Merry Christmas, all! Before I forget, for those of who that are signed up for automatic blog updates from me via your email, I want to let you know that there are no hard feelings if you don't want my updates anymore. I don't know if you can unsubscribe yourself or if you need me to do it for you. Just let me know and I will. I recognize that I'm not in the Peace Corps anymore, so the subjects of my blog posts may not appeal to you anymore.
Anyways, for my Christmas present to myself, I got my hair permed yesterday. I feel that I just have to blog about this because a) I have never gotten a perm before and b) I don't know the process in the USA, but my experience was just too funky not to share!
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| Step 1: wash your hair and start to roll. She pulled out a piece and spread a gel on it, which you can see to the far, far left. Then you roll it up. |
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| You get these awesome felt pieces so that when the hair is heated up later, you will not get burned. |
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| That one little curl on top, haha! |
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| Then, the little curl on top got its own shower cap! |
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| Next, you plug each individual curler in with its own black electrical cord, which leads to a sci-fi movie look! You wait for your hair to heat up to 248 degrees F, about 30 minutes, and then the machine shuts off. |
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| Clearly, I thought this whole thing was pretty funny. After the curls cool down, about another 20 minutes, she takes them out and dabs more chemicals on the rollers. I got to wear this fashionable purple towel! |
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| Then you hang out while the chemicals dry. Finally, you take out the curlers and wash your hair again. The final step is leaning back in a regular chair in a most uncomfortable neck position while the hairdresser squats down behind you to blow dry your hair over the back of the chair. |
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| The woman behind the magic! |
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| Not sure if the color looks lighter because I'm outside, or because of the chemicals??? |
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| Miss Mela is my coworker who got a perm a few months ago and it was so beautiful on her that I was inspired to try it! |
Total process: 600,000 Rp ($43) and 3 hours!
