Heh, I've always heard "perm" as in "permanent wave", and no, I've never heard it called that...just...perm! Probably a function of only hearing it being used by folks that are looking to put the curls IN rather than take them out. :P
Yeah, the no-shampoo approach is gaining ground among the natural haircare set. I don't believe a lot of the "SLS IS EVIL AND WILL GIVE YOU CANCER OMG" extremism, but I've found that my hair IS happier when I don't strip out all the oils quite so often. It's sad that it took me this long to figure out that my frizzy, curly hair needs to be WEIGHTED DOWN to behave. ;P
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Date: 20 Sep 2009 02:37 am (UTC)Yeah, the no-shampoo approach is gaining ground among the natural haircare set. I don't believe a lot of the "SLS IS EVIL AND WILL GIVE YOU CANCER OMG" extremism, but I've found that my hair IS happier when I don't strip out all the oils quite so often. It's sad that it took me this long to figure out that my frizzy, curly hair needs to be WEIGHTED DOWN to behave. ;P