A Not-So-Smelly Perm

Sue came into school to get her hair permed, which was great because perm models are hard to find! (We have to have a model in order to pass off different skills).

The first part of the perm wasn't real easy. Sue's hair is pretty thin ontop of her head so it was very difficult to role in the rods. I was almost in tears! But it got better :) Trianna and Brittany helped too so we could all get the experience and pass off a perm.

After we poured on the perm solution, Sue was amazed at how non-smelly the solution was! She was very excited that it didn't stink and that it wasn't burning her scalp. After processing for 20 minutes, we took her over to the shampoo bowls to rinse. Over walks Janean (one of our instructors who was watching over us that day) carrying a small bottle that had come in the perm box. With wide eyes she said, "Did you mix the "A" and "B" bottles?" We about died!

Apparently each type of perm is different. Some you do need to mix, some you don't, some have a 3rd bottle that are for conditioning the hair after you've pulled out the rods. The perm we'd practiced on our mannequins had the 3rd little bottle for conditioning; the instructor that day hadn't mentioned that all the perms are different!

Thankfully, Sue is a sweetie and just laughed...we tried to laugh but it was kind of horrifying. Thankfully we hadn't taken out the rods!

So....we mixed the "A" and "B" bottle, and suddenly it was like a regular perm: Stinky.

Her hair actually turned out really cute so we were excited :)

Thanks a million to Sue for A) trusting us and B) laughing with us.

*** I also passed off my men's cut; Steven Monson grew his hair out especially so I could cut it. Yay Steven!