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New Perm, First Wash

Icegoddess — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 23:53:57 GMT

Today was official first wash day after getting a new perm on Tuesday. In reality, it was the first time shampooing it. I always wet it down the day after getting it.

Years ago, they told you not to get it wet for a couple of days, but that never happened. I've never had one fall out on me. Once it's there, it's there for the duration. I did have a friend who got a perm. She came home looking like a poodle and a month later you couldn't tell she'd ever had one, so everybody's hair is different.

My hairdresser who gives me great perms told me once that they just got through washing my hair, so why would it fall out? This time she told me I could color it on Thursday, but I told her that would be next week even though a perm pulls some of the color out.

Pics of the back, side, and a partial front pic. I have no makeup on since I washed it after doing war with a couple of hollies before showering. I'm not going anywhere this evening.

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Iwantcoffee — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 23:59:26 GMT

Your hair color and curls are very pretty @Icegoddess

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San Antonio Gal — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:26:36 GMT

Your hair stylist does such a good job @Icegoddess . The color and style suit you well. You must be pleased with her work.

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granddi — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:30:21 GMT

Do you (or others) both color and perm?

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Icegoddess — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:33:42 GMT

@San Antonio Gal , yea I am. I have been going to her for years, especially for her perms. I've had bad perms in the past. Previous hairdressers ASSUMED that because I had long hair (back during the Farrah period) and fine hair that it would be hard to perm, so they cut it shorter than I wanted and left the perm solution on longer and I ended up with helmet hair and cried. And that was right before my wedding photo for the newspaper. Remember when they used to do that? Luckily, it was much better by the time for the wedding pics.

My current hairdresser used to check me at the minimum time and I was already ready. She no longer has to check. Just set it for the minimum amount of time and start the washing/neutralizing process.

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Icegoddess — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:34:58 GMT

@granddi wrote:
Do you (or others) both color and perm?

@granddi I do. That's why she told me I could color on Thursday. I color my own, but use professional products.

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kate2357 — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:40:17 GMT

@Icegoddess

What a great perm. I am so, so jealous. Your color looked great too.

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spent2much — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:45:43 GMT

BEAUTIFUL perm job (and color)!!!

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happilyretiredgirl — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:53:32 GMT

@Icegoddess Beautiful hair, I love it and your color.

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ECBG — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 02:14:02 GMT

Perfect, just lovely!

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spumoni99 — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 04:56:19 GMT

Looks great she did a great job.

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kathie66 — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 11:12:43 GMT

@Icegoddess Looks great!

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Shanus — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 11:34:03 GMT

@Icegoddess Gotta love curls!!! I like the color with your skintone, too.

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Effie54 — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 12:20:30 GMT

@Icegoddess You look fantastic! Your stylist did a great job. The staying power of a perm (in regards to,your friend) depends on the specific perm used, the rod size and the processing time. I'm getting a body wave in 2 weeks, as I'm sick of having to blow dry and curling iron my hair. Anyway....you look wonderful!

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vermint — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 12:54:55 GMT

@Icegoddess Your hair is beautiful...and so are you! Love the curls, they're perfect!

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LizzieInSRQ — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 13:49:13 GMT

Looks healthy,not a bit of frizz. Well done!

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Icegoddess — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 14:32:27 GMT

@Effie54 Can't say about the perm she uses. I know she currently uses Tressa Zone Control, but she has used other perms in the past since I've been getting them for years and a few years ago the one she used required sitting under a dryer. This one doesn't. She uses fairly large perm rods on me, the largest ones are orange and the next largest are a more peachy sand color. I know they can vary by brand, looking at rod size charts, the ones that most closely correspond to the rods used are the 11/16 and 12/16-inch sizes. she uses a few other sizes in the mix too I think, but I didn't really pay that much attention to that.

Regardless, I've never had any perm fall out, even the bad one I got decades ago during the Farrah years when I wished it had. Who knows what they used on me back then. They all do loosen up a bit after the first month though.

My hairdresser sometimes refers to my perms as a body wave. I'm just happy not to have to spend the time styling it especially since I'm home most of the time, but even so I want my hair to look nice.

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wagirl — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 16:55:17 GMT

OP--you have my dream hair!!! Would love those curls and the color is nice too. Used to get perms all the time--did them at home tho---they lasted a long time, many months. Never had a shop perm.

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Effie54 — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 17:31:03 GMT

@Icegoddess wrote:
@Effie54 Can't say about the perm she uses. I know she currently uses Tressa Zone Control, but she has used other perms in the past since I've been getting them for years and a few years ago the one she used required sitting under a dryer. This one doesn't. She uses fairly large perm rods on me, the largest ones are orange and the next largest are a more peachy sand color. I know they can vary by brand, looking at rod size charts, the ones that most closely correspond to the rods used are the 11/16 and 12/16-inch sizes. she uses a few other sizes in the mix too I think, but I didn't really pay that much attention to that.

Regardless, I've never had any perm fall out, even the bad one I got decades ago during the Farrah years when I wished it had. Who knows what they used on me back then. They all do loosen up a bit after the first month though.

My hairdresser sometimes refers to my perms as a body wave. I'm just happy not to have to spend the time styling it especially since I'm home most of the time, but even so I want my hair to look nice.

@Icegoddess I like the rod size she used for your perm. I'm going with virtually the same rods to give me a wave. It's soft, but a nice curl at the same time. I love it. There are so many proms out there. When I go to the beauty supply store, I'm constantly looking at the newest, latest and greatest. I also had the perm that went under the dryer years ago as well. Those seemed to really hold up! Oh man, I also had one of those uber curly perms years ago as well. I think the stylist thought that that's what I wanted. Um...not so much. I'm sooooo looking forward to having an easier time styling. You look great!! 👍🏻

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ciao_bella — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 13:38:09 GMT

The perm, the color and YOU are lovely!