wavy hair madness

Hi everyone!
ok I have naturally thick wavy hair. The problem is that is dries wavy in the back but then in the front it dries straight. I can never just let it go naturally because it looks like I tried to crimp my hair and then got tried and didn't bother with the front. So every day I have a either straighten it or take a crimper to the front to get it all to match. So does anyone have any ideas on what i could do with it so that I could just let it go natually and not have to bother with it?
I was thinking about maybe getting a perm so that it could all be the same, but I'm not too sure about it. Is there some way that I could get a perm to be light soft curls instead of tight ones?