 Hello, beautiful, and welcome back to my channel. Today, what we're gonna be doing is just the usual, just watching people burn their hair. And also, looking at myself on camera right now, I feel like I could not look any different than when I first started this job. Can we get a side-by-side comparison, Marcel? Can you just like edit in a little side-by-side? What happened to me? Am I angsty again? I don't know if I ever lost my teenage angst. I literally look like a little rebel child right now. And I don't mind it. I do like looking emo again. I feel like I'm digressing, I'm getting older, but I'm also trying to be my little teenage self still. Is that how aging works? I guess I'm okay with it. Let me know what you guys think of my look today. And do you like Old Brad or New Brad? Cause Old Brad was a lot. New Brad is even more, but I prefer New Brad. All right, enough about me, cause nobody cares. So today, perms. Some people love them, some people hate them. A lot of people are horrified of them because of bad experiences they had in the 80s. And I feel that a lot of perms were very messy in the 80s and it got really out of control. And a lot of people just got their hair ruined by their hairstylist because you know what? Believe it or not, perms are very, very, very hard to do. Sometimes harder than hair color is to do. So when I see people do it at home, I'm like, dude, okay, one thing doing hair color at home, it's another thing doing perms at home. Perms are literally science, man. And it takes a lot of experience to a really good perm. Experience that I don't even have, okay? It was like a year and a half of education and I still don't know how to do a perfect perm. It seems like an easy process, but I will explain the entire thing as you watch these videos and tell you exactly why it's not as easy as it looks. Okay? But you guys, let me just bore you for one millisecond. You guys have also been asking me to do a giveaway involving Glitterati by X-Mondo, my haircare brand. If you already know what it is, then that is what it is. I have a haircare brand and I'm very excited about it. If you guys like to enter the giveaway, I'm giving away three bottles of Glitterati to anybody worldwide. And all you have to do is follow me on my Instagram, bramondomyc, and follow X-Mondo on Instagram at X-Mondo Hair. Here is the handles, that's what they're called. And then like my most recent picture that has to do with the giveaway, you'll see it. It's the most recent post on my Instagram page. Just give it a like, do whatever you want, comment. And on April 11th, I will be picking three of you to be the winners of Glitterati. So if you guys would like to receive Glitterati for free, possibly, then go enter. It's super easy and fun. Oh my God, giveaways. Yeah, all right, you guys. Let's start watching perm fails. Let's do this. And our first video is by hair manar, hair mananar, at TV. And it is called, I tried to perm my own hair, fail. All right, girl, let's see what happens. At least she put a little bit of thought into this. At least she contacted a few cosmetologists and asked for their advice. I'm a little concerned, however, why those cosmetologists said it was okay. Oh my God, by the way, I totally forgot. Yo, I have a different hair color. I know, I'm sorry. I know a lot of you guys like this bright colored hair. I had a heart attack after doing it. It was cool for like literally an hour and then I hated my life. I didn't really get stared at every second of my life as if I'm getting less stares with this hair color. I don't know, I hate attention. Oh my God, shut up. Okay, now that I've got that out of the way. Just what I thought. I'm ready for this. Wait, I'm excited. Okay, yo, already, already, she is doing very bad job. So there's no end papers involved with this. End papers, if you don't know, this is what they look like. They're used to keep the ends wrapped while you're perming the hair. And if you don't, you can have a lot of issues with having hooks at the end of your hair or your hair could not properly curl at the bottom. Also, when she's twisting it up the hair rod, you need to make sure all the hair is evenly distributed on the hair rod around some spots. If there's more hair in one spot, the waiting solution is not gonna fully penetrate the entire hair strand. Wow, that's a lot for me. Really bringing back memories. Okay, so definitely, if you're gonna ever try this at home, please don't, but also please don't. So I'm not even gonna say what I was gonna say because I don't even want you to do it at home. I don't, I don't want you to do it at home. I just want you to not. And also, I don't think she's putting a lot of thought to the placement of where she's putting these rods in her hair. We'll just keep watching, I wanna explain later. Acidic, I was told, is the less damaged hair, yeah. Okay, I'm sorry to keep stopping, but another big thing. First of all, I don't really know what kind of perm she's using, but you're supposed to do it on wet hair. I don't know why her hair is dry. I'm 99.9% sure you don't ever do a perm on dry hair. I never have, I never seen anybody do it on wet, on dry hair. That's just not how it works. What is going on, girl? I thought you consulted. What happened to the consultation with the cosmetologist? I'm sorry, so much information in this video. If you don't like information, just don't watch this video. Goodbye. But, if you do want information about this, then keep watching, because I'm gonna keep stopping it every five seconds, and I'm gonna talk a lot. This frizziness, whatever it looks like on the rod, like if it looks nice and pretty and smooth and clean, that's usually how it's gonna come out, pretty nice, smooth and clean. If it's not smooth and clean and perfect, you're gonna get some frizzy, frizzy, frizzy curls. Like it's gonna be really bad. Like you're gonna end up perming frizz into your hair. So that's really just a bad idea, okay. All right, stopping it again. We're talking about types of perms, okay. This is gonna be a very informational video. So this is where it gets really complicated. It's been a minute. Really gonna try my best to give you the most accurate, perfect information possible. I did research before this video to make sure most of the things that I know are correct. We have acidic perming solutions. We have alkaline perming solutions. And we have exothermic perming solutions. Bam, we got those three, all right. We're gonna go through them real quick. Acidic perming solutions are generally the most gentle perming solutions at a pH value of six to seven. Normal hair strand pH is a five. So if you're pushing it beyond that, it's gonna be a little more harsh. So if you're pushing it to seven, pushing it a little bit. But it definitely goes up higher than that with alkaline perms. So acidic perming solutions are made with glycerol monothioglaculate. My cosmetology teacher would be so proud of me right now. Basically, an acid perm is not gonna break as many bonds as the other perms would. Which is gonna be good for people who have previously colored their hair or have dry hair or have a little bit of damage in their hair. But I would really not recommend you do any kind of perm if your hair is severely dry. It's not gonna look good. If your hair's healthy too, moderately dry, you've colored it once or twice. It's not bleach blonde or anything. You could probably do it, but otherwise I would not recommend it. Like I could not do it on my hair. My hair would be so damaged. Okay, almost an alkaline perm has an approximate pH value of 9.5. So it is definitely bringing up that pH very high. This should not be used on people who have dry hair or have previously colored hair. This is for people who have virgin hair, very healthy, healthy hair, who need more bonds broken in the process in order to achieve the wave. In this perm solution, we use ammonium thioglaculate, which is more harsh, of course, than an acid perm. Then again, like I said, this is best for normal, healthy, or resistant hair. So if your hair's super thick, super healthy, this will be the perm for you. And lastly, we have exothermic perming solutions, which are self-heated perming solutions, which can be either acidic or alkaline. And I'm not even gonna get into that because it's a whole other thing, but it's complicated. A lot of information. So she is using an acid perm, which I would recommend for her. So I don't know why she's saying that's wrong because she has previously colored hair. Her hair looks a little dry. Usually blonde hair is. So acid perm would be good for her. And an exothermic one would be best, but I don't know what she's using. She didn't really say what she's using. It's telling me now to dump every single item out. Yo, she literally braided the top of her hair. I have never tried to do a perm with braids. That seems a little risky and inconsistent. Look at that. Okay, I don't want to be straight up with you. But it's still bad. You guys, I'm telling you, there are so many steps and it is so hard to do. Even for somebody who's trained to do it that like doing it at home is just like crazy to me. It's a lot of time, a lot of effort. If you don't rinse the hair for the recommended amount of time after you use the perm solution, after you use a neutralizer, it's not going to work. Like you really cannot do that at home. Like it doesn't work like that. Oh, and this poor baby, oh God, her hair. It looks boy feel for you. Babe, just do a chop, just do a chops. That would not happen. Okay, this is another misconception with perms. Ooh, it is an education day on the Brad Amando YouTube channel. Perms, you're never ever gonna get a wave like this. These beach waves, this is not what a perm's gonna do. Perm is gonna give you a natural looking wave. You're still gonna have to style it. It's gonna give you that style support, but it is not gonna give you beach waves. Nope, you can do a beach wave perm. It's not gonna make your hair like this though. It is not a thing. It's not gonna happen for you. It is just, that's not how it works. So, cut it. Cut it, I cut it short. Oh my God, I'm so excited. She's gonna feel like it's so much thicker and it's gonna feel amazing. Oh, listen, it looked good long too. It looks cute though. Like she needed the chop. It looks very cute. I'm so happy for you. I love it. At least you got a haircut. I think you needed it. The perm, don't ever do it at home again, girl. Don't even touch the box. Put it away, throw it away. Don't ever look at it again. Don't ever do a perm again. And if you are thinking about doing a perm, don't ever touch that thing. But at least after today, you'll have a little bit more knowledge about how to do a proper one. So, one more video today. We're gonna watch it and we're gonna do it. And this is by Clevver Style. Joe, thanks for coming back on the show. Oh, we're doing a guide. Wait, there's literally a box that's called home perm. That is probably worse than the boxes that say at home ombre. At home perm, there is literally no way of doing it well, unless you've had experience. Yeah, please don't do it at home. My God, they're literally using a bow. No clarifying shampoo, nothing. They're just going right in. What is this? Put a hot towel over your head. Yo, what the fuck? What the fuck is going on? Somebody tell me. I have no comment. You know what that was? Okay, so they're doing a very tight curl, which is gonna be amazing for him. I'm very excited. This is offensive. Yes! It is so hard, man. Makes me cry every time. Okay. Oh my God, this is so dangerous too. Like, perming solution of getting your eyes, you can go blind. They're just like, let's make them blind. Okay, here's another thing. More education today. So, also, you can leave it up to 45 minutes, I said, but you should be checking the hair strand every 10 minutes or so. Just be super anal about it. You can check it, unraveling it very gently and checking the wave pattern to see if it's there, and then putting the rod back in and adding more perm solution to it. You need experience to know what a nice perm wave looks like before you rinse it out, you know? But you should be checking it every 10 minutes. And that is the way you know if it's done or not. You probably need like 15 minutes on his hair or 20 because his hair is already lightened, like he said before, and she doesn't need all that time. Definitely don't do 40 minutes. Please tell me they didn't do 45 minutes. Just have to check the first curl. Oh, just have to check it. See, they're not gonna know what a good curl looks like. You need to get the solution out, not, no. It's all wrong. It's all wrong. We can stop. Poor guy. Oh, oh God. Oh, please don't rub it. Please don't ever. But now once we're done, we're done. Oh no. The hair is still setting in place. You can't rub your hair after doing a perm. No, you have to be so gentle with it because your hair is still setting into place. Let me do a quick explanation. When the waving solution is applied, it swells the cuticle and the perm solution enters the cortex of the hair and then basically a bunch of chemical stuff happens inside the hair strand and it forms to whatever the hair is placed on. So if it's on a round surface, it's gonna form a curl. If it's on a zigzag surface for some damn reason, it's gonna make a zigzag. You feel me on that one? And then the bonds are rejoined together in their new position to form the curl. And that is an explanation of how a perm works for idiots. Okay, great. Oh, stop roughing it up. Damn. Literally ramen noodles. I'm so scared. It's like the worst thing in the world. Moral of the story today, guys. Don't perm your own damn hair. And if you do wanna perm your hair and you go to a salon for it, please investigate hardcore. Find that person who specializes in perms because it is difficult and even some of the most experienced hairdressers don't know what the hell they're doing. So just do your research. That's with everything now. Like just do your research. Don't forget to, you know, enter my giveaway because it'll be fun to enter and it'll be fun to win one. Thank you guys so much for watching today. And don't forget to live your extra damn life. And I will see you all next time. Peace.