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After drooling over many straw sets on this forum, I finally did it.

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victorious

victorious

Relaxed/4A/Fine/Thin/APL
I combined the instructions and tips you ladies gave for straw/spiral sets, and I did my first straw set earlier this week. (Thanks to lovelymissyoli, natalied, cincybrownsugar, simplycee, and many others for the inspirations :rose: )

I used the regular drinking straws and the Black 'n Sassy Setting Creme. My hair is thin, so I wanted to make my hair look fuller with spirals. The curls came out shiny, but I had to separate them in order to give my hair some kind of body.

This might be my style for a while because I don't have to do too much to it. I've sweated the front out a little because it's been very hot this week. I'm going to do it again Saturday. Hopefully I'll get better at securing the roots, and then the style can last at least two weeks.

I posted pics in my album. Check it out.

:)
 
I agree with everyone...they turned out really nice. You are now inspiring others, including me to attempt a straw set as well.
 
You did a great job :up: That is a great style for you, it makes your hair so much fuller, glad you tried and mastered it :)
 
victorious said:
I let it air dry for about 45 minutes or so (my hair isn't thick plus you know the temperature is hot this week :yep: )
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If it took you 45, it would probably still take me over an hour. I may try it anyway. Everyone's hair looks so pretty when they do it :)
 
:woot: I think it came out great, especially for your first time!! Got me thinking about trying it! I'm not sure I'd have the patience though!

Thanks for sharing!
 
senimoni said:
Very nice!!! I dont' see any pins...how did you secure the straws at the top and the bottom?
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I think either natalied or lovelymissyoli gave the tip to wind the ends more than once to secure the bottom, and then putting a pin at the top.

I think I'll try the longer bobby pins next time. Maybe that would secure the top better.

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Thanks ladies...for everything. :D

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Victorious, your straw set looks so pretty! Girl, you ain't lying about the heat here in NY. I've been trying to figure out just what to do with my hair once the braids come out later this month. It's so hot and humid that I know a rollerset won't even make it to the subway. I'm going to try this with some flexirods because straws will create curls that are way too tight. You go, girl!:lol:

What do you mean by winding the ends more than once to secure the bottom?
 
Very nice! That just might be the summer style I'm looking for. Just gotta learn how to do it right!!:lol:
 
Kitkat said:
What do you mean by winding the ends more than once to secure the bottom?
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Since my hair isn't that long, I tightly rolled the ends 2-3 times at the bottom before I rolled the rest of the hair. I also added a little extra creme to secure the curl at the end. Although she uses pins top and bottom, lovelymissyoli explains it much better in Step 7 from this thread:
lovelymissyoli said:
No problem! I’ll try my best to give you directions to do a strawset:







Step 1: Shampoo and condition your hair like you normally would. While your hair is damp put a light leave-in conditioner in your hair.


Step 2: Make sure you have your handy setting lotion nearby.


***Side note: I LOVE Lottabody setting lotion. This time around I mixed Lottabody with ISOPLUS Wrap Lotion and a tad bit of EVOO.***


Step 3: Part your hair from side to side (i.e. ear to ear). IMO, it’s best to start parting your hair from the back and work your way forward because it not only dries faster as you’re going along, but also your arms won’t get tired and you can see what you’re doing! If you start from the front first, you’ll have so many straws in your way you won’t be able to see all your parts, and you may miss some pieces of hair. However, doing the opposite may work for others ---it’s all up to you!

***Side note: After I part each section of hair I use some type of moisturizer for my scalp & hair (mainly the new growth because I don’t want the rest of the curl to be too oily). This time around I used Frenchee’s Hair Gro and Dr. Miracle’s something or other (can’t remember the name) because I want to see if it really works like many say it does.***


Step 4: Begin to grab pieces of hair from the section that you part (see picture). You can make them by using a comb, or you can do like I do and just start grabbing hair and parting with your fingers. The sections that I grab are normally ¾” to ½” in diameter. You can do more or less. If you section more hair to roll it will take less time! (hint hint)

Step 5: With the section of hair you have in your hand, spray setting solution on the hair. You can either saturate it by smoothing it in with your fingers, or you can use a comb and make sure that it saturates that whole section of hair. IMO, I use both my hands and a comb and make sure that I use as much setting solution that I think is necessary. If that means more than 3 sprays…so be it!

Step 6: Grab a straw and cut it a little longer than that piece of hair. (See picture)

Step 7: Start at the bottom of the straw and begin wrapping your ends in the shape of a spiral, or in a manner in which it is not overlapping other hair along the straw. You have the option to roll your hair along the straw so that you will not see in gaps, or if you are spiraling your hair, you will see gaps.

If you need to secure your ends because they keep slipping off, it’s okay to roll some hair over your ends, however, don’t continue to roll your hair like that whole way through or your curls will turn out looking like some type of rollerset instead of having a spiral look.

***Side note: Even after I curled my hair I still cut some more of the straw off because I didn’t want the extra length getting in the way. ***

Step 8: Secure your hair first with a longer bobby pin at the top and a smaller one at the bottom. You can use all long bobby pins if you like, but using all small might not secure all your hair, especially if your hair is long and so is the straw.

Step 9: Repeat steps 1-8 until your hair is finished! You can either sit under a dryer or let your hair air dry. I did a mixture of both. 98% of my hair was air-dried and the other 2% was dried under the hair dryer for about 15 minutes.

***Below are some small pictures of the products I used, the size of the straws, and how to roll the hair. *** HTH. ​


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That looks nice. I must give it a try sometime. I wonder if It would come out good if I use larger sections of hair, maybe two straws together.
 
sweetpeadst said:
Where did you get them and what size straws did you use?? They look kinda big!! I love your results!
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Thanks.

I used "Glad" brand drinking straws at a local supermarket (hey, they were 2/$1.00 for a box of 50) :grin:

I still want to try those thin flexirods though.
 
lkg4healthyhair said:
That looks nice. I must give it a try sometime. I wonder if It would come out good if I use larger sections of hair, maybe two straws together.
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Flexirods might be better (check out natalied's album). But that does sound interesting, really interesting. I'm now wondering what the curls shape would look like...little oval shaped curls maybe. :scratchch That would be very unique. (I'm soo curious now.)
 
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