Once you smell a home perm, you never ever forget that stench! And it took my grandma forever to get those dumb rollers done. And what I looked like when she was done was like a female Bob Ross. I think I had the only afro in grade school. Toni and Lilt, you were not my friend!
I decided I needed a perm during the 1980's Big Hair phase so I told my husband I could either get it done at a salon for $60 or he could do it for me with a $5 home perm. I've always known his weak spot.
So we set up in the kitchen with the rods, the end-papers, and a beer and after fumbling the first few curlers he was in the zone. I knew a model making trumpet player had the dexterity. It looked pretty good.
I think I had the only afro in grade school. Toni and Lilt, you were not my friend!
