K-beauty, K-food, K-dramas and K-pop, explained
A Korean perm (펌, peom) gives soft, loose curl, and 3 types come up most: the digital perm, the down perm and the C-curl. The digital perm makes the bouncy waves you see in K-dramas, the C-curl bends the ends of straight hair, and the down perm flattens hair that sticks out at the sides, mostly on men.
Most Korean hairstyles men ask for come down to 6 cuts: the two-block, comma hair, curtain hair, the side part, the dandy cut and the ivy league. Most of them depend on a Korean technique few people abroad have heard of, the down perm, which flattens puffy side hair so the shape holds all day. This guide covers what each cut looks like, which face shapes it suits and the exact Korean phrases to use in the chair, whet…