Roll them out, the way you roll them in. When you are pulling them out, you practicly are combing the curl. And put them in when your hair is damp! But you look good!!
I’m an older lady and grew up putting my hair in rollers. It’s less cumbersome to work from the top down when putting them in; the clips go in at the base of the roller near the scalp, avoiding the crease. It’s completely different from the way hair is styled today. This was a fun video and a learning curve for sure! 😊
I'm from the older contingent too. Agree, start at the top to get the right sectioning. I have baby fine hair shorter than Courtney's, so I would leave off the clips. Those dents are brutal in baby fine hair. And I kind of unroll the curlers rather than pull them out. Much less pain! I too like the movement and life using the velcros, but, if there is any humidity at all, the style flops and turns weirdly curly in hours. Not a good look, but can work for an evening out look imo.
Velcro rollers are good for adding body and lift. They would be better if you put them in after each section when you dried it with the brush dryer, while it is still warm. Use the larger rollers, green or bigger. And pull the sections up, away from your scalp, to get volume and lift.
From the older crowd, I used velcro rollers for years. I didn't use clips because it wasn't needed. I rolled when hair was 5 percent still damp for more volume and curl. Style top to bottom, unroll the same way rolled. I think I still have mine somewhere lol. Your hair came out really cute! ❤
If you start with a "Mohawk" section (first roller at the crown, then section forward to the forehead in a straight row the width of the rollers), it's easier to section & set the rollers horizontally in rows below. And, yes, they work best when warm hair is smoothed & then rolled & left to cool thoroughly while doing something else. Think backstage pics of 90s supermodels getting big hair done by Oribe & timeless makeup by Kevyn Aucoin & Nars 😉
When I was a child, my hair was very curly and wavy, and my mother took very good care of my hair, keeping it hydrated and clean, and we did not use any heat on my hair. I protected my hair, wearing a silk bonnet every night and when mother washed my hair, she would use a good shampoo now this was back in the 60s, she would condition my hair at each shampoo, and even during daily hair care for me, my hair would air dry with the curls and the waves without any products, but my mother would always keep my hair hydrated and back in the day I used spray bottles to spray my hair down in the morning, and then mother would not scrunch it, but she would fluff it up, and then put the curls in the waves in place did not wear a ponytail or braids to keep my curl pattern and wave pattern going, my mother said the ponytail holders were even scrunchies or anything to hold. The hair back will pull the curl pattern out, but mine was pretty tight. The waves were pretty wavy, but she knew how to take care of that type of hair pattern, when I reach teenage years, of course, the girls at school were using orange juice cans to roll their hair so when my mother would wash my hair, she would roll it up before it dried and the curls came back on the orange juice cans and it was straight, but very voluminous, I would wear it behind my ears or with a hairband, but usually by the end of the day, the curls and the waves would come back, and my mother died when I was a teenager and I continued my hair care treatment until I was 18 and I began to put chemicals on my hair at one time and it took the curl pattern out of my hair due to the chemical stain on my hair too long, since that time my curl pattern has not been the same but since I’m older now, my curl pattern and wave pattern are coming back so I don’t use mini products on my hair. I keep my hair hydrated and shampooed and conditioned just like my mother did a persons hairsays a lot about their personality and it is their signature in their parents, Courtney keep up the good work on informing ladies, and even men on how to take care of curly wavy hair
Start from the top to bottom, and take them with a rolling motion. You are not supposed to pull them straight out with such strength. Gently unroll each hair strand strarting from the bottom to the top and it will not be as painful and harmful. Clips are usually not needed with velcro rollers, they are supposed to stay in place. If they don’t, try thinner hair strands. I also advice to take thin sections of hair near your temples (sections that are face framing) and roll them back from your face, holding the roller vertically. It’ll create a little bit more natural and nice framing motion around the face. I used to use thick rollers to create volumized blow dry effect, and I also used thin rollers to create tighter curls than I have. Used to be nice, I remember wearing tight curls from one wash day to another, and this actually proved to me that I had somewhat curly or wavy hair. They held any kind of curls so well.
Try using on damp hair, less hair in each roller secures them without clips for me, unroll them, don't pull! They stick too much to my baby fine hair so I can't use them! You look great!!!
LOL, that was so entertaining, beings I grew up during the roller generation (late 1960s, early 1970s). In the 70s straight hair was cool, or maybe groovy, so the curly haired girls tried rolling their hair on empty soup cans to loosen it up. I remember my older sister doing that, I didn't need to because I'm a "just barely wavy" which I called lumpy back then and the weight of my hair would pull most of it out. I remember my mom using little black rollers that had a brush inside them (think bottle brush) I can only imagine what they were like to sleep on! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
With them being Velcro, you’re not supposed to have to use the clips! 😅 But if you’re going to use them, get the tiny ones that are only long enough to secure them.
I've always used clips with mine as they will fall out or slip out of position if I don't. The point of velcro isn't exactly to not have to use clips. Of yours stay in that's great, though 🌻
Also, you put your clip in the wrong part. It needs to go under the curler hair where it hits your scalp. You won't get the dent. You can also put the side and back hair in the curlers held in vertical instead of horizontal mode. Also, Unroll the curler instead of pulling on it, that will cut down on your pain.
Oh my gosh, velcro rollers were my go-to before I started wearing my wavy hair in it's "natural" state! Like you, it gave me body and bounce that I didn't have otherwise. This was so fun and your hair looks great! ❤
What a video to watch after thinking “Courtney kind of looks like Rachel from Friends”. You look so 90s actressy with this hair! The only suggestion I can add to the mix is maybe some holding mousse to help hold the style while you roll them out the way you rolled them in. I have no patience for rollers for anything more than bang volume when I have bangs though, so this was just fun to watch.
I used ib's heatless curler a few months ago when I was on the early days of transitioning to my natural hair and enjoyed the results. The Miracle Shiel is my washday staple product, regardless of the combo I am using. I love that product!!!
Try the pink sponge rollers. What we used to do in the mid ‘70s to early ‘80s is wash our hair and let it air dry until it was just damp. Roll it up on the sponges and sleep on them. We had tight coils and curls that way. The only issue was the dent from the bar holding the roller closed and sometimes we could just put some water on a brush and brush that tiny little bit and it would release that dent. Much less time-consuming no heat involved and much better curls!
I tried velcro rollers once and I almost couldn't get them out of my hair so it looks like you had more luck than me and it turned out good! I bought some foam rollers instead but haven't tried them yet.
It’s a lot easier when you work with curlers from the top down, rather than the bottom up. I used to even sleep with them in… wouldn’t recommend that…. Now loving my curls, so haven’t messed with them in awhile- but you’ve inspired me maybe to change it up a bit. Thanks for your vids! I always enjoy them.
I cannot get those dang things out of my hair and they end up creating a ton of frizz on me lol. Nightmare! I use regular with the clip over it, works for me, while my hair is still slightly damp. God bless you sis! 🙏
I use Velcro rollers on damp hair and let them air dry. Same gorgeous result but no heat damage! Does take several hours to dry and you have to do it during the day (no sleeping in these!) But my hair stays lovely for a week and it's worth it!
You could wash and go. Then when you come back and it’s slightly damp, put in the rollers and you’ll do the same thing without heat. Then for over night, dry shampoo and then up into flexi rods in a tube sock (much faster than rollers). I use three or four “socks” depending on preferred “curl” tighten-ness. Then a place my bonnet over the back ones with the front one out. That’ll keep it lasting as long as a curly style. Specifically on the greasy level front
I am the same way - hair styling is too hard! I can't blow-dry with a round brush. I can't do the curling iron wrapping and twirling I see on UA-cam. This is my EASIER, faster, better way with nearly zero damage, that looks great for nearly a week on me. After washing, (and sometimes applying K18 for 4 minutes), mask, conditioner, applying Living Proof Triple Bond and waiting 10 min, I apply leave-in conditioner (Pureology Color Fanatic), then a styler. I have always been a big fan of volume, which looks best on me, and I think looks great on everyone, and I recently found Color Wow XTra Large foam. Apply it generously on EVERY SECTION. It has heat protection, adds INCREDIBLE volume without dulling or roughing up the hair like most volumizers, and makes the style last forever. Then I blow-dry just like you did, rough drying first (I am careful to direct the airflow down the hairshaft). Damage is caused not just by temperature, but by RATE - how fast you are taking that hair from cooler to hotter, so I use low temperature and take a few extra minutes to dry it. Once it is almost dry, I use my cheap and ancient blow-dry brush, BUT I start with the TOP MOHAWK SECTION of my hair. Why does everyone start at the bottom??? I am like the only person who starts at the top, but I swear - it is FASTER, WAY EASIER, and BETTER! No other hair sections get in your way! So, I use my Wet brush to smooth a section at the BACK TOP of the mohawk section, then rotate the blow-dry brush fairly quickly over the hair section, so I don't heat the hair too fast. I DON'T want to see steam coming out. I wrap the section around the brush and pull a little tension on the hair (essential to get a lasting bounce and swingy shape), rotating as I go. I brush through both over the top AND under the bottom surfaces of the section a few times to smooth cuticle everywhere possislbe. I rotate the brush through the hair at the ends to shape them, similar to videos by GlamGirlGabi or BlowdryProfessor. Then, AS SOON AS the hair feels hot to the touch, instead of cool, I set down the blow-dry brush and roll the hair with a little tension around a round metal (or ceramic) brushhead with no handle, OVERDIRECTING the hair, and clip it with hot roller claw clips. No dents!! I MUCH prefer brushes to velcro rollers, because they don't pull at the hair like velcro, and are way longer in length, so I don't need to wrap nearly as many of them. Next, I work toward the front of the mohawk section, using my smallest-diameter metal brushes. I use 3 for the mohawk section. Then I work down the back center of my head, then down each side, rolling aout 2 more brushes in each of those 3 sections. Usually, I don't bother rolling the lowest section of my hair (out of laziness); I just smooth it with heat and then use the cool setting before I unroll the hair. I let the brushes cool for at least 10 minutes, longer if I have time. Note that if you do a good job overdirecting each section, the volume will be HUGE when you first unroll LOL. But it will fall a bit because of gravity. Also, remember when you unroll the hair, don't pull on it; ROTATE the brush/roller out of your hair. (DON'T rotate velcro rollers; their texture is too rough, so just unroll without pulling). This process takes me less than 10 minutes of work on my medium-texture, 8 inches past shoulder longish hair, and looks good for 6 days (with dry shampoo on the roots around day 3-4). 10 minutes of work, 6 days of good hair! I apply a few drops of Olaplex hair oil to my ends & lengths every day and pineapple it at night. Hair is shaped when going from wet to dry or hot to cool. So this method works best for lasting shape, because you wrap your hair around the brush/roller when it is at its hottest from the direct contact with the blow-dry brush, and then it fully cools around the brush. Also, you want to apply product with holding polymers (like the Color Wow), not jut heat protectant, BEFORE blow-dry-brushing. The polymers also help hold the shape when going from hot to cool. Spraying individual sections AFTER they are cool won't do much. By the way, I measured the temperature I need to hold a long-lasting style in my hair, using my gun thermometer. I have 2 other blow-dry brushes that don't get hot enough to smooth the cuticle or shape my hair, and they were around 110 degrees, and took forever to get there. The brush that works on my hair gets to around 150 degrees on the brush head. The hair itself doesn't get quite as hot as the brush. If it's not burning my skin to hold my hot hair, it's probably not too damaging to the hair, right? Dyson's website has info from studies about how much heat exposure damages hair - and it says that repeated exposures over 300 degrees, or 365 degrees, was needed to damage hair. My method doesn't get nearly that hot, and smooths the cuticle, which reduces damage from friction. My hair actually gets much more damaged in the summer when I only air dry (because I hate using ANY heat when it's already hot in my room).
The end result looks great!! So pretty. By the way, have you watched Mel’s recent blowout video? It might give you an idea of how to place the curlers. Using the brush, she blows some of her hair under and some up. That might give you an idea for curler placement next time. She also talks about prepping for longevity. Just an FYI.
I tried using a curling iron the other day and everything looked great until I got to the front when I just kept saying, "well, that's not right." I was reminded why I only style it curly because I lack the skills to do it😂
Same!! I go through phases where I assume that heat styling is easier and then I realize it's not ... and I go back to learning how to squish to condish better haha
They have the rollers that aren't velcro that you clip up to your head. Also if you want more bend in the hair try using the curling attachment on the flex style over the round brush. You still get the volume and the bounce with only slight heat damage and very little mechanical damage
Maybe watch a few videos of people doing it correctly before you attempt again :) take smaller sections, apply a mousse or setting lotion and dont pull them out! Unroll them :) good job regardless!!
Why do you need to blow dry your hair, then use the velcro rollers. To me, it is complicating a simple process. As a teen in the early 70's, I would wash and towel-dry my hair, then use the brush hair rollers (very painful for me to watch your process. 😅). Velcro rollers do not require clips. Next time, unroll the rollers you will have more curls. Cut the blow drying, roll your hair and let it air dry. Minimizes the damage. Love you!
Hi I have been watching your videos since 2019 and tried your advice but I can share my experience with rollers with you not now cos I am in Oz. I will send you some photos, CGM didn't work for me, so I went back to rollers.
You look good wearing your hair like that! Very bouncy and lots of volume.. i tried those rollers once, my hair kept getting tangled around the rollers. :(
I can't use these. They get stuck in my hair, and i end up having to rip them out, breaking hair. They are awful, and i dont understand how anyone can use them. I guess my hair is finer than i thought.
Also probably mentioned in others comments but you never put the clip in on top of the roller but next to you head at the bottom. So the clip is between your skull and roller.
I have never seen someone put in rollers from bottom to top. I always start top, back to front, sides top down, and the back, a row at a time, top to bottom
They do, but they're also tricky to wash out of the hair. I didn't want to have to use be sulfate shampoo after this to remove the silicones. So I just used a silicone free heat protectant instead.
@@linziesantana4748 I I heat style hair too sometimes not every day and when I do heat style I try to use heat protection and my curls remain intact I probably like cute style like twice a week on average sometimes there are some weeks I’m not even heat styling at all it really depends
You could wash and go. Then when you come back and it’s slightly damp, put in the rollers and you’ll do the same thing without heat. Then for over night, dry shampoo and then up into flexi rods in a tube sock (much faster than rollers). I use three or four “socks” depending on preferred “curl” tighten-ness. Then a place my bonnet over the back ones with the front one out. That’ll keep it lasting as long as a curly style. Specifically on the greasy level front
Roll them out, the way you roll them in. When you are pulling them out, you practicly are combing the curl. And put them in when your hair is damp! But you look good!!
That's exactly what I was thinking, roll them out and that they would be put in damp hair.
I have curly hair and I want them to either wavy or a bit straight so should I roll them outward??
I’m an older lady and grew up putting my hair in rollers. It’s less cumbersome to work from the top down when putting them in; the clips go in at the base of the roller near the scalp, avoiding the crease. It’s completely different from the way hair is styled today. This was a fun video and a learning curve for sure! 😊
I'm from the older contingent too. Agree, start at the top to get the right sectioning. I have baby fine hair shorter than Courtney's, so I would leave off the clips. Those dents are brutal in baby fine hair. And I kind of unroll the curlers rather than pull them out. Much less pain! I too like the movement and life using the velcros, but, if there is any humidity at all, the style flops and turns weirdly curly in hours. Not a good look, but can work for an evening out look imo.
Velcro rollers are good for adding body and lift. They would be better if you put them in after each section when you dried it with the brush dryer, while it is still warm. Use the larger rollers, green or bigger. And pull the sections up, away from your scalp, to get volume and lift.
Yeah, I agree that that's probably what I should have done. Live and learn!
From the older crowd, I used velcro rollers for years. I didn't use clips because it wasn't needed. I rolled when hair was 5 percent still damp for more volume and curl. Style top to bottom, unroll the same way rolled. I think I still have mine somewhere lol. Your hair came out really cute! ❤
If you start with a "Mohawk" section (first roller at the crown, then section forward to the forehead in a straight row the width of the rollers), it's easier to section & set the rollers horizontally in rows below. And, yes, they work best when warm hair is smoothed & then rolled & left to cool thoroughly while doing something else. Think backstage pics of 90s supermodels getting big hair done by Oribe & timeless makeup by Kevyn Aucoin & Nars 😉
When I was a child, my hair was very curly and wavy, and my mother took very good care of my hair, keeping it hydrated and clean, and we did not use any heat on my hair. I protected my hair, wearing a silk bonnet every night and when mother washed my hair, she would use a good shampoo now this was back in the 60s, she would condition my hair at each shampoo, and even during daily hair care for me, my hair would air dry with the curls and the waves without any products, but my mother would always keep my hair hydrated and back in the day I used spray bottles to spray my hair down in the morning, and then mother would not scrunch it, but she would fluff it up, and then put the curls in the waves in place did not wear a ponytail or braids to keep my curl pattern and wave pattern going, my mother said the ponytail holders were even scrunchies or anything to hold. The hair back will pull the curl pattern out, but mine was pretty tight. The waves were pretty wavy, but she knew how to take care of that type of hair pattern, when I reach teenage years, of course, the girls at school were using orange juice cans to roll their hair so when my mother would wash my hair, she would roll it up before it dried and the curls came back on the orange juice cans and it was straight, but very voluminous, I would wear it behind my ears or with a hairband, but usually by the end of the day, the curls and the waves would come back, and my mother died when I was a teenager and I continued my hair care treatment until I was 18 and I began to put chemicals on my hair at one time and it took the curl pattern out of my hair due to the chemical stain on my hair too long, since that time my curl pattern has not been the same but since I’m older now, my curl pattern and wave pattern are coming back so I don’t use mini products on my hair. I keep my hair hydrated and shampooed and conditioned just like my mother did a persons hairsays a lot about their personality and it is their signature in their parents, Courtney keep up the good work on informing ladies, and even men on how to take care of curly wavy hair
Start from the top to bottom, and take them with a rolling motion. You are not supposed to pull them straight out with such strength. Gently unroll each hair strand strarting from the bottom to the top and it will not be as painful and harmful. Clips are usually not needed with velcro rollers, they are supposed to stay in place. If they don’t, try thinner hair strands.
I also advice to take thin sections of hair near your temples (sections that are face framing) and roll them back from your face, holding the roller vertically. It’ll create a little bit more natural and nice framing motion around the face.
I used to use thick rollers to create volumized blow dry effect, and I also used thin rollers to create tighter curls than I have. Used to be nice, I remember wearing tight curls from one wash day to another, and this actually proved to me that I had somewhat curly or wavy hair. They held any kind of curls so well.
Try using on damp hair, less hair in each roller secures them without clips for me, unroll them, don't pull! They stick too much to my baby fine hair so I can't use them! You look great!!!
You are so sweet and so positive I enjoy watching your videos
Thank you so much!
I used to use the foam curlers way back in the late 70's for the Farrah Fawcett look!!! Your hair looks great!!!
Oh thank you!
LOL, that was so entertaining, beings I grew up during the roller generation (late 1960s, early 1970s). In the 70s straight hair was cool, or maybe groovy, so the curly haired girls tried rolling their hair on empty soup cans to loosen it up. I remember my older sister doing that, I didn't need to because I'm a "just barely wavy" which I called lumpy back then and the weight of my hair would pull most of it out. I remember my mom using little black rollers that had a brush inside them (think bottle brush) I can only imagine what they were like to sleep on! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
The volume is so pretty!
Thank you!
With them being Velcro, you’re not supposed to have to use the clips! 😅 But if you’re going to use them, get the tiny ones that are only long enough to secure them.
I never use clips; isn't that the point of Velcro? They stay in place, and I have slippery, fine hair.
I've always used clips with mine as they will fall out or slip out of position if I don't. The point of velcro isn't exactly to not have to use clips. Of yours stay in that's great, though 🌻
Also, you put your clip in the wrong part. It needs to go under the curler hair where it hits your scalp. You won't get the dent. You can also put the side and back hair in the curlers held in vertical instead of horizontal mode. Also, Unroll the curler instead of pulling on it, that will cut down on your pain.
If you use small enough sections, you don't really need the clips..... but I find they just pull too many hairs out!
I'd love to see you blow out your hair or even brush styling with a round brush! Your hair definitely looks a lot more voluminous!
Great idea!!
I agree Courtney, when I try to move out of my comfort zone with my hair, it always feels so awkward. I keep trying though.
Oh my gosh, velcro rollers were my go-to before I started wearing my wavy hair in it's "natural" state! Like you, it gave me body and bounce that I didn't have otherwise. This was so fun and your hair looks great! ❤
Don't pull the out...unwind them. Less painful! When you pull them out that way, you're pulling the wave out.
Thanks for the tip! Good to know!
Yes please curls back video! Lovely 😊
Your hair turned out super cute.
Thank you so much 😀
Your hair also looks beautiful, just roundbrushed! 😊
What a video to watch after thinking “Courtney kind of looks like Rachel from Friends”. You look so 90s actressy with this hair!
The only suggestion I can add to the mix is maybe some holding mousse to help hold the style while you roll them out the way you rolled them in. I have no patience for rollers for anything more than bang volume when I have bangs though, so this was just fun to watch.
Awe wow thank you!
I used ib's heatless curler a few months ago when I was on the early days of transitioning to my natural hair and enjoyed the results.
The Miracle Shiel is my washday staple product, regardless of the combo I am using. I love that product!!!
Try the pink sponge rollers. What we used to do in the mid ‘70s to early ‘80s is wash our hair and let it air dry until it was just damp. Roll it up on the sponges and sleep on them. We had tight coils and curls that way. The only issue was the dent from the bar holding the roller closed and sometimes we could just put some water on a brush and brush that tiny little bit and it would release that dent. Much less time-consuming no heat involved and much better curls!
Try not to use clips. Use less hair in one roller it is supposed to stick rolled up. Great vlog.
Thanks for the tip!
I tried velcro rollers once and I almost couldn't get them out of my hair so it looks like you had more luck than me and it turned out good!
I bought some foam rollers instead but haven't tried them yet.
Ow!!! That's never good when your struggling getting them out!
Your hair looks fabulous with using rollers. I do this in the winter where the cool weather is good and my curls don’t become dry. 👍🥰
Great tip!
I don't think you have to use clips, but love the way it turned out!
It’s a lot easier when you work with curlers from the top down, rather than the bottom up. I used to even sleep with them in… wouldn’t recommend that…. Now loving my curls, so haven’t messed with them in awhile- but you’ve inspired me maybe to change it up a bit. Thanks for your vids! I always enjoy them.
Thanks for the tip!
How about the foam curlers? My neighbor uses them.
I cannot get those dang things out of my hair and they end up creating a ton of frizz on me lol. Nightmare! I use regular with the clip over it, works for me, while my hair is still slightly damp. God bless you sis! 🙏
Thank you! God bless you too.
I use Velcro rollers on damp hair and let them air dry. Same gorgeous result but no heat damage! Does take several hours to dry and you have to do it during the day (no sleeping in these!) But my hair stays lovely for a week and it's worth it!
Good to know!
Try the smaller ones next time, would love to see that!
Good tip!
You could wash and go. Then when you come back and it’s slightly damp, put in the rollers and you’ll do the same thing without heat. Then for over night, dry shampoo and then up into flexi rods in a tube sock (much faster than rollers). I use three or four “socks” depending on preferred “curl” tighten-ness. Then a place my bonnet over the back ones with the front one out.
That’ll keep it lasting as long as a curly style. Specifically on the greasy level front
Your hair turned out great! 😊
Thank you!! 😊
Excellent result
Thanks 👍
Hi Courtney! Your hair looks great. Are you planning to keep this length or grow it longer? Looks great both ways 🤍
Hair looks great! I have been looking to try out some heatless styles
Go for it!
I always worked top of head down doing rollers...less chance of tangled locks.
I am the same way - hair styling is too hard! I can't blow-dry with a round brush. I can't do the curling iron wrapping and twirling I see on UA-cam. This is my EASIER, faster, better way with nearly zero damage, that looks great for nearly a week on me. After washing, (and sometimes applying K18 for 4 minutes), mask, conditioner, applying Living Proof Triple Bond and waiting 10 min, I apply leave-in conditioner (Pureology Color Fanatic), then a styler. I have always been a big fan of volume, which looks best on me, and I think looks great on everyone, and I recently found Color Wow XTra Large foam. Apply it generously on EVERY SECTION. It has heat protection, adds INCREDIBLE volume without dulling or roughing up the hair like most volumizers, and makes the style last forever. Then I blow-dry just like you did, rough drying first (I am careful to direct the airflow down the hairshaft). Damage is caused not just by temperature, but by RATE - how fast you are taking that hair from cooler to hotter, so I use low temperature and take a few extra minutes to dry it.
Once it is almost dry, I use my cheap and ancient blow-dry brush, BUT I start with the TOP MOHAWK SECTION of my hair. Why does everyone start at the bottom??? I am like the only person who starts at the top, but I swear - it is FASTER, WAY EASIER, and BETTER! No other hair sections get in your way! So, I use my Wet brush to smooth a section at the BACK TOP of the mohawk section, then rotate the blow-dry brush fairly quickly over the hair section, so I don't heat the hair too fast. I DON'T want to see steam coming out. I wrap the section around the brush and pull a little tension on the hair (essential to get a lasting bounce and swingy shape), rotating as I go. I brush through both over the top AND under the bottom surfaces of the section a few times to smooth cuticle everywhere possislbe. I rotate the brush through the hair at the ends to shape them, similar to videos by GlamGirlGabi or BlowdryProfessor.
Then, AS SOON AS the hair feels hot to the touch, instead of cool, I set down the blow-dry brush and roll the hair with a little tension around a round metal (or ceramic) brushhead with no handle, OVERDIRECTING the hair, and clip it with hot roller claw clips. No dents!! I MUCH prefer brushes to velcro rollers, because they don't pull at the hair like velcro, and are way longer in length, so I don't need to wrap nearly as many of them. Next, I work toward the front of the mohawk section, using my smallest-diameter metal brushes. I use 3 for the mohawk section. Then I work down the back center of my head, then down each side, rolling aout 2 more brushes in each of those 3 sections. Usually, I don't bother rolling the lowest section of my hair (out of laziness); I just smooth it with heat and then use the cool setting before I unroll the hair.
I let the brushes cool for at least 10 minutes, longer if I have time. Note that if you do a good job overdirecting each section, the volume will be HUGE when you first unroll LOL. But it will fall a bit because of gravity. Also, remember when you unroll the hair, don't pull on it; ROTATE the brush/roller out of your hair. (DON'T rotate velcro rollers; their texture is too rough, so just unroll without pulling).
This process takes me less than 10 minutes of work on my medium-texture, 8 inches past shoulder longish hair, and looks good for 6 days (with dry shampoo on the roots around day 3-4). 10 minutes of work, 6 days of good hair! I apply a few drops of Olaplex hair oil to my ends & lengths every day and pineapple it at night.
Hair is shaped when going from wet to dry or hot to cool. So this method works best for lasting shape, because you wrap your hair around the brush/roller when it is at its hottest from the direct contact with the blow-dry brush, and then it fully cools around the brush. Also, you want to apply product with holding polymers (like the Color Wow), not jut heat protectant, BEFORE blow-dry-brushing. The polymers also help hold the shape when going from hot to cool. Spraying individual sections AFTER they are cool won't do much.
By the way, I measured the temperature I need to hold a long-lasting style in my hair, using my gun thermometer. I have 2 other blow-dry brushes that don't get hot enough to smooth the cuticle or shape my hair, and they were around 110 degrees, and took forever to get there. The brush that works on my hair gets to around 150 degrees on the brush head. The hair itself doesn't get quite as hot as the brush. If it's not burning my skin to hold my hot hair, it's probably not too damaging to the hair, right? Dyson's website has info from studies about how much heat exposure damages hair - and it says that repeated exposures over 300 degrees, or 365 degrees, was needed to damage hair. My method doesn't get nearly that hot, and smooths the cuticle, which reduces damage from friction. My hair actually gets much more damaged in the summer when I only air dry (because I hate using ANY heat when it's already hot in my room).
The end result looks great!! So pretty. By the way, have you watched Mel’s recent blowout video? It might give you an idea of how to place the curlers. Using the brush, she blows some of her hair under and some up. That might give you an idea for curler placement next time. She also talks about prepping for longevity. Just an FYI.
I tried using a curling iron the other day and everything looked great until I got to the front when I just kept saying, "well, that's not right." I was reminded why I only style it curly because I lack the skills to do it😂
I feel you there!
Same!! I go through phases where I assume that heat styling is easier and then I realize it's not ... and I go back to learning how to squish to condish better haha
@@ioanaschifirnet3814 Yes! Me too 😅
The Velcro held my hair without using clips. I was surprised to see you use them actually.
Why are you ripping them out instead of unrolling them? It turned out really cute though!
ONCE and only ONCE did I try these soul sucking, hair ripping creatures in my hair. Lesson learned.
Uh oh! lol
Me too!!!
They have the rollers that aren't velcro that you clip up to your head. Also if you want more bend in the hair try using the curling attachment on the flex style over the round brush. You still get the volume and the bounce with only slight heat damage and very little mechanical damage
Maybe watch a few videos of people doing it correctly before you attempt again :) take smaller sections, apply a mousse or setting lotion and dont pull them out! Unroll them :) good job regardless!!
Why do you need to blow dry your hair, then use the velcro rollers. To me, it is complicating a simple process. As a teen in the early 70's, I would wash and towel-dry my hair, then use the brush hair rollers (very painful for me to watch your process. 😅).
Velcro rollers do not require clips. Next time, unroll the rollers you will have more curls.
Cut the blow drying, roll your hair and let it air dry. Minimizes the damage.
Love you!
Hi I have been watching your videos since 2019 and tried your advice but I can share my experience with rollers with you not now cos I am in Oz. I will send you some photos, CGM didn't work for me, so I went back to rollers.
Why did u have to blow dry your hair first?
You look good wearing your hair like that! Very bouncy and lots of volume.. i tried those rollers once, my hair kept getting tangled around the rollers. :(
If you thought that this was hard, back in the 60s and early 70s we used to sleep in these rollers!
I feel the same way when I try a new styling method. I feel like I need more arms and hands…lol
I can't use these. They get stuck in my hair, and i end up having to rip them out, breaking hair. They are awful, and i dont understand how anyone can use them. I guess my hair is finer than i thought.
If you put the clips at the bottom of roller you won't get dents and I start at the top instead of the bottom.
I use velcro on my bangs at night. Lift and bounce.
Also probably mentioned in others comments but you never put the clip in on top of the roller but next to you head at the bottom. So the clip is between your skull and roller.
Ah thank you for tip!
Sometimes I was trying to hairstyles there’s a Learning curve
So true!
I have never seen someone put in rollers from bottom to top. I always start top, back to front, sides top down, and the back, a row at a time, top to bottom
I, too, am awkward at all new hair things. Did we just become hair-besties?
Yay new video.
Glad you're excited
I used Velcro rollers back in the late 90s. They were how I straightened my hair back then. I don’t remember any torture or pain though.
That's a good thing!
So weird! I have never seen a person put rollers in from the bottom up, usually you start at the top of your head, front to back and down. So weird.
Interesting!
Courtney, how do you like the new bounce curl brush?
Ohhh I love it!!! I use it all the time, it can be seen in many of my recent videos!
Don’t Silicones protect the hair if you’re using heat
They do, but they're also tricky to wash out of the hair. I didn't want to have to use be sulfate shampoo after this to remove the silicones. So I just used a silicone free heat protectant instead.
You don’t need clips with Velcro rollers. I used them all the time around 2000!
Ah thank you!
Your curl pattern will stay in your hair unless it’s severely damage like you would have to use heat a lot
You’re right I blow dry my hair fairly regularly and my curls pretty much stay the same
@@linziesantana4748 I I heat style hair too sometimes not every day and when I do heat style I try to use heat protection and my curls remain intact I probably like cute style like twice a week on average sometimes there are some weeks I’m not even heat styling at all it really depends
Seeing her just pull the rollers out hurt my head
😅😅😅
It came out cute
Thank you so much!
Ugh! Why are you pulling instead of unrolling?!
Thanks for the tip! I was learning!
I had to click because “the pain”?!?!
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You could wash and go. Then when you come back and it’s slightly damp, put in the rollers and you’ll do the same thing without heat. Then for over night, dry shampoo and then up into flexi rods in a tube sock (much faster than rollers). I use three or four “socks” depending on preferred “curl” tighten-ness. Then a place my bonnet over the back ones with the front one out.
That’ll keep it lasting as long as a curly style. Specifically on the greasy level front