00:00I have been so scared because it's been so long since I've done anything hugely drastic
00:06to my hair.
00:07I can't help it but be nervous.
00:09Here we go.
00:10No turning back now.
00:13My name is Christina Farris and I'm going to be getting my hair transformed into a perm.
00:17I grew up in Dubai, I've been a dancer pretty much my whole life, and then I had kids.
00:22So I moved back to America to start my family.
00:25How has being a mom changed my beauty routine?
00:27I don't have one now.
00:29If I'm being honest and I know all the moms out there would relate to me, I shower like
00:33once every two days, maybe three days.
00:35I have no time to do anything with my hair.
00:37I wash it, I get out of the shower, I let it air dry, and then I whack it in
00:41a bun whenever
00:41I have to pick up a child because they'll try and pull it out of my head.
00:45I used to braid my hair a lot to try and get waves in my hair and now I can't
00:50have both
00:51of my hands occupied for that long.
00:53So I really just don't have time unless I stay up at night and do it, but when my kids
00:57are asleep I'm either cleaning or trying to get some sleep myself or eating my first meal
01:01of the day, so I don't have time for that.
01:04This perm is perfect timing because my birthday is coming up in a few days and then the day
01:10after my birthday I'm leaving with my baby daddy and he's performing at Essence Festival.
01:16I'm not going to have to worry about it, I'm not going to have to feel self-conscious backstage.
01:19Oh, I'm so excited.
01:20I really hope that my hair turns out like that same relaxed vibe as like a Kate Hudson
01:25or someone like that.
01:27I just, I just want to be effortlessly awesome.
01:34Hi, I'm Janine.
01:35My name is Janine Jarman, owner of Heroine Salon in Los Angeles.
01:38So why do you want to prove?
01:39I just don't have time.
01:41I have two toddlers at home.
01:42Okay.
01:43It's like mom bun or nothing.
01:44Okay.
01:45As a mom myself, curly hair is really like liberated my time in the morning.
01:50You have really long heavy hair, you have a ton of it,
01:53so we want something tighter at the root so that it really supports your shape.
01:56I'm cool?
01:57I can't wait.
01:58All right, let's do it.
01:59Let's swap some lincoln.
02:00Here we go.
02:11Honestly, I'm just hoping that this perm will help me feel better about myself.
02:16I won't have to be like, oh god, I haven't washed my hair in two days.
02:20I can just get up and go.
02:24Did you tell anybody you're getting a perm?
02:27Um, I told Eddie, I told my partner.
02:29He's excited for me to just have an easier time.
02:33Yeah, I mean, he's like excited because I'm excited kind of thing.
02:38Yeah, and it's your birthday tomorrow.
02:39I know, how cool.
02:41I couldn't be happier doing this the day before your birthday.
02:45Everybody shop fabulous hair.
02:49These are end papers.
02:50This helps keep your ends in and wrap around the rods.
02:54I'm setting it on the rods to how it's going to fall.
03:03Smaller the rod, the tighter the curl.
03:07So these are bigger ones and then alternating them is going to give that more natural effect.
03:13The last perm that I had when I was a kid was a full-on 90s perm and thanks mom
03:19for that.
03:24I used to have to wear makeup all the time and have to have my hair done all the time.
03:27But now with kids, I don't have time for that.
03:30And as much as you feel self-conscious about not being able to wear makeup every day or not having
03:35your
03:35hair done, you also, just because you have to, you also start to feel a little bit more comfortable with
03:40that.
03:42Here we go.
03:43No turning back now.
03:46This goes into your inner cortex layer and breaks the hydrogen bronze,
03:49wraps it around the curl and tells it you're now a curling piece of hair.
03:56It's one of the biggest chemical alterations we can do to hair because it reprograms what the
04:04hair actually is internally.
04:21All right, you have curly hair.
04:23I'm eating it before that cut.
04:24It looks cool.
04:25This is so crazy.
04:28Now I'm going to do a straight razor cut on you.
04:30We talked about how your hair is really heavy.
04:32So it's going to just lighten up the weight and get those curls to really sculpt in.
04:37This is a totally modern take on the perm.
04:40So don't get it twisted.
04:41These aren't your fried, damaged, over-processed perms.
04:45These are going to be moisture-rich, look like natural curly hair.
04:53If you've ever seen Legally Blonde, do not wash your hair for two days.
04:57Scout's honor.
04:58Scout's honor.
04:58Also, the cool thing about the perm is that they last longer and look
05:01better the least amount of washing you do.
05:11So I'm a mom of two girls and I understand the stress that we have.
05:16It's really important that we don't just like not do our hair and not look our best.
05:21It's important to seek out cuts, styles that are going to support your lack of time to spend
05:27on yourself and I think the perm really fits the bill for that.
05:33I'm a blue mom.
05:34All right, you ready?
05:35I don't know if I am.
05:37Yeah.
05:37Yeah.
05:39Yes.
05:41Yeah.
05:42I'm a cool mom!
05:43You're a cool mom!
05:44Come on!
05:58Ah!
05:59Right?
06:00Oh, man!
06:07I am so excited.
06:08I was like super shocked and so excited.
06:12I haven't seen my hair like this,
06:13but I think it'll be like a little more intense
06:15in a few days when I've washed it,
06:17and it's still there.
06:20Just a cool mom.
06:22I'm just a cool mom.
06:23I'm just a really cool mom.
06:24I love it.
06:25I love it.
06:26I'm so glad I could do this for you.
06:30I feel now like I don't have to be scared.
06:32I definitely think just spending like this little bit of time
06:36on myself is gonna have a big impact on just like my
06:40Zen levels as a mom.
06:44Run so close
06:45And come back when you guysfte it,
06:45like a disc��בע on your own.
06:46and we...
06:46To befehle with Mook with your dog.
06:46Dan's to be sorry.
06:47Bye bye!
06:47Bye bye.
06:47Bye bye bye!
