How to Roller Set Natural Hair
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Learning to roller set natural hair is a very healthy method of achieving straight hair whether you're curly, wavy, or kinky. It is especially an easy style for those with relaxed hair but it can also be achieved on natural hair. Setting your hair is a great alternative to flat ironing and curling hair.
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A few things to know before you start:
- The easiest way I have found to roller set natural hair is to part your
hair down the middle. Parting hair down the middle is easier especially if your hair long vs
doing it the standard mohawk method.
- Using mesh rollers will allow your hair to dry faster.
Additionally, they
are a little easier to use than magnetic rollers. You can buy
mesh rollers at Sally Beauty Supply, online, or try a beauty supply
store in your area. Buy a set of hair pins to go with them.
Not bobby pins. See my pictures below to get an idea of the
tools you'll need.
- Set aside an hour and a half to shampoo, condition, and roll your
hair. Set aside another 2 hours to dry your hair and style it.
- Make sure you have all of your tools before you get started.
- If you get frustrated, don't fret. Just start over again another day.
Step 1: Wash and Condition your hair as usual.
Supplies needed: Clarifying shampoo, moisturizing shampoo, moisturizing conditioner, shower comb, plastic cap, hooded hair dryer.
After Conditioning
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Step 2: Detangling
Supplies needed: Leave-In Conditioner, Hair Clips, Wide Tooth Seamless Comb (The one in the picture is a bone comb.)
Products for Detangling
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Step 3: Preparing Your Work Area
Supplies needed: Setting lotion, oil, end papers, mesh rollers, roller pins, wide tooth comb, rattail comb.
(You can do all of this before step 1 if you'd like but I tend to do it at Step 3 so that I can place all products from step 1-2 back in my cabinet.)
Lay Out Products on Towel
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- Optional: If you choose to put oil on your ends before rolling,put a little bit in the bottle cap to get to easily with your fingertip. (I sometimes use oil on my ends and sometimes not. My ends do seem more moisturized when I do so I will suggest that you at least give it a try for your first roller set.)
- Optional: Take out your end papers if you will be using thoseas well. (I tend not to use end papers. They tend to slow me down but there may be some benefit to using them if your hair is uneven or you're concerned about dryness to the ends from the hair dryer.)
- Keep your wide-tooth comb and get out your rattail comb toplace near your rollers.
Step 4: Sectioning and Rolling
Supplies needed: Wide triangular hair net
Part from Back to Front
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Roll and Secure Taughtly
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Left Side and Right Side Rolled
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Step 5: Drying
Supplies needed: Hard hat hooded dryer (I recommend the Pibbs 512 or Pibbs 514) or soft bonnet
dryer, bottle of water, a computer, plenty of patience
Ready, Set, Dry
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Step 6: Styling
Supplies needed: Hard hat hooded dryer or soft bonnet
dryer, saran wrap, hair clips, serum (oil or moisturizer)
One of the biggest problems when you roller set natural hair is getting straight roots. There are a few methods but the one I suggest you use is wrapping. This is sometimes called the silk wrap method or doobie wrap.
Silk Wrapping Method
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Final Results
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Whetheryou choose to silk wrap, blow dry, or flat iron, you should end up with straight bouncy hair. This style should last you about a week.
- Remember to oil your ends nightly.
- Add a few rollers if your hair starts to fall.
- Make sure wear a satin scarf to bed.
Other Tips to Roller Set Natural Hair:
- Your hair should be super wet and slick with your leave-in and setting lotion to provide the smoothest set.
- Use a moisturizing hair setting lotion to keep your hair from getting dry.
- Make sure your ends are not frizzy when you put them on the roller.
- Practice using the hair pins so that they are secure.
- The more secure and taut you get the rollers, the straighter your roots will be (potentially eliminating the need for flat ironing afterwards).
- Don't put too much hair on each roller.
- If you remove a roller for a test of dryness and it's limp, that means that it isn't dry. Curls should be firm and bounce into place. Go back under the dryer for another 20 minutes and try again.
- Never tear through your hair with the rat tail comb. If it's catching, stop and use your wide-tooth comb to detangle. Try spraying a little more setting lotion.
- Try my wax stick method to get a nice and smooth hair line.
I hope this tutorial on how to roller set natural hair has been helpful to you. Good luck!
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4a/3c/4b hair
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I don't think this method would work on my 4a/3c/4b hair texture :( Sucks, because the hair looks fab.
Worked for me!
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I used the method on this site to rollerset my hair and it worked like a charm. The only differences were, I set my hair using magnetic rollers with snap-...
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