Best flexi rod set foam/mousse or cream/lotion for natural hair?

[Yvette 2.0]

Hi, all!

What size flexi rods and what product(s) do you use to achieve your smoothest, most "flat iron looking" flexi rod set on type 4a-b natural hair?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Yvette 2.0]

Back story:

I go back and forth between (a) being a straight-haired natural and (b) wearing twist-out's and wash-and-go's. I feel that I sustain a good amount of avoidable damage when I'm a straight-haired natural. I want to try doing flexi rod sets instead of (a) paying Pressed Roots my good coin to silk press my hair or (b) Rev Air-ing and flat ironing my hair at home.

I'm betting that if I get flexi rods in large enough of a diameter and can find a setting hair product that gives me very smooth results, I'll like those results just as much as the flat iron or silk press results. After all, my goals with being a straight-haired natural include:

• low-manipulation,
• very little tangling and thus very little mechanical damage from detangling,
• length retention (given the two benefits above), and
• EASE (I just install two space buns at night and in the morning undo the buns, let the buns fall out into curls, and set it all with holding spray).

The foams/mousses that I currently own include:

• The Doux Crazy Sexy Curl setting foam
• Pattern Beauty Palo Santo Curl Mousse for Curls & Coils (sample size)

Years and years ago I used Nairobi foam when trying flexi rod sets. I'm wondering if what I have on hand will do. Is anyone flexi rod setting with either of those 2 foams?

Thanks in advance for your insight! Blessings!

 

[MilkChocolateOne]

My favorites are Nairobi Foam Wrap, Mizani Styling Foam and Influance It's Natural Honey Almond Styling foam. I don't like any of the Doux foams/mousse for flexirods or roller sets. I might be in the minority but I don't like Pattern's Mousse either. It dried my hair out.My hair was very shiny but it felt like straw.

 

[Yvette 2.0]

My favorites are Nairobi Foam Wrap, Mizani Styling Foam and Influance It's Natural Honey Almond Styling foam. I don't like any of the Doux foams/mousse for flexirods or roller sets. I might be in the minority but I don't like Pattern's Mousse either. It dried my hair out.My hair was very shiny but it felt like straw.

Thank you. Helpful to know the feeling about the Doux foams and the Pattern Mousse. The suggestions are helpful, too. Thank you, again! I'm heading into a BSS right now.

 

[Napp]

Try using gel

 

[MilkChocolateOne]

Thank you. Helpful to know the feeling about the Doux foams and the Pattern Mousse. The suggestions are helpful, too. Thank you, again! I'm heading into a BSS right now.

Lottabody foam wrap and Keracare foam works well too. I think the salon and beauty supply store brands work better for rollersets and flexirod sets. The natural brands are better suited for wash-n-gos, twistouts and braidouts.

 

[Yvette 2.0]

Lottabody foam wrap and Keracare foam works well too. I think the salon and beauty supply store brands work better for rollersets and flexirod sets. The natural brands are better suited for wash-n-gos, twistouts and braidouts.

Yes, thank you so much. Makes TOTAL sense. I slooooowwwwllllyyyyyy figured that out yesterday while in the BSS. Lol. There's curl-forming foam, then there's wrapping foam.

Have a great day!

 

[Yvette 2.0]

Lottabody foam wrap and Keracare foam works well too. I think the salon and beauty supply store brands work better for rollersets and flexirod sets. The natural brands are better suited for wash-n-gos, twistouts and braidouts.

Oooo, thanks!

 

[Yvette 2.0]

Try using gel

Adding this to my notes to try! Many thanks!

 

[Rocky91]

Lottabody foam wrap and Keracare foam works well too. I think the salon and beauty supply store brands work better for rollersets and flexirod sets. The natural brands are better suited for wash-n-gos, twistouts and braidouts.

I was coming in to add this. I have certain foams for wash and gos, and others that I reserve for setting. Good setting foam wraps that I like:
Nairobi (long-time favorite)
Design Essentials Compositions
Keracare (specifically the extra hold)

As for setting overall, I get a look that almost resembles a press and curl using the purple flexirods and one of the above foam wraps. Here’s a pic fresh out of the dryer:


However, I’m going to be transparent with you: it worked perfectly during winter/ when my cardio sessions were lighter. Now that it’s slightly humid and I’m doing longer, sweatier cardio…more often than not, by day 3, it’s going to look like this.


Do I hate the look? Definitely not, but right now it doesn’t feel worth it to me. And it’s definitely not the smooth results you’re looking for. So I’m going to pause on setting regularly till fall.

But hey, your experience might be totally different—maybe you don’t do much sweating in your scalp. Join us in the Rollersetting 2025 thread if you’d like

 

[Yvette 2.0]

I was coming in to add this. I have certain foams for wash and gos, and others that I reserve for setting. Good setting foam wraps that I like:
Nairobi (long-time favorite)
Design Essentials Compositions
Keracare (specifically the extra hold)

As for setting overall, I get a look that almost resembles a press and curl using the purple flexirods and one of the above foam wraps. Here’s a pic fresh out of the dryer: View attachment 503992


However, I’m going to be transparent with you: it worked perfectly during winter/ when my cardio sessions were lighter. Now that it’s slightly humid and I’m doing longer, sweatier cardio…more often than not, by day 3, it’s going to look like this.
View attachment 503994

Do I hate the look? Definitely not, but right now it doesn’t feel worth it to me. And it’s definitely not the smooth results you’re looking for. So I’m going to pause on setting regularly till fall.

But hey, your experience might be totally different—maybe you don’t do much sweating in your scalp. Join us in the Rollersetting 2025 thread if you’d like

Suuuuuuper helpful! Wow! <3

 

[Yvette 2.0]

I was coming in to add this. I have certain foams for wash and gos, and others that I reserve for setting. Good setting foam wraps that I like:
Nairobi (long-time favorite)
Design Essentials Compositions
Keracare (specifically the extra hold)

As for setting overall, I get a look that almost resembles a press and curl using the purple flexirods and one of the above foam wraps. Here’s a pic fresh out of the dryer: View attachment 503992


However, I’m going to be transparent with you: it worked perfectly during winter/ when my cardio sessions were lighter. Now that it’s slightly humid and I’m doing longer, sweatier cardio…more often than not, by day 3, it’s going to look like this.
View attachment 503994

Do I hate the look? Definitely not, but right now it doesn’t feel worth it to me. And it’s definitely not the smooth results you’re looking for. So I’m going to pause on setting regularly till fall.

But hey, your experience might be totally different—maybe you don’t do much sweating in your scalp. Join us in the Rollersetting 2025 thread if you’d like

Suuuuuuper helpful! Wow! <3