OMG! Lisa. I do wish you had a camera, so we could see.
I'll tell you my hair disaster of many years ago. I had just got my hair highlighted professionally and was getting ready to go on holidays. About a week later after the highlights and a couple of days from holidays, I decided to spot perm the top of my head as the my existing perm was starting to grow out and I needed a little lift on top. After curling the top of my head and applying the perm solution and waiting the designated time, I start taking the rollers out and low and behold my hair was coming off with the rollers. Have you every singed hair with fire, well that's what it looked like. It was mostly my bangs. Not something I attempted ever again.
Lessons well learned.
cj