I'm Ready to Just Give Up

[cocosweet]

Trying to style my hair with curling irons. I just bought the first curling iron I've owned in years and curled my hair. Half an hour after I curled it, half of the curls are already drooping. I sprayed it with anti humidity hairspray and my ends frizzed up more!

My hair is thick in volume but my individual strands are fine. My hair is natural. The last time I got it pressed at a salon, there was a section of hair that I literally watched revert before eyes. This was after being subjected to a stove top flat iron and marcel wax!

Is there anything I can do to make my curls hold?

 

[tschizum]

Don't give up your find something that works for your hair. My hair wil also will not hold a curl until I started using tips from this site. I love my caruso's ( but I have to leave them in for 2 hours to dry) also bantu knots or pincurls whatever the are, work really well for my hair I just let it set overnight and I have beautiful curls for at least two days. Don't get discouraged!

 

[cocosweet]

Thank You.
Hmmm... I did have some Carusos which worked nicely for me. I can't find my set since I've moved. I'll probably have to buy a new set plus some extra rollers. I was trying to avoid that.

ETA-- After reading the fine hair sticky I'm thinking maybe my strands aren't fine after all. One thing I know for sure is that they do not want to hold curls.

 

[zzirvingj]

I am also interested to know what naturals do to hold curls in their hair after it's been pressed. Last time I had it pressed my curls did not last 5 MINUTES. I am not lying to you....I had chin length curly bouncy hair, and 5 minutes later after paying, walking to my car, and getting inside the car, it had already fallen FLAT to my shoulders----no more curls.

I should have gone back inside so they could have seen it. They didn't use anything on my hair to even try to hold the curls.