Hair Curling Experiment...

[Brianna]

Hi!

Last night I went to see "Movin' Out." In case you are unfamiliar with it, it is Twyla Tharp's (a Dance Choreographer,) dance set to Billy Joel music and orchestrations. It was okay but not what I would refer to as a "musical."

I decided to try something different. In case I have not mentioned it before, I have long auburn hair with a little streaking of strawberry blonde and gray. (It's all natural in case you are wondering.) I have been trying to figure out how to make my hair style appear more feminine. I purchased hair rollers a little while ago to see if they would do the trick.

First of all, my hat is off to anyone who can roll their hair up in curlers. It's tough. After struggling with it for a few minutes I decided to go to plan B, some cloth rollers I bought before the regular rollers.

I rolled my hair up in the cloth rollers without really following any specific pattern. Mostly I just rolled it up from the bottom. I also used spray hair gel and wet my hair down with water. I had to leave them in for a long while, (I watched a full length movie in the mean time.) When the movie was over I had about 15 minutes to get ready to go.

I rushed upstairs and threw on my clothes (en drabbe.) I pulled the cloth rollers from my hair and I had random curls all over my head. I combed through them with a detangling comb and Viola! I had a very nice hair style. I looked somewhat like General George Armstrong Custer with the mustache and goatee.

Nobody was staring or pointing fingers and my friend, who I am sure would have said something if it looked bad, didn't say anything negative.

This morning when I got up to shower, I still had curl.

I will keep experimenting until I get this facet of womanhood figured out.

Later,

Brianna

[Beauty]

lol!

Bravo Brianna!!!

Thanks for posting that. I really enjoyed the story. I've never even thought of rolling my hair before.



Beauty

[Hope]

Beauty,

Like Briana, I have done the curlers thing. My wife thinks I'm crazy, but there is something about sleeping in rollers that is....well fun? Sure, you don't get as much sleep at first, but when you get more accustomed to it, you still don't. But...there is nothing like it for a truly fem experience. I highly recommend it for something different to do.

And you're absolutely right Briana, it's really tough to do it yourself. Whew!

[Virginia]

Wow, Brianna, way to go, I guess that Deborah will have to stick to her "store bought" hair. I respect my wife's wishes that she does not want (hopefully is not quite ready ) to meet Deborah and letting my hair grow might be more than she is ready to accept, but YOU GO GIRL! I am waiting for the first sister to post that she went out in public with rollers in her hair!
Love,
Deborah

[Love (SO)]

Hi Brianna,

Good for you!

(Just to let you know,.....I used to work in a salon before I had my children, so if you have any other questions, maybe I can help you )

I have very fine, thin, straight hair so, I use hair rollers often.

First, I'm not sure what kind of rollers you used the on the first try (magnetic, sponge, velcro, brush, hot rollers, etc....), they all are good rollers, but can give different results (I prefer the velcro & hot rollers, for myself) Velcro rollers (while in hair and then heated up with a blow dryer) and hot rollers are much quicler to give the hair curl

When I was a little girl, my Mother would set my hair in rollers each night, so, needless to say, I didn't get much sleep

A good styling gel works well in holding your style longer also

Next, to make it a bit easier to roll the hair up, you can try using "end papers" (also used for rolling hair up in perm rods) fold the "end papers" in 1/2 around the ends of the hair and then roll as usual (if roling hair while wet or damp, the end papers will make it take a bit longer to dry)

Another tip is....instead of using a comb to style your hair after setting (which can make it frizzy), try turning your head upside down and running your fingers through your hair and then flip your hair back and Voila!, very full of volume hair, or you can just use a "hair pick" to style also.

here are 2 links that may help also.......
http://beauty.ivillage.com/hn/hairstyle ... _freqCap=2
http://www.womenfitness.net/beauty/hair ... oll_up.htm

Good luck!

[Brianna]

Love,

Thank you for posting this information. The rollers I was trying to use at first are Scunci Easy Out Rollers. They appear to be a cross between brush and velcro style rollers.

Supposedly you do not need anything to hold the roller in your hair but I believe that's highly unlikely. It seemed like they just didn't hold tight on their own.

Perhaps there was some flaw in my technique (most likely.) I attempted to start at the front and work backwards but once I got the first roller in I couldn't really see beyond it.

My original plan was to put a row of curlers in from front to back in the middle and then work down the sides. I will check out the websites you provided though.

My mother used to set her hair in pin curls when I was a kid. I tried that too. That's even more difficult than the rollers. You really need to have some patience to put your own hair up in pin curls. Also, it seemed like I had too much hair (it's 10-12 inches long.)

The comb I used was a very large tooth detangling comb. It was larger than the hair pick I have. It didn't pull the curl out too bad but I will try to upside down, fingers through the hair technique next time.

I wear my hair in many different ways and this is a technique I have used for a few other hairstyles.

I'll keep you posted as I experiment with a new do.

Later,

Brianna

[Love (SO)]

Hi Brianna,

(Your very welcome, I'm just glad I could help you out )

I haven't ever used the "Scunci" brand hair rollers, but they appear to be very similar to the velcro ones that I use. (I use the velcro rollers that have a metal insert, that I heat with a blow dryer)

Supposedly you do not need anything to hold the roller in your hair but I believe that's highly unlikely. It seemed like they just didn't hold tight on their own.

Well, the longer and thicker you hair is, you may need to use clips to keep them in place (my hair is long, so I use clips to hold them in place). These are the kind of clip I use http://www.zooscape.com/cgi-bin/maitred ... da10755998

Perhaps there was some flaw in my technique (most likely.) I attempted to start at the front and work backwards but once I got the first roller in I couldn't really see beyond it.

Hey, it was your first time trying.......
I suggest you start at the crown (you can divide your hair into sections) and work from there.
Also, if you have 2 mirrors, you can look into one mirror to see (what your doing in the back of your head) in the other mirror. It takes practice to be able to work on your own hair, so have some fun with it!

I'll keep you posted as I experiment with a new do.

Yes, I am looking forward to hear how it all worked out for you!
Good luck,

[Jill]

I've thought about putting some curls into my hair. I have a natural wave to it but it isn't totally pronounce. I'm asian and our hair tends to be very straight. For some reason I got something in my gene that tells it to curl slightly. But it might be interesting to get some full curves. I'm not sure if I want to experience the hassle of putting rollers in my hair. Perhaps a curling iron. Well, perhaps I should just be happy with the waves.