00:00I have been so scared because it's been so long since I've done anything hugely
00:06drastic to my hair. I can't help it but be nervous.
00:09Here we go. No turning back now.
00:13My name is Christina Farris and I'm going to be getting my hair transformed into a perm.
00:17Before you see my hair transformation, subscribe below.
00:19I grew up in Dubai. I've been a dancer pretty much my whole life.
00:23And then I had kids. So I moved back to America to start my family.
00:27How has being a mom changed my beauty routine? I don't have one now.
00:32If I'm being honest and I know all the moms out there would relate to me,
00:35I shower like once every two days, maybe three days.
00:38I have no time to do anything with my hair. I wash it. I get out of the shower.
00:42I let it air dry and then I whack it in a bun whenever I have to pick up a
00:45child
00:46because they'll try and pull it out of my head.
00:48I used to braid my hair a lot to try and get waves in my hair.
00:51And now I can't have both of my hands occupied for that long.
00:55So I really just don't have time unless I stay up at night and do it.
00:58But when my kids are asleep, I'm either cleaning or trying to get some sleep myself
01:02or eating my first meal of the day. So I don't have time for that.
01:07This perm is perfect timing because my birthday is coming up in a few days.
01:12And then the day after my birthday, I'm leaving with my baby daddy
01:16and he's performing at Essence Festival.
01:18I'm not going to have to worry about it. I'm not going to have to feel self-conscious backstage.
01:21Oh, I'm so excited. I really hope that my hair turns out like that same relaxed vibe
01:27as like a Kate Hudson or someone like that. I just, I just want to be effortlessly awesome.
01:36Hi, I'm Janine.
01:38My name is Janine Jarman, owner of heroin salon in Los Angeles.
01:41So why do you want to prove?
01:42I just don't have time. I have two toddlers at home.
01:45Okay.
01:45It's like mom bun or nothing.
01:47Okay. As a mom myself, curly hair is really like liberated my time in the morning.
01:53You have really long, heavy hair. You have a ton of it.
01:55So we want something tighter at the root so that it really supports your shape.
01:59I'm cool?
01:59I can't wait.
02:00Alright, let's do it.
02:02Let's swap some Lincoln. Here we go.
02:14Honestly, I'm just hoping that this perm will help me feel better about myself.
02:19I won't have to be like, oh God, I haven't washed my hair in two days.
02:22I can just get up and go.
02:27Did you tell anybody you're getting a perm?
02:29I told Eddie, I told my partner.
02:32He's excited for me to just have an easier time.
02:36Yeah.
02:37He's like excited because I'm excited kind of thing.
02:40Yeah. And it's your birthday tomorrow.
02:42I know. How cool.
02:44I couldn't be happier doing this the day before your birthday.
02:47Everybody's got fabulous hair.
02:51These are end papers.
02:53This helps keep your ends in and wrapped around the rods.
02:57I'm setting it on the rods to how it's going to fall.
03:06The smaller the rod, the tighter the curl.
03:09So these are bigger ones.
03:11And then alternating them is going to give that more natural effect.
03:15The last perm that I had when I was a kid was a full on 90s perm.
03:20And thanks mom for that.
03:26I used to have to wear makeup all the time and have to have my hair done all the time.
03:30But now with kids, I don't have time for that.
03:32And as much as you feel self-conscious about not being able to wear makeup every day or not having
03:38your hair done,
03:38And you also just because you have to, you also start to feel a little bit more comfortable with that.
03:44Here we go.
03:46No turning back now.
03:48This goes into your inner cortex layer and breaks the hydrogen bronze.
03:52Wraps it around the curl and tells it you're now a curling piece of hair.
03:59It's one of the biggest chemical alterations we can do to hair.
04:04Because it reprograms what the hair actually is internally.
04:23All right, you have curly hair.
04:25I mean, even before that cut, it looks cool.
04:27This is so crazy.
04:31Now I'm going to do a straight razor cut on you.
04:32We talked about how your hair is really heavy.
04:34So it's going to just lighten up the weight and get those curls to really sculpt in.
04:40This is a totally modern take on the perm.
04:42So don't get it twisted.
04:44These aren't your fried, damaged, over-processed perms.
04:47These are going to be moisture-rich, look like natural curly hair.
04:56If you've ever seen Legally Blonde, do not wash your hair for two days.
04:59Scout's honor.
05:00Scout's honor.
05:01Also, the cool thing about the perm is that they last longer and look better,
05:05the least amount of washing you do.
05:14So I'm a mom of two girls, and I understand the stress that we have.
05:19It's really important that we don't just, like, not do our hair and not look our best.
05:24It's important to seek out cuts, styles that are going to support your lack of time to spend on yourself.
05:30And I think the perm really fits the bill for that.
05:36All right, you ready?
05:38I don't know if I am.
05:39Yeah.
05:39Yeah.
05:40Yeah?
05:40Yes.
05:45I'm a cool mom!
05:46You're a cool mom!
06:02I am so excited!
06:11I was, like, super shocked and so excited.
06:14I haven't seen my hair like this, but I think it'll be, like, a little more intense in a few
06:18days when I've washed it and it's still there.
06:23Just a cool mom.
06:24I'm just a cool mom.
06:25I'm just a really cool mom.
06:26I love it.
06:27I love it!
06:28I love it!
06:28I'm so glad I could do this for you!
06:30Thank you!
06:32I feel now like I don't have to be scared.
06:35I definitely think just spending, like, this little bit of time on myself is going to have a big impact
06:41on just, like, my zen levels as a mom.
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