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thermal digital perm

Beauty technology.  It’s an interesting industry.

I recently was in New York to visit some of my best friends and I decided to go to Chinatown to get a thermal/digital perm at Cutting Edge Salon.

So what’s a Thermal/Digital perm?

Basically they roll your hair onto these special curlers and then they roll over a contraption that looks a lot like a heart monitor with a ton of different cords that plug into your curlers.  You end up looking like Medusa bot.

My friend looked at the machine and saw that it was set at 69 degrees.  I think they adjust it depending on what your hair texture is like and how curly you want it.

So the whole time I was really nervous because I’ve never had a perm before.  Well, unless you count the time when my sister and I begged my mom to perm our hair and she used the leftover chemicals from her own home perm to perm only our bangs.  Haha, this is easily one of my favorite childhood stories.  I have ridiculous straight hair so needless to say, I looked pretty goofy in second grade.  It was like a reverse mullet.  Party in the front, business in the back.

Anyway, the perm turned out great!  If I want it curlier, I just put in my curl enhancer after I shower and if I want it less curly and just wavy, I don’t put in much curl enhancer at all.

Here’s an after photo:

(Thanks to the random lady on the street that took this photo for us on my iPhone.  She looked pretty trustworthy… as in, I didn’t think she’d run off with my phone.)

I also purchased my first hair dryer and was surprised to see how complicated these things have gotten over the years.  I went with the Infiniti Cord-Keeper™ by Conair™ Tourmaline Ceramic Ionic Hair Styler from Target.

I like it so far and it came with the diffuser which is important for perms.

The thing I like most about the perm is that it’s low maintenance but looks like I put more effort into my hair than before (which was close to zero).

I can see why this is taking off in Asia.  Let’s bring back the perm to the US, ladies!

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I just noticed I don’t have a beauty category for my blog posts.  Haha.

You look great, Becky!

ohhh i was going to tell you i liked your hair @ irene’s wedding. good job.

hi i wanna ask: how much does this perm cost you? i hope you email me.. (tintin_kabigting@yahoo.com) haha. im so much interested in this kind of perm, it’s really cute. im only 16.. and ill be going to NY this summer. so please tell me.. i’ll be waiting for your email thanks a lot