My First Successful Rollerset

So yesterday was wash day for me and it almost did not turn out too well.  I started out prepooing with ORS Hair Mayonaise for about 20 minute under my heat cap.  I thought I might need a mild protein treatment because of slight breakage here and there.  It wasnt a big deal I just wanted to stop seeing those little hairs coming from my head.  I rinsed out the Hair Mayonaise and my hair felt really soft and strong.  Then I shampooed with my Splassh Bracato Sulfate free shampoo(diluted in an applicator bottle).   I've noticed that this shampoo still makes my hair feel dried out.  I don't think I care for this one too much or maybe I should have followed up with a moisturizing shampoo.  I don't know.  Well after shampooing I did a green tea rinse and my hair still felt hard and dried out.  Last time the green tea left my hair very soft.  After all this I figured my moisturizing deep conditioner would fix everything.  I DC'd with Kenra Moisturizing conditioner for about 20 minutes then I applied JBCO on top of that and sat under the heat cap for another 10 minutes.  My hair still was not happy.  I went ahead and applied my leave-ins but there was no way I could detangle that mess.  I could barely detangle in the shower while rinsing my DC.  I just decided to jump back in the shower, clean everything off my hair and go from there.  I dont know if that was a no no, but I was trying to prepare for my rollerset and my hair wasn't having it.

I ended up shampooing with Paul Mitchel Super Skinny Shampoo(once) and applied Mizani Moisture Fuze Conditioner for about 3 minutes.  Okay much better. Ha! Yall I am still learning, please bare with me.

I kept contemplating whether I wanted to do a rollerset or not, but then I was checking out Age of Atl's blog as I was DCing and came across her post on Rollersetting Texlaxed Hair.  After reading I knew I had to give it a try.  I've attempted rollersetting a few times and always end up quitting and doing something else to my hair.  I didnt know what I was doing wrong.  I even tried searching for tips and how to's.  I found a site that explained but was not very discriptive.  I just couldn't get it.  Her post is very informative and detailed and she includes a youtube video that helped her get the technique down.  If you are a beginning rollersetter like me, you need to check out her post.  I instantly realized what I was doing wrong and although it didnt come out 100% perfect it was waaaaay better than any past attempts.  I was actually able to secure the rollers alot better than in the past.  I also think I was making my sections too small.  I didn't even know of the roll-roll-pull technique to get the hair taut. 

Okay so let's try this again....I started prepping my hair for my rollerset.  I parted my hair in four sections (from ear to ear and front to nape).  Here are the products I used except I used my Organix Coconut Milk Anti Breakage Serum for my sealer (not pictured).  I rolled each section one at a time using a mix of purple and red magnetic rollers.


Please excuse the mess on my dresser

   

I sat under my hair dryer for about maybe 45 minutes or it may have been a little less.  I think a couple in the back were still a teeny bit damp as you can see from the very loose curl in the back.  

I will definitely be doing more rollersets in the future now that I have a better idea of the technique.  Proud of me! I've improved my technique, now I just have to work on my patience. LOL! :)

I just have to give another shout out to my girl Age! Thank you so much for such an awesome and informative blog!

Thanks for reading!

Andrea