Clabbergirl
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Standing pin curls - yes. Barrel curls...er, not even sure what that is so I haven't done that. I'll google it now.
I decided to wear my hair natural for a few days after this post. I just let it air dry and form its natural curls after my shower those days, and the break may have helped. My next attempt at a set turned out like this:
I took several shots in different lighting to try and capture the curl pattern on my darker hair. This set was the least frizzy to date - I used lottabody setting lotion + a smidge of Tresemme smoothing cream (has dimethicone in it ) + a teeny teeny smidge of Vo5 Hairdressing (in the black/gold tube) sprayed on and combed into dry hair, section by section, and then wrapped with end papers around sponge rollers.
Instead of brushing for ages like I have been, I ran the brush through in sections to separate and get tangles out, then brushed all over about 4 or 5 times. I was afraid to keep brushing in fear the dreaded frizzies would show up again. Then I hit the whole thing with Frizz-ease hair spray (supposed to combat humidity?) and left for the day. It pretty much stayed like this except that the curls got bunchier so I used a comb to smooth them a little bit. This is more of what I'm going for, but still more 30s finger wave than 40s. Am I getting close?
I'm going to try parting my hair on the other side next time to see if that makes a difference.
Thank you - I'm trying to learn what my hair can take and what it can't. Brushing is something it can't take for long without frizzing. There's a brushing sweet spot somewhere in between taking the rollers out and a final blast of hair spray. If I can learn where it is, this will be easier. I rolled my daughter's hair (baby fine too but has a little wave) over the weekend and hers turned out gorgeous! Her bangs are longer and she got that Lauren Bacall wave in them. I think I will like my sets better as my bangs grow out. I cut them just before I went and got a middy cut - and immediately regretted them (like I always do when I cut my bangs). The difference in textures and their reaction was very eye-opening to me - her hair was a frizzy mess straight out of the rollers, but repeated brushing calmed everything down into smooth waves that had a great 40s silhouette. It really was a case of more brushing = smoother hair. But for me? Once I get past that 'spot' where everything's blended together, it seems like more and more frizz shows up. Hmmm. This stuff really is trial-and-error!
To address past comments - I had a cut about 2 weeks ago where a good 4" came off, better than a trim to remove dead ends. Over the years, I've learned how to keep my curls frizz-free so that they look like I just stepped out of the Devachan Salon for curly girls, but this rolling-setting-styling thing is all extremely new to me, and I'm struggling with the frizz all over. Off to search for African-American vintage style techniques...
Thank you too, Berlin. You wouldn't envy this mop if you had it day in, day out. But I sure do appreciate the compliment - very encouraging. If I can get the roller set down, I'm going back to pin curls. But I wonder if that will have a new learning curve with frizzy ends. I don't know how to really roll a pin curl with end papers.
Random question, How many pin curl clips on average do you all use?
I want to finally get round to getting some, but not sure how many. I know they come in packs of 10 or 12 in Supedrug.
(sorry if its been mentioned before, couldnt find it if it has been.)