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I ordered 3 inch rollers and a silicon mix set (shampoo, DC, and leave in) on amazon.

If I could get my hair washed and rolled in 75 minutes and dry in 1 hour I could do my hair once a week.

I've been testing my moms Miele organic hair oil and I like it for mid week smoothing and letting my comb through my hair with ease. Will stop at Sally's and get my own bottle.
 
faithVA said:
If you see thickness I wouldn't consider that a problem. Often the body will not thicken the hair and grow it at the same time. Often the body corrects first before it proceeds with any new growth.

I wouldn't be too hard on yourself or your hair. Just start paying attention to your hair patterns so you know what to expect. Definitely stick to a healthy regimen. Since you know your health was bad in the winter focus on your nutrition , water and vitamin intake to give your body more to work with.

When our body isn't healthy the body will withhold nutrients from our hair, nails and other non essential parts to make sure the rest of our body has what it needs. Give your body more than it needs so it has enough for everything.
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Thank you. Ill stick to what I'm doing then. And hopefully I see growth during the next quarter. :)
 
imaginary said:
Did an overnight henna treatment last night and this morning I cowashed it out DC'd and then did a permrod set. I decided to try smaller sections with the permrods and twisted the roots, which worked at getting most of my hair dry actually. Will do smaller sections in the middle in the future so I can have a set that dries under 2 hours (hopefully).

Also tried something else: I usually only finger detangle in the shower and use tools outside of it, but I decided to try my tangle teezer-esque tool under running water to see how it would do. It went wonderfully and I didn't have to detangle as much while setting as my hair was pretty smooth.

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You ended up with great definition and smoothness. I am hoping to do my first twisted perm rod set for my next entry into the April Style Challenge. Any tips? And what did you use for hold?
 
lulu97 said:
Currently under the dryer with a "cheat roller set". While I was rinsing out my conditioner in the shower, I divided my hair in 2 (top and bottom) and made 2 ponytails. I let the water flow do all the work. Got out the shower and rolled each ponytail length with hourglass rollers.

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Took about 15 minutes for my whole head. Praise Him!

Will sit under the dryer for 1 hour and if it's not dry, I'll airdry the rest of the way. I chose this cheat set so if need be, I can sleep in the rollers.

Just looking for a faster way to set so I can slowly ease it back into my regimen.
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My cheat roller set was about 90% dry after sitting under the dryer for an hour. So I went ahead and took the rollers out and smoothed my hair into one big lulu knot @MileHighDiva :giggle:. Tied it down with my silk scarf to let it finish air drying.

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Once I took the knot out, I had what resembles a blow out. I can dig it.

image.jpg The goal was to get stretched hair so I can braid/twist/bun until next wash day. Will definitely slide this routine right on back in my regimen.
 
Alma Petra said:
You ended up with great definition and smoothness. I am hoping to do my first twisted perm rod set for my next entry into the April Style Challenge. Any tips? And what did you use for hold?
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Oh I don't use any products with hold, I usually just plait my hair up after. But definitely make sure your hair is fairly wet when you roll for smoothness. I also comb through with a fine-tooth comb just to get rid of any bumps at the end of my hair. One day I'll find a holding product that doesn't make the set take forever to dry (*cough* gel) and/or make my hair feel gross (*sniffle* mousse). Good luck!
 
Um yeah, the jet set rollers did NOT work out, I don't know if there is a certain method or what but I'm not losing my hair to some rollers. I got my Salerm 21 and wire mesh rollers in the mail today, they're not flimsy at all, I hope they give me a smooth set. As far as the Salerm 21, I just wanted to finally try it, I gave up on creamy leave ins a while ago because they all seemed to make my hair dull.
 
Did a set, and it's been a while.
Lately I just wash, condition, moisturize/seal bun. So easy.

Roller set with newly purchased hour glass rollers, using

KCKT leave in
Garnier Fructis sleek & shined serum
Elasta QP Design foam
 

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This morning I was installing rollers on dry hair to stretch my hair for flat ironing. I was using some pink ones which I guess are 1 inch. As I was doing that it occurred to me that maybe 5he reason m6blast rollerset took so ling to dry was because I was using too small of a roller. :duh. I was using my 1/2 inch rollers when the front of my hair is long enough for 1.5 inch and my back can do 1 inch. Sheesh

I don't have enough 1 inch to do my entire head. Maybe next wash I will do flat twist in the very back and install the 1 inch and see if it dries faster.
 
Heyyyy everyone is setting this weekend! Lovely photos ladies!

@faithVA where are my flat iron pics?? Congrats at growing out of your rollers!!

I'm under the dryer now. I hopped in the shower and shampooed, conditioned, detangled, and applied my leave in using all Silicon Mix products. The comb glided through my hair and my shed hair was easily removed.

Then I hopped out of the shower and set with 4 of the 3 inch magnetic rollers down the middle of my Mohawk. Used the hourglass rollers down my sides. I set in 27 minutes!!!! A record for me.

I barely fit under my Pibbs. Luckily the cool cap keeps the air inside but it's a tight fit. Going to see if I'm dry in 75 minutes. That would mean from start to finish I spent a little less than 3 hours on my hair. I can handle that.
 
toaster said:
Heyyyy everyone is setting this weekend! Lovely photos ladies!

@faithVA where are my flat iron pics?? Congrats at growing out of your rollers!!

I'm under the dryer now. I hopped in the shower and shampooed, conditioned, detangled, and applied my leave in using all Silicon Mix products. The comb glided through my hair and my shed hair was easily removed.

Then I hopped out of the shower and set with 4 of the 3 inch magnetic rollers down the middle of my Mohawk. Used the hourglass rollers down my sides. I set in 27 minutes!!!! A record for me.

I barely fit under my Pibbs. Luckily the cool cap keeps the air inside but it's a tight fit. Going to see if I'm dry in 75 minutes. That would mean from start to finish I spent a little less than 3 hours on my hair. I can handle that.
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:lol: Sorry. I didn't think to post them in here. I straightened just enough to trim and do a length check.

https://www.longhaircareforum.com/t...length-challenge.805953/page-26#post-23839159
 
I trimmed my hair tonight. I took off 3/4 to 1 inch. My ends were raggedy and the breakage was excessive.

I shampooed with Mane Choice Shampoo and colored my hair with the ION semi-permanent. Those 2 products have shorted my color days by an hour :yay: I spritzed heavily with diluted TGIN leave-in. I rollerset with the 1" rollers. I tried the 1 1/2" in the front but I'm not skilled enough to get the pins in and with the shrinkage it didn't work. So I put the 1/2" in the front. It will at least give me an idea if I can set with these. If it works I will just pick up 2 more packs of 1" magnetics.

I'm under the dryer for 1.5 hours. Hopefully my hair will be dry. I doubt I will take pics because it will be late.
 
The bigger rollers are making a difference. All of my hair isn5 dry yet but some parts are. I took several of the 1 inch rollers from curls which are dry and replaced the 1/2 inch.

Because I didn5 have enough rollers I have too much hair on a few. I will give it 15 more minutes. Even if it isn't dry I will twist it up and try again later.
 
faithVA said:
@toaster
It turned out nice. I just need to buy more rollers and do smaller sections. I also need to layer and seal my ends because they dried out badly.
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:eek::2inlove::flahssssss::bounceline::bouncy::clap::cheers:

Your hair always looks so soft and shiny in photos. The larger rollers and larger curls look great! Did you twist it up afterwards? I think by the fall you'll enjoy just fluffing your sets and wearing them out.
 
toaster said:
:eek::2inlove::flahssssss::bounceline::bouncy::clap::cheers:

Your hair always looks so soft and shiny in photos. The larger rollers and larger curls look great! Did you twist it up afterwards? I think by the fall you'll enjoy just fluffing your sets and wearing them out.
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I was surprised it was so shiny. I don't remember if it was soft. My ends were crunchy :cry:

Yes I'm back in flat twist. I complain about them but as lazy as I am I can see me wearing these when I'm WL :lol:

I would love to wear my sets out. I would wear them out now but I can't figure out how to minimize the puffing and frizzing. I lose all my curls within about 4 hours. And my hair is too short to bun as an emergency style.

Will see where I'm at in september.
 
faithVA said:
I was surprised it was so shiny. I don't remember if it was soft. My ends were crunchy :cry:

Yes I'm back in flat twist. I complain about them but as lazy as I am I can see me wearing these when I'm WL :lol:

I would love to wear my sets out. I would wear them out now but I can't figure out how to minimize the puffing and frizzing. I lose all my curls within about 4 hours. And my hair is too short to bun as an emergency style.

Will see where I'm at in september.
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I understand. My hair poofs and frizzes when I wear it out as well. I can save it with a bun and Bantu knots at night, but that's pretty much the only reason I won't cut my hair. I wouldn't know how to style it without heat.
 
@AgeinATL

I like them a lot. I like how the teeth gently combs and stretches my ends as I roll.

Better grip with these compared to magnetic rollers.
Got my whole head set quicker, 25 minutes.
The drying time is the same though.

I got the pins with this purchase, and I love them!
Super easy to pin the rollers, and they stay in place.
 
bluenvy said:
@AgeinATL

I like them a lot. I like how the teeth gently combs and stretches my ends as I roll.

Better grip with these compared to magnetic rollers.
Got my whole head set quicker, 25 minutes.
The drying time is the same though.

I got the pins with this purchase, and I love them!
Super easy to pin the rollers, and they stay in place.
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I love them as well but I just CANNOT figure out the pin placement.
 
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