“setting To Success” 2016

I'm going on holiday with my mom tomorrow (so excited) :bouncy::bouncy:...but, I'm concerned about my hair because it's late fall/early Winter in Sydney and I want to make sure that my hair has enough moisture...I think I'm going to re-roll my hair (and not wash it until I get back). By that time, my stand-up dryer will be here so I can do a proper roller-set.
 
Janet' said:
I'm going on holiday with my mom tomorrow (so excited) :bouncy::bouncy:...but, I'm concerned about my hair because it's late fall/early Winter in Sydney and I want to make sure that my hair has enough moisture...I think I'm going to re-roll my hair (and not wash it until I get back). By that time, my stand-up dryer will be here so I can do a proper roller-set.
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Have a wonderful and safe trip!!
 
Currently under the dryer with the jankiest roller set I've done in a while. Whew it took forever to detangle my hair. I really need to cut back to waist length. I'm also going to have to really think about whether or not I want to blow dry and flat iron my hair next week. That may turn into a blow dry and twist out. There's just so much.

The next time I say I want a break from setting someone please remind me that my hair webs up on itself and I'm in for a long detangling session to get back to hair that can be set.

I used the yellow magnetic rollers with snaps and one duckbill clip in each roller to secure.
 
Current hair length: APL
Relaxed/Natural/Texlaxed/Loc'd: Relaxed
Current Setting method and styling choices: Rollersetting
Current Setting products: Still trying to find ones that I like
Thing(s) you would like to work on/are hoping to achieve: Getting better tension at the roots, finding good products
How long do you plan to set?: Indefinitely
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Me and Mommy made it to Sydney with no problems!!! We arrived at 6 am AUS time. It's currently 11:52pm here but it's 9:52 am (ATL time), so my sleep cycle is going to be all off for this next week!

BTW, I wore a beanie (with my rollers underneath) and no one was none the wiser!! :yep: :yep: :yep: It's unseasonably cool today. The Aussies promise it will be warmer tomorrow. There is NO humidity, so I expect to have a great hair week!
 
Janet' said:
Me and Mommy made it to Sydney with no problems!!! We arrived at 6 am AUS time. It's currently 11:52pm here but it's 9:52 am (ATL time), so my sleep cycle is going to be all off for this next week!

BTW, I wore a beanie (with my rollers underneath) and no one was none the wiser!! :yep: :yep: :yep: It's unseasonably cool today. The Aussies promise it will be warmer tomorrow. There is NO humidity, so I expect to have a great hair week!
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So glad you made it!! It's one of my life goals to make it Australia. Enjoy your trip with your mother.
 
Hey ladies! Just did my first set for the season. I haven't done a full rollerset since May or June probably. My arms are aching. I need to start doing push-ups every day to tone my arms for the roller setting weekends ahead lol. I want to ask- how much hair do you all usually lose while rollersetting? Whenever I watch YouTube clips, those girls always have like 5-10 shed hairs in the comb. Meanwhile this is how much hair I shed:
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Definitely not 5 cute little strands lol. I don't know if this is normal or not. I finger detangle while applying my deep conditioner, then I finger detangle and follow up with my wide-tooth comb in the shower. When I rollerset I usually use a fine tooth comb or my Denman.

Here's my permrod set. Used water, moptop curls aloe vera gel & my cocoa butter mix to set:
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Janet' said:
Me and Mommy made it to Sydney with no problems!!! We arrived at 6 am AUS time. It's currently 11:52pm here but it's 9:52 am (ATL time), so my sleep cycle is going to be all off for this next week!

BTW, I wore a beanie (with my rollers underneath) and no one was none the wiser!! :yep: :yep: :yep: It's unseasonably cool today. The Aussies promise it will be warmer tomorrow. There is NO humidity, so I expect to have a great hair week!
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Have fun!!! Australia looks so beautiful in the movies. I hear their seasons are the reverse of ours- so they must be in springtime now huh?
 
coilyhaircutie said:
Hey ladies! Just did my first set for the season. I haven't done a full rollerset since May or June probably. My arms are aching. I need to start doing push-ups every day to tone my arms for the roller setting weekends ahead lol. I want to ask- how much hair do you all usually lose while rollersetting? Whenever I watch YouTube clips, those girls always have like 5-10 shed hairs in the comb. Meanwhile this is how much hair I shed:
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Definitely not 5 cute little strands lol. I don't know if this is normal or not. I finger detangle while applying my deep conditioner, then I finger detangle and follow up with my wide-tooth comb in the shower. When I rollerset I usually use a fine tooth comb or my Denman.

Here's my permrod set. Used water, moptop curls aloe vera gel & my cocoa butter mix to set:
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Thats shed hair for what period of time? A week? Two weeks?

I'm a heavy shedder so if my hair was as long as yours it would probably look like that. I wash every 3 days and always have a nice amount of shed hair.
 
@toaster your hair gives me life! :yahoo::love:

Meanwhile, I'm here waiting on mine to get to waist length like :violin:

I'm gentle, patient & rock the low-manipulation styles but this hair must grow 2inches per year because that's about all the length I retain annually. Still in the BSL/MBL zone. Anyone else feel like they're not retaining length despite their best efforts? My girlfriends and I were talking about this very subject this weekend, and we all went natural around the same time years ago, and we rock protective styles. Yet instead of being WL, we're BSB (me), APL & shoulder length.

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I didn't realize how much I didn't feel like myself without my roller set.
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@coilyhaircutie, popping in from lurking because I never quite got sets and now I don't even have access to rollers for several months, lol.

I definitely feel that way. I'm not sure about my growth rate but I retain maybe 3 inches on average per year. I know it's because I have to trim. I have fine, kinky strands and I protective style and moisturize constantly but I know my strand thickness means inevitable breakage.

I don't cry over trims anymore because of that. If I see a split I just snip it because I know it'd just get worse.

You have to be so patient with this hair type. :nono:
 
@coilyhaircutie Thank you! Like you, this was my first set in a while and I lost a ton of shed hair. Part of that, I hope, is because I really have to detangled for a set so I was more thorough in removing my shed hair. If I go from one roller set to the next, I don't lose as much hair, but still way more than 10 strands. Between DCing and detangling, shampooing in the shower, detangling as I roll, etc. a lot of hair comes out.
 
I went to my local Sally's today and didn't see any magnetic rollers with snaps. The set I have the snaps are a bit loose. I'll use them until they are pretty much all stretched out.

I was surprised at my set with magnetic rollers because I usually need rollers with teeth or to grab, but this time it just worked. I think my skills are slowly improving
 
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toaster said:
I went to my local Sally's today and didn't see any magnetic rollers with snaps. The set I have the snaps are a bit loose. I'll use them until they are pretty much all stretched out.

I was surprised at my set with magnetic rollers because I usually need rollers with teeth or to grab, but this time it just worked. I think my skills are slowly removing.
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put the snaps inside of the rollers for a few days and they will become tight again.

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coilyhaircutie said:
Have fun!!! Australia looks so beautiful in the movies. I hear their seasons are the reverse of ours- so they must be in springtime now huh?
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:yep: :yep: So, it's the beginning of Fall for us...it's the beginning of Spring for them. It is a bit chilly (which we prepared for) but sunny, no humidity and yes! It's as beautiful as you see it in the movies. When I return, I will be sharing pictures.
 
@coilyhaircutie your hair looks lovely!

Ladies, as we transition to fall/ winter and start setting our hair more I thought I'd reach out and see who's interested in a 2017 version of this thread.

I try not to join too many challenges because I forget to check in (I owe @faithVA a check in for the healthy ends challenge) but I'm committed to setting so I don't mind setting up the new thread in December. Just let me know!
 
toaster said:
@coilyhaircutie your hair looks lovely!

Ladies, as we transition to fall/ winter and start setting our hair more I thought I'd reach out and see who's interested in a 2017 version of this thread.

I try not to join too many challenges because I forget to check in (I owe @faithVA a check in for the healthy ends challenge) but I'm committed to setting so I don't mind setting up the new thread in December. Just let me know!
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You know I'm in. I wont be setting as often as before but still setting nontheless. It will always be my first hair styling love.
 
toaster said:
@coilyhaircutie your hair looks lovely!

Ladies, as we transition to fall/ winter and start setting our hair more I thought I'd reach out and see who's interested in a 2017 version of this thread.

I try not to join too many challenges because I forget to check in (I owe @faithVA a check in for the healthy ends challenge) but I'm committed to setting so I don't mind setting up the new thread in December. Just let me know!
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I'm in! I want to rollerset every other week starting in October.
 
toaster said:
@coilyhaircutie your hair looks lovely!

Ladies, as we transition to fall/ winter and start setting our hair more I thought I'd reach out and see who's interested in a 2017 version of this thread.

I try not to join too many challenges because I forget to check in (I owe @faithVA a check in for the healthy ends challenge) but I'm committed to setting so I don't mind setting up the new thread in December. Just let me know!
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Definitely will be around for the 2017 challenge.
 
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