Setting to Success 2015

Today is wash day so I decided to set with magnetic rollers. I used AVJ mixed with Ceramide Complex, safflower oil, rice bran oil, camellia oil, and keratin amino acids to spritz and also BBD Stretch Growth Cream. I was not in the mood to flat iron my roots .. actually I never am lol it takes a while to do and my patience is low.

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flyygirlll2 said:
Today is wash day so I decided to set with magnetic rollers. I used AVJ mixed with Ceramide Complex, safflower oil, rice bran oil, camellia oil, and keratin amino acids to spritz and also BBD Stretch Growth Cream. I was not in the mood to flat iron my roots .. actually I never am lol it takes a while to do and my patience is low. Sent from my iPhone 6 plus using LHCF please excuse typos
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flyygirlll2 Bling! Love the shine!
 
Can someone please point me to instructions on how to use end papers. The sides and back of my hair are so tightly curled that it's so hard to get my ends straight. I'm afraid that this will ruin my ends if I keep doing this wrong.
 
Set this week in preparation for trim and crochet braid install
Wash, protein treatment, moisture dc and set:) with protein leave in and Ayurvedic oil
Results where silky smooth and I trimmed off 1/4 inch

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Prettymetty said:
I really really want a set of caruso steam rollers. After watching a ton of yt tutorials I think I am finally ready.
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I'm scared to use these now that I'm not relaxed. You've peaked my interest so I'm going to try a few test pieces with ecostyler and see what happens.
 
Tried something new this week! I went to a Dominican salon and got a blowout and pincurl set. Results:

first day hair:
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second day hair:
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how I preserved my hair tonight:
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I love my hair, my curls are so bouncy and airy-light. I haven't had a blowout in over 2 years. My hair was BSL when she straightened it out, but it's SL curly. I'm going to try to recreate this look at home but -LOL- I suspect the results won't be the same. My goal is to preserve this style for 3 weeks.

I had been thinking of getting a texturizer, but when I saw the prices of getting one at the salon ($65 a month??? hellll no) I decided otherwise. Just have been getting bored with my kinks and curls lately. But I think I'll start going to the salon more regularly (like once a month) to get blowouts just to switch things up when I get tired of doing my hair myself. Because I hate spending 6 hours + detangling, washing, DCing, rollersetting my hair myself. It is starting to exhaust me, especially when my hair doesn't turn out right after all that work.
 
davisbr88 said:
Today's set:

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I'm the dummy that thought I took a pic from the front until I looked back at my library 1 hr later and realized I never hit the button.
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You DID THAT. Nice!!
 
What rollers are the best these days? The hourglass rollers aren't available and neither are the french mesh. I didn't order either when I should have. I will be waist length not this summer but the following. Roller-setting didn't seem
necessary until now. My hair is getting longer and I have no idea what to do with it. I work out all the time and it's not fitting under my cap these days lol.
 
girlonfire said:
WOW! BEAUTIFUL! I feel like the Dominicans in my area only straighten hair. Sigh.
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@girlonfire Thank you! They probably can curl your hair if you ask. It was only $2 for the stylist to pincurl my hair. I just paid for the wash, DC, blowdry and pincurl. Flat-ironing is $10 I think. It's probably cheaper at the salons near you too since they don't have to get your hair as straight. I love it. I'm never going back to straight Dominican blowouts again. Way too much heat on my scalp. Where I used to live before, the Dominican salon near me did a rollerset that literally got my 4a hair straight. So, so straight that you wouldn't believe it! I didn't even need a blowout on my ends! Just my roots. But...sigh...I moved 2 hours away so those days are gone baby gone.
 
PlainJane said:
I tried a few that day and it didnt work out that well even though I left it in for 1 hour. How long do you leave the roller on the steamer? Do you use any products for hold?
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I left the rollers on the steamer no longer than 6-7 seconds for completely dry hair and no more than 10 if my hair is slightly damp. I left them in for about 30 minutes if my hair was completely dry before putting them in, or 1 - 2 hours or so if my hair was still damp. I would just wait until my hair was completely dry in the second case.
I wasn't using hair products of any kind when I posted the pics in this thread.
 
does anyone use hairspray? which brands do you like? I'm thinking of trying my hand at a dominican rollerset when I have to wash out my current rollerset. She used a hairspray in my hair but I completely forget what brand it was.
 
Wanted something different so tried a braid and curl with perm rods. T-shirt dried with a leave in for 10 minutes. Did 8 twisted ponytails to stretch my roots and airdried for a few hours. Turned the ponytails into plaits and kept that in for 2 days. Used Camille Rose twisting butter as a moisturizer and Curl Maker as a styler.

Instead of a braid and curl it was a fro but I liked it nontheless. lol

My pictures are too big to upload here so if interested, you can view on my tumblr. It's the latest post.

http://lalaslifeandstyle.tumblr.com

I don't have the energy to go through trying to resize pics or any of that foolishness. I miss the app. I havent even been inspired enough to come on here but I see I aint miss much, so I'll just keep up with checking in a few times a month. lol

How yall doing? I purchased a jet black rinse and will be doing that soon...on everywhere but my highlights. We will see how that goes.
 
Did my weekly set. Nothing new same boring stuff:/ I need to do something different with my hair I so bored with the halo or mesh roller set to braids. I suck a flat twisting, perm rod setting, and flexi rod setting. I guess I am off to youtube
 
Went to the Dominican Salon again this weekend and got another blowout and pincurl. My last set lasted for 3 weeks, and I got compliments even when it was old. It is sooo nice not to do my hair and when they wash and massage my scalp OMG. Heaven.
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I trimmed my hair this weekend too.

Once this set gets old, I plan to do my hair myself. I know my hair will need a good DC by then. My ends are happy to be straight. They break off a lot LESS now. When my hair is in its curly all-natural state, the ends are such a pain to keep healthy. I plan to *try* to do my own Dominican blowout next wash. I practiced on my mom and hers came out pretty good BUT her hair reverted back in 2 days. So I'm going to need to work on my technique. Now I know why so many naturals are straight naturals -- it's soooo easy. It literally takes me 5 minutes to roll my hair up every night -- then bed!

I have two new 2015 hair goals:
1. Master doing a Dominican blowout & pincurl on my hair
2. Master doing this on my hair: Her hair looks sooo good!
 
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