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#241
I just got a digital perm but had to get it redone a week later b/c the first time around didnt turn out curly enough. I had wanted to compensate for the curls loosening as time went on. After the second perming, my hair is FRIED! :sad:

What do you ladies use as a leave in treatment? Or anything before blowdrying/after blowdrying? I'll have to give biosilk a shot, but just wondering if there's anything specific for curly hair.
 
#242
For my hair I used the curly hair line by Frederick Fekkai- Luscious Curls shampoo, conditioner, the luscious curls cream and also their Marine Wave Beach Spray worked really well for lasting hold but still left my hair natural looking and not stiff. I mostly let my hair air dry b/c I thought that was how it looked best.. but blow dried my bangs and with just a little of the perm in my bangs (she only rolled them like halfway on the curler while perming) it helped hold their look w/o just going flat like usual.
 
#243
Yeah so my hair looks exactly like yours and I've been dying to try the digital perm for FOREVER but can't gather the courage. I thought this blog was helpful - it's got a lot of pictures (although I doubt the models actually have permed hair), still very pretty and explains the whole process.

It's called Digital Perm With Love.

Most people say that after they got it done it kind of collapsed and the curl disappeared. Let me know how it goes if you try it.
 
#244
I have done Digital perm for a few times already. At first I couldn't handle it and didn't know how to blow dry it to make the soft curls come out and my hair kinda collapsed. I ended up asking my stylist to redo it to make it more curly (lucky my hair didn't fry). That was ok but not the soft curls I really wanted. Finally I did digital perm again a few weeks ago. After a few months of practice, I can now blow dry my hair in the right way and the soft curls come out easily. Just like you do it with hot roller. My stylist taught me to roll my hair with my hand while blow drying. It is a bit hard to describe, you can watch how your stylist does it and practice at home. Now I know how to dry it, I love digital perm!
 
#245
so i have an appointment to get a digital perm this coming friday. i've been looking at this thread for a while. i was wondering if it's okay to blow dry digitally permed hair or will it make the curls look worse? i hate air drying my hair and i always blow dry. any information would be great. TIA!.
 
#246
As my stylist told me, if you know how to blow dry it the right way, it will be prettier than airdry. but if you blow dry it the wrong way, you will end up with looks worse than airdry. So when you go get the digi perm on friday, watch how your stylist blow dry it and practice it at home. :)
 
#249
hi so i got the digital perm today/ i would post pictures but the curls and waves aren't that prominent. i was wondering if anyone else had this experience? will it be normal after i wash my hair in a couple days?
 
#250
Digital perms unlike cold perms, they actually helps the hair to have a "memory" of the curl only. So you have to activate if with the right way of twirling when blow drying (not twirling hard but twirling soft while blowing). So digital perms do not give you a very prominent curl.
 
#252
flashy.stems said:
does anyone have personal pictures of blonde hair with a digital perm? i'm super interested but i have fine blonde hair.
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I have fine blonde hair as well and I had the digi perm last summer.. it was AWESOME. I loved being able to air dry my hair and it always looked good. (tho wore w/side swept bangs, I would just blow dry those let the rest air dry. loved it. esp for the beach!)
Here's pics..
THis is literally the same day I had it done..
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About a month later.. curls loosened up some.. (srry this pic is kinda dark but I don't have any good pics of just me lol)
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Maybe 2 months later.. curls looser and I think it was 2nd day hair (always look looser on 2nd day for me)
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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31105379&l=21bd229786&id=67500642
Maybe 3 months later? a couple more pics:
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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31167159&l=101505a9a7&id=67500642

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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31167159&l=101505a9a7&id=67500642

4 mos or so..
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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31277116&l=2ec8dc3cea&id=67500642

facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31277106&l=ed14808e1d&id=67500642
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31277106&l=ed14808e1d&id=67500642

then like 5/6 mos..
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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31277419&l=30af26a03d&id=67500642

That's all I have.. after this decided I wanted an inverted bob and chopped off all my beautiful hair.. now been growing it out for about 4 mos, and now it's just about to my bottom of neck and I think it's long enough to get it done again w/loose curls. So I have a appt in 2 weeks! :) And.. going on vaca to carribean and want easy hair there w/o blowdryer! Or I'd prob wait til summer to get it redone to get my hair even longer. but i just want easy hair for the vacation and beach so getting it done now!

Sorry 2 be photo whore just bored at work right now so have time to upload these lol.
But styling wise- i use frederic fekkai luscious curls shampoo/condioner, styling creme, and their marine summer hair beach wave spray too.
 
#253
so it's the second day i washed my hair. and now when my hair is wet the curls are barely there and the back is completely straight. i kind of want to freak out. i'm really sad that the digital perm didn't turn out the way i wanted it to, but that could be because of my hair texture. it looks like my hair is straight when it dries now with a little bit of a wave towards the bottom. should i go back and ask them to reperm it?
 
#254
jkhuu623 said:
so it's the second day i washed my hair. and now when my hair is wet the curls are barely there and the back is completely straight. i kind of want to freak out. i'm really sad that the digital perm didn't turn out the way i wanted it to, but that could be because of my hair texture. it looks like my hair is straight when it dries now with a little bit of a wave towards the bottom. should i go back and ask them to reperm it?
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I would.. but only if your hair is still healthy. To check this, pull on a strand of hair while your hair is wet, if it is healthy and strong it will have a little give but just bounce back, if it's damaged it will "stretcH" and stay that way, or just break if you pull too hard. I've also heard if you drop a strand in a glass of water and it sinks that means its very porous and damaged and would probably not survive a perm again. It wouldn't hurt though to go back to the salon, they can check the health level of your hair and should re do it for you for free, or very cheap, as most salons want you to be happy and will re-service if you are not satisfied! :)
 
#255
thanks MercyRN! my hair's still healthy. i had virgin hair going into the perm and i did your "stretch" test and it just bounced back. my mom told me that when she used to get perms she would have to go with double the time because her hair's hard to perm. so i'm pretty sure they didn't perm my hair for long enough. i just called them and they said to go back friday and they'll look and if i have to reperm they'll do it for free. :-/ hopefully, the reperm will fix the problem.
 
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