The Rods and The Smell

[Jazzy1]

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!

 

[Della]

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.

 

[Rae]

Yes, my mother gave me and my sister home perms and I hated the way my hair looked afterward. I had long hair until age 10 and I don't know why she started perms but I hated the smell, too. Thank goodness teen years came and I could wear my hair in a pony tail without a perm.

 

[MarciKS]

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!

My mother gave me home perms all the time plus I got them at the beauty shop. Ugh!

 

[IrishEyes]

When I was 3 my mom would do the bobby pin curls I hated how wild my hair looked. (Lucille Ball look)
When I got my first perm in the 80's, yes that stench was horrid and the time you had to sit like that.
Of course coming out of the shop it looks great, but after straight hair and you wash it at home, you spend
2-3 days trying to figure out how the heck they styled it and hating your choice to damage your hair like that.
Then comes the grow out time.... never ever again!