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Oct 1st, 2008 at 4:26am
 
Are they bad for your hair if only used occasionally?  How often is too often?  Is it really bad for your hair to sleep on them?
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Reply #1 - Oct 1st, 2008 at 6:15am
 
Foam rollers are definately better for your hair than plastic hard ones with the tiny teeth!!  You can also sleep more comfortably with foam rollers.  You might also want to consider sock rolling.  BB has some info. posted here about how to do it.
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Reply #2 - Oct 1st, 2008 at 10:39am
 
I recently purchased CurlFormers, which leave a great curl w/no damage. There should be a thread on this somewhere if you are interested.
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Reply #3 - Oct 1st, 2008 at 11:43am
 
I have a couple of sets of foam rollers.  One type has a wire inside that you twist the ends together after rolling the hair.  The other type has a plastic frame that snaps shut over the rolled hair.  I've only slept in the first type and it was comfy and gave me crazy curls.

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This pic is from February 2007.
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Reply #4 - Oct 1st, 2008 at 7:44pm
 
Those are CRAZY curls!!!  Shocked
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Reply #5 - Oct 1st, 2008 at 8:41pm
 
Hehehe... my hair's almost that curly, but not quite.  And it's a lot longer.
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Reply #6 - Oct 1st, 2008 at 9:25pm
 
Sakina.. those curls are GORGEOUS!! Smiley
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Reply #7 - Oct 2nd, 2008 at 2:40am
 
I think they're gorgeous.  I'd like any kind of curl "the grass is always greener on the other side"...Do you set on damp or dry hair?  Do you need to use a styling product like foam, gel, setting lotion?  Setting lotion is difficult to find here and I never figured out how you're supposed to apply it.  
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Reply #8 - Oct 2nd, 2008 at 11:46am
 
LOL!  Thanks!  It was an experiment...I was a vintage witch for work and Halloween eve.

I do use gel and I rolled my hair when damp and slept overnight in the rollers.  My hair is a lot longer now, I should try it again and see how it would turn out.
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Reply #9 - Oct 3rd, 2008 at 9:57am
 
Thanks Sakina.

A 1930s-40s vintage enthusiast with similar thickness, length and cut in hair as mine says she sets rollers on dry hair with undeluted setting lotion, blasts the hair with heat so it's a bit warm while setting, lets set for 8 hrs. or sleeps on them, blasts with more heat, sprays curl encouraging spray on after taking rollers out, sometimes brushes for a more glamorous vintage correct look, and always sprays the curls to make them last longer.  This is the only way she can make curls lasts all day. 

I empatise with what she says but I have different hair priorities than her so I'll forego the heat and keep the styling product use to a minimum of 1-2 products.  I've always hated hairdryers.  I finally got a hairdryer last year but I use it for all sorts of other stuff than drying hair.
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Reply #10 - Nov 24th, 2008 at 4:20am
 
My attempt to photograph my hair rolled up, unrolled and brushed didn't turn out well but here goes:

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Lightly brushed:

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Brushed to death Wink:

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Reply #11 - Nov 24th, 2008 at 4:27am
 
Another day, a different setting pattern:

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Unbrushed Embarrassed :

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For the first style I'd rolled everything straight off and back from my face in the same direction.

Well, I've had my fun.  It's not something I want to do too often.  I believe nature gives us the hair that suits us best.  

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Reply #12 - Nov 24th, 2008 at 10:47am
 
Wow!  You totally have the retro look!  Personally, I like the first set best.  Victory rolls would look awesome on you.  Where do you get your retro clothes?
Have you tried pin curls?
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Reply #13 - Nov 24th, 2008 at 11:16am
 
Wow Drear!  Love your hair and awesome retro look! Cool
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Reply #14 - Nov 24th, 2008 at 8:43pm
 
Very nice!
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Reply #15 - Nov 25th, 2008 at 6:00pm
 
oooh! Shocked very pretty!
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Reply #16 - Nov 26th, 2008 at 3:48am
 
Sakina wrote on Nov 24th, 2008 at 10:47am:
Wow!  You totally have the retro look!  Personally, I like the first set best.  Victory rolls would look awesome on you.  Where do you get your retro clothes?
Have you tried pin curls?



Thanks all!  I agree Sakina and that's how I "usually" roll my hair but I don't want to put the kind of tension on my hair it requires to get anything that looks like more than an unintentional bend.  

Yes, I've tried pin curls once.  Took forever, like 2 hours. Not as difficult as I thought it would be.  Some make them larger and make fewer of them for more modern styles but I was trying to make the tiny vintage ones.  

I don't have the aligator clips to quickly pin them into place so I struggle with- and ruined two packages of bobby pins by trying to place them in an X across each other with the U bend facing back and the two tips facing forward to keep the X's from getting tangled in each other.  Little hair's broke off too...and it was on LL I first read that metal isn't good for your hair. Smiley  So no more pin curls!

I'd much rather "rock" timelessly elegant buns, braid updos, victory rolls and chignons anyway.  

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Reply #17 - Nov 26th, 2008 at 4:26am
 
[quote author=Sakina link=1222849600/0#12 date=1227541661]Wow!  Where do you get your retro clothes?
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Online when some of the more classic women's apparel sites have styles that can pass off as era correct, thrift shops where I look for the same and word of mouth which means someone occasionally has something they'll give me.  My MIL mainly.  I can't afford vintage and reproductions right now.  I see this as a life long project just like my hair.  I'm trying to balance keeping it elegant and individual at the same time.
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