Perm... on curly hair?

I have curly, frizzy, thick hair, that goes down to about my shoulders. Currently I either straighten or scrunch my hair with gel and mousse. I've been thinking about getting a perm, and that way I can get the control of my mousse, but... without the crunchiness. Hahahaha. Has anyone with curly hair gotten a perm, and how has it turned out? Will I still be able to straigten it, if the mood strikes me? And, since I play volleyball, will it add to the frizziness if I put it up in a ponytail... and then sweat? Any help is appreciated.

Perm... on curly hair?

Perms somewhat straighten curly hair, it will not make it into defined curls.

- Read the book and visit the sites below about curly hair. I did and my once horrible curly hair is now well defined and healthy. Now I get compliments on my hair all the time! Straighten your hair- be happy for a day, learn to manage your curly hair- be happy for life! But if this is completely disinteresting to you, disregard.

- To style your hair using the curly-girl method you will need gel and conditioner at the minimum. Some less useful, but still nice stuff would be a blow dryer, a diffuser (reduces frizz in curly/wavy hair when used with dryer), and a micro fiber hair turban/old t-shirts (to dry wet hair while sleeping or in the morning).

- The main philosophy of the curly-girl method is to not use shampoo. This may sound unhygienic but it has actually made my hair less oily and dandruffy. Most shampoos contain some of the same chemicals found in laundry detergent (aka sulfates). They dry out curly hair. Also you shouldn't brush your curly hair dry because it damages the hair and makes it poof.

- Massaging of the scalp with conditioner to remove dirt is all that is needed. It will clean everything but super clingy silicones (avoid these- ingredients will end in -xane, -conol, or -cone). Then rinse and spread conditioner on the outside layer of hair and the hair at the nape of your neck. Gently comb tangles out with your fingers or a wide toothed comb and rinse. It is also important to use gel on sopping wet hair and scrunch the hair. Then let your hair air dry or use a blow dryer with a diffuser.

- Use a cheap, silicone free conditioner to scrub your scalp such as Suave naturals or Vo5. Use a moisturizing conditioner, such as Kenra Moisturizing Conditioner (salon) or Nature's gate\Desert Essences conditioners (health food stores) for your hair. I recommend using a gel (LA Looks, Herbal Essences, La Bella) over a leave in (L閳ユ┉real Out of Bed Instant Texturizer). Experiment with whatever products you wish, but there are more conditioners, gels, etc. on the websites.

- You may be able to get away with some silicones (such as amodimethicone) if you clarify with a sulfate free shampoo. Try Devacurl no-poo (salon) or Cream of Nature (drug store). Feel free to find your own but always check the ingredients for sodium/ammonium lauryl/laureth sulfate.

- Your hair may seem worse at first, but it is just adjusting. This takes 2 to 4 weeks begin working. This is hard to do if you don't read the book, or at least visit the websites. Naturally curly hair can be beautiful! I hope you consider this- email me if you have any questions!

based on the book- http://www.ylcf.org/gotcurl/

curly forum, shopping, and info. (link is to explanation of book)- http://www.naturallycurly.com/curltalk/v...

book- Curly girl by Loirane Massey

another page- http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Frizz-Into-C...

Perm... on curly hair?

perms are usally for curling your hair i get straighters regulary

Perm... on curly hair?

Perming curly hair is like dying brown hair brown. It won't change anything, so why waste the time and money?