My hair and I had a problem.
My hair didn’t absorb moisture well and didn’t dry quickly.
However I had no time to have wet hair for 3 days that would be begging for water on the fourth day.
My solution?
Get an LCL Beauty Dryer and a collection of rollers that just won’t quit.
Together with my collection of two inch, grey, magnetic rollers, duck bill clips, spray bottle, combs, (occasional) curlformers and products I have been roller setting my hair 3-4 times a month since July 2012.
The Good:
- My hair has thrived from this practice. Outside of drying in a reasonable time my the heat helps the moisture from my products penetrate my hair.
- My hair is stretched and makes twist outs, braid outs, buns, and the like are easy
- Time under the dryer is relaxing
- I can better inspect my ends and catch splits in addition to trimming/dusting more easily
- Soft, supple hair all week long
- can be a base for flat ironing
The bad:
- Rolling is hard on my nail polish
- Rollers are not to be slept on
- Can be time consuming, but it grows faster with practice
- Parting can be difficult with dense natural hair, but again you can adjust
The Ugly:
- My hair when I don’t rollerset
My hair is not relaxed and my rollerset don’t look like I am relaxed. My rollersets will never look like a relaxed lady and I am okay with that. In fact I am happy about it! My hair looks like my hair and rollersetting enhances that look!
Despite rollersetting for over a year there are things I still struggle with:
Webbing
My hair is curly. It loves to clump together and not let go of its curly haired brethren. That means inside the circle you should be should be a clear and uninterrupted, but my formed a type of web and despite my best effort to make clean parts my hair will exist beyond the bounds of the roller and not get be uniform.
I have over come by being extra diligent, but sometimes i am just too lazy.
Root Tension
For a long time I was afraid to comb my hair because–well I never really comb my hair. I detangle with my
fingers and before roller setting never needed combs or to even part my hair. Because of my failure to comb I wasn’t able to smooth effectively and get enough tension on my roots. I ended up with roots that while stretched, had a lot of texture and were still very, very dense. I don’t mind this, but if you are looking to flat iron or wear your set down this is an issue that will need to be addressed. Nothing has addressed it better than a rat-tail comb, but some sets, when bunning is the goal, the comb stay in the cabinet.
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