When I first received it, I was surprised to see that they are so light. You have a very small base which you fill up with water, then you plug it in and it starts to create steam. It also makes a boiling water noise, and you can definitely see the steam shooting up. You can only set one roller onto the steam stream at a time, but it only takes a few seconds to heat up so it's not that big of a pain. You can also heat the roller, then the clip before putting it over the roller when you have it placed in your hair.
I also ordered 2 packs of large and jumbo sized rollers in addition to the 30 that come with it. Because I don't want little ringlet, but rather large wavy curls. So I won't be touching the little rollers. Folica always has specials where if you go over a certain amount, you either get a free product, or free shipping at least. So it actually turned out cheaper to order more. How funny.
I also ordered a Spornette Italian Collections Boar Bristle hair brush that's about 2 1/4 inch round to get to a certain dollar amount. But I actually really love it! It might be my new favorite brush!!
And OT: Folica has a really good deal going on right now that if you order over $75 of stuff, you get free shipping, and a curling iron and Moroccan Argan oil! It ends on Friday...
And OT: Folica has a really good deal going on right now that if you order over $75 of stuff, you get free shipping, and a curling iron and Moroccan Argan oil! It ends on Friday...
Anyway, back to the steam setter I got. The first time I tried them out, I thought the curls turned out really pretty! And I got such nice volume from the rollers as well. It was a very different look from what I achieve with my curling iron. The curls were mostly on the bottom, and the top portion of my hair just had tons of body. I was surprised I got this much results, as I did not think this product would have worked for my thick hair. I really liked how my hair looked and took pictures!
I did not use any hair products at all. I heated each roller about 10 seconds, and the outside clip part for about 5 seconds before putting them in. Once all the rollers were in my hair, I used my hair dryer to go over every roller just to make the curls set better. Then left it for about 15-20 minutes before taking them out of my hair. The above pictures were taken pretty much right after I took the rollers out.
I was very happy with them, however, after about 5 minutes the curls started falling out! I did this at night as I just wanted to try out the product, so I was going to bed anyways. But usually when I curl my hair with a curling iron, I can sleep on it all night and still have nice curls the next morning without any hair spray or anything. However, with this steam setter, the next morning when I woke up my curls were pretty much all gone. They looked more like faint waves rather than curls. I should have taken more pictures! But I forgot to. =(
So I figured that was because I didn't put any hair spray in my hair and slept on it right away. I had to give it another try. On Saturday I decided to try it with hair spray. I actually hair sprayed each strand of hair before rolling them onto the roller. Then I repeated everything I did the first time, and then put even more hair spray on after I took all the rollers out. It was like the most hair spray I had ever put in my hair! I normally hate that stuff. I thought for sure the curls weren't going anywhere, but they went a lot more flat again within about an hour! I was super disappointed!!! It doesn't do me any good to have pretty curls for 5 seconds when I spent nearly an hour putting in the rollers and waiting for them to set!
I sent this product back to Folica for a return. But I actually saw a Babyliss ceramic roller set and ordered that instead, and was able to get the curling iron and argan oil deal above. They were shipped today (same day shipping again!) so I should receive them next week. I hope it works! Otherwise I guess I'll just have to stick with my curling irons. But I love the body rollers give! Fingers crossed...
So frustrating that the curls fall out so quickly, because your hair looks beautiful in the picutures.
ReplyDeleteYou and I have the opposite problem... I have natural curls/waves and I have just ordered another new flat iron! I use straightening shampoo, conditioner, leave in spray, and serum. Then I blow dry my hair straight and then flat iron it.
I guess I am lucky because I can straighten my hair, but if I want I can also let it go wavy/curly. Depends on my mood I guess.
Keep us posted as to how the new ceramic curlers work. Good luck!
Haha that's so funny! I think most of the time we all just want what we don't have... Have you tried a straight perm? I hear it works pretty well.
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