Hello fellow CURLFORMERS USERS, and those who wish to purchase them!
I have been using the long and wide curlformers for a little over six months. My below collar bone length, 4a natural hair straightens nicely with them, and I am completely satisfied with my purchase. Nothing short of a blow dry has completely straightened my hair and roots but curlformers.
In order to stabilize my regimen and maintain consistency, I decided to put myself on a six month personal curlformers challenge, but got insipred to open it to everyone after reading a post on curlformers by @swtpea. My goal is to see how much length I can retain keeping my hair stretched without heat. My hair is fine and extremely prone to tangling, using curlformers provides me with the option of stretching my hair without heat and cuts down on ssk's and unnecessary breakage.
To give those that want to participate time to prepare, the challenge can be joined today, February 13, 2012 through Sunday February 19th, 2012. The challenge will end Sunday, July 22nd 2012. (It can be extended it if most people are on board to participate). Since the point of curlformers is to straighten hair without heat, no direct heat should be used for this challenge. If you sit under the dryer or steam your hair this is okay. If using direct heat is absolutely necessary, you may use it on an extremely limited basis to straighten your hair for trims or other important purposes outside this challenge, but you cannot use direct heat more than two times during the six month period. If you have to use direct heat during this challenge, please post this information to the thread.
****The focus of this challenge is length retention by keeping the hair stretched using curlformers, not to monitor how often you use your curlformers. For example: If you wash your hair only once a month, then you would only be required to install your curlformers once a month, so long as your hair remains stretched for the majority of the month. You may style your hair any way you choose after stretching with the curlformers such as braid-outs, twist-outs, protective styles, etc. (save for styles that would shrink your hair back into its natural curl pattern, as this would defeat the purpose of stretching the hair). I typically wash my hair three to four times a month, and style the third day in a twist out. Thus, I use my curlformers three to four times a month, and this keeps my hair stretched the majority of the time. Remember, the overall goal of this challenge is to keep the hair stretched the majority of the time. If you choose to join this challenge, curlformers should be a main staple in your regimen, and you should be consistent enough with stretching the hair that you will be able to measure your length retention using curlformers.***
If you wish to join, please thank this post and provide your regimen, (to include all products), the type of curlformers you use, and most importantly, the leave-in or other products you use when installing the curlformers. If you take vitamins or are using topical growth aides, include those as well. Please state your current length and include a starting picture (if possible) at the beginning and/or other photos of your hair styled using curlformers as the challenge progresses. We will reveal our hair on July 16th, 2012. It would also be helpful if you include your hair type for regimen building and product suggestion purposes. Try to check in at least weekly, or more often if you like
. Hopefully this thread will become a resource for retaining length through stretching the hair and also for discovering innovative ways of using our beloved curlformers!
So who's with me???
I have been using the long and wide curlformers for a little over six months. My below collar bone length, 4a natural hair straightens nicely with them, and I am completely satisfied with my purchase. Nothing short of a blow dry has completely straightened my hair and roots but curlformers.
In order to stabilize my regimen and maintain consistency, I decided to put myself on a six month personal curlformers challenge, but got insipred to open it to everyone after reading a post on curlformers by @swtpea. My goal is to see how much length I can retain keeping my hair stretched without heat. My hair is fine and extremely prone to tangling, using curlformers provides me with the option of stretching my hair without heat and cuts down on ssk's and unnecessary breakage.
To give those that want to participate time to prepare, the challenge can be joined today, February 13, 2012 through Sunday February 19th, 2012. The challenge will end Sunday, July 22nd 2012. (It can be extended it if most people are on board to participate). Since the point of curlformers is to straighten hair without heat, no direct heat should be used for this challenge. If you sit under the dryer or steam your hair this is okay. If using direct heat is absolutely necessary, you may use it on an extremely limited basis to straighten your hair for trims or other important purposes outside this challenge, but you cannot use direct heat more than two times during the six month period. If you have to use direct heat during this challenge, please post this information to the thread.
****The focus of this challenge is length retention by keeping the hair stretched using curlformers, not to monitor how often you use your curlformers. For example: If you wash your hair only once a month, then you would only be required to install your curlformers once a month, so long as your hair remains stretched for the majority of the month. You may style your hair any way you choose after stretching with the curlformers such as braid-outs, twist-outs, protective styles, etc. (save for styles that would shrink your hair back into its natural curl pattern, as this would defeat the purpose of stretching the hair). I typically wash my hair three to four times a month, and style the third day in a twist out. Thus, I use my curlformers three to four times a month, and this keeps my hair stretched the majority of the time. Remember, the overall goal of this challenge is to keep the hair stretched the majority of the time. If you choose to join this challenge, curlformers should be a main staple in your regimen, and you should be consistent enough with stretching the hair that you will be able to measure your length retention using curlformers.***
If you wish to join, please thank this post and provide your regimen, (to include all products), the type of curlformers you use, and most importantly, the leave-in or other products you use when installing the curlformers. If you take vitamins or are using topical growth aides, include those as well. Please state your current length and include a starting picture (if possible) at the beginning and/or other photos of your hair styled using curlformers as the challenge progresses. We will reveal our hair on July 16th, 2012. It would also be helpful if you include your hair type for regimen building and product suggestion purposes. Try to check in at least weekly, or more often if you like
. Hopefully this thread will become a resource for retaining length through stretching the hair and also for discovering innovative ways of using our beloved curlformers!So who's with me???
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I can't wait to see pics, and the tips and tricks on the best products to use for style longevity and ease of application will be so helpful 
I was also using a protein leave in during that time as well. My leave in regimen I described in my second post helps out a lot!
