Setting to Success 2015

I've been wearing my hair down in twist outs for like six months. It's been fun, and I'm glad I can wear my hair down when I want to, but I'm ready to go back to bunning.

I'm going to shampoo, DC, and roller set my hair Saturday after my yoga class. It's been so long. Have to dig through my rollers to find the hard pink ones with the grips. I remember liking those the best. I'll post pictures!
 
toaster said:
I've been wearing my hair down in twist outs for like six months. It's been fun, and I'm glad I can wear my hair down when I want to, but I'm ready to go back to bunning.

I'm going to shampoo, DC, and roller set my hair Saturday after my yoga class. It's been so long. Have to dig through my rollers to find the hard pink ones with the grips. I remember liking those the best. I'll post pictures!
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It is great to have fun with your hair and play with options, but sometimes you just feel comfortable with you routine! That is how I feel about setting and my hair likes it best too
 
I would love to have a setting routine. I'm so lazy with these flat twist though.

I do a set in two weeks. Depending on how that goes maybe I can start setting regularly.
 
toaster said:
@Blairx0 @faithVA @lulu97

Hey friends!!

I'm with Faith, flat twists are super easy, but I miss setting! At Target tonight I'll be picking up a new spray bottle and some DC. I looked at my (much smaller) hair cabinet and noted I have two bottles of its a 10 leave in so I should be good to go.

Can't wait for a luxurious hair day tomorrow.
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I am going to set tomorrow too! I will be in here checking for you!
 
50 minutes later my hair is shampoo'd, detangled, and in the six sections I need to set. Will deep condition for about 40 minutes before I rinse and start rolling.

I'm going to try to do it on soaking wet hair and give myself 2 hours under the dryer to dry. I even bought a small Denman paddle brush (not the kind with the red backing and removable bristles) to smooth my hair before I roll. The goal is a smooth set I can comb when I take it down.
 
It took an hour and a half to roll my hair, but I know how to speed it up for next week. I tried to part for a mohawk set and the center was too wide, so I ended up just freestyle rolling. This will cut down on my parting time next week. I also was trying to put too much hair on a roller, so next time I will just use smaller sections. Otherwise, I just need to be patient.

The paddle brush really helped with detangling, so that gets a thumbs up for me. I lost a lot of hair, but I know it's because I don't have to detangle as well when I do a twist out, so I had a lot of shed hair to remove.

Hopefully I'm dry in two hours and it won't take me as long next week.
 
Rollers should be out soon. I didn't part well so I missed some strands in a rush. I sat under the dryer for 90mins and am now letting the rollers cool off while I pick up around the house
 
Pics from my last set are attached. I really enjoyed that set, but I need to clarify my hair, detangle to the root and start sealing.

I slept in a head full of curl formers. My plan was to blow it out this morning and have stretched hair to play with for the next week. Now I'm tried so we shall see.

Meanwhile, I want to stock up on products this black Friday and really get back to deep conditioning
 

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PlainJane said:
For those of you that set weekly, do you ever feel like it's too much manipulation?
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@PlainJane I set every week to 2 weeks. I've found that since I'm 98% natural, my hair desires to be wet and we'll conditioned at least once a week. When I do, my hair stays moisturized longer and just feels better to the touch. The actual manipulation from roller setting is only done once for an hour or two on wash day which to me is not bad at all. I usually set one day, oil my ends for 2 days and bun, then moisturize fully and protective style until wash day. Super easy. I mess with my hair less when I roller set versus doing any other style. Wash and go's need daily cowashing/manipulation for me to be satisfied with how they look and braidouts require me to stretch my hair twice for a few days in a row for me to achieve the volume I like. Setting weekly is the best for my hair even though my laziness tends to push that time frame every now and again. :lachen:
 
PlainJane said:
For those of you that set weekly, do you ever feel like it's too much manipulation?
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I was a long time weekly setter and plan to be again. I feel like my hair liked it because it was moisturizer the entire time manipulation occurred. I then oiled during the week, but all the detangling , combing etc happened on wet, clean, happy hair
 
PlainJane said:
Has anyone tried setting with flax seed gel?
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@PlainJane yup I have and I loved it. I used to get a lot of compliments when I used flaxseed gel for curl former sets. It made my hair super shiny and moisturized. The only reason I stopped using it was bc I became too lazy to keep up with making it. Too much effort and I felt like it went bad before I could finish the jar quick enough, since I only used to set every 2-3 weeks
 
Sitting at the airport planning my hair day when I get home. First I need to grocery shop and exercise. Afterwards I'll cowash, DC and detangle, rinse, roll, and dry. Expecting two hours under the dryer, hoping it takes about an hour to roll.
 
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Five hours start to finish. It's not so bad when 1 hour is deep conditioning (napping) and two hours under the dryer can be surprisingly productive. I'm happy with the results. Will just lightly apply coconut oil and wear my hair pinned up. These telephone cord looking scrunchies are good for not leaving dents in your hair. I got them on Amazon.
 
@toaster Love, love, looove your hair. Juicy, thick and sooo long. :D

Whatever you've been doing, it's been working for you! If you have any advice on how to avoid setbacks, please share.

Ladies, I plan to do my first curl former set in a year tonight. Just co-washed my hair with Joico and DC'ed with Silicon Mix. Going to set with mop top hair gel and Camille Rose naturals. Wish me luck. I hope this set takes only an hour. I'm going back to weekly/biweekly sets for the winter time. It's too cold to be washing my hair every day now. In the past I felt like curl former sets were too much manipulation for my hair, but I figure if I alternate which rollers I use every time, it should be ok.


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Five hours start to finish. It's not so bad when 1 hour is deep conditioning (napping) and two hours under the dryer can be surprisingly productive. I'm happy with the results. Will just lightly apply coconut oil and wear my hair pinned up. These telephone cord looking scrunchies are good for not leaving dents in your hair. I got them on Amazon.
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flyygirlll2 said:
Gorgeous results! @toaster thick beautiful hair. I haven't set in a while since my patience is low and since I'm pretty much 14 months post, my roots stay looking puffy no matter what when I've attempted to roller set.
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Thank you! My roots are puffy as well, since I'm natural. I had to adjust my set expectations when I first started. My hair is not going to be silky smooth just from a roller set, I need heat to achieve that look. For the most part, it doesn't bother me because I work out and sweat and my roots will poof as the week goes on anyway. It's more about manageability through the week.

Also if you want straight roots, a roller set and flat ironing the roots is less heat than a blow dry and flat iron.
 
Sooo I didn't get up on time to snap some pics of the completed set this morning after taking the curlformers out. I woke up late lol. It's hard to get up for work after a 4-day weekend! Here are some pics of my hair tonight. After I took the curlformers out in the morning, I pinned my hair back into a messy bun. I didn't use any hair ties because I feel like they make my buns look scanty lol. I like fat, juicy buns.

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