Beauty

[Mistreatedbycs]

On 1/14/2014 lulu2 said:

Back in the 80's I gave my sister many perms. She had long hair so I had to piggy back the rollers. Be sure not to put too much hair in the curlers. Also be careful to wrap the ends, otherwise you will end up with frizz. If you are not adept at rolling curlers, practice! I am a child of the 60's so hair rollers are not foreign to me.

Good luck. (if you have never done this, it can be overwhelming)

This is what is overwhelming....makeup in my tote bag (all new and comprised of Clinique, Lancôme and Estee lauder) shouldn't have been carrying around with me, belonged in the safe haven of my bathroom BUT a 3/4 full bottle of windshield washer spilled into my leather Coach tote and soaked through the full bag of makeup. Did you know that the 2 of them do not mix....yes, everything was trashed, even the lipsticks, somehow soaked up into the tubes and even the compacts of bronzers are not completely sealed, that stuff got into those. Oh well, that was one day last week. ...and my coach tote, washed the entire inside out, left it to dry and didn't ruin the leather at all....that was the good news.

Then...on Friday last week, my ceiling tiles fell allover my merchandise and my store was flooded due to a cracked pipe upstairs. What a mess to say the least, it's going to be weeks before everything gets put back to normal...oh yes, I have insurance but don't forget I have a deductible, a mess and a headache.

so......a perm will be a piece of cake and ask me so when will I have any fun??? I guess I'm having it now!

Hope your 2014 is starting out better than mine.

oh and one more, washing clothes on Sunday and for some reason didn't check my pant pockets and sure enough a tube of lipstick was clanking around in my dryer (washer ok) but red everywhere and I mean everywhere. Besides ruining some of the clothes, spent a lot of time removing all the red from the drum of the dryer.....I thought that Oxi Clean pretreatment for stains gets lipstick out, must work on hard surfaces too...it does, all clean.

I think I'm done.....someone else's turn now.

[Hershey2]

My hair dresser will travel to someone if they can,t get out. He will go to a nursing home or someones home, very kind individual, check around.

[Mistreatedbycs]

On 1/14/2014 OldFoogey said:

My hair dresser will travel to someone if they can,t get out. He will go to a nursing home or someones home, very kind individual, check around.

Well I called and called and called since I read your post and unfortunately I didn't have anyone "bite" on the idea. Yes there are people who will go to the nursing homes but not into an individuals home.

I'll call a couple tomorrow again but I think I'm going to do this myself...read directions, I can do that.

Thanks for the idea though.

[morganjen]

It's amazing how strong one's scent memory recall is. I can still recall that perm chemical smell 30 years later!

[PinkyPetunia]

I would not trim the hair until after the perm is done. The ends often get fried and the hair "shrinks" so much when it's curled. Also, don't use rods that are too small. Nothing worse than a tight perm. Hope it goes well, you are an angel to do this for your mom.

[Desertdi]

On 1/14/2014 Sooner said:

I can only think of them as child abuse. From my childhood.

My ma wanted to "get her money's worth"......so she left the solution on double time. My hair was fried a strange red brick color, and would break off in tufts. Twice a year.

[Mistreatedbycs]

On 1/15/2014 PinkyPetunia said:

I would not trim the hair until after the perm is done. The ends often get fried and the hair "shrinks" so much when it's curled. Also, don't use rods that are too small. Nothing worse than a tight perm. Hope it goes well, you are an angel to do this for your mom.

She wants a tight perm, always had and always will so not sure what they used as far as color from the previous salon (should of paid more attention but that was about a year ago, no one would remember) so I bought grey rods and some dark blue (now those are small) and figured those would be ok for right above the back of the neck.

BUT THEN.............the story continues

She said to me last night I should of gone in the cabinet above the frig to get the rods that she had!!!!!!!!!!!!! what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I told her there was no way that I would use those (I think they are over 50 years old) and I never saw them and nor do I want to see them!

I bought new one's....Sally's only charges a little over a $1.00 a pack....really mother.

[coffee drinker]

What memories this brings. I can remember when I was maybe 5 or 6 and my mother gave me a home perm. Once it was done, she picked me up to look in the mirror and I let out this blood-curdling scream. I can still hear myself!!! Never again.

[shoekitty]

I think clean hair, free of gels, spray and such is better than freshly washed hair. I would wash it a day or two before. This keeps the natural oils on the scalp, and no burning. But follow box direction.

section the wet hair in 6 sections. from,forehead to crown is one section, (make section slightly narrower than perm rod). then do the same with front side sections and the three back sections. Kind of like you would set your hair for a "bubble" in the old days.

Keep a spray bottle handy. Use 2 papers per rod. Make sure all the ends are in the paper and not kinked. The ends must be flat and enclosed in paper. Roll the rods with even pressure. Be firm but do not pull or stretch hair. People tend to wrap hair around rod, or roll tight when they get to the end. Even pressure, wrap straight. Dont group those ends together at bottom. Do not take a lot of hair. Remember rods that are too full do not perm evenly. They tend to be loose. Rods that are wrapped too thin, and too tight tend to kink and get a tight curl.

Tilt hair back when applying solution. Apply evenly, and slowly so it absorbs evenly. Apply the solution all over, then go over again. Just be even and light with first application

The most important part is rinsing and neutrilizing the hair.

You can apply petroleum jelly around entire skin around hairline. Then apply cotton. This is to prevent running of solution and burning the skin. Try not to get solution on scalp if possible.

To do test curl, unwind a crown rod, and a side rod there should be an "S" pattern.

rewrap curls. And rinse, dry and neutrilize as directed

[shoekitty]

Nantucket

Let me know how it comes out. Special care needs to be taken with diabetics, and people with hormonal issues like hyperthyroid.Also, certain medications can hinder a perm. Since I do not know her mobility and health issues. I will give you safety tips. make sure you use vasoline on the neck, around the ears and face. Perm solution is watery, it runs. Elderly, and people with sensitive issues can burn. Change the towel around her neck after applying solution and wipe neck with damp cloth to remove solution. Make sure your mom has a towel handy to cover face in case solution runs in face or eyes. Have rinse available just in case gets in eyes. Milk neutrilizes the perm solution so rub with milk if it burns.

I imagine home perms are a little more diluted than professional perms. I know a common problem was the perm solution would get on neck towel, the towel wouldn't be changed until after perm. When the towel was removed client had burns on neckl line from solution.