Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Fresh Start To The New Year: Roller Setting Challenge!!

I'm so excited, I have signed up for my first "challenge" as a blogger. (I usually sign up for challenges on longhaircareforum.com.) It's so funny that I stumbled across this one. I have recently become interested in roller setting again and was trying to google the 2012 roller setting challenge on lhcf in hopes of getting some tips and tricks. I stumbled across Longing 4 Length's blog and discovered that she (EbonyCPrincess) was starting a 6 month long challenge. I emailed her and here I am today.

I have already tried two rollersets in the past week. The first set was done on orange and purple flexirods. I wasn't particularly satisfied with the set. It was a bit frizzy in the back and didn't hardly have any *swang*. This is when I began to do some research online and discovered the error in my first set.

1. My hair was not drenched during the process. I learned that the hair has to be very wet when it goes on the rollers.

2. I don't think my hair likes LottaBody setting lotion. I diluted the mess out of this stuff and it still gave me a blah set.

3. I was not rolling correctly on the roots.

4. I took down the rollers before they were completely dry. Big no-no.

Here are some pictures of that set:




Ahhhh! Oh nooo!! Fuzzy hair!


After dusting myself off and trying again with my new techniques, tips, tricks, and magic...here is my current rollerset:





Don't mind the junk in the background...lol









This is my best rollerset to date.

The products I used:
Cantu Shea Butter Leave-in
Kinky Curly Spiral Spritz
Coconut Oil
Water

The only problem I have with this set (I know...I know, I'm such a perfectionist) is that I used orange and red flexi rods and the coils came out a bit too tight for me. They are gradually loosening up but next time I will definitely stick with the purple rollers in the back and orange rollers in the front!

2 comments:

  1. I'm so glad you tried again! I also hated Lottabody, had the same exact experience. Shellybean (on YT) has some excellent flexirod videos for naturals. One trick a fellow challenger does is to dip the actual roller in water to help the hair cling to it better if you have trouble with that. Awesome post!!!

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  2. Thanks so much EbonyCPrincess for starting the challenge! I am officially hooked! The next time that I try a flexi rod set, I will definitely try that tip!

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