3. There is a no heat option
While many of us will prefer to sit under the diffuse heat of a hooded dryer* after we add rollers our hair, roller sets also work great with air drying.
As long as you master the technique of applying the rollers themselves and getting the right amount of tension to smooth your hair, having an actual hooded dryer* doesn’t really matter.
For everyone who wants to cash in on roller setting’s promise of healthier hair without having to empty their bank accounts buying expensive equipment, this is great news.
It’s cheap and, dare I say it, even healthier!
4. Styling is built into the method
Picture this. It’s wash day. You’ve done your pre-poo treatment. You’ve washed, conditioned and deep conditioned your hair and now it’s time to style.
There’s not enough time to air dry so you turn to your blow dryer*. That alone takes you about twenty minutes and after you’re done all you’ve achieved is dry hair. There’s still styling to be done. Doesn’t that sound completely exhausting?
With roller sets you can cut out even more work out of your wash day regimen because once your hair is dry it is also styled. You’ll have beautiful, bouncy curls to strut around with all week.
5. Style lasts longer
Spending time curling your hair only to have the curls drop in a few hours is a downer. This is the downside to using heated curling wands* or flat irons* to curl your hair. With roller sets you can achieve tighter curls that last longer.
This is all to do with the fact that your hair is being curled as it dries which resets your hair’s bonds in a new position as opposed to styling already dried hair.
Styling hair when wet then allowing it to dry is a better way to make certain that your styles last longer. This is motivation enough to roller set because who wants to waste a wash day on hair that won’t last through the end of the week anyway?
Tips for roller setting
If you want to try out roller sets for yourself there are a few things to remember.
► First, your results will be based on how you apply the rollers in your hair. Hair should be smooth and tight on the roller.
► Very little product is needed when roller setting because the hair can get weighed down easily.
► Always let your hair dry completely before taking the rollers out. This can make or break your results.
► The last thing to remember is that roller setting takes lots and lots of practice. It will take patience and a gentle touch to master your roller sets, but once accomplished the benefits will be plain to see.
my next hair style !
Is the best way I say , if you got time
I offer basic roller sets at my salon. Young people think they are for old ladies. If you have a nice cut the set turns out beautiful. Great for those with fine hair cause it plumps it up
Not if u use those Velcro rollers in that picture! Breakage!
I tend to favor magnetic rollers myself. They are pretty gentle.
Tiffany Anderson great point. I hv never rolled my natural hair but I would think the velcro rollers would break the hair.
Im sooooo glad Black women are using their own hair and not all that fake stuff. I say if GOD didn’t give it to you through your own DNA it wasn’t meant for you to have and these type of women are changing what GOD had already done.
Is there a brand of magnetic rollers that anyone can recommend?
I’ve known this for years!
Thank you .
Tamika you can buy an entire set at Sally’s. I also recommend lotta body setting lotion.
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Kericare foam wrap lotion helps smooth natural hair to roll. I’ve been doing it for years on my clients. Roll and wrap it. Body, bounce and shine.
Magnetic rollers are pretty much all the same. Go to Sally Beauty Supply and buy a complete set. It will have all the sizes you need. Velcro rollers pull hair out. Sponge rollers are not the much better as people tend to pinch their ends and cause fish hook ends or it curls larger and fuzzy at the ends…not a uniform curl. Magnetic are best, but be prepared to sit under dryer or air dry. If you have a texture if you don’t relax and need to get some style, try braiding first to naturally straighten some curl out, then lightly press or flat iron and roll. You must use a heat protectant to protect from the intense heat. Depends on the texture, but one good rule, if you condition well with both a moisturizer and a strengthening treatment you will find that hair will respond better.
I remember those days, loved the result from rolling and sitting under dryer, just hated to be under there for an hour
Yes, but the results are so worth the time under the hood dryer!
C
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Love my roller set!
This is crazy!! Unless you are black w/a nice grade of hair. The hair rollers will do nothing but give you a crazy looking afro!! I’ll stick to the flat iron, occasionally. Ppl, don’t agree w/everything written in an article, have some sense! Rolling my nappy hair wet or dry only keeps my nappy hair nappy. ?
It’s already made pretty clear in the article that for ‘highly textured hair’ roller setting will not be enough on its own for super straight results. Still Dominican salons often use roller sets prior to blow drying and even 4c hair will get straight with this technique.
It will be curly if it’s not relaxed with a roller set.
BlackHairInformation.com and Jackie McDougald: I’ve been natural for 15 years. My hair is pretty nappy. Now unless the hair rollers have some kind of built in straightening system, this does not work, just saying.
Join the discussion…I have fine natural hair. when I flat iron, after 2 days hair looks thinner. When I roller set, my hair looks fuller. I been natural for 1 year & 4month. My hair likes the roller set. I don’t have the real nappy hair. Yes I black. Bless with good grade of hair. I stop listen to people and start listen to my hair before I become bold.