Setting to Success 2014 Challenge

[Prettymetty]

I just bought some headbands, a banana clip, hair sticks and a puff cuff. I cant wait to try some curly updos. I may need to buy more rollers, because all of mine are the larger size for blowouts

Eta the style in my avatar was achieved by sleeping in conair pillow soft rollers. I still have these, but I rarely use them anymore

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

Previously roller set HOTD---Banana clip ponytail.

Pic 1: type of banana clips I prefer. The clasp holds better and doesn't snag my hair

Pic 2/3: cool tip I learned from a poster here. I left a small amount of hair down in the back to give the ponytail more length. I think it was sunnieb who talked about this but I don't want to @ her as I'm not 100% sure who gave this tip, but I do know it was one of our beautiful relaxed Diva's. This was my first time trying it but def wont be my last

Pic 4: I couldn't reach my arms out far enough to get the entire length so this is it from the side.

Pic 5: from the back

Banana clip ponytails are my favorite styles to wear from roller sets, as they keep my hair off my face but still showcase the curls. Also, my hair has been in a low bantu bun since my last set. So this is why the curls look like they do.

Just plain olé lovely

 

[toaster]

Twisted my hair up for the night. Just lightly (very lightly) finger detangled, applied a little It's a 10 miracle styling cream, and twisted. Wrapped the twists around my hair tonight so they're stretched.

 

[ElevatedEnergy]

I have an appt at the spa in a little bit for a 90 minute prenatal massage, so I threw my hair in a high bun. From the reviews I read on yelp, this masseuse does a mean scalp massage. So, I made sure my bun was nice and loose so she could get all up in there. Matter of fact, I'm fully prepared to ask if she needs me to take it down!!!! She just better not use a lot of oil...shoot my hair gotta last another week and I don't wanna be looking like slick rick! lol

 

[toaster]

Twist out results!

 

[ElevatedEnergy]

The masseuse/doula did a bomb scalp massage! When I walked in, she was telling me where to put my clothes and she had a little dish set up for hair accessories as she prefers your hair to be loose. I took my hair down while she was still in the room. She looked at my hair, smiled and said nice. She went on to explain what she would be doing, then said I'll be using coconut oil so you wont have to shower after cause it's a good moisturizer and will just sink into your skin. I said cool, I use coconut oil in my hair. Then this precious little lady said "So that's why your hair is so long and shiny"! Awwwww she made my day.


Speaking of which, I went back to using coconut oil only as a moisturizer these past 2 wash days. I noticed any other "wet" moisturizer makes my strands kinda stick together and hard for me to finger detangle. I swear coconut oil is like a miracle oil for my hair.

 

[Blairx0]

I am about to rinse out my deep conditioner and set! My hair needed it

 

[faithVA]

For those that do pony tail sets, what do you use to make your ponytails?

 

[Blairx0]

toaster.

your twist out came out really cute and full. Did you like it? I think rollerset hair makes a great starting point for so many styles! I have never done a wet twist out or braid out, but on my rollerset hair I can do that BEST flat twist outs

 

[Blairx0]

faithVA the few times I attempted ponytail sets I used bands from the dollar store. They worked well. You can check them out here:http://www.dollartree.com/health-be...ed-Hair-Elastics/591c599c599p320013/index.pro

The ones I had were black and sparkle free, but they aren't posted on the website.

At the time I tried ponytail sets I wasn't very successful. However I think it was my own fault instead of the holders. I can say they were always easy to remove, allowed for good tension, and were able to be reused.

 

[toaster]

toaster. your twist out came out really cute and full. Did you like it? I think rollerset hair makes a great starting point for so many styles! I have never done a wet twist out or braid out, but on my rollerset hair I can do that BEST flat twist outs

I loved it! Had a good time wearing my hair out this week but it's back to the bun I go.

 

[toaster]

Finally washing my hair again. Waiting one full week didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. Sometimes I got bored and wanted to do my hair, but I certainly didn't need to. I didn't work out and sweat as much as I'd like to this week, so next week I'll see if my scalp needs a mid-week wash. Just applied vatika frosting to my hair, detangled, and then applied a light protein conditioner as a Prepoo. I lost a ton of hair, but since it's been 7 days since I detangled I don't think it was too much.

Going to have a long wash day (filled with naps) and eventually set my hair with perm rods.

 

[Prettymetty]

I have an appt at the spa in a little bit for a 90 minute prenatal massage, so I threw my hair in a high bun. From the reviews I read on yelp, this masseuse does a mean scalp massage. So, I made sure my bun was nice and loose so she could get all up in there. Matter of fact, I'm fully prepared to ask if she needs me to take it down!!!! She just better not use a lot of oil...shoot my hair gotta last another week and I don't wanna be looking like slick rick! lol

This post brought back memories lol. When I got a prenatal massage once I was wearing a wig. The lady kept trying to massage my head and eventually she just took the wig off and placed it next to my head. Now I will never wear a wig during a massage

 

[faithVA]

faithVA the few times I attempted ponytail sets I used bands from the dollar store. They worked well. You can check them out here:http://www.dollartree.com/health-be...ed-Hair-Elastics/591c599c599p320013/index.pro

The ones I had were black and sparkle free, but they aren't posted on the website.

At the time I tried ponytail sets I wasn't very successful. However I think it was my own fault instead of the holders. I can say they were always easy to remove, allowed for good tension, and were able to be reused.

Thank You. I may try one in the future. I may have to have 20 pony tails though I will pick up some bands next time I am at the dollar store.

 

[ElevatedEnergy]

This post brought back memories lol. When I got a prenatal massage once I was wearing a wig. The lady kept trying to massage my head and eventually she just took the wig off and placed it next to my head. Now I will never wear a wig during a massage

OMG! This had me cracking up!!!! No she didn't take it off!!!!!

 

[toaster]

I hope I'm not speaking too soon but I think perm rods may be my rollers of choice! I started trying to do the roll with the wrist thing but I think my rods were too big and my hair too short for that to matter. I could figure out how to use the rubber band closure on the first rod, but after that I ended up snipping the rubber bands and using a bobby pin to attach the rod to my scalp. The perm rods I used (twelve 1 3/8 inch rods and four 1 1/8 inch rods) made it really easy for my ends to get flat which was a problem I had on the magnetic rollers but not on the Capelli rollers. I'm hoping that the smooth surface of the rods gives my hair more smoothness and shine which was a problem I was having with the Capelli rollers. The downside will be drying time, because the perm rods are long I used more hair on each rod and they have very little ventilation. I'll try 90 minutes, which is what I used with the magnetic rollers, but I think 2 hours would be better.

I'll be back with the final results.

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

I hope I'm not speaking too soon but I think perm rods may be my rollers of choice! I started trying to do the roll with the wrist thing but I think my rods were too big and my hair too short for that to matter. I could figure out how to use the rubber band closure on the first rod, but after that I ended up snipping the rubber bands and using a bobby pin to attach the rod to my scalp. The perm rods I used (twelve 1 3/8 inch rods and four 1 1/8 inch rods) made it really easy for my ends to get flat which was a problem I had on the magnetic rollers but not on the Capelli rollers. I'm hoping that the smooth surface of the rods gives my hair more smoothness and shine which was a problem I was having with the Capelli rollers. The downside will be drying time, because the perm rods are long I used more hair on each rod and they have very little ventilation. I'll try 90 minutes, which is what I used with the magnetic rollers, but I think 2 hours would be better.

I'll be back with the final results.

Can't wait to see your results!

 

[faithVA]

I hope I'm not speaking too soon but I think perm rods may be my rollers of choice! I started trying to do the roll with the wrist thing but I think my rods were too big and my hair too short for that to matter. I could figure out how to use the rubber band closure on the first rod, but after that I ended up snipping the rubber bands and using a bobby pin to attach the rod to my scalp. The perm rods I used (twelve 1 3/8 inch rods and four 1 1/8 inch rods) made it really easy for my ends to get flat which was a problem I had on the magnetic rollers but not on the Capelli rollers. I'm hoping that the smooth surface of the rods gives my hair more smoothness and shine which was a problem I was having with the Capelli rollers. The downside will be drying time, because the perm rods are long I used more hair on each rod and they have very little ventilation. I'll try 90 minutes, which is what I used with the magnetic rollers, but I think 2 hours would be better.

Girl you know you are innovative. I would not have ever thought of that. I'm going to have to try that now.

 

[toaster]

Girl you know you are innovative. I would not have ever thought of that. I'm going to have to try that now.

It worked really well! They are very secure and not going anywhere! I just couldn't figure out which way to wrap the band so the rod wouldn't move, and I wasn't going to spend any more time than I had to trying to figure it out.

 

[faithVA]

It worked really well! They are very secure and not going anywhere! I just couldn't figure out which way to wrap the band so the rod wouldn't move, and I wasn't going to spend any more time than I had to trying to figure it out.

For future reference, I think you just make sure that the band lays on top of the perm rod or across the hair at the top near the scalp. So I make sure I lift it and pull it over. I know that's not a good description

However, what you did probably lets the perm rod rest closer to the scalp.

 

[toaster]

Here are my results! The first pictures are directly after I took the rods out. I didn't do anything to my roots because I wanted the true result, and I think the roots came out pretty nice! The perm rods are heavier than the other rollers so that may have helped. The later pictures are after moisturizing and sealing. I sat under the dryer for an hour and 40 minutes, and cooled off for about 15 minutes before taking the rods down.

 

[Libra08]

I want to join in! I'm natural, and I just started ponytail roller setting every two weeks because I'm tired of all the breakage and single strand knots! So I've decided to roller set until December 2014 in order to get to waist length. I'm MBL right now. I'm in the military so I bun every day, and hopefully that'll help me get to waist length even faster. Here is my hair after a quick Caruso set on a week old roller set. The third pic is from today after the curls fell a bit.

 

[ElevatedEnergy]

I want to join in! I'm natural, and I just started ponytail roller setting every two weeks because I'm tired of all the breakage and single strand knots! So I've decided to roller set until December 2014 in order to get to waist length. I'm MBL right now. I'm in the military so I bun every day, and hopefully that'll help me get to waist length even faster. Here is my hair after a quick Caruso set on a week old roller set. The third pic is from today after the curls fell a bit.

Libra08 Welcome Lady! You have beautiful hair

 

[ElevatedEnergy]

Here are my results! The first pictures are directly after I took the rods out. I didn't do anything to my roots because I wanted the true result, and I think the roots came out pretty nice! The perm rods are heavier than the other rollers so that may have helped. The later pictures are after moisturizing and sealing. I sat under the dryer for an hour and 40 minutes, and cooled off for about 15 minutes before taking the rods down.

toaster Your results are bomb! So smooth and the roots are really straight.

 

[toaster]

I want to join in! I'm natural, and I just started ponytail roller setting every two weeks because I'm tired of all the breakage and single strand knots! So I've decided to roller set until December 2014 in order to get to waist length. I'm MBL right now. I'm in the military so I bun every day, and hopefully that'll help me get to waist length even faster. Here is my hair after a quick Caruso set on a week old roller set. The third pic is from today after the curls fell a bit.

Your hair is beautiful!

 

[Libra08]

Libra08 Welcome Lady! You have beautiful hair

Your hair is beautiful!

Thanks ladies!

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

Here are my results! The first pictures are directly after I took the rods out. I didn't do anything to my roots because I wanted the true result, and I think the roots came out pretty nice! The perm rods are heavier than the other rollers so that may have helped. The later pictures are after moisturizing and sealing. I sat under the dryer for an hour and 40 minutes, and cooled off for about 15 minutes before taking the rods down.

Your results came out beautiful!

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

I want to join in! I'm natural, and I just started ponytail roller setting every two weeks because I'm tired of all the breakage and single strand knots! So I've decided to roller set until December 2014 in order to get to waist length. I'm MBL right now. I'm in the military so I bun every day, and hopefully that'll help me get to waist length even faster. Here is my hair after a quick Caruso set on a week old roller set. The third pic is from today after the curls fell a bit.

This is gorgeous!

 

[GettingKinky]

toaster the perm rods worked really well. I really like your results.

Libra08 welcome!

 

[prettybyrd]

I was going to wait to post this until after I caught up with reading this thread, but the results of my flexi rod set have me too excited not to post now.

I was inspired by this set on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2qFpzF0O8o

I tried the Nairobi shampoo, leave in, and setting lotion; but after a failed set last Sunday, I decided to try her way (the girl in the video) with the Creme of Nature Argan Oil Foaming Mousse, and EcoStyler olive oil gel.

I LOVE the results! The texture of my hair is much like it was when the first stylist set it. Once I get tired of these curls, I will use my Caruso's or satin rollers later in the week.

I liked the Nairobi when the stylist used it, but I have to say that this CON is like my new best friend. I love this stuff! It also wins bonus points for not having parabens or DMDM hydantoin - 2 ingredients I try very hard to miss.

About the EcoStyler, I was afraid that it would make my hair hard, but it didn't. There isn't the slightest hint of 'crunchiness'. I don't think I've ever gotten my hair like this before. It feels like a professional did it.

I think that the regimen I used today will be my regimen from now on as long as I'm roller setting, especially as I consider cleansing and conditioning my hair less often.

Pre-poo/deep condition: Natural Oasis Honey Creme Balm
Cleanse: Anita Grant Babassu Poo-Bar
Condition: Tresseme Naturals
Set: Creme of Nature Argan Oil Foaming Mousse and Ecostyler Olive Oil gel
Oil to separate curls: Natural Oasis herbal styling oil

Now the pics: