What kind of perms can you get

In this comprehensive guide we will walk you through the different types of perms and how they look and affect your permed hair. A perm or Permanent wave is a hairstyle produced by setting hair in loose to tight curls or waves and then treating it with a special perm solution so that the style lasts for several months.

Pictures of you, or your family with hair teased so high. But believe it or not they are making a comeback, and for a good reason. Perms and the products used to achieve them have come a long way. With advances in the chemistry behind producing the solutions used for perms there has been positive evolution in maintaining the integrity of the hair through a perming service. The beauty of a perm is that it is customizable for the individuals expectations and needs.

Hair by: Shanyia Thailer Parker. IG: hairbyshanyia. Traditional perms are created using hard perm rods with a rubber band that hold the hair onto the rod. These may be the rods you remember when you think back to sitting in a salon for 6 hours getting a spiral perm, or hanging out with your grandma while she got a perm with tiny little pink perm rods to insure that her wash and set will stay in place for the week in between beauty shop visits. While stylists can still give you this look, it may not be what you desire.

You also do not want to go with a traditional perm if you have had highlights in your hair, or if the integrity of your hair is compromised. IG: hrhsehuggs. An additional option that can be incorporated into a traditional perm is an Olaplex Perm.

Olaplex is a bond rebuilder, it helps repair and protect bonds in the hair. This will make a traditional perm solution a little more gentle on the hair, it also allows people with highlights to have a perm with a regular perm solution. You may have seen pictures of Julianne Hough perm after her Olaplex perm it helped her achieve a beachier curl on her highlighted hair!

An added bonus of using Olaplex in a traditional perm solution is that there is no 48 hour waiting period. The hair can be shampooed immediately after the service is performed. If you decided to go with a traditional perm you can still get a spiral perm wrap, or brick lay pattern wrap and get a lot of texture to your hair.

IG: hairbyheathersykes. Maintaining a perm is like maintaining colored and highlighted hair. It is easy to see the line of outgrowth so keep up with your scheduled appointments. Another reason someone might get a traditional perm is to loosen very kinky curls. The modern bob is rather waved and tousled than sleek and perfectly straight. Permed hair gives the much needed update to the classic cropped style.

Keep the layers simple with this style, for the curls will give you all the volume you need. Not into huge, thick ringlets? Thin, abundant curls can provide you with the same amount of volume as the typical large chunky curls do.

The latter option is for low-maintenance girls. In case you have naturally fine hair that needs a bit of lift, consider a body wave to provide extra texture and volume.

Choose to perm your hair in looser, wider curls and gain all the length back with a decent level of bounce and visual interest added. The black curly hairstyle looks healthy and shiny.

A lob haircut is a great base for a perm. Then apply a dab of your styling solution and be ready to shine through your day. Your long brown hair appears luxurious and full of volume, and the bronze highlights add some lovely shimmer. Women with thick, unruly hair should go with the flow and embrace their independent nature. Perm hairstyles are the perfect solution. Let your wild curly ringlets crown the head and tumble in the front in a peek-a-boo fashion. The ash brown color is enhanced by the beautiful white-blonde highlights that run through each loopy curl.

A messy curly perm is a carefree style you can choose when looking for a new hairdo. Part your hair deeply to the side and let some curls fall into your face for a sassy peek-a-boo effect. Perms may also produce modern disheveled curls. If you want something on the softer side, choose well-blended, subtle ringlets that work great with a bob.

Opt for long side bangs that flow beautifully into the rest of your hair. Things have changed over the years.

Opting for small, thin curls gives you the wet hair look without ever touching water. Short styles are super cute when they are curly. Perms are created with a solution that breaks down the bonds of keratin in your hair and restructures your locks once they are placed on a rod.

Ask your stylist for a partial perm. Cute, short permed hairstyles are not poodle-like anymore. In case your hair is not long enough or too short, then you will not be able to carry off the style without your hair looking strange. With this type of hair perm, which is not suitable for medium hair or short hair the hairstylist will use a combination of two different sized rods to perm your hair.

By doing so, a hairstylist can create a very natural look thanks to the way the two different size curls will fall and lay on each other. If your great desire is to look as natural as possible this is the best option for you. Due to the way that the curls will fall altogether, on and around each other, it is very easy to pass this type of perm off as being your natural hair. As it is generally thought that a partial perm is the same as a spot perm, this is not right.

These two types of curly perms are actually totally different. The basic idea of a spot perm is to add volume or curl to a specific area on the head in order to compensate for flat or thinning hair, a partial perm is applied all over the head, just not to all of the hair. This is the basic difference.

You should be aware of this while choosing any type of hair perms. Make the right choice that fits best your features to obtain the look you really require. For this type of hair, a perm is typical that only part of the hair is permed but in contrast to a spot perm, where there are certain areas to even out unruly curls or cover up thinning spots.

The basic idea of a partial perm is for parts of the hair to look totally different from the rest of it. In order to get such kind of a stylish for your hair, you could use a perm using larger rods to fix loose curls to frame the face. You can keep the back of your hair un-permed. This means that you have chosen to perm throughout your head of hair while leaving the rest untouched. However, one of the most used partial perms is just to perm the ends of the hair, making waves or curves to give your hair some movement or curl about your shoulders.

This type of perm does not last as long as the other types do. This hair stylish the best option for women who have short or medium hair. You need just curlers and pins. This is the easiest way to make pin curls that can be quite tight up against your head. In order to change the appearance of your style, you should use just different size curlers. You can opt for larger curlers to have looser and beachier-looking curls, and smaller ones if you want a perm that looks like a spiral perm.

So, you are not going to damage your hair. But, on the other hand, there is a disadvantage. Your pin curl perm is not going to last very long. Root perms look a little like spot perm. It supposes perming only the roots of the hair or the first two to four inches from the scalp.

Your salon may also call a cold perm a ceramic perm. In a cold perm, the ammonium thioglycolate breaks the disulfide bonds within the hair to make it curl. Then, a neutralizer is applied to bring the pH back to normal.

This fixes the hair in its new, curled shape! Since a cold perm can be extended right to the root , it will lift the hair and create volume. A cold perm is a more traditional perm and is good for people who want tighter, stronger, more defined curls. There is pretty much only one style in a cold perm: a tight spiral. However, you can change the size of the rods to create sausage curls or tighter curls.

Body wave perms have been very popular recently! With their loose, romantic waves, the style still looks natural while still appearing neat and increasing the volume of your hair. Body wave perms are best for either very straight hair, creating more volume, or for compelling your flyaway curls to cling together a bit more obediently! Like a number of hot techniques, it works best on longer hair.

Larger rollers are used to create loose waves in a body wave perm, and placed in the hair in slightly different positions to mimic the effect of natural waves. A body wave perm requires very little upkeep: just avoid heat styling, no matter how it calls to you! The job of the body wave perm was, after all, to keep your curls together — let it do its job and you can get this perm two or three times a year without visiting the salon more often! Spiral perms use a cold technique to produce springy, bouncy curls that bop back into place when you pull and release them.

While cold perms are pretty uniformly all about the spiral that goes right up to the scalp, you can vary their appearance by changing out the size of the rods used. That means that the spiral perm can achieve anything from the tightest of corkscrew curls to looser sausage curls.

Ladies who already have very curly hair do well with these perms, and people going for a bit of a retro look. A spiral perm is best on hair that is at least eight inches long. A spiral perm will slowly relax over the life of the style, ultimately lasting around six months with proper maintenance.