“setting To Success” 2016

toaster said:
@coilyhaircutie Can your hair handle that much manipulation weekly? If I'm reading this correctly you'll be doing a different style daily?

I guess I style my hair daily, as I take it out of my bun at night and put it back up in the morning, but it doesn't seem like I'm manipulating my hair much. Probably because I smooth with my hands and don't use combs or anything during the week.

If your hair can handle the daily styling I think that sounds great! You'll have different hairstyles and won't get bored.
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@coilyhaircutie I'm gonna have to agree with @toaster on this one. It seems like a lot for one week, although if you think your hair can handle it, then it may not be so bad. Even though you are manipulating daily, you are tucking the ends away so seems like a balance. However, I would try to style every other day or every 3 days.
 
My magnetic roller snaps have stretched out so much when I put the roller in the snap there's gaps! I'll buy some new rollers in a few weeks when I have time. Until then, I'll use my bouffant rollers with the grips. Those have snap covers and since I haven't used them lately they are still tight. I recall that the magnetic rollers gave me a smoother set, but the pink ones will do until I can make a store run.
 
toaster said:
@coilyhaircutie Can your hair handle that much manipulation weekly? If I'm reading this correctly you'll be doing a different style daily?

I guess I style my hair daily, as I take it out of my bun at night and put it back up in the morning, but it doesn't seem like I'm manipulating my hair much. Probably because I smooth with my hands and don't use combs or anything during the week.

If your hair can handle the daily styling I think that sounds great! You'll have different hairstyles and won't get bored.
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I never thought about that! Thanks for pointing that out @toaster See this is why I come on here, because two minds are smarter than one. Honestly, I'm not sure. I don't know any other way to make sure my hair is fully quenched than to take it down every night and moisturize. And then I usually reset it on satin rollers so it's bouncy. But maybe I can cut that step out. that's one less thing I'm doing to my hair.

So you think the actual act of styling it in the morning may be too much manipulation? That it's better to wear the same hairstyle all week long? Does that mean you don't really switch up your bun (e.g. high bun, low bun, side bun) throughout the week, you just wear it on the same spot on your head? LOL sorry if my questions are all extra specific. But I need to know. 2016 is the year I get over the BSL hump and I need specifics.
 
lulu97 said:
@coilyhaircutie I'm gonna have to agree with @toaster on this one. It seems like a lot for one week, although if you think your hair can handle it, then it may not be so bad. Even though you are manipulating daily, you are tucking the ends away so seems like a balance. However, I would try to style every other day or every 3 days.
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Thanks for the help @lulu97 I really appreciate this. I seriously feel like my eyes have been opened by you and @toaster. I always thought when people say "don't manipulate daily" they meant don't comb and brush your hair daily. So when I did my daily styles, I would only use my fingers. But now I'm going to try to do a style only every other day, then once every three days. I'm going to start small having the same style for 2 days, then gradually scale up to having the same style every 3 days.

Like you ladies don't understand I literally just had an "OOOOH" moment, this is a revelation haha. I feel so dumb lolol. Thank you!!
 
@coilyhaircutie

I take my bun down every night and moisturize my hair. Then I twist it into two Bantu knots to sleep. In the morning I put my hair in a bun (usually a high bun but I'm sure the exact spot changes).

When I asked about the manipulation it was more the level of complexity of style and not the nighttime routine. To twist or braid your hair into a presentable style you need to do more than smooth with hands, so I would maybe keep that style in for a few days and then take down, add moisture, and put it back up. For me, if the style is more complex I keep it in longer. A ponytail or a bun is easy and doesn't require much, so I can do that daily.
 
Ok so this is the style I did today. Looks fancy(/busted since it's nightime lol) but it's really two pigtails twisted around each other. In the front I have a little side swoop action to hide my big forehead lol.
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I unpinned the twists and untwisted.
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I'll moisturize my hair in the pigtails with water, argan oil and my cocoa butter mix. ETA: After the cocoa butter mix I coat my ends in pink lotion. It keeps my hair nice and slick and knot-free. Going to leave in the ponytail holders since it's less manipulation. Then sleep in my satin scarf.
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In the morning, I'll twist them back up into the style. I twist each pigtail, then wrap them around the other one, then pin.

I want to do this hair style for two more days, then switch it up. I don't think that's too much manipulation (??) What do you ladies think?

Let me know. I'm here to learn!
 
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@coilyhaircutie lovely style and I think if you wanted you could even take the ponytails down at night, moisturize, and loosely twist!

I don't want to encourage anyone to not enjoy/style their hair. I did that once and cut my hair because I was frustrated and didn't know what to do. It's hair! An extension of you and you should wear it as you please. But if your goal is grow and retain more length just be gentle. Keep it moisturized and happy and you'll see growth.
 
toaster said:
@coilyhaircutie lovely style and I think if you wanted you could even take the ponytails down at night, moisturize, and loosely twist!

I don't want to encourage anyone to not enjoy/style their hair. I did that once and cut my hair because I was frustrated and didn't know what to do. It's hair! An extension of you and you should wear it as you please. But if your goal is grow and retain more length just be gentle. Keep it moisturized and happy and you'll see growth.
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@toaster Thanks for the feedback girl. Nah you're not doing that at all, I'm really glad you pointed out I was doing too much! My goal is to grow and retain more length. A year at barely-BSL is more than enough time for me to realize that I need to change up my habits. The things I did at shorter lengths aren't things that I can do now, so it's nice to hear from someone who's "been there done that" and knows more. I like wearing my hair out and doing cute styles, but I like retaining length more. I'm bored with my length, been doing the same styles at the same length for 12 months now. I need more hair to play with lol. Plus I feel like the longer my hair gets, the better it retains moisture, and the easier it is to handle. I used to have to moisturize in like 10 different sections when I was neck length to reach all the hair lol. Now I can moisturize in 3 and be done with it.
 
MileHighDiva said:
Kenya Moore only roller sets her hair. I need to re-watch my roller setting DVD.
https://www.instagram.com/p/44tuznDNnJ/
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Her hair is so pretty! So I gathered her regimen from the comments she left in response to posters.

She washes every 4 days (due to her work out schedule) and only roller sets. Sits under her hooded dryer for 1 hour. Once dry, she flat irons her roots on 360.

Nice.
 
There was a time when I used to flat iron my roots after roller setting every 3-4 months for length checks. I would roller set, flat iron the roots on a low setting, then wrap the hair overnight. My hair would be straight with tons of bounce. My ends were thriving because direct heat never touched them. Next time I wanna wear my hair straight (which will probably be a long time for now cause this weather is disrespectful) I'll go that route again.
 
@MileHighDiva Thanks!

I've been weighing the idea of straightening my hair more (I haven't had it done since December 2014) and I'd like to do it at home so that I can do it on my schedule and I can be in control.

Unfortunately I know that means investing in quality tools AND practicing. This is what gets me. When I decide to straighten I want my hair to be straight, but I know my technique is off and like anything else, practice would make perfect.

How often do you ladies straighten your hair? I'll be honest and say if I straighten I'll blow dry first. I love my roller sets for daily styling but not for flat iron prep.
 
@toaster I really don't have a strict time frame of how often I straighten. Every time I try to put myself on a schedule, I never follow through LOL. I usually do it when:

1: The mood strikes and the weather permitting mesh together.
2: I really just wanna glide a comb or brush through my hair from root to tip without snags. I LOVE love LOVE my roller sets but they do leave me with lumps and bumps here and there.

Just to give you a general idea though:

In 2014: I straightened the full length twice.
In 2015: I flat ironed the roots after roller setting and wrapped to get it straight in April. I straightened it again fully in December.

So it seems I average once or twice a year, but like I said that number is not solid. Just depends on the factors I stated in the beginning of my post.
 
MileHighDiva said:
I started a thread, to gauge interest in doing a group buy, for the blue 2" French Bouffant Rollers.

I'm :pray: that my fellow setters are interested.
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I'm in there being nosey. I already have those hourglass vented rollers that I can't use because I've yet to master pin placement.

I just did some googling and I see my plastic salon care rollers are called "bouffant" because they are "plastic mesh". They have little grips that help straighten the hair and are vented for faster dry time. I find the sets don't come out as smooth as they do on magnetic rollers, but I do remember liking them. Will be using them this Sunday and will post pics.

An option for those of us that can't figure out pins.
 
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@toaster I have the FHI Platform and the Onei MK- l Halo Ceramic Flat Iron. I love the Onei since it has a digital temp control setting. This is the only review I've found for the Onei on natural hair
http://hairandhealth.blogspot.com/2012/09/review-15-mk-i-halo-ceramic-flat-iron.html?m=1

As far as straightening my hair, I have mainly done it to trim. Every time I managed to flat iron my hair, it took over 2 hours which lord knows I don't have the patience for, hence why I don't do it often.
 
Love coming on here after work at the end of the day, chillaxing on the couch and reading and chatting with you guys about hair :) :does the hair happy dance:

@MileHighDiva thanks for sharing that perm rod video! I admire that girls head of hair, it's gorgeous- she puts a lot of love and effort into taking care of it. I'll have to check out more of her videos and figure out her regimen.

@toaster I have the ghd. I bought it because a girl in my class a couple years ago had gorgeous, gorgeous silky straight hair. She was naturally a 3b/3c, no heat damage, and that flat iron got her hair laid and bouncy. But. When I bought the flat iron and tried it on my hair, I could not get it right. -__- I don't know if it's my technique. Or if it's because the flat iron does not have an adjustable heat setting (which is annoying- don't think it gets hot enough). So now I've been eyeing the Babyliss Pro. It's what my stylist uses on my hair at the Dominican salon and it gives consistent results. To be perfectly honest though, I don't know if Ill ever get salon quality straight hair results at home. I've been trying for years. :rofl:I think I just don't have the "magic touch". Not yet anyway. Maybe I just need to practice for 5 years more (?) LOL
 
I did another curl former set yesterday.
I really need to figure out what steps to cut out to make my wash day routine shorter. I was rushing and it still took hours.
My set was smooth and shiny but that didn't last. It looks like the Paul Mitchell setting lotion isn't the answer to all my problems.
I'm going to try flax seed gel next.
 
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