Setting to Success 2015

winona · Dec 27, 2014

Boooo woke up with a headache. these rollers are too heavy to sleep in:/. I like the smaller rollers because my hair is left fluffy. I also can't get my roots as good because I run out of space on my head to attach the rollers to the scalp(hope that makes sense). So I will probably only use the huge blue when I want to flat iron until my hair gets much longer

GeminiGem · Dec 27, 2014

Has anyone had luck with hair picks and halo/hourglass rollers? I can't figure them out to save my life!

PerFicMsFit · Dec 27, 2014

GeminiGem said:
Has anyone had luck with hair picks and halo/hourglass rollers? I can't figure them out to save my life!

GeminiGem I have great luck with roller picks. You have to learn how to put them in without ripping your hair and without causing pain to your scalp. When inserted correctly, they provide just enough tension without hurting you. You have to put them in the opposite direction of the direction you rolled your hair. I have attached a picture of the hair picks that I use for those big holes in the hourglass rollers. In my opinion, they provide the best hold for these particular rollers. I have also attached a close up picture of my roller set so you can see how I insert my hair picks. For bigger rollers like the Aqua one, I usually insert the hair picks starting on the inside of the roller and push it through to my scalp. For smaller rollers like the yellow ones, I usually insert them starting on the outside and push it through the inside, through another hole, and to my scalp. My signature, if you are using the LHCF website and not the LHCF app, also contains a picture of my roller set. I hope this helps you! :yep:

GeminiGem · Dec 27, 2014

PerFicMsFit said:
GeminiGem I have great luck with roller picks. You have to learn how to put them in without ripping your hair and without causing pain to your scalp. When inserted correctly, they provide just enough tension without hurting you. You have to put them in the opposite direction of the direction you rolled your hair. I have attached a picture of the hair picks that I use for those big holes in the hourglass rollers. In my opinion, they provide the best hold for these particular rollers. I have also attached a close up picture of my roller set so you can see how I insert my hair picks. For bigger rollers like the Aqua one, I usually insert the hair picks starting on the inside of the roller and push it through to my scalp. For smaller rollers like the yellow ones, I usually insert them starting on the outside and push it through the inside, through another hole, and to my scalp. My signature, if you are using the LHCF website and not the LHCF app, also contains a picture of my roller set. I hope this helps you!

Thanks! Those are the exact picks and rollers I have. I will just keep trying.

PerFicMsFit · Dec 27, 2014

GeminiGem said:
Thanks! Those are the exact picks and rollers I have. I will just keep trying.

GeminiGem No problem! Those nubs in the middle of this particular roller pick make all the difference for me. The other roller picks I have tried with these rollers just fall right out because they are too thin. Keep trying! You can do it!

ElevatedEnergy · Dec 27, 2014

It feels so good sitting up under my dryer right now...I'm all warm and toasty. I love setting in the winter when it's freezing outside.

topnotch1010 · Dec 27, 2014

All I do it sets and buns. That's it. I'm here for it!!

ElevatedEnergy · Dec 27, 2014

Today's set. No comb was used...not even on my ends. I think I mastered the no comb roller set y'all. Hair smoother than Maxwell's singing voice. lmbo

flyygirlll2 · Dec 27, 2014

lulu97 said:
Today's set. No comb was used...not even on my ends. I think I mastered the no comb roller set y'all. Hair smoother than Maxwell's singing voice. lmbo

LOL @ smoother than Maxwell's signing voice. Pretty! I was using no combs for a while at first when I was doing roller sets then stopped. I might need to start doing that again after seeing your pretty hair.

PlainJane · Dec 27, 2014

I wasn't able to finish my roller set. I'm able to do it better on the looser textures but when I get to my 4b area I can't get it smooth at all. My hair is veryyyy tightly coiled. I'm going to buy a fine tooth comb and try again. I think that was the problem.

coilyhaircutie · Dec 27, 2014

Current hair length: Thick, healthy APL
Relaxed/Natural/Texlaxed/Loc'd: Natural 3c/4a
Current Setting method and styling choices: Many
- Flexirods
- Regular rollers (for ponytail sets)
- Curlformers: special occasions only (they get my roots bone straight but are awful on my ends)

Current Setting products:
- Kinky curly knot today + aloe vera juice in a spray bottle: I use this to set after I wash my hair
- Camille Rose Naturals Whipped Aloe: I spritz with water then seal with this to set my dry hair mid-week
- Aloe vera gel: I use this when I'm on the road/out of other products
- Joico Smoothing Balm: I want to try this for setting pre-flat iron.

Thing(s) you would like to work on/are hoping to achieve:
:heart3:

My goals are...
1. Perfect my flat ironing routine: I want light, bouncy sets with straight roots and strands that do not stick together. For some reason my strands always seem to "stick" together. I'm working on it.
2. Rotate curly & straight hair styles. The first two weeks of the month, I will wear my hair straight (roller set and flat iron). The second two weeks I will wear my hair curly.
3. Trim my ends once a month - 1/8" off every month.
4. Try this saran-wrap twist-out.
5. Drink 2 vegetable smoothies a week. I'm going to try to work my way up to drinking a veggie smoothie every day. My skin and hair love veggies, and it's easier for me to drink them than to eat them.

How long do you plan to set?: Every wash day. I plan to wash every 2 weeks.

Post a beginning picture

(flat-ironing a ponytail rollerset- shrinkage is cray)

(curly bun)

(my hair, APL in November 2014)

Blairx0 · Dec 28, 2014

topnotch1010

Happy to have you back! I will be looking forward to you sets as they were always so great!

lulu97
Hair is looking good, as always. Setting in the winter is so relaxing! You no comb sets are lovely. I am sure your hair loves it too.

faithVA
I hope you hang out more with us this year! Your curly set looked great! I even stalked you into the SL 2015 thread and saw the your pinup was nice too

coilyhaircutie Your hair is so full! I hope your dry time isn't forever and a day!

winona I like your pin up! When my hair was shorter that was one of my go to styles. I don't know why I abandoned it, but your pic reminds me it should make a come back for winter PS'in

H0tPinkButtafly · Dec 28, 2014

Blairx0 said:
Lovely, but the freshest relaxer would be required. Natural girl cant dream of such

they are both natural

Blairx0 · Dec 28, 2014

H0tPinkButtafly said:
they are both natural

I must be doing something wrong. Without direct heat my tight curls would never stretch that taunt heat free...or so I think. Guess I should try and prove myself wrong

MileHighDiva · Dec 28, 2014

coilyhaircutie

Your hair is :gorgeous:

and it's longer than APL!

coilyhaircutie · Dec 28, 2014

MileHighDiva said:
coilyhaircutie

Your hair is and it's longer than APL!

Thank you MileHighDiva! :blush3:
That makes me feel so proud. I've been beating myself up over not gaining that much length this year, but my hair health has definitely improved A LOT this year- it's definitely thicker. I think the thickness makes it look longer than it is. I'm not BSL yet, but I'm just a couple inches away.

coilyhaircutie · Dec 28, 2014

Blairx0 said:
topnotch1010

coilyhaircutie Your hair is so full! I hope your dry time isn't forever and a day!

Thank you Blairx0!

It does take forever to dry now to tell you the truth ahaha. but i guess that's a good thing- it means my hair has gotten thicker and healthier this year.

PerFicMsFit · Dec 28, 2014

Hey ladies! For anyone having trouble with using roller picks with hourglass rollers, I found the following tutorial last night! Enjoy!

http://youtu.be/TsOBQ6NCiu8

PerFicMsFit · Dec 28, 2014

coilyhaircutie What do the Curlformers do to your ends?

faithVA · Dec 28, 2014

Blairx0 said:
faithVA
I hope you hang out more with us this year!

I hope to be in here more as well. Since I wash twice a week, I'm struggling with my styling regimen. After the cold weather passes I will see if and how I can fit setting in more often. I love the results but its a lot of work to just keep for 3 days. We shall see. :yep:

coilyhaircutie · Dec 28, 2014

PerFicMsFit said:
coilyhaircutie What do the Curlformers do to your ends?

ETA: PerFicMsFit

Here's how my hair turns out after a good curlformer set:

Shiny, full of body, with flat roots. But for some reason, my ends were always a frizzy. I used to ignored my frizzy ends because most of my hair looked good. But I think that curlformers may have contributed to thinning out my ends. I'm not 100% sure, and this is just what I have observed for *my* hair - maybe other people's hair thrives on curlformers. I wish mine did. I have 5 packs of curlformers in my closet (lol yeah, it's bad... :lol:

), and I used to set with them every wash day.

But I didn't retain that much length this year, and a primary reason for that was because my ends were so raggedy and I kept having to cut more inches off than I wanted to. I DC every wash day and I handle my ends with care, so my hypothesis is that the hair tools I use were to blame. My guess is that my ends tangle and knot up in the curlformer since I can't get my ends as smooth inside the curlformer vs on a regular roller or flexirod. So I'm going to stop using my curlformers and Denman brush in 2015 and see how my hair does.

flyygirlll2 · Dec 28, 2014

I did a pony tail roller set today. I used Komaza Vitamin Reign Leave in, Inphenom Mist, and Phyto Keratin Damage Repair Serum on my ends. My roots will not lay flat or smooth out for the life of me. Still a work in progress with these sets.

GeminiGem · Dec 28, 2014

coilyhaircutie said:
ETA: PerFicMsFit

Here's how my hair turns out after a good curlformer set:

Shiny, full of body, with flat roots. But for some reason, my ends were always a frizzy. I used to ignored my frizzy ends because most of my hair looked good. But I think that curlformers may have contributed to thinning out my ends. I'm not 100% sure, and this is just what I have observed for *my* hair - maybe other people's hair thrives on curlformers. I wish mine did. I have 5 packs of curlformers in my closet (lol yeah, it's bad... ), and I used to set with them every wash day.

But I didn't retain that much length this year, and a primary reason for that was because my ends were so raggedy and I kept having to cut more inches off than I wanted to. I DC every wash day and I handle my ends with care, so my hypothesis is that the hair tools I use were to blame. My guess is that my ends tangle and knot up in the curlformer since I can't get my ends as smooth inside the curlformer vs on a regular roller or flexirod. So I'm going to stop using my curlformers and Denman brush in 2015 and see how my hair does.

I had to give up on curlformers too. My ends always looked bad.

PerFicMsFit · Dec 28, 2014

coilyhaircutie said:
ETA: PerFicMsFit Here's how my hair turns out after a good curlformer set: Shiny, full of body, with flat roots. But for some reason, my ends were always a frizzy. I used to ignored my frizzy ends because most of my hair looked good. But I think that curlformers may have contributed to thinning out my ends. I'm not 100% sure, and this is just what I have observed for *my* hair - maybe other people's hair thrives on curlformers. I wish mine did. I have 5 packs of curlformers in my closet (lol yeah, it's bad... ), and I used to set with them every wash day. But I didn't retain that much length this year, and a primary reason for that was because my ends were so raggedy and I kept having to cut more inches off than I wanted to. I DC every wash day and I handle my ends with care, so my hypothesis is that the hair tools I use were to blame. My guess is that my ends tangle and knot up in the curlformer since I can't get my ends as smooth inside the curlformer vs on a regular roller or flexirod. So I'm going to stop using my curlformers and Denman brush in 2015 and see how my hair does.

coilyhaircutie Your set looks awesome and you're taking good care of your hair! I wish Curlformers worked for you and I hope your ends get better! Maybe it's the Denman brush. I secretly hope it's the brush so your Curlformers won't start to collect dust! I love Curlformer sets! I haven't had any negative effects but then again I don't do them often.

shortt29 · Dec 29, 2014

Blairx0 said:
Lovely, but the freshest relaxer would be required. Natural girl cant dream of such

The lady in picture 2 is natural...she never had a perm. I love her hair and follow her on IG

PlainJane · Dec 29, 2014

shortt29 said:
The lady in picture 2 is natural...she never had a perm. I love her hair and follow her on IG

I follow her as well and on that particular picture, her hair was flat ironed then rolled

ElevatedEnergy · Dec 29, 2014

PlainJane said:
I follow her as well and on that particular picture, her hair was flat ironed then rolled

Oh yeah, I saw her being featured on healthyhairstyles or some instagram acct I follow and she said most of her perm rod sets are done on hair that was blown out or flat ironed and they only last 1 day. See now...I'mma need curly set to last close to 2 weeks! lmbo

Blairx0 · Dec 29, 2014

PlainJane said:
I follow her as well and on that particular picture, her hair was flat ironed then rolled

Good to know!

veesweets · Dec 29, 2014

lulu97 said:
Oh yeah, I saw her being featured on healthyhairstyles or some instagram acct I follow and she said most of her perm rod sets are done on hair that was blown out or flat ironed and they only last 1 day. See now...I'mma need curly set to last close to 2 weeks! lmbo

This makes a lot more sense. I kept going back and looking at those pictures wondering how the heck those results were possible :lol:

GrowAHead · Dec 30, 2014

Current hair length: mbl
Relaxed/Natural/Texlaxed/Loc'd: relaxed
Current Setting method and styling choices:magnetic rollers and hooded dryer
Current Setting products: water sometimes with nairobi setting foam.
Thing(s) you would like to work on/are hoping to achieve: I like to improve the maintenance of my ends
How long do you plan to set? Weekly is the goal

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