notsomebody
Active Member
I did my first roller set in months. Well, sorta. I started at the back as its the thickest part of my hair and starts to dry the fastest. When I got to the front - I section my hair in fours for this- I ran out of steam (It took me two hours just to get the back rolled) so I wrapped the two front sections around my head in their respective directions. The result- very smooth front and tons of spirally curls in the back. I piled all of the curls on top of my head and smoothed the front around my head. Very chic looking.
Now the problems. I am only coordianted with the pink magnetic rollers - you know those generic pink rollers with the caps. I have tried the larger ones. The ones that don't have caps with them and I can't get those suckers to stay in my head. The large bobby pins that are supposed to secure my hair to the rollers slide around the rollers so that I can never get them in firmly enough. I tried making caps for them (ala Sweetcocoa) and that works ok except how long it takes my hair to dry. And, when I go to take them out, I find that my hair has shifted from the center of the roller to one corner of the cap- so the curl looks funky. It turns out that I am even less coordinated with a drill, because I tried to make more holes in the caps and ended up breaking the few I tried. I know it wouldn't take nearly as long for me to roll my hair if I didn't have to make such tiny sections to get all of it to fit evenly on those rollers. I was very careful about it because I didn't want to cause any more breakage on the ends like I did the first time around (the reason I gave up roller setting in the first place).
If only they made large rollers that already had caps with them. Why don't they do this for the hair styling impaired? Does anyone have any suggestions on how to help me with this?
If I can get the time it takes me to get all of my hair in rollers to under an hour, I would be in hair heaven (btw, 45 minutes is the fastest time that anyone - including beauticians have ever been able to get all of my hair in rollers- I may have thin strands, but I have a ton o' hair).
Please help me. I love rollersets, I just want to be able to do them correctly.
Now the problems. I am only coordianted with the pink magnetic rollers - you know those generic pink rollers with the caps. I have tried the larger ones. The ones that don't have caps with them and I can't get those suckers to stay in my head. The large bobby pins that are supposed to secure my hair to the rollers slide around the rollers so that I can never get them in firmly enough. I tried making caps for them (ala Sweetcocoa) and that works ok except how long it takes my hair to dry. And, when I go to take them out, I find that my hair has shifted from the center of the roller to one corner of the cap- so the curl looks funky. It turns out that I am even less coordinated with a drill, because I tried to make more holes in the caps and ended up breaking the few I tried. I know it wouldn't take nearly as long for me to roll my hair if I didn't have to make such tiny sections to get all of it to fit evenly on those rollers. I was very careful about it because I didn't want to cause any more breakage on the ends like I did the first time around (the reason I gave up roller setting in the first place).
If only they made large rollers that already had caps with them. Why don't they do this for the hair styling impaired? Does anyone have any suggestions on how to help me with this?
If I can get the time it takes me to get all of my hair in rollers to under an hour, I would be in hair heaven (btw, 45 minutes is the fastest time that anyone - including beauticians have ever been able to get all of my hair in rollers- I may have thin strands, but I have a ton o' hair).
Please help me. I love rollersets, I just want to be able to do them correctly.