A perm and highlights are very different hair services. Both use chemicals to alter your hair, but that is where the similarities end. A perm is a hair service designed to give your hair added texture, body and/or curl. Highlights are for adding color and dimension to hair color. Does this Spark an idea?
Who Can Benefit From a Perm?
Perms are beneficial to almost anyone who wants to add extra body or curl to their current hair texture. Keep in mind that perms cannot be done on everyone wanting to change their hair texture. Your hair must be in fairly healthy condition to use a perm. The chemicals used in a perm and the perm process is damaging to hair. If your hair already is substantially damaged due to poor hair care and/or back-to-back previous chemical services such as color, previous perms, highlights and chemical straighteners, then it is best if you do not get a perm. That being said, if you have had previous chemical services but your hair is in a healthy condition, a perm should be fine for you. It's always a good idea to consult with a professional stylist before getting any chemical hair service done.
Who Can Benefit From Highlights?
Highlights are a great way to add lightness and brightness or a contrasting color in hair. Highlighting can benefit anyone who is looking for a subtle or drastic color change to their hair. Highlighting is an option for those who want dimension with their hair color versus an all over hair color. The color of your highlights is up to you. Highlights can be lighter than your natural color in varying shades or can be a dramatic contrasting color like red, blue, pink, etc.
Types of Perms
The two most common types of perms are acid and alkaline. Alkaline perms use no heat to process the perm and typically delivers results faster than an acid perm. Acid perms are typically heat activated and take longer to process than alkaline perms. Acid perms are usually gentler on hair but alkaline perms tend to last a little longer.
Types of Highlights
Highlights are added into hair with a few different methods. The most popular method for highlights is foiling. Foiling highlights in is a technique that allows a stylist to weave out small strands of hair, lay them into foil and then paint the color or bleaching mix directly onto hair. Another foil is then placed on top so that the hair that has color on it does not come in contact with the other strands of hair that do not. Another technique is hand painting highlights on. Some call this technique balayage. Hair is styled as usual and then the highlighting mixture is painted directly onto select hair strands. One of the most popular do-it-yourself highlighting techniques is the highlighting cap. With this method of highlighting, a plastic bonnet is placed on the head and hair strands are pulled through small holes in the bonnet using a crochet hook type instrument. After all strands have been pulled through, hair is painted with color or bleach and processed.
Should You Get a Perm or Highlights?
If you are looking to add body and curl into your hair or if you want to change the texture of your hair, a perm may be what you are looking for. Perms can give you big curls, small curls, waves or even relax an overly curly head of hair. Highlights add in a new dimension of hair color into your current color. If you want to add a bit of brightness or contrast to your current hair color, highlights are probably right for you.
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