Yeah...it's quite a risk, unless you can really get the routine down, I suppose. I think velvet-covered hot rollers would be a safer option; will report on those in a week or so...
It's Fina the Curly-Haired-Rita-Hayworth-style sexpot to you! he he he.
I AM SO THRILLED to know that the PH curls!! However I think you're right Jenny - you wouldn't want to curl this every day, would you? Too much risk of frying, not to mention those very unnatural looking kinks you can get in it. Next time I may do a mix of 28 and 50 mm curls. . . don't know. . .I sure do love the wash & wear thing. I mean I didn't even DRY mine.
I too could not do a THING with the ebonyonline 613. And I have a BOATLOAD of it. . .anybody need any??
By the way, I sent Sara a sample of the thermofiber; I was curious to see if she's come across anything similar in her travels. I believe she's still overseas, but she'll get it when she returns. :)
Stubborn as ****, really--although I don't imagine they will be after they're washed in hot water. I wonder if this is how they create the wave when the hair is manufactured in the first place...with some jumbo industrial iron or steamer with wavy plates...
LOL Jenny.....its a whole new world, isnt it? Ill just be glad when we have it all figured out!
It is good news to me though to hear you say the PH curls are stubborn and dont want to come out! For me anyway...its good news! Since I use a 5/8 barrel to achieve the look I usually wear!
You've got me, Sher--lol! Fortunately, these were only test strands.
But first of all, the heat was too high--the medium setting on this iron seems more like a hot on others. So, I just tried it again on a low setting, and it was still kind of frazzled--not as bad, but more so than I'd want in my hair. Maybe because this iron is SO huge, it doesn't conduct heat as evenly throughout the barrell; also, during removal, it's harder to maintain the structure of those big jumbo waves than the smaller ones. I know the 1-inch worked well for Rae, so maybe 1 1/2 or 2 inch curls are possible, but using this iron would be dicey, I think.
I also did these same tests on the ebonyline, for 30 seconds apiece, and again, nada. Maybe it would work better at about a minute or so.
I think it's much easier to curl--and to destroy--the monofiber than the therm. Has anyone even remotely fried the therm yet? Perhaps that's why it's recommended for those who use curling irons--not because it's more responsive to heat, but because it's less responsive and thus less likely to melt.
What do you think, Sher?
By the way, those PH curls I put in yesterday are phenomenally stubborn. I cannot get them out, in fact, and they're really a little too tight for me. I'll probably take a hot shower and blow it out tomorrow to straighten it out. (I'll be a miracle if this hair lasts past a few more weeks--I've been abusing it so much....)
:)
P.S.--I ust won some velvet rollers from ebay--so a whole new round of tests will be in the works soon....
Eww.... I tried to curl the PH with a 2-inch jumbo metal iron from Hot Tools. Completely fried the hair. Will try another heat setting, but it just may be too big of a barrell........ :)
my wa wa hair just doesn't seem to work with curls at all. water or not. I am wondering if I ended up with a bad batch, i have spilt ends, frizzies and it knots up really easy. it came out a few nights ago. could not stand it. octavia
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I just tried it on my head, and it definitely works. I used a mix of 95% cold water to 5% fabric softener to wet the hair, then rolled it up in a 5/8-inch iron for 10-15 seconds per section; I'd say I did a total of 15 sections for my whole head. I left those sections to cool for about 10 minutes before brushing.
Precision with curling and removing the iron is critical. The hair is not as "forgiving" as human, so if you pull on any one area (as Rae mentioned) or don't roll it in a uniform way, the "flaws" will show on the hair and, unlike with human, they do not brush out easily.
In fact, I was just trying to remove or at least loosen the curl (since what I would ideally want is a loose 50mm-type wave), and it's very stubborn. That curl is in there, and I think I'll have to use warm water or a blow-dryer to straighten it out again. Cold water did not remove the curl. This is quite different from the curl I got from the Caruso rollers, which could've been brushed out fairly easily.
The result I got with the 5/8-inch iron was probably closer to what the 28mm or Wavy Dome is like. Now I need to buy a bigger iron....
By the way, I'm sure this isn't "good" for the hair, but I'm experimenting, so I don't really care right now. It hasn't fried the hair at all, but I'm sure with repeated curling, it will compromise the quality of the hair to some degree--as blow-drying also does.
Those look awesome, Rae. And they look quite uniform, really. Did you notice any difference between the PH, Dome, and Trimco? (My PH came out better than the Dome, but I think it's mostly because it was rolled and removed from the iron better.)
Does anyone know what this stuff is made of--monofiber and therm? I feel like it would be helpful to know what this stuff actually is.
I'm a little scared to try this on my head, but I might do it anyway.
same with ebonyline thermal...has to be a small barrell curling iron. I get the best curl from a 5/8 or a 1/2 inch iron, it has to be damp curled for at least 20-25 seconds to get a good curl. Then it has to be cooled without pulling the curl out. Either held in your hand or clipped with a duckbill clip until it cools.
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