I'm in Love!!! (With Velvet-Covered Hot Rollers)

Amazing! I ordered a set of Clairol velvet-covered hot rollers off eBay and tried them out. They're SO MUCH BETTER than the Carusos for synth. When I took them out after only 15 minutes (I used large- and jumbo-size only), my hair looked every bit as wavy as when it was first installed.

And unlike with the Carusos, the curl lasted all day. In fact, it was a little too curly for me, so I was trying to straighten it out, and it wasn't easy; it's still wavier than I'd ideally want it. In fact, a girl at work asked me if I'd had my hair redone because the curl looked exactly the same as it was a month ago.

Would post pics, but I'm all out of batteries. I will this weekend, though. I think these rollers work way better for synth than the steam rollers and the curling iron.

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I know! I kept hearing about these Carusos, so I figured they'd be better, but like I said, the velvet-covered ones are way superior for creating a lasting curl. They totally set the hair in no time flat! I wish I'd been onto this a month ago.

That said, I think the Carusos are probably gentler on the hair. I'm not sure it makes a difference for synth, but I noticed that my real hair always felt really soft and moisturized after using the Carusos. Even so, they just don't cut it for synth, imo.

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Hey Mer,

How's your new hair holding up? :)

Strill doing well, not as nice as when i left the salon but everything she said to do is working nicely, if it gets piecey i just run a brush through it!

Oh, sure. They've got tons of them on eBay. The one I got was the Clairol Kindness. Here's an example: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=75031&item=5563707368&rd=1 , but I imagine they all work about the same. They've got tons of Conair and Remington ones, too. Conair has some called Big Curls, which I'm eyeing 'cause they're like 1 1/2 diameter (I don't even know if hot rollers come any bigger than that).

If you're buying a used set, just make sure it comes with the clips, or you'll need to buy them at a BSS (not that it's a big deal, but it seems there are lots that don't come with the original clips).

I brushed the hell out of this hair last night and set it in a big, loose bun overnight to loosen the wave a bit. It looks better now, imo, than it has since I got it. (Unfortunately, I have to dye my roots this morning, so I have to get it wet and, I assume, start over...aww....)

Hot rollers sort of seem like a pain in the ass, but if you're going for a loose curl at least, you'll be doing pretty big sections with not many rollers, and it doesn't take long at all--like 10 minutes--to set. And when you consider how fast this synth dries, I'm thinking the whole process should take much less time than what I was dealing with before (with human hair).

I'll post some pics over the weekend, so you can get a better idea. :)

Hi Jenny, are you setting your hair while it's still wet/damp?

Sorry--I should've clarified: My hair was BONE DRY when I used them, not wet or even damp. So, Leia, you might want to try them again with the hair dry--they really do work amazingly well. I doubt yours don't get hot enough, but one never knows with these synth experiments....

This morning, I washed and blow-dried my hair straight, then I just wanted to add a little curl (less than yesterday), so I just rolled just the bottom 6 inches or so in the jumbo and large rollers and left them in for only 5 minutes. When I took them out, the bottoms of my hair were super-curly (curlier than I wanted, really--lol!), so I brushed the hell out of it to loosen the curl, and it wouldn't even budge a little all day! If I'd done my whole head for 15 minutes, I'm fairly certain it would've been curlier than my original install--more like Fina's, I think.

Seriously, these rollers are a must for you curly and wavy-haired girls! As for me, I'm just trying to find the biggest ones I can possibly get (ultmately, I'd like to achieve the sort of very loose curl Kalika has in her userpic); the biggest ones I can find are 1 3/4 inches in diameter. Hopefully those will be large enough.....

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Those look great, Emma. And I'm not sure the brand is going to make too much difference. I've heard Remington is very good, and the Clairol ones I have aren't new or anything; they're in decent condition, but I bought them used off eBay.

I don't know about the WaWa, since I haven't used it yet. But with the PlastikHaar, I curl it dry (with the iron, it seems like wet is the only way to go, though). I posted a pic (not the greatest photo, admittedly) on a new thread.

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Yup, it takes so little effort. I was pleasantly surprised.

I haven't used the WaWa; the only thermo I've tried is the ebonyline Adore. Based on that, though, (assuming that the WaWa is more like the Adore than the PH), you may need to leave the rollers in longer. The Adore therm, at least, is quite a bit less heat-responsive than the monofiber, which is (I assume) why they say it's safe to use a curling iron with it. Also, I'm not sure how the WaWa redponds to heat when dry, so you'll just want to experiment a bit before you try it on your head.

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Huh! Interesting....yours aren't flocked, so maybe they don't need to be! (I have a Clairol Kindness set, too, but mine are velvet-covered.)

I'm glad it worked out!

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