Deep condition and dry your hair before perming it.
Getting a perm in a salon -- especially if you have long hair -- can be expensive. However, doing a perm at home when you have long hair poses its own problems. If your hair is longer than shoulder length, it may be too long for the small-barrel rollers that come with home perm kits. However, by using the piggyback technique, you can give yourself a gorgeous, even perm from roots to tips.
Instructions
1. Dip your little finger into the petroleum jelly and dab it around your hairline, creating a thin line of the jelly between your hair and skin. Also cover the tops of your ears with the petroleum jelly. This, according to the fashion website Type F, protects your skin from the chemicals in the perm solution.
2. Separate your hair into 1-inch sections and clip up the sections you're not working on so they will be out of the way. Hair Finder recommends starting with the hair on top of your head and then moving to the hair at the sides and back of your head.
3. Take one of the strands of hair from the top of your head and twist it into a strand about 1/4 inch wide. Twisting your hair before wrapping it around rollers gives you loose waves and makes it easier to ensure an even curl structure.
4. Place a curling rod at the midpoint of your twisted hair strand, halfway between your scalp and ends, holding the rod at a 45-degree angle to the strand. Twirling the rod, wrap the upper half of the strand around the rod, until you get to your scalp. Secure the rod with bobby pins or clips.
5. Curl the lower half of your twisted hair strand around a second rod, twirling it until your second rod touches the first one. This gives the technique its name, since it looks like one rod is giving another one a piggyback ride. Secure the second rod. Repeat this step with all sections of your hair.
6. Put on the gloves and apply the perm solution as specified by the manufacturer's directions. Leave it in for the period of time specified by the product's directions. Remove the rods and don't wash your hair for at least 24 hours to give the solution time to fully set your hair.
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