Gorgeous Perms Looks: Say Hello to Your Future Curls!

Probably the most desirable of permed hairstyles, a plain curl look is natural and suits many face shapes as well as different hair colors.

This partial perm, which leaves the roots untouched and curls the lower half of your hair, creates a rough and sexy look that will make you look like an absolute rock star.

"I have very curly hair myself, so I understand that natural curls and waves are never uniform." Editors' Note: Amen to that.

I'm not sure if that's a salon-branding thing, the "American-ness" of it, but the process claims that it's the gentlest way to perm hair to achieve soft, natural-looking waves. When you perm it, the chemicals break down those side bonds on already-wet hair, then you wrap it around a thing (like a flexi-rod, for instance) and the bonds physically reset to retain the shape of that object.

Whether you have short hair or long hair or something in between, textured, "undone" curls are the style of the day.

"The problem with perms is that you're committed to that hair indefinitely," Angelo David, owner of New York City's Angelo David Salon, told TODAY Style.