Last week I went to the local Sally Beauty store to check out hard bonnet dryers and look for 3-inch magnetic rollers. I only found 3-inch foam rollers, so I bought those instead. I did a ponytail rollerset with them the same night, but it didn't have enough time to dry properly. Still, it seemed promising - I used to use foam rollers (1-inch) for ponytail rollersets years ago, and the larger size gave much better results.
I tried it again this week. First I did a lazy deep conditioning with olive oil and honey mixed into Tresemme conditioner. I washed with the Trader Joe Nourish Spa shampoo and used the Herbal Essence Hello Hydration conditioner. I blotted my hair with a t-shirt, separated into three sections, liberally applied my temporary leave-in conditioner mixture (TJ Nourish Spa Conditioner, water, jojoba oil and wheat germ oil), combed that through and put a little castor oil on the ends. I used five rollers on each of the ponytails on the side, and four rollers for the ponytail on the top, plus a smaller ponytail with just one roller for the front section that used to be my bangs. I left the rollers in overnight, maybe a total of 15 hours.
It's not perfect, but it actually looks about the same as when I used to rollerset and sit under the dryer for two+ hours. I put it into one ponytail to go out.
What I should have done was take pictures every hour throughout the day, to show the ponytail shrinking up my back; it was barely grazing my shoulders by the time I got home,
. A little moisturizer and oil had it looking okay again in no time though.
And then I did a search here and read about how evil foam rollers are,
, so I'm going to have to buy some satin to cover them up if I want to keep using this technique.
I tried it again this week. First I did a lazy deep conditioning with olive oil and honey mixed into Tresemme conditioner. I washed with the Trader Joe Nourish Spa shampoo and used the Herbal Essence Hello Hydration conditioner. I blotted my hair with a t-shirt, separated into three sections, liberally applied my temporary leave-in conditioner mixture (TJ Nourish Spa Conditioner, water, jojoba oil and wheat germ oil), combed that through and put a little castor oil on the ends. I used five rollers on each of the ponytails on the side, and four rollers for the ponytail on the top, plus a smaller ponytail with just one roller for the front section that used to be my bangs. I left the rollers in overnight, maybe a total of 15 hours.
It's not perfect, but it actually looks about the same as when I used to rollerset and sit under the dryer for two+ hours. I put it into one ponytail to go out.
What I should have done was take pictures every hour throughout the day, to show the ponytail shrinking up my back; it was barely grazing my shoulders by the time I got home,
. A little moisturizer and oil had it looking okay again in no time though.And then I did a search here and read about how evil foam rollers are,
, so I'm going to have to buy some satin to cover them up if I want to keep using this technique.
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erplexed Are foam rollers really all that bad? I know they are not a preferred tool on this forum, but I always got decent result from them, even with the smaller size. I always used a lot of leave-in conditioner and left them in a super-long time, maybe that makes a difference? I don't really know anyone in real-life who has used them regularly besides me though.
