The curly end to the story.
Dec. 21st, 2007 09:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
navygreenI like my hair wavy, you see. Each day, I'd wrap my hair into a tight bun while the hair was still wet from the shower, and I'd wear it that way for hours. Most often, I did not "un-bun" my hair until bedtime, and then I would have the loveliest, softest waves imaginable.
Only Philip and I were really the only ones who would get to see the lovely, soft waves. And it was really the prettiest hair, but there seemed to be nothing I could do to fully recreate the look in the daytime with products and/or curling.
So I debated for a few weeks. Philip encouraged me to get a body wave, but I was really nervous about doing so. Didn't the stylist tell me just this past summer that I had the healthiest hair? I didn't want to jeopardize that. Oh, but I wanted my hair to have some waves, some curls. If nothing else, I wanted it to hold curl when I tried to style it myself.
Last week, with lots of gentle nudging from Philip, I finally went to the salon. Even as he dropped me off, I was rubbing my tummy in nervousness, and I told him I was scared. He assured me it would look great, and he was gone. I walked in, talked to a stylist, and she got right to work.
Because my hair was so long, she used the largest rods she had for the perm - she called them "boom rods." It took every one that she had to do my hair, and it added almost eight pounds onto the weight of my head. My neck was hurting so bad by the end of two hours! Finally, the rods were removed, and my new curls draped around my face.
And were they ever curly! The style is curlier than I wanted, but I know that the length and weight of my hair will drag the perm out a bit, and it will settle in a softer style. Even now, almost a week later, the curl has lost about 1/3 of the original intensity (this is a good thing!). I can now use clips and claws in my hair that my normal style is much too fine to uphold, and it's been a fun week with new styles.
Like I said, it's curlier than I would like, but I know that it won't be this curly forever. In the meantime, I've made up my mind to fully enjoy the extra-springy curls and my new look. :-)
Only Philip and I were really the only ones who would get to see the lovely, soft waves. And it was really the prettiest hair, but there seemed to be nothing I could do to fully recreate the look in the daytime with products and/or curling.
So I debated for a few weeks. Philip encouraged me to get a body wave, but I was really nervous about doing so. Didn't the stylist tell me just this past summer that I had the healthiest hair? I didn't want to jeopardize that. Oh, but I wanted my hair to have some waves, some curls. If nothing else, I wanted it to hold curl when I tried to style it myself.
Last week, with lots of gentle nudging from Philip, I finally went to the salon. Even as he dropped me off, I was rubbing my tummy in nervousness, and I told him I was scared. He assured me it would look great, and he was gone. I walked in, talked to a stylist, and she got right to work.
Because my hair was so long, she used the largest rods she had for the perm - she called them "boom rods." It took every one that she had to do my hair, and it added almost eight pounds onto the weight of my head. My neck was hurting so bad by the end of two hours! Finally, the rods were removed, and my new curls draped around my face.
And were they ever curly! The style is curlier than I wanted, but I know that the length and weight of my hair will drag the perm out a bit, and it will settle in a softer style. Even now, almost a week later, the curl has lost about 1/3 of the original intensity (this is a good thing!). I can now use clips and claws in my hair that my normal style is much too fine to uphold, and it's been a fun week with new styles.
Like I said, it's curlier than I would like, but I know that it won't be this curly forever. In the meantime, I've made up my mind to fully enjoy the extra-springy curls and my new look. :-)
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Date: 2007-12-22 05:21 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-12-22 06:10 am (UTC)ok, I'll forgive you. ;)
Enjoy your curls. :)
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Date: 2007-12-22 06:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-22 05:21 am (UTC)I bet it's beautiful... and yes, the curls will loosen especially if your hair is heavy or prone to straightness in it's natural state.
Enjoy it!
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Date: 2007-12-22 06:08 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-12-22 06:11 am (UTC)I see. We ganged up on you. :)
Sleep well!
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Date: 2007-12-22 06:36 am (UTC)ZZZzzzzzz...
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Date: 2007-12-22 06:14 am (UTC)When I had my long glorious hair, I used to do that, too. If I wore it up in a bun for a while, it would then be wavy. But sometimes I did things overnight...for example, I would put it up in a bun at night for wavy hair in the morning, or for the braidy-wavy look I'd braid my hair at night and take them out in the morning.
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