We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. When it comes to throwback hairstyles, perms are pretty much as iconic as it gets. Although we ...

Wait long enough and everything comes back in style is an age-old truism. That day has arrived for perms. Hair salons across metro Detroit are seeing a blast from the past with the return of the ...

Which hair perm kit is best? A hair perm, short for permanent, is one of the easiest ways to change the look of your hair and keep it changed. While the perms’ peak popularity has passed, they’re ...

I’ve wanted a perm for years now, but with the amount of damage my hair went through with multiple bleaching sessions (I had ...

Everything you thought you knew about perms: lock that away in a 1982 time capsule and give the key to your nearest keeper. The latest version to sweep salons is infinitely cooler, and requires a lot ...

After a long stretch of pin-straight, glass-hair trends, the perm has waltzed right back into the spotlight—and this time, it’s softer, healthier, and far less terrifying than the 1980s spiral ...

Back in the Eighties no self-respecting fashion victim of either sex would be seen dead without a perm, frosted highlights and a shell-suit. For 20 years the crime against hair fashion embodied by the ...

The phrase “old lady hairdo” isn’t the most sensitive thing one can say. But some of us can still picture specific hairstyles when we hear it — and it isn’t used in a flattering way most of the time.

Maria Loren Ackies remembers the first time she went to the salon to get her hair professionally straightened. “I was 14 and I was so excited,” Ackies, 49, of West Hempstead, recalled. But her mood ...

My mother was a teenager in the late ’70s when big poofy hair (see Donna Summer and Tina Turner circa 1978) was all the rage. And like many teens, she wanted to fit in, so she asked her mom: “Can I ...