My hair has been every colour from blonde to purple. I've had a pixie cut, to Rapunzel lengths. I've curled it, straightened it, cut it, blow dried it, bumped it...you name it, I've done it.
My latest adventure? Surviving my first (and last) home permanent.
For those who don't know, or who just need a memory refresher:
Permanent (perm): a chemical/thermal treatment of hair to produce waves, curls or straight hair.
In my case, I was going for curls. Now, I made sure that I did what the boxes said to do. Alas, still I got frustrated several times and spent three hours in my cramped bathroom, trying to make everything work. Sometimes I would spend, it would seem, an unnecessary amount of time on one curl, trying to get it perfect.
They weren't perfect.
Oh, don't get me wrong. The first night I was ecstatic with my hair. I loved it! As a matter of fact, you can see what it looked like by the very far left picture on my blog banner. And, in case that gets changed before you read this, I'll post a picture here.
Before/after:
I'll admit: my mum warned me several times not to attempt a home perm because they "never work out". And you know what? She was so right, as she usually is.
That was day one of my perm. Day two, I looked like a poodle. An extra fluffy poodle.
And so came the eggs, vinegar, and olive oil...
For long hair, the formula is:
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup vinegar
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Medium hair:
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup vinegar
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Vinegar is supposed to make your hair shiny, while the olive oil moisturizes it, and the egg adds (the much needed in my case) protein.
This is the trick that probably saved my hair the most. Not only do all of these things help your hair greatly, they also weigh down your hair, making my "poodle" hair styling a little less fluffy.
I would also recommend hot oil treatments! But not on recently coloured hair...but that's for another blog.
I guess, overall, I learned this lesson the hard way: listen to your mother, and don't attempt a home permanent!
TINA
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