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Oh no! The Perm is back!

March 25th 2008 00:03
When I heard that sales of home perming kits are up by 50% in the UK this year with Australia soon to follow, I was catapulted to that very grim memory of my grandmother getting the bright idea to perm just my fringe – with disastrous results. Whenever I think of perm, I think poodle hair, peroxide, pink lipstick and wearing two knee-length socks pushed down toward the ankles and the term ‘bushpigs’.

permed hair
Ooh la lah, don't you just love my poodle perm?



But top UK hairdressers assure us that the perm of the 21st century is all about ‘volume, glamour and movement, not the hideous poodle perm of the old’. People are apparently getting bored with straight hair and want more depth and dimension in their hair. Curls and waves are now turning up in more fashion shows and that the electric industry has picked up on this trend, has re-invented carmen rollers, curling tongs, etc.

While home perming kits’ sales may have increased, hairdressers don’t recommend perming your hair at home. Choosing the right solution for the hair can be very tricky – too strong a solution will result in a ghastly frizzy ’do while a too-gentle one won’t have any effect but will still make your hair super-dry. The best bet is to book yourself at a hair salon and let an expert do it. Safe advice, no doubt.

I admit I sometimes get bored with my straight hair that fall around my face like stiff curtains and long for those seemingly natural big waves that bounce merrily on the shoulders. But a permanent perm? I think I still have too much baggage to consider that. I’ll stick to my rollers, thanks.
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Comment by Lilla

March 25th 2008 01:35
OOOHHHH NOOOO NOT THE PERM AGAIN!!!

*ROFLMAO*

God save us all... those years in the eighties were hideous enough, do we have to do it all again?... Oh wild horses wouldn;t drag me back for one of thos things...

Great Post Aimzster

Comment by Journeywoman

March 25th 2008 01:53
Oh God. Well, I guess it's good news for the rest of us who WON'T be perming - we'll look better by comparison!

Comment by Cibbuano

March 25th 2008 02:02

Comment by Louie

March 25th 2008 03:41
hmmmmm this is one for the fashion victims me thinks
and
PLEASE NO!!!! we will have to look at them all, and they will be looking at us, thinking we are uncool for being to cool to buy into this.......take a stand now!!!!!!!

Comment by Tracy

March 25th 2008 04:12
I guess it was just time...everything else from the 80s is back after all....

Comment by Morgan Bell

March 25th 2008 04:46
oh how i WISH i had straight hair . . . why anyone would want to imitate the frizz and fluff of us curly hairs with a perm is beyond me lol

Comment by Eva W.

March 25th 2008 10:04
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Comment by Michaelie

March 25th 2008 10:51
HAHA!

Oh Christ. I don't think you should permanently do anything to your hair! I had mine permed straight years ago and it was wrecked for ages.

I am going to straighten my hair every day when this gets big. Naturally, I look like I have a spiral perm and I don't want people thinking I have stooped to this trend!

I have been considering getting my eyelashes permed though...



Mich

Comment by Jarrah

March 25th 2008 23:54
Yes!
80's - so hot right now.

- Jarrah

Back to the Eighties
www.backtotheeighties.net

Comment by Maribeth

March 26th 2008 00:39
eewww.... I think I've buried all pictures of me with a perm. Asians with perms is just so wrong!

Comment by Lily

March 26th 2008 01:00
I just have one thing to say to you Kimmy...

curling rod




Comment by Patricia 7

March 26th 2008 01:01
I've wanted a perm for years. I have wavy hair that sometimes is curly, so I'd like a perm to make the curls more defined, so I won't have to blowdry it anymore.

I wouldn't want a really curly perm though, more like a body wave.

Comment by Aimzster

March 26th 2008 01:18
Lilla, just as long as they don't bring back the flourescent head bands pushed down amidst teased hair!

Journeywoman, I didn't think of it that way!

Cibb & Louie, sorry but I think this perm thing will be here to stay for another 10 or so years...

Tracey, now that the 70s fad is fading, something else has to come along to replace it

Morgan, I'm with you. You might as well wear a clown's wig.

Eva, my sentiments exactly!

Mich - No! That's only a step away from getting your hair permed!

Jarrah - I think I'll just stick to my love of the 80s songs

Maribeth, hehehe...I still have pics of myself with the dreaded perm

Lily, I actually wouldn't mind buying a curling rod..

Pat, I don't want those frizzy ringlets that bunch up close to your head but just a body wave to add volumen and make my hair more interesting.

Comment by KylieW

March 26th 2008 05:43
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..... ...........

WHY??????? How could someone look at a picture of a perm and think to themselves, "that looks good"?.

I don't care how fashionable it becomes, I'm not getting a perm - I had two when I was younger (and I can't for the life of me think why???)

Comment by Lara M

March 26th 2008 09:52
<LOL> What will they tell us next?! Wonder who's the company behind it all?

Comment by Patricia 7

March 26th 2008 21:01
*****Pat, I don't want those frizzy ringlets that bunch up close to your head but just a body wave to add volumen and make my hair more interesting. ****


Me neither. Frizzy ringlets is not the look I'm going for.

I will probably never get one, though, because I'm afraid it will damage my hair.

Comment by charliesgirl_992000

March 27th 2008 04:33
'Oh boy!!!' i do believe my hair still has never recovered from all the perming I did as a teen growing up in the 80's.
Just say NO to perms!!!! Tammy

Comment by Aimzster

March 31st 2008 01:28
Kylie, I'm with you. I really hope I don't fall in with the temptation though. I remember looking at leggings and thinking 'no freaking way'. Guess what I'm wearing now?

Lara, don't laugh now. I hear 80s hairstyles are all coming back. The horror of it all!

Pat, I've sworn never to touch my hair with any products again besides shampoo & conditioner.

Tammy
, my memory hasn't recovered from it!

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