Um... Hot Rollers? (It's a girl thing...)

**Susie Q Roo** · 02-26-2008

Yeah, this is way, WAY off-topic, but...

The last hot rollers I bought were in 1980-something, I think, and I'd really like a new set since I find I just won't take the time to use my curling iron except for really special occasions. And I am SO out of the loop on what's current these days. Is there something I should know before I start perusing the internet for a new set before I next go back to the states? Any out there that won't burn my delicate little fingies?

(It's all probably hopeless anyway in this humidity, but a girl can dream... )

jamesblonde · 02-26-2008

I use the foam kind. I'll have to check who makes them. They don't burn my fingers, or cheeks. On another note.........they also don't hold curl when I'm in Playa

edit: just checked Conair Ion Shine

**Susie Q Roo** · 02-26-2008

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Originally Posted by jamesblonde

I use the foam kind. I'll have to check who makes them. They don't burn my fingers, or cheeks. On another note.........they also don't hold curl when I'm in Playa

edit: just checked Conair Ion Shine

Sounds like these ones that I'm looking at:

Do you have the full size version or this travel one?

Mamacita · 02-26-2008

Yeah, I use the foam/steam kind sometimes, but they also wouldn't hold a curl in Playa. Unfortunatley I think you are going up a big hill here.

penalipee · 02-26-2008

Flat iron.

That's the only thing that works for me in Playa humidity.

I can curl my hair like little orphan annie and 3 minutes out in the humidity and it's straight and stuck to my head! But damn...my skin looks good!!

lolabella · 02-26-2008

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Originally Posted by penalipee

Flat iron.

That's the only thing that works for me in Playa humidity.

I can curl my hair like little orphan annie and 3 minutes out in the humidity and it's straight and stuck to my head! But damn...my skin looks good!!

Mine is just the opposite of yours. I wear my hair very straight at home here and in Playa it curls up so much...I give up on it!

**Susie Q Roo** · 02-26-2008

Yep, mine pretty much just turns to fuzz here. In the states, it goes flat on me. I'm just going to have to find the perfect environment! (Or the perfect hair care products!

)

Doggiemom · 02-26-2008

Ughhhh...humidity and curls....forget it! Houston is really bad for that too!

Tbonita · 02-26-2008

I also have Conair Ion Shine. But mine are 12 large rollers. No mediums or smalls.

I don't use them anymore since my hair is much shorter and layered now.
But they held my hair pretty well, considering I have very straight and fine hair.
Gave my hair a little bounce and body.

missixty · 02-27-2008

Do you have any GHD's or other small plate hair straighteners? If so it's very easy to create curls with them, a lot quicker than tongues or heated rollers.

Simply clamp the hair in between the straightners, as you would to straighten it, but then flip the straightener 180 degrees before pulling the straighteners down, again as you would to straighten the hair, release at bottom and you have a lovely curl.

I don't know if I described that well, think of it like curling a ribbon?

Just thought if you have some it might be worth giving it a go before you shell out on anything new.

If you can't understand what I mean from how I've wrote it there are plenty of online tuturials, check you tube or the GHD website.

TAPPY · 02-27-2008

Foam covered ones dont work in Mexico for me either, but the hard plastic (?) ones with the ceramic inner core thingy work great for me when I want body and to beat the frizz. Most of them have some sort of temp control on them now.
I love mine !!! I hate standing around using a curling iron and flat iron. With rollers you can do other things while they are in your hair.

missixty · 02-27-2008

Also the one thing I can't live without hair wise when I'm in Mexico is my Lee Stafford Dehumidifier Spray. I don't wear my hair curly but I do straighten it and it keeps it pretty much straight (not as straight as my hair is over here admittedly) and definately frizz free all night.

I doubt you can buy it in Mexico as Lee Stafford is a UK thing but you can prob get it on the internet.

E in DC · 02-27-2008

Ho rollers were a beauty staple of mine back in the 1980s!

I'd totally forgotten about them, but my sister recently got a new set and loves them. And her hair looks adorable when she uses them -- smooth and shiny, with loose, soft curls. (And she's got extremely wavy, tends-to-frizz hair.)

I haven't tried the new ones myself, but apparently they've now got smooth surfaces - either hard (ceramic) or more spongy - rather than the spiky teeth they had in the olden days.

I'm thinking of trying them myself, so if you get them please let us know what you think.

Page · 02-27-2008

E in DC, sorry, but I'm giggling 'cause of your typo - "ho rollers" !!

So descriptive - "how to get that movie ho hair style"!

lolabella · 02-27-2008

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Originally Posted by Page

E in DC, sorry, but I'm giggling 'cause of your typo - "ho rollers" !!

So descriptive - "how to get that movie ho hair style"!

I did the same thing!! It was my little laugh out loud moment for the morning...

02-26-2008	#1 (permalink)
Susie Q Roo paradisiac Join Date: May 2003 Location: Q Roo Posts: 10,890	Um... Hot Rollers? (It's a girl thing...) Yeah, this is way, WAY off-topic, but... The last hot rollers I bought were in 1980-something, I think, and I'd really like a new set since I find I just won't take the time to use my curling iron except for really special occasions. And I am SO out of the loop on what's current these days. Is there something I should know before I start perusing the internet for a new set before I next go back to the states? Any out there that won't burn my delicate little fingies? (It's all probably hopeless anyway in this humidity, but a girl can dream... )

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TAPPY añejo Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Louisiana Posts: 15,065	Foam covered ones dont work in Mexico for me either, but the hard plastic (?) ones with the ceramic inner core thingy work great for me when I want body and to beat the frizz. Most of them have some sort of temp control on them now. I love mine !!! I hate standing around using a curling iron and flat iron. With rollers you can do other things while they are in your hair. Last edited by TAPPY; 02-27-2008 at 08:23 AM.

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02-26-2008	#2 (permalink)
jamesblonde No longer an intern Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: South of Seattle Posts: 7,637	I use the foam kind. I'll have to check who makes them. They don't burn my fingers, or cheeks. On another note.........they also don't hold curl when I'm in Playa edit: just checked Conair Ion Shine

02-26-2008	#4 (permalink)
Mamacita life=playa Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 685	Yeah, I use the foam/steam kind sometimes, but they also wouldn't hold a curl in Playa. Unfortunatley I think you are going up a big hill here.

02-26-2008	#5 (permalink)
penalipee reposado Join Date: May 2004 Location: Westbank BC Posts: 1,420	Flat iron. That's the only thing that works for me in Playa humidity. I can curl my hair like little orphan annie and 3 minutes out in the humidity and it's straight and stuck to my head! But damn...my skin looks good!!

02-26-2008	#7 (permalink)
Susie Q Roo paradisiac Join Date: May 2003 Location: Q Roo Posts: 10,890	Yep, mine pretty much just turns to fuzz here. In the states, it goes flat on me. I'm just going to have to find the perfect environment! (Or the perfect hair care products! )

02-26-2008	#8 (permalink)
Doggiemom añejo Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Humble, Texas Posts: 6,067	Ughhhh...humidity and curls....forget it! Houston is really bad for that too!

02-26-2008	#9 (permalink)
Tbonita life=playa Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Youngstown, Ohio Posts: 530	I also have Conair Ion Shine. But mine are 12 large rollers. No mediums or smalls. I don't use them anymore since my hair is much shorter and layered now. But they held my hair pretty well, considering I have very straight and fine hair. Gave my hair a little bounce and body.

02-27-2008	#10 (permalink)
missixty life=playa Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 580	Do you have any GHD's or other small plate hair straighteners? If so it's very easy to create curls with them, a lot quicker than tongues or heated rollers. Simply clamp the hair in between the straightners, as you would to straighten it, but then flip the straightener 180 degrees before pulling the straighteners down, again as you would to straighten the hair, release at bottom and you have a lovely curl. I don't know if I described that well, think of it like curling a ribbon? Just thought if you have some it might be worth giving it a go before you shell out on anything new. If you can't understand what I mean from how I've wrote it there are plenty of online tuturials, check you tube or the GHD website.

02-27-2008	#12 (permalink)
missixty life=playa Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 580	Also the one thing I can't live without hair wise when I'm in Mexico is my Lee Stafford Dehumidifier Spray. I don't wear my hair curly but I do straighten it and it keeps it pretty much straight (not as straight as my hair is over here admittedly) and definately frizz free all night. I doubt you can buy it in Mexico as Lee Stafford is a UK thing but you can prob get it on the internet.

02-27-2008	#13 (permalink)
E in DC beachaholic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 471	Ho rollers were a beauty staple of mine back in the 1980s! I'd totally forgotten about them, but my sister recently got a new set and loves them. And her hair looks adorable when she uses them -- smooth and shiny, with loose, soft curls. (And she's got extremely wavy, tends-to-frizz hair.) I haven't tried the new ones myself, but apparently they've now got smooth surfaces - either hard (ceramic) or more spongy - rather than the spiky teeth they had in the olden days. I'm thinking of trying them myself, so if you get them please let us know what you think.

02-27-2008	#14 (permalink)
Page life=playa Join Date: May 2003 Location: Playa del Carmen, Mexico and Tweed, Ontario Posts: 721	E in DC, sorry, but I'm giggling 'cause of your typo - "ho rollers" !! So descriptive - "how to get that movie ho hair style"!

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