Tuesday, November 16, 2010

When Great Hair HURTS

I wore this look for one weekend last month to my alma mater's homecoming. The look was achieved using my old-school deep wave iron (I have a ceramic deep wave iron but it doesn't get hot enough to create strong waves). I packed up my iron and brought it with me. Bad idea because I used it a LOT (along with a holding spritz O_o).


I loved the fullness of the waves with this hairstyle, but my ends were very shabby. So shabby that the iron couldn't even form a wave on the ends (without me repeatedly clamping down on them <-- really bad). This was when I first realized I needed to have my ends trimmed. So I had my ends trimmed. Apparently it wasn't enough though because I realized my ends were STILL shabby. After donning plenty of buns and ponytails, I complained to my friends. They suggested I keep wearing the buns and ponytails until my hair gets healthy again. I determined that I needed to chop it off and that's what I did.

I love my deep wave iron though and I realize it can only come out from time to time. I've researched ways to get that same look without using an iron and I came across Ryler Stylers (similar to rollers).
Have you tried these before?

12 comments:

vonnie said...

you could just braid your hair while wet and get a braid out that looks exactly the same

RissyCurls said...

One of my old stylists used these and I love the deep waves they create. It will also last about 4-5 days!

annedrea said...

Hey I used those rollers a lot while in high school and middle school. They are great. They're very uncomformtable, but the results come out really well.

rai said...

hi wes. do you have a holding spray you recommend?

THE GLAM GARAGE said...

Yep, I still use mine from high school. Sometime I just use them to stretch my wet hair.

Koos said...

A flat twist-out would give you this look as well! No heat!

luminess said...

Not bad, you still have a unique hair. So still looks pretty.

caribeandiva said...

a twistout will also get you the same look. You have to go big twists though.

Ronnisha said...

Yes, I still use these. They work great!

Napfrocurlzgirl said...

I've gotten the same look with twist outs, bantu knot-outs and flat twist outs...and the style last me a whole week without having to do anything other than plop at night. Why use heat?

tam said...

Ohhh my goodness!!! I been trying to find these things FOR YEARS!! I bought years ago when I was relaxed and lost most of them. Now that I am all natural, I will try vs. doing my braidouts!!

chris said...

Where can you buy these? I'd love to buy some. Thanks.