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First rollerset in FOREVER lol!

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LynnieB

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Actually it's been a couple years, I think hehe.

I washed, conditioned and deep conditioned with combo of Pantene Frizzy to Smooth, and Elasta QP DPR11. List of all products used: diluted Lottabody, AfroSheen satin press, Silk Elements Mega Silk hair moisturizing creme and snap-on magnetic rollers of various sizes.

I just sprayed the lottabody, combed it through, applied endpapers and rolled the hair.

After I took them out, I used a tiny bit of the satin press to straighten the roots with the back end of a straightening comb then pincurled. I did not go down the length except on one or two chunks of hair that weren't completely dry when the rollers came down. I just pinned those out the way and let them air dry while I worked on the dry sections.

This was an all day affair from wash to finish. The last roller was placed around 10:30 and around 6 I took out one down only to find it still damp on the last 1/4 so sat under the dryer for 30-40 minutes.

This morning, I undid the curls, used a dab of Silk Elements and gentled used a wide tooth comb down the length.

Here's the entire saga in pics (excuse my ugly too-early-in-the-morning face):

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As I was smoothing the roots.

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The darned comb slipped LOL but got the nape done. It won't happen again!

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It's pretty long and probably why the ends took so long to dry. My hair sections were not too big. Next time I'll go with flexi-rods.

This morning after taking down the pincurls:

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I think it came out pretty good especially for natural hair and thought I'd share with you ladies. Debbie Downer statement: I can't see myself doing this again any time soon, it really was hard work rollersetting this head by myself.

Thanks for looking ;)
 
Thanks girl - it really did turn out pretty good. It definitely could have been worse hehee.
 
aww you kinda remind me of my aunt ... la-sigh, i want to go home now ..... boooo college life














oh nice job with the hair & all .. lol :)
 
Just beautiful! I'm already too lazy to rollerset - and I don't have half your hair, lol.

Did you use a specific pattern?
 
Thanks sipp! I started with the mohawk down the middle rolled towards the back but soon realized that I couldn't keep the pattern up unless I overloaded the rollers.
 
Your hair is absolutely beautiful. Thick and luscious hair!!! Did you air dry initially? If you did, maybe sitting under the dryer may make it go by faster. I think you should do it again, its gorgeous.
 
Gorgeous!! You did an awesome job! I know what you mean about it taking forever though! I'm 16 months post into my transition and grazing MBL and it's an all day process for me wash, DC, rollerset and flat iron...so I could only imagine how long it takes you with all that thick, beautiful hair!
 
Wow Gorgeous!!! I feel you on the rollersetting. I have not done a rollerset in 3 months and don't miss it at all. Its an all day chore for me as well.
 
You have absolutely GORGEOUS hair so I love whenever you do any posts. Thanks for the rollersetting idea. I guess if you can do it with ALL of that hair I can try it out this week with my itty, bitty hair. :-)
 
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