Fresh Perm

Warning: This post is going to be quite long. Its mostly my rant about my touch up experience.

So today I finally got my perm! I'm very happy to get it, but the experience wasn't the best. Let me tell you.

So the stylist I went to is in Georgia. I just moved up here from Miami so I had to find someone new. I don't know any good stylist down at my school so I decided to give my cousin's stylist a shot. One thing I did take note of was that my cousin's hair hasn't grown and shes actually been getting more trims since shes been here.

Well anyways I went to the salon at about 9:30. It was pretty empty which was good, since the lady is usually very busy. So I just had to wait less than five minutes before being put into the chair (of doom).

First thing she did was run her hands through my new growth and comment about how much I have. I told her I was 12 weeks and I didn't trust anyone down in Gainesville. She was very shocked that I went so long without a touchup like it was taboo.

She started to comb through my hair with a regular afro comb. My eyes widened so fast. I was wincing at every pass through. Not at the pain, but at the whole idea of what she was putting my hair through. Next thing she did was roughly base my head. Luckily the night before I applied Vaseline to my scalp. Then she began roughly applying the perm. One thing I must admit is that the lady works FAST. She had the perm applied to my whole head and smoothed out in all of 5 minutes. But another thing I didn't like is that she applied perm to my edges first. If that wasn't the stupidest thing (excuse my rudeness).

At the wash been she began rinsing me out. This stage was fine. Then came the terrible shampooing. She applied the shampoo and boy I want to scream so bad. She was so rough. I felt like I was being scalped! She used a fingernails and was just scratching away at my scalp. She wasn't just trying to get the dirt but my hair with it. But thank the Lord that she works fast here also. She then proceeded to apply a quick conditioner. She combed me out and sat me under the dryer.

I was under the dryer for only about 30 to 40 minutes. I'm really not used to this sinced I normally get wet wraps. She sat me in her chair and......brough out a blowdryer. Another hair pulling experience. It burned, she was rough, I was apoligizing to my hair the whole time.

Next, was the worst of all. She proceeded to flat iron my hair. That flat iron was hot! I asked her what type it was turns out its a FHI. She commented, "It doesn't really matter what type of flat iron you get as long as it goes up to 400 degrees." Another wide-eyed moment for me. I couldn't believe she was applying that much heat to my hair.

Lastly was the trim. This wasn't bad since I did need one. But I do think she cut off a more than she needed.

Overall though my hair came out beautiful. It looks very shiny and very bouncy. But this has its consequences. My scalp hurts, my head is throbbing and I just know that my hair took a bigger beating than necessary.