. Life Span: 3 to 6 months, depending on the hair length.
The Beach Wave: One of the most popular perms for summer. This type of perm resembles a messy array of curls that flow naturally without structure. This is a very gentle perm, when you think of beach hair, envision windblown wild curls.
To achieve this soft, natural curl, we ditch the traditional hard perm rods and opt for sponge-like curlers. Depending on your hair length, we choose the perfect size curler and roll them diagonally to create those stunning, tousled beach waves. 🌊 Ready to rock that beachy look? Let's make it happen!
Styling Options: Air dry or use a diffuser. Apply curling cream, gel, or mousse for added styling versatility. Life Span: 3 to 6 months, depending on the hair length and rod size.
Piggyback Perm: This technique involves wrapping sections of hair using two perm rods for each carved-out section, with one rod stacked on top of the other. Typically, a smaller rod is placed at the base, topped with a slightly larger one. This method is particularly popular among individuals with long, heavy hair.
By splitting the hair into two curlers instead of one, the piggyback perm ensures uniform curling from root to end on longer hair. This even distribution of the perm solution promotes consistent curl formation throughout the hair. Ready to elevate your perm game with the piggyback technique? Let's dive in! 🌀
Styling Options: Wash and go, apply gel or mousse to lock curls in. Life Span: 6 to 8 months, depending on hair length and rod size.
The Spiral Perm
Beautiful, tight corkscrew curls cascading downwards. When you think of corkscrew curls, think of bouncy coils of curls that will spring back up into shape if they are pulled. This type of perm can vary in appearance, depending on the length of the hair and the size of the perm rod used. Although this perm style is basically meant for long hair, people with short hair can opt for this type of perm as well. The length of hair will determine the rod size used, small, medium or large perm rollers or hair foam benders. To create these tight twisted corkscrew curls, the perm rods are placed vertically on the head and the hair is wound around. Over time, a spiral perm will partly relax but most of the curls should stay for some time until trimmed out.
Styling options - no fuss, requires no styling and can be left to dry on its own. Life span - 6 to 8 months or longer, depending on the hair length and size of the curling rods. Hair care products - moisturizing shampoo and deep conditioning products
The Body Wave Perm
Big, bouncy, natural curls with volume. This type of perm will give you soft, loose curls due to the larger rollers and gentle perm solution. Rollers are often inserted in varying and natural patterns to create a soft and natural looking curl. While the diameter of the rod may vary, body waves will be loose enough to wear with a variety of different styles. This a great perm for both men and women with normal to straight fine limp hair. This is a very popular type of perm for people that just want to add volume without the tight curls.
Styling options - scrunch-dried to defined curls. Life span - 3 to 6 months, depending on the length of the hair. Hair care - regular shampoo and light conditioner. light styling foam or sculpting lotions
The Spot Perm
Beautiful curls in a specific area of the head, rather than covering the entire head. This type of perm technique allows you to choose a section of hair to have permed and blocking the sections you don’t want permed. Spot perms can be used to add volume to thinning areas and also to balance out uneven curl patterns in natural hair. Spot perms are a great fix if you have lots of curls in the back of your head and not on the top or sides. Usually, the rod used is dependent on what type of curl is needed to fit in with your own curls.
Styling options - scrunch dry curls or style with a round brush. Life span - 2 to 6 months, depending on hair length and the size of the perm rollers. Hair care - conditioning shampoo and conditioner depending on curl format
The Multi-Textured Perm
Natural looking curls that fall on and around each other, the way it would if you were born with naturally curly hair. The curls without looking like a perm that provides a carefree effect and works well for the wash and go type. When done correctly, it’s easy to pass this perm off as being your natural hair. This type of perm uses different types of curling techniques and rod size to create different types of curl patterns within the hair. This perm is perfect on layered, long hair, can also be done on shoulder length hair but short hair is not a good candidate. This creates a spectacular cascade of different curl patterns with varying shapes and sizes.
Styling options - wash, slightly blown dry and go. Life span - 4 to 6 months depending on hair length and rod size . Hair care - moisturizing shampoo and conditioners, light mouse or clear styling gels
The Partial Perm
Body with lots of natural movement. While many people think that a partial perm is the same thing as a spot perm, they are actually very different. Partial perms are usually done on top of the head and are commonly done on men or women with hair that is longer on top graduating to shorter sides and back. This type of perm, uses a combination of curling rods to help create a natural fade-in-and-out curl that blends seamlessly with the natural hair. The top of the head is usually done with a medium or large curling rod, and the short sides and back are done with a smaller curler. To create a natural blend of curls from long top to shorter sides and back, this is done by removing some of the smaller rods at the bottom after the perm solution is rinsed off. This way the short sides and back curls will be less springy when the neutralizer is applied to lock in the curls. A good overall cut and texturizing scissors on the sides and back will help with the blending of permed curls and natural hair.
Styling options - can be styled or left to dry naturally. Life span - 2 to 3 months due to the fact that short hair needs cutting more often. Haircare - moisturizing shampoo and conditioner, light styling gel on top and stronger on the back
The Stack Perm
Voluminous, big beautiful luscious curls. Stack perms are wrapped mid shaft or slightly higher and down to the ends. This means, no volume at the roots but lots of volume in the permed areas only. This is a great choice if you have shoulder length to long hair with little layering…this is the ombre of perms. To complete a stack perm, a variety of different sizes of rollers will be selected and placed artfully to create the illusion of perfectly stacked layered like curls.
Styling options - can be left to dry naturally or styled. Life span - 3 to 6 month, depending on the hair length. Haircare - hair mousse for natural volume and light sculpting lotion to help define curls
Permanent Wave can take anywhere from 2 to 5 hours to complete depending on the type of perm technique and length of the hair.A perm can be a big commitment and some perms may vary based on the condition, length and texture of your hair. So let's talk about your requirements and review your perming options
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