girlonfire
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Gosh, you just cheered me right on up. Thanks lulu. I think I will bite the bullrt with a new dryer.
Setting to Success 2014 Challenge
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Gosh, you just cheered me right on up. Thanks lulu. I think I will bite the bullrt with a new dryer.
MileHighDiva
A+ Hair Care Queen
She's had it less than a year... I got mine in Sept and she got hers months later, probably early 2014... I urged her to get it lol.
I hope the LCL's don't break down a lot
.How long is the warranty?
Blairx0
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She's had it less than a year... I got mine in Sept and she got hers months later, probably early 2014... I urged her to get it lol.
I hope the LCL's don't break down a lot
How long is the warranty?
I think the warranty is year cu have had good experiences with their customer service
ElevatedEnergy
Rooted Yet Flowing
sharifeh
No Thank Gawd it hasn't done that to me. The worst that has happened was the knob for the timer got stripped and popped off. I emailed CS about it, they called me the same day and mailed me another one. I paid 5 bucks for it though since I was way past my warranty. I've had mine since I stopped relaxing (around Dec 2011)
ElevatedEnergy
Rooted Yet Flowing
I'll be washing and doing a traditional set this weekend. I've went back to washing weekly in order to properly remove shed hairs. When I don't, I get horrible tangles. I wont be wearing my hair down at all though...one big french braid is calling my name.
Blairx0
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I can cornrow, but canbot French braid. O envy you!
girlonfire
Well-Known Member
I've been thinking that I'll go back to weekly washing as well. Prolonging my style just isn't worth the tangles and heart ache.
I have a thing for dutch braids...don't ask why cuz I don't know!
but I can never braid all my hair into one dutch braid, feels like a work out!ElevatedEnergy
Rooted Yet Flowing
Last night's wash & set was a mega hit! My hair was so freakin shiny, soft & moisturized and it was all a beautiful accident. With caring for the baby, I have to do things step by step (hours apart from each other) but I'm finding as long as I start the process early in the day I will be done by bedtime. I think these things are what made the biggest impact though:
*Pre-poo'd 2 hours, washed, DC'd 3 hours then applied Giovanni Direct as a leave in & sectioned hair. Spritzed with a tiny amount of aloe vera juice and put shower cap back on until I had a chance to roll my hair. (Which was almost a hour and a half later) My hair experienced the ultimate conditioning, even down to the leave in!
*air dried my set for dang near 8 hours and took the rollers out before bed. I had no intention on doing this, but just couldn't get time to myself to sit under the dryer more than 30 mins. Speaking of dryers: The temperature is set to the max on my hair dryer which is around 176 and I think this was drying my hair out (literally). After seeing the results with air drying under the cool air of my fan, I turned the temperature on my dryer down by 100 and it's now set to 76 or 78 I think. I'll test it out more in the months to come.
Blairx0 and anyone who has the LCL dryer, what temp do you set your dryer on?
Sorry no pics...it was dang near midnight when I took the rollers down so all I could think about was how good my bed was gonna feel.
*Pre-poo'd 2 hours, washed, DC'd 3 hours then applied Giovanni Direct as a leave in & sectioned hair. Spritzed with a tiny amount of aloe vera juice and put shower cap back on until I had a chance to roll my hair. (Which was almost a hour and a half later) My hair experienced the ultimate conditioning, even down to the leave in!
*air dried my set for dang near 8 hours and took the rollers out before bed. I had no intention on doing this, but just couldn't get time to myself to sit under the dryer more than 30 mins. Speaking of dryers: The temperature is set to the max on my hair dryer which is around 176 and I think this was drying my hair out (literally). After seeing the results with air drying under the cool air of my fan, I turned the temperature on my dryer down by 100 and it's now set to 76 or 78 I think. I'll test it out more in the months to come.
Blairx0 and anyone who has the LCL dryer, what temp do you set your dryer on?
Sorry no pics...it was dang near midnight when I took the rollers down so all I could think about was how good my bed was gonna feel.
mz.rae
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So I finally got around to setting my hair after talking about doing it for months. I am sitting under the dryer now, I plan to just leave them in until morning. I plan to flat iron my hair in the morning after this, I used magnetic rollers and a few flexi rods as well. Will post up pictures tomorrow.
Lilmama1011
Well-Known Member
I'm in a twist out set. 8 perm rods and it will look like a had a whole head full of them
faithVA
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Yeah, maybe at least wear it out the first day or two and then as if falls then put it up.
That may give you just the break you need.ElevatedEnergy
Rooted Yet Flowing
Spending my Friday night with a head full of rollers, a bottle of wine & watching a marathon of Girlfriends. Hubby on kid duty. *Deep sigh* Life is gewd! lol
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ElevatedEnergy
Rooted Yet Flowing
Yeah, maybe at least wear it out the first day or two and then as if falls then put it up.
Totally agree. When I get bored, I always try a new style. Last month was flexi rods and styling those. This month I'm in love with doing french braids after setting. Gonna play around with those until I get sick of them. Want to try to stick with them until the end of the year and throw in a flexi set once a month...but I'm so fickle with my hair, I'll probably try a new style before then. lol
ElevatedEnergy
Rooted Yet Flowing
The little life of my roller set:
Pic 1: Curls after takedown untouched
Pic 2: Finger combed
Pic 3 &4: Lightly moisturized then brushed curls out with my Goody Ionic paddle brush. Somebody asked which brush I use so I included a pic. Put hair in a few bantu knots to stretch the roots. Wore a banana clip ponytail to enjoy my hair being out for one day...well a few hours cause all I did was go to a football game. lol Sorry it was so blurry...I was literally on my way out the door.
Pic 5: Moisturized again and put it in a loose french braid for the week. I rolled the length then tucked it all under for a protective style.
Pic 1: Curls after takedown untouched
Pic 2: Finger combed
Pic 3 &4: Lightly moisturized then brushed curls out with my Goody Ionic paddle brush. Somebody asked which brush I use so I included a pic. Put hair in a few bantu knots to stretch the roots. Wore a banana clip ponytail to enjoy my hair being out for one day...well a few hours cause all I did was go to a football game. lol Sorry it was so blurry...I was literally on my way out the door.
Pic 5: Moisturized again and put it in a loose french braid for the week. I rolled the length then tucked it all under for a protective style.
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Saludable84
Better Late Than Ugly
I'll be glad when I get time again to roller set. Might try pony sets or play more with flexi rods.
Lilmama1011
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Lilmama1011
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Sorry I should have taking better pics lol
Blairx0
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Got this dc is in and I am already sleepy. I think I may instal some curlformers, so I can dry briefly and sleep in them. Curlformers have no longevity in my hair, but sleep is more important. I am hoping to try a flexi rod set Friday
Eta
Curlformers are in! My goal is at least an hour under the dryer. But watching football had me so stressed I am tried now.
Eta
Curlformers are in! My goal is at least an hour under the dryer. But watching football had me so stressed I am tried now.
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girlonfire
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I feel like it's been a while since I did a set. Certainly for that 2 weeks. maybe 3... Anywho, I'm saving money for a pibbs! I'm also trying to upgrade my products. I hope to have all this together by next monday. I most likely will not be setting my hair until next monday. I just started my first jobs. Yes I did say jobS with an s. It's been crazy. If I get any time at all before next monday, I'll so a flat twist megnetic set. Really excited!
Just thought I'd let yall know what's up with me. I feel like I haven't posted in a while.
Just thought I'd let yall know what's up with me. I feel like I haven't posted in a while.
Blairx0
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Congrats on the positions!
Blairx0
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mz.rae
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I forgot to take a picture of my set from last week. Yesterday I took my hair that had been stretched out from a braid out and put some flexi rods in it. I just used curls creme brule and aloe vera gel to set and let it air dry. The results were ok, wish I used my sleek and shine conditioner.
ElevatedEnergy
Rooted Yet Flowing
Fresh roller set for the week, and I've already combed all the curls out. lol
Good news is my roller sets are finally starting to hang like I want even with shrinkage.
Bad news is:
Roller sets are no longer masking the difference between my natural and relaxed hair. After almost 3 years of growing my relaxer out my natural hair is pretty much kicking my relaxed ends out the way...like move over we got this!!! lol The difference is really clear (well to me it is). The first pic is kinda dark so I took a 2nd one with the flash to get a better view. Really doesn't matter to me since I rarely wear my hair down without it having some type of curl anyway. So I'mma still keep rolling away! lol
I just moisturized and put it in 3 bantu knots to stretch the roots for a few hours. I'll put it in a side french braid before we head out for weekend festivities. Happy roller setting weekend Ladies!
Good news is my roller sets are finally starting to hang like I want even with shrinkage.
Bad news is:
Roller sets are no longer masking the difference between my natural and relaxed hair. After almost 3 years of growing my relaxer out my natural hair is pretty much kicking my relaxed ends out the way...like move over we got this!!! lol The difference is really clear (well to me it is). The first pic is kinda dark so I took a 2nd one with the flash to get a better view. Really doesn't matter to me since I rarely wear my hair down without it having some type of curl anyway. So I'mma still keep rolling away! lol
I just moisturized and put it in 3 bantu knots to stretch the roots for a few hours. I'll put it in a side french braid before we head out for weekend festivities. Happy roller setting weekend Ladies!
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