Does anyone still get their hair permed?

[Glamourcide]

Yeah, 'bodywaves' are the go these days, apparently. 'Perms' are what the nannas get, with the tight little curls on top of their head - if you have longer hair and want wavy/curly, ask for a bodywave and consult with your hairdresser to get the right amount/size of curl.
My hair is waist-length and extremely thick so once I drop baby #2 I'll be going to get it done because I looove having wavy hair (not curly, just nice soft waves) but no matter what I do, hot tongs, heated rollers, velcro rollers etc, it just doesn't hold for more than ten minutes (and I cannot use a can of hairspray every morning because I hate that crusty, product-saturated look and feel)... and I'm flat-out getting in a 5-minute shower in the mornings (I have to put DD in her cot so she can't get into mischief) so I just do not have the time to sit there playing with styling implements for two hours to get the style I want.

It's gonna cost me though, my hairdresser (who is super-cheap, she works from home and cuts my hair for around $15 when I'd pay around $80 at a salon) has quoted me $240 purely because of the length

[Madissun]

Ok im gonna do it! Thanks ladies! I'll let you know how it goes

[Willow]

Madissun - have you had it done yet? Very curious to know how it looks, I love wavy/curly hair too but mine's lost a lot of it's curl.

I had a friend who got a 'body wave' done a few years ago...OMG, it wasn't good. She has very short hair and it looked like...well think Kath n Kim...

[Madissun]

Madissun - have you had it done yet? Very curious to know how it looks, I love wavy/curly hair too but mine's lost a lot of it's curl.

I had a friend who got a 'body wave' done a few years ago...OMG, it wasn't good. She has very short hair and it looked like...well think Kath n Kim...

Oh no really? Thats what im scared of! How short was her hair to begin with? Did she get really tight curls?

Im going to get it done within the next 2 weeks...

[Willow]

Don't panic, hers was like boy short and she has very, very fine hair, almost like a baby, which is why she did it, hoping to add some volume.

The curls were just way too tight, that's all!

[Danni]

I had to get really tight curls cos my hair is very straight and very thin. She said if i went for a wave, it would just fall out straight away

I loved it! it was awesome!

[echidna]

My hair is very straight. I've had two perms in my life, first was great. Used the smaller rollers but didn't leave the solution on for as long as it was supposed to be. My second one was last year and didn't last long at all. She alternated between the medium and small rollers and it just fell out so quickly. There's some wave left if I wash it and let it air dry, but by next brushing, its almost straight. So make sure you go to a salon that knows what they are doing, even if it means paying a bit more.

[missymiss]

I want a perm too. I have fairly short hair, and I want a perm like a afro. I would love love love to have curls that just stuck out all around my head. I know it sounds ridiculous but I'm serious. My concern is that when it grows, the roots will be straight, or does the perm lose it's curl before that happens so it evens out?