Rollersetting 2025 (Challenge/Hangout)

[ScorpioLove]

I’m awaiting a hot mess of results :-( I got some rollers that are probably too small for my hair and the top of all of them were frizzy ( over 5 months post)

Attached the bonnet piece I already had to my Dyson and the drying part seems to work well


Edit: hair is ear length in these rollers lol

 

[Rocky91]

I’m awaiting a hot mess of results :-( I got some rollers that are probably too small for my hair and the top of all of them were frizzy ( over 5 months post)

Attached the bonnet piece I already had to my Dyson and the drying part seems to work well


Edit: hair is ear length in these rollers lol

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Um ma’am, this is absolutely NOT a hot mess! Your hair looks beautiful! Thank you for sharing a pic. Also, think on the bright side in terms of the shrinkage that comes with a tight set—those ends are up and out of the way.

And yea, to answer your previous question, a hard hat dryer will get that hair dry faster, but other setups can still get the job done. I dried my hair with the same method you did for a while before I bought a dryer.

 

[Rocky91]

I’m switching to smaller flexirods. I love the look of the purple ones I’ve been using with all the volume and length it gives, but I need more durability since I’m stepping up my cardio.

I just did a set with the blue rods and this thing is tight. I mean, I am looking like the aunties at church who get their hair done with some Lottabody and don’t separate their sets at all right now but that’s okay for just running my Sunday errands. It’ll loosen right up tomorrow morning after my sprinting workout and look fine for work.

 

[Rocky91]

I’m switching to smaller flexirods. I love the look of the purple ones I’ve been using with all the volume and length it gives, but I need more durability since I’m stepping up my cardio.

I just did a set with the blue rods and this thing is tight. I mean, I am looking like the aunties at church who get their hair done with some Lottabody and don’t separate their sets at all right now but that’s okay for just running my Sunday errands. It’ll loosen right up tomorrow morning after my sprinting workout and look fine for work.

Okay, so even this tight granny set barely made it out alive-I was not playing around on that treadmill this morning
To be honest, I don't love how it looks, but I'm going to keep it moving because I'm trying to really limit the manipulation of my hair to 2x/week. I need to remember that the whole point of this challenge is to limit my manipulation. I lost sight of that during March and redid my sets too frequently. I might wear a headband tomorrow and Wednesday.

I'm voraciously reading old threads and watching videos of the OGs, and the one thing they have in common is leaving their hair alone. I mean, I've known this for years, but I haven't actually been consistent. So now that I'm really trying to retain some hair, I need to stick to that. Here's a post from kami11213 (I love all of her old posts for both hair and fitness progress) detailing how she leaves her hair alone as much as possible.

 

[Rocky91]

I just got my silk press and trim. This round of length check photos has me puzzled. I feel like it’s grown, my stylist says it’s grown, my husband says it looks longer, but the pic doesn’t seem to reflect that and my hair looks further away from that #1 line. Maybe I was tilting my head back in those Feb photos?



Ah well, I can’t perseverate over it and drive myself crazy. I’m going to keep trucking along with low manipulation styling and shampoo/DC 2x a week. Hopefully, my next round of photos will show a dramatic increase in length and decrease in back fat. I want that hair way past the #1 line by the end of summer, and I just need to stay consistent.

 

[Rocky91]

Okay I’m looking at my own photos again and I was definitely tilting my head back in February since I can see the top of my scalp note to self for next time.

 

[Rocky91]

I'm trying to not just "disappear" after having started a thread so a quick update from me: I'm going to pause my rod sets for a little bit. Between getting quite sweaty during my workouts lately and the springtime humidity, it's just not a style with enough longevity right now. There truly isn't a foam wrap in the entire world that can salvage my hair during these sprinting interval workouts I've been doing. Trust me--I tried a LOT of them

I'll probably still do a few random sets for fun during the summer, maybe for special occasions, but it just won't be my primary style for a few months. I'll revisit in the fall

 

[25InchesStarting'25]

I'm trying to not just "disappear" after having started a thread so a quick update from me: I'm going to pause my rod sets for a little bit. Between getting quite sweaty during my workouts lately and the springtime humidity, it's just not a style with enough longevity right now. There truly isn't a foam wrap in the entire world that can salvage my hair during these sprinting interval workouts I've been doing. Trust me--I tried a LOT of them

I'll probably still do a few random sets for fun during the summer, maybe for special occasions, but it just won't be my primary style for a few months. I'll revisit in the fall

Have you ever tried working out in two pony tails to keep your hair straight?
You have to let you hair dry before taking them down

 

[Rocky91]

Have you ever tried working out in two pony tails to keep your hair straight?
You have to let you hair dry before taking them down

This is actually my current routine, along with a buff fabric tube, but unfortunately, it’s just not cutting it anymore. I can’t even really be mad because my priority is getting my sweat on anyways lol. I’ll definitely revisit in the fall

 

[Beautified16]

Throwback. Look what I found. Y’all remember when Macheriamour dropped her rollersetting DVD. I might get back to rollersetting. View attachment 501771View attachment 501769

I just found this as well. I may have to watch it later to refresh up on some rollersetting tips

 

[Beautified16]

Current hair stats: Straight Natural

Goals: My goal is to get back to brastrap length and have thick ends. Currently I'm sitting at shoulder length due to a set back 3 weeks ago.

Why do you want to rollerset?

I love the results that I get and it reminds me of when my mom used to rollerset her hair weekly when I was a kid.

Describe your current routine, including products and the types of rollers you use.

I need to incoperate low manipulation into my hair routine. So going forward I would like to stretch my blow dry and flat iron for two weeks and then rollersets stretched for another two weeks.

I usually shampoo 3X. I start clarifying with Paul Mitchell Shampoo Two, then I go in with a bond and/or strengthening shampoo like Olaplex or Joico KPak and then follow up with a moisturizing shampoo which is Joico Moisture Recovery.

I will deep condition with either a moisturizing or protein condition depending on what my hair needs for that wash day.

Afterwards I will apply my leave ins which are Pureology Color Fanatic Leave In and Aphogee Keratin and Green Tea Restructurizer.

My foam wrap of choice at the moment is Design Essentials Compositions Foam Wrap and my serum is Design Essentials Agave and Lavender Thermal Serum.

 

[ScorpioLove]

How long is it taking you all to Rollerset?

 

[ScorpioLove]

Mini rant:

I am so annoyed by people putting Rollerset in the YT video name and then flat ironing the whole head AND curling the hair with a flat iron. Then using the results of that in the YT thumbnail. Like let’s be somewhat honest here. Petty me is liberally using the dislike button on that stuff.

Anywho back to searching for Rollerset with 4c hair that doesn’t use a flat iron. Not sure why I am barely seeing any 4a-c YT search results :-/ was hoping there was something to getting my ng a bit straighter

 

[Beautified16]

How long is it taking you all to Rollerset?

Usually 1 hour. The more I do them I know I will become faster

 

[Beautified16]

I was going through my hair stash today as I needed to organize and downsize and I found a bag of French bouffant rollers. Anyone remember these? I may give it a try tonight or tomorrow and I’ll report back

 

[GGsKin]

I was going through my hair stash today as I needed to organize and downsize and I found a bag of French bouffant rollers. Anyone remember these? I may give it a try tonight or tomorrow and I’ll report back

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Yes! I managed to get mine in that group haul that we did here a long time ago. I can’t recall the user name of the wonderful person who helped us out. I think I got some smaller red ones too. I’ve only used mine a handful of times, and never for a wet set, but I’m so glad I have them.

 

[Rocky91]

Current hair stats: Straight Natural

Goals: My goal is to get back to brastrap length and have thick ends. Currently I'm sitting at shoulder length due to a set back 3 weeks ago.

Why do you want to rollerset?

I love the results that I get and it reminds me of when my mom used to rollerset her hair weekly when I was a kid.

Describe your current routine, including products and the types of rollers you use.

I need to incoperate low manipulation into my hair routine. So going forward I would like to stretch my blow dry and flat iron for two weeks and then rollersets stretched for another two weeks.

I usually shampoo 3X. I start clarifying with Paul Mitchell Shampoo Two, then I go in with a bond and/or strengthening shampoo like Olaplex or Joico KPak and then follow up with a moisturizing shampoo which is Joico Moisture Recovery.

I will deep condition with either a moisturizing or protein condition depending on what my hair needs for that wash day.

Afterwards I will apply my leave ins which are Pureology Color Fanatic Leave In and Aphogee Keratin and Green Tea Restructurizer.

My foam wrap of choice at the moment is Design Essentials Compositions Foam Wrap and my serum is Design Essentials Agave and Lavender Thermal Serum.

Thank you so much for joining, @Beautified16! Your hair in your avatar is so gorgeous! I like your routine—I think if I were to ever commit to being a straight natural, rollersetting would definitely be part of the equation. You have some great product choices.

That design essentials compositions foam smells so amazing and I do like the finish of my sets with it.

 

[Rocky91]

How long is it taking you all to Rollerset?

I am down to about 20 minutes. Honestly, the only thing that improves the time is lots of practice. I did rollersets at least twice a week from January-March with almost no breaks, trying to shave off time from every set because I like being competitive with myself like that

 

[Rocky91]

Mini rant:

I am so annoyed by people putting Rollerset in the YT video name and then flat ironing the whole head AND curling the hair with a flat iron. Then using the results of that in the YT thumbnail. Like let’s be somewhat honest here. Petty me is liberally using the dislike button on that stuff.

Anywho back to searching for Rollerset with 4c hair that doesn’t use a flat iron. Not sure why I am barely seeing any 4a-c YT search results :-/ was hoping there was something to getting my ng a bit straighter

Yes, I definitely relate to this rant. I don’t know why more people don’t just go ahead and say “rollerset and flat iron.” It’s okay if you just want to use this as a drying method prior to flat ironing, just don’t mislead people!

I’ve only seen one stylist who posts results of the rollerset, then acknowledges when she goes back over with the flat iron. If I find the video of hers that I have in mind with 4b/c hair, I’ll post it.

 

[ScorpioLove]

I am down to about 20 minutes. Honestly, the only thing that improves the time is lots of practice. I did rollersets at least twice a week from January-March with almost no breaks, trying to shave off time from every set because I like being competitive with myself like that

Dang this is goals!!! I was wondering how some stylists can do it in literally 10 min and I’m easily taking an hour

 

[michelle1908]

This might be my first post.

I've been reading older rollerset challenge threads.

It takes me about 30 minutes to roll my hair.

Question: My curls end up smaller/tighter than the rollers. Do you have any ideas why?

• My hair is natural
• Typical Products: Dear Mama Hair Milk & Oui oil (serum)
• Rollers: Magnetic with the snap-on caps - light pink (~1 inch) and green (7/8 inch)
• Style: I don't wear the curls. I typically create a flat twist style afterward. I use the rollerset to stretch my hair. However, I want to wear the curls in the fall.

My hair comes out pretty smooth, despite not getting the roller as tight as I need to. I think I could do it if I used the green rollers all over, but I want larger curls.

 

[Beautified16]

I was going through my hair stash today as I needed to organize and downsize and I found a bag of French bouffant rollers. Anyone remember these? I may give it a try tonight or tomorrow and I’ll report back

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So I gave the French Bouffant rollers a try. I loved it. My hair dried fast. I wish that I had a smaller size but it’s okay. I need to get better at pinning the roller down. Practice makes perfect

This wash day:
• Clarified with Paul Mitchell Shampoo Two x2
• K18 leave in treatment
• Aphogee Two Step ( I was experiencing too much breakage for my liking)
•Deep conditioned with Joico moisture treatment balm
• Aphogee Keratin & Green Tea Reconstructurizer
• Pureology Color Fanatic Spray
• Design Essentials Compositions Foam Wrap
• Design Essentials Agave & Lavender Serum

 

[Beautified16]

This might be my first post.

I've been reading older rollerset challenge threads.

It takes me about 30 minutes to roll my hair.

Question: My curls end up smaller/tighter than the rollers. Do you have any ideas why?

• My hair is natural
• Typical Products: Dear Mama Hair Milk & Oui oil (serum)
• Rollers: Magnetic with the snap-on caps - light pink (~1 inch) and green (7/8 inch)
• Style: I don't wear the curls. I typically create a flat twist style afterward. I use the rollerset to stretch my hair. However, I want to wear the curls in the fall.

My hair comes out pretty smooth, despite not getting the roller as tight as I need to. I think I could do it if I used the green rollers all over, but I want larger curls.

For clarification are you saying that after your roller set the curls are coming out smaller than the rollers that you used to roll them with?

 

[Rocky91]

This might be my first post.

I've been reading older rollerset challenge threads.

It takes me about 30 minutes to roll my hair.

Question: My curls end up smaller/tighter than the rollers. Do you have any ideas why?

• My hair is natural
• Typical Products: Dear Mama Hair Milk & Oui oil (serum)
• Rollers: Magnetic with the snap-on caps - light pink (~1 inch) and green (7/8 inch)
• Style: I don't wear the curls. I typically create a flat twist style afterward. I use the rollerset to stretch my hair. However, I want to wear the curls in the fall.

My hair comes out pretty smooth, despite not getting the roller as tight as I need to. I think I could do it if I used the green rollers all over, but I want larger curls.

Wow, welcome! How awesome that this is your first post. I'm so happy to have you join us.

You might be experiencing some shrinkage or swelling that's changing the shape of the curl. I'm not familiar with either of your products, but if they don't have hold, then they won't assist in keeping that hair in the same formation as the roller. I would consider trying a foam wrap or setting lotion instead to see if it results in a more firm curl. If you like the Doux (I think that's the line where the hair milk is from), you could try their Gangsta Wrap foam to set instead.

 

[Rocky91]

So I gave the French Bouffant rollers a try. I loved it. My hair dried fast. I wish that I had a smaller size but it’s okay. I need to get better at pinning the roller down. Practice makes perfect

This wash day:
• Clarified with Paul Mitchell Shampoo Two x2
• K18 leave in treatment
• Aphogee Two Step ( I was experiencing too much breakage for my liking)
•Deep conditioned with Joico moisture treatment balm
• Aphogee Keratin & Green Tea Reconstructurizer
• Pureology Color Fanatic Spray
• Design Essentials Compositions Foam Wrap
• Design Essentials Agave & Lavender Serum

Your hair looks soo gorgeous, omg! Just beautiful.

Is this straight out of the roller, or did you hit the roots with the flat iron?

 

[Beautified16]

Your hair looks soo gorgeous, omg! Just beautiful.

Is this straight out of the roller, or did you hit the roots with the flat iron?

Thanks

I definitely hit the roots with heat. I tried a hot comb for the first time in years.

For some reason I couldn't get my roots straight enough on the roller. Maybe I wasn't pulling taut enough. Next time I am going to try magnetic rollers and see how that goes

 

[michelle1908]

For clarification are you saying that after your roller set the curls are coming out smaller than the rollers that you used to roll them with?

Yes, that's what's happening.

 

[michelle1908]

Wow, welcome! How awesome that this is your first post. I'm so happy to have you join us.

You might be experiencing some shrinkage or swelling that's changing the shape of the curl. I'm not familiar with either of your products, but if they don't have hold, then they won't assist in keeping that hair in the same formation as the roller. I would consider trying a foam wrap or setting lotion instead to see if it results in a more firm curl. If you like the Doux (I think that's the line where the hair milk is from), you could try their Gangsta Wrap foam to set instead.

Thank you!

I’ll pick up some setting lotion this weekend. I actually own the Gangsta Wrap, but I have no idea how much to use. I wonder if I might be able to control how hard my hair is afterward by using a liquid that I can dilute. I want my hair to be soft.