healthyhair2
Well-Known Member
To find a hairdresser who will get my curl pattern right? I may be one of a few women here who wear a curly perm, but I do prefer the low maintenance of it. My issue has been finding a stylist that I am satisfied with since moving to North Carolina. It became difficult and expensive for me to get up to Connecticut to see Gina at Hairs Talent, so I was forced to find someone down here and get a regular cold wave a.k.a. Wave Nouveau, Wave By Design. Ferm Perm by Avlon is another popular one.
I think I posted about my setback in December of 2016 with the stylist who used the Wave by Design curl rearranger on the whole length of my hair, thereby f*%@ing up my Gina Curl. Had to have half my brastrap length hair cut off because she thought my new growth and my hair, in general, were too nappy!!! Sooo, I waited 4 months and babied my hair. It would shed when I touched it. I did hardcore protein treatments as well as moisturizing ones and kept my hair moist, not drippy wet. The Wave Nouveau daily moisturizer and the finishing lotion became my best friend.
Since then I have had 2 Wave Nouveaus and a Wave by Design that I just got 2 days ago. I space my services out to every 3 months and shampoo/deep condition once a week. I'm frustrated because my hair still sheds more than it should in my opinion and the curls are limp. I have to admit that I got a better result with the Wave Nouveau. The curls were better formed. Honestly, nothing has compared to my Gina Curl!
It's starting to seem like it's too much to ask to find someone who can do a good perm(Curl) and maintain the integrity of the hair strands. I asked a lady in my neighborhood who does hers because her hair is past shoulder length and FULL. She told me she does her own curly perm because the hairdressers don't want to roll all that hair ! :/ They just want to cut it off. Although I hate to admit it , ladies I may have to become a diyer.....
I think I posted about my setback in December of 2016 with the stylist who used the Wave by Design curl rearranger on the whole length of my hair, thereby f*%@ing up my Gina Curl. Had to have half my brastrap length hair cut off because she thought my new growth and my hair, in general, were too nappy!!! Sooo, I waited 4 months and babied my hair. It would shed when I touched it. I did hardcore protein treatments as well as moisturizing ones and kept my hair moist, not drippy wet. The Wave Nouveau daily moisturizer and the finishing lotion became my best friend.
Since then I have had 2 Wave Nouveaus and a Wave by Design that I just got 2 days ago. I space my services out to every 3 months and shampoo/deep condition once a week. I'm frustrated because my hair still sheds more than it should in my opinion and the curls are limp. I have to admit that I got a better result with the Wave Nouveau. The curls were better formed. Honestly, nothing has compared to my Gina Curl!
It's starting to seem like it's too much to ask to find someone who can do a good perm(Curl) and maintain the integrity of the hair strands. I asked a lady in my neighborhood who does hers because her hair is past shoulder length and FULL. She told me she does her own curly perm because the hairdressers don't want to roll all that hair ! :/ They just want to cut it off. Although I hate to admit it , ladies I may have to become a diyer.....
