Setting to Success 2014 Challenge
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faithVA
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I'm always so nervous
What if my hair turns into a poodle in the middle of the event I hope it turns out well and that I can maintain it over night.
I'm also glad I found a way to moisturize with a set. I don't think this will be the way in the long run but it will get my over the hump.
toaster
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I've never used those! They look interesting but might make sitting under the dryer difficult? How big are they?
ETA: are those similar to Caruso roller clips? I've never used those either.
faithVA
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I'm not sure. I'm thinking these are about the same size as the clips you use to wash your hair. They probably come in different sizes.
I have a bonnet dryer. I'm thinking these would fit OK. Curlformers take up soooo much space.
Not necessarily thinking of getting them, just browsing.
ElevatedEnergy
Rooted Yet Flowing
Previously roller set HOTD or hopefully hair until next wash day: 2 Goddess braids with extensions.
I've been trying to find a braided hairstyle I can wear after I have the baby. I don't want to go to the braiding salon for 10 hours, thought about doing some jumbo twists myself but I just don't have the patience, so I settled on this. I used half a pack of kanekalon brading hair.
For the life of me; I couldn't figure out how to add the hair to the beginning of the braid, so I braided my own hair down to my ears, then added the hair in. As you can tell, it was not a smooth transition...but I'm going to tie a scarf around my head to see if I can flatten the lumps and bumps down some. This hair style took me about 10-15 minutes and I'm hoping to get it to last for 2 weeks. I'll keep practicing.
I've been trying to find a braided hairstyle I can wear after I have the baby. I don't want to go to the braiding salon for 10 hours, thought about doing some jumbo twists myself but I just don't have the patience, so I settled on this. I used half a pack of kanekalon brading hair.
For the life of me; I couldn't figure out how to add the hair to the beginning of the braid, so I braided my own hair down to my ears, then added the hair in. As you can tell, it was not a smooth transition...but I'm going to tie a scarf around my head to see if I can flatten the lumps and bumps down some. This hair style took me about 10-15 minutes and I'm hoping to get it to last for 2 weeks. I'll keep practicing.
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ElevatedEnergy
Rooted Yet Flowing
faithVA
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You can get a straighter look when you use more. So I use a lot.
faithVA
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I put them in my Amazon wishlist to revisit if I start rollersetting more regularly. I think they are probably better than the plastic snap caps for magentic rollers. I may try it with some cheap clips I have at home to get an idea. Can probably find some at the dollar store. All kinds of ideas
ElevatedEnergy
Rooted Yet Flowing
Great job and a great idea. It looks good. I may copy a variation of this when my hair gets longer but just do flat twistI don't even know if I remember how to cornrow.
Thank you! It's like riding a bike...I'm sure once you start your first cornrow, it will all come back to you! lol
faithVA
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You haven't seen me ride a bike.I can cornrow forward and to the side. I'm not sure about going back. The idea makes me sweat. I am definitely going to try
ElevatedEnergy
Rooted Yet Flowing
toaster Thank you! I really haven't mastered french braids yet either. I want to learn but I'm trying to only get one thing down at a time before I move on. I think once I master doing regular cornrow braids with extensions, I'll move on to french braids.
ElevatedEnergy
Rooted Yet Flowing
Lawd I hollered off of that!!!!! lol
naturalagain2
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I would like to join. I have to keep my hair smooth and be able to comb daily/every other day to remove shed hairs so roller sets should help me achieve me that. I'm doing this experiment until my next relaxer to see how my hair fairs (I'm 2 weeks post; 1st wash post relaxer). Getting rdy to wash this dc out in a bit and rollerset. I plan on using my shescentit moisture mist leave in/coco creme leave in and karacare setting lotion.
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ElevatedEnergy
Rooted Yet Flowing
Blairx0
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Can't wait to see your sets and learn from you! What did you use to dc
girlonfire
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toaster
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girlonfire
I used rollers similar to that (salon care snap on rollers from Sally's) in 1 1/8 inch size. I didn't mind the teeth and they didn't harm my hair as long as I made sure to keep my hair on the center of the roller. The edges were more rough than the magnetically.
I used rollers similar to that (salon care snap on rollers from Sally's) in 1 1/8 inch size. I didn't mind the teeth and they didn't harm my hair as long as I made sure to keep my hair on the center of the roller. The edges were more rough than the magnetically.
girlonfire
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Thanks for replying! Did you feel the teeth helped at all?
Saludable84
Better Late Than Ugly
Will be back in two weeks when I begin setting again. Small hiatus. Ill hate myself later.
toaster
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Yes I thought the teeth helped grip my hair so it was very taut on the roller. The only downside was the open surface didn't give my hair the shine and smoothness I get from using non-vented rollers. However, I used the rollers with teeth for my first roller set this year, so maybe if I tried them again I'd get better results.
girlonfire
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What is the difference between over and under, like what's the motion? Is it like if you have a piece of hair and you put the roller on top of the hair instead of underneath it, that is said to be "rolling over"?
toaster
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girlonfire
Rolling under would be putting the hair on top of the roller and rotating clockwise to get the roller close to the scalp. Rolling over is putting the hair under the roller and rolling counterclockwise.
I hope that makes sense! I've found that I'm not really paying attention when I roll (distracting myself with YouTube, usually) so I end up rolling some over and some under, just depending on what I think is best for that particular section. There's certainly no method to my sets!
Rolling under would be putting the hair on top of the roller and rotating clockwise to get the roller close to the scalp. Rolling over is putting the hair under the roller and rolling counterclockwise.
I hope that makes sense! I've found that I'm not really paying attention when I roll (distracting myself with YouTube, usually) so I end up rolling some over and some under, just depending on what I think is best for that particular section. There's certainly no method to my sets!
toaster
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So I am late and sparse with the pictures, but here are my curls are the basketball game i attended. The Sixers lost
Beautiful! And isn't this like the 80th game they've lost?? Okay, maybe like 23rd. Better luck next time!
