The Roller Setting & Protective Styling Challenge!

kyna323 said:
I'm having an issue... My hair is taking forever to dry. Like seriously 3-4 hours. Its is seriously starting to get me. Does anyone know any tips to fast drying or why my hair take so long to dry??
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tried to frind your questionnaire answers in the thread. i must be blind or something, but what size rollers are you using? and what kind of dryer do you use? the larger the rollers, the faster it will take to dry your hair.

under a bonnet dryer, it used to take 3 hours on average to dry my hair. i just bought a hot tools professional dryer. cut the time down to 75-90 minutes.

also, if you dillute the products you use on your hair in water, it will dry faster under the dryer. try to be less heavy handed with leave ins and such. that has worked for me and it something i am still working on.

HTH but let us know what you're doing.
 
ladies, from now on, i will take your regimen questionnaires and paste them into post #2 on the first page for easier access. so when we ask each other for advice, or want to know who used what in order to make that fabulous roller set happen, we can quickly look it up instead of scrolling through the 20 some pages of this thread.

my bad! :grin:

if you make changes to your regimen, you can just PM me and i'll update it.
 
ugh, not all regimens may fit in the first two posts. i will make this a work in progress but hopefully will have it together in a day or two... :)
 
Trying to decide whether I wanna do a flexi rod set or regular rollerset :scratchch
 
Oh yeah... I forgot that I just PM'd you instead of answering the questions. Well here they are:

1) How often will you be roller setting your hair? Once a week.
2) What technique will you be using to set? Ponytail? Anchor Method? Etc? I use the anchor method. But if I'm not wearing my hair down then I only rollerset the ends. Then I usually do a braidout.
3) What type/size rollers will you be using? Magnetic rollers. I will use a mix of the Purple and Red rollers. For some reason it is very hard for me to use the grey. But, those are the ones that I used to use.
4) What products will you be using for your set? After washing, I will use a dime/quarter size amount of HE LTR on the length of my hair. In order to keep it wet as I set the hair, I will use a spray bottle filled with 90% water and 10% glycerin.
5) How will you dry your hair and if you are using a dryer, what is the type and brand? Currently, I use the Ion hard bonnet dryer it has the whole tourmaline action going on.
6) What styles will you try in order to protect your ends? I will keep my hair in high buns, Mid buns, low buns and 10% of the time I wear braidouts.
 
okay well based on your answers, the reason why your hair takes so long to dry must be the rollers... why is it so hard to use the grey ones? and how do you roll your hair? downwards and upwards?

kyna323 said:
Oh yeah... I forgot that I just PM'd you instead of answering the questions. Well here they are:

1) How often will you be roller setting your hair? Once a week.
2) What technique will you be using to set? Ponytail? Anchor Method? Etc? I use the anchor method. But if I'm not wearing my hair down then I only rollerset the ends. Then I usually do a braidout.
3) What type/size rollers will you be using? Magnetic rollers. I will use a mix of the Purple and Red rollers. For some reason it is very hard for me to use the grey. But, those are the ones that I used to use.
4) What products will you be using for your set? After washing, I will use a dime/quarter size amount of HE LTR on the length of my hair. In order to keep it wet as I set the hair, I will use a spray bottle filled with 90% water and 10% glycerin.
5) How will you dry your hair and if you are using a dryer, what is the type and brand? Currently, I use the Ion hard bonnet dryer it has the whole tourmaline action going on.
6) What styles will you try in order to protect your ends? I will keep my hair in high buns, Mid buns, low buns and 10% of the time I wear braidouts.
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LivingDol1 said:
what did you decide? i want to try flexi rod sets. i like the way they look.
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I ended up doing a regular rollerset. My 5 and 2 year olds think flexi rods are toys and always sneak them into their room to play with them :rolleyes: I couldn't find enough to do my hair today, those little vermins! :lol:
 
Hi Ladies
I did my second set today I used the mowhawk method and it allowed me to get much more tension at my roots so I had a lot less fluffiness .:grin:
It still took me about 90 minutes to set but drying was much longer than the middle part I did last week 2 hours this time. :sleep:

*Sidenote:(I prepooed with cayenne and EVOO and OMG :burning: How anyone does that over night is beyond me. I thought the burning would never end.)

I used beer as a setting lotion and I was very pleased with the results .I used a dilution of 3 parts beer to one part water .I had crisp curls like you get with setting lotion. The curls softened up as soon as I combed them out and hit with a light amount of coconut oil. I am sure that if I diluted further the results would be softer off the roller so by all means experiment with your mix. I didn't use any thing else no leave-ins and did not use coconut oil until the wrap.



Pros
  1. Inexspensive as we had it in our fridge :fridge:
  2. Lots of shine
  3. Body for days
  4. My hair seems to have a little more strength and toughness I saw a lot less breakage when it came to comb out.
Cons

None for me however, if you are someone that does not like crisp curls this is not for you. I took some pics you can see them here http://public.fotki.com/caramelkisses1107/millerhilifeset5409/

BTW no beer smell at all.:nono:
 
You guys I rollerset with water and a little Castor oil (instead of setting lotion) I put my dome dryer on Medium and I used the Medium black rollers. The ends came out crispy and the middle was wet. I think my hair is too long and my rollers to small and all my hair isn't drying, I let the rest air dry, I took the rollers out and had limp hair with almost no curl. I flatironed to have SOME style and experienced a lot of shedding (which could be stress or iron related - I've relieved the stress and added more iron to my diet). So um, I'm not happy.
 
yes, you can join the challenge. that will round us out to an even 30. :) and that's it. :D

be sure to answer the questionnaire when you post your starting pic. welcome!

BeyondBlessed said:
I know it's the 5th but can I join? I'm going to post my starting pictures when I get home!
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lana said:
You guys I rollerset with water and a little Castor oil (instead of setting lotion) I put my dome dryer on Medium and I used the Medium black rollers. The ends came out crispy and the middle was wet. I think my hair is too long and my rollers to small and all my hair isn't drying, I let the rest air dry, I took the rollers out and had limp hair with almost no curl. I flatironed to have SOME style and experienced a lot of shedding (which could be stress or iron related - I've relieved the stress and added more iron to my diet). So um, I'm not happy.
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yikes, i can imagine you are highly frustrated. :sad: how long did you sit under the dryer?
 
caramelkisses1107 said:
Hi Ladies
I did my second set today I used the mowhawk method and it allowed me to get much more tension at my roots so I had a lot less fluffiness .:grin:
It still took me about 90 minutes to set but drying was much longer than the middle part I did last week 2 hours this time. :sleep:

*Sidenote:(I prepooed with cayenne and EVOO and OMG :burning: How anyone does that over night is beyond me. I thought the burning would never end.)

I used beer as a setting lotion and I was very pleased with the results .I used a dilution of 3 parts beer to one part water .I had crisp curls like you get with setting lotion. The curls softened up as soon as I combed them out and hit with a light amount of coconut oil. I am sure that if I diluted further the results would be softer off the roller so by all means experiment with your mix. I didn't use any thing else no leave-ins and did not use coconut oil until the wrap.



Pros
  1. Inexspensive as we had it in our fridge :fridge:
  2. Lots of shine
  3. Body for days
  4. My hair seems to have a little more strength and toughness I saw a lot less breakage when it came to comb out.
Cons

None for me however, if you are someone that does not like crisp curls this is not for you. I took some pics you can see them here http://public.fotki.com/caramelkisses1107/millerhilifeset5409/

BTW no beer smell at all.:nono:
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i am really glad to hear that your hair didn't smell like beer at the end. um, what brand of beer didja use? :D lambec beer is flavored in strawberry, raspberry... i wouldn't be opposed to that if i were going to use beer as part of my reggie. :grin:

what does cayenne pepper do for pre pooing? i have never heard of that. sounds painful!!!
 
LivingDol1 said:
i am really glad to hear that your hair didn't smell like beer at the end. um, what brand of beer didja use? :D lambec beer is flavored in strawberry, raspberry... i wouldn't be opposed to that if i were going to use beer as part of my reggie. :grin:

what does cayenne pepper do for pre pooing? i have never heard of that. sounds painful!!!
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I would mind those either. i used my dads miller hi life but lets keep that between you and me he doesnt need to know:grinwink: the cayenne is supposed to make your hair grow see here http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?p=5754357
 
currently pre pooing with coconut oil for like an hour and then i will wash and set... going to use the blue and red rollers... the big ones! will saran wrap my hair after b/c i want my hair to be straighter for the next few days....

...and then I'm using a HEAT PASS for my birthday on friday! it's going to be a big day... today show in the AM, sample sale shopping, and then i'm getting my hair did for my birthday dinner. woo and hoo! :yay:
 
so, i did my set yesterday on the big blue and red rollers(alternating red-blue-red-blue). the set came out pretty nice. i made sure to sit under the dryer for 90 min. i'm not sure i'm getting all of my hair dry. even if i take out one roller, and it feels warm, after a few seconds, i feel like the slightest bit of dampness. i might be overreacting. anyway, wrapped it and sat under for another 15 minutes. happy with the results.

i changed up the way i detangle. sometimes i try to detangle in the shower but i feel like i lose more hair. sometimes i detangle before i section my hair and start setting. this time, i sectioned my hair and as i rolled, i detangled. i saw less hair in the sink compared with last time. i would rather pull out dry shed hair strands than comb out wet shed hair...

how about you guys? how do you detangle and how to do avoid losing too much hair?
 
I just air dried my hair yesterday I've never really done that and I didn't realize that either I'm really just texlaxed. Or that even with a relaxer my hair still curls up. So I have it up in a bun I'm going to post some pictures of it in my album on LHCF.
 
LivingDol1 said:
yikes, i can imagine you are highly frustrated. :sad: how long did you sit under the dryer?
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I was under my dome dryer for a full sixty minutes. My roots were still wet. My ends were crunchy. Lately my rollersts suck! :lachen:I need advice and I'm willing to make it work. I'm washing my hair tonight and you guys I'm thinking about air drying or (que the dangerous music) the blow dryer without the comb attachment. Help!
 
I wanted to post my new protective style between rollersets. It quick and if i let the tail down cute and stylish.

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lana said:
I was under my dome dryer for a full sixty minutes. My roots were still wet. My ends were crunchy. Lately my rollersts suck! :lachen:I need advice and I'm willing to make it work. I'm washing my hair tonight and you guys I'm thinking about air drying or (que the dangerous music) the blow dryer without the comb attachment. Help!
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You guys are you sitting under the dryer for 1 hour and 30 minutes? Maybe that's why my hair isn't setting properly. I may use a little setting lotion and castor oil tonight and see if that does the trick. :yep: I'll try for 90 minutes on lower heat for the last 30 minutes. I don't want to fry my hair with my dome dryer.
 
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