I give up - FlexiRod disaster(pics)...Any Donations for my Curlformer fund????

[Lucky's Mom]

Hey Ladies! A couple of days ago - Someone said they wanted to see bad hair days - Well here it is!
I am so glad I tried this before a big weekend....

I decided to put flexirods in to kill some of the kink....... UGH!!! Well - it took me 2 hours to put these suckers in...... Very uncomfortable

Then - I was under Pibbsy for 45 mins - then I went to bed - OH yea - a rough night.... Then I woke up and went backunder the pibbs for a nother 20 mins...

The Result????????????? Wet soggy roots, and curled ends.
Hair disasater.



So someone please HELP!!!


- How long should I sit under pibbsy for this to dry completely????
- How do you straighten these roots????


yup I got pics to prove it.............

Flexis - so not comfy......[img=http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/4/4/16/t_Flexirodsapm_e78f252.jpg]

The result...
Oh so nappy curls

The fix for today.....
[img=http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/4/4/16/t_Flexirodsapm_2220bdb.jpg]
A beehive....





I am turning myself in.........I am going to perm Rods or CURLFORMERS.

At least I would be able to sleep on the Perm Rods..... SHEESH!


AND............
Any donations to my Curlformer Fund would be apprecieated!!!

Toodles Girls!!!

 

[wonderstar]

What products did you use on your hair? I put some rods in my hair last week with gel and you couldn't tell I was natural.

 

[PassionFruit]

Oh SAMANTHA!!!! I hope for MY sake its because your haiur is a lot longer than mine...

I planned on trying a flexi-rod set for my big deal weekend


anyhoo.... your have nice form... seems like it needed more heat for a longer period of time and maybe for you to either pulled hair tighter against rods or to have used bigger rods


dont give up CURLFORMERS AINT CHEAP!!!

 

[Nola Darling]

Seems like your problem is that they didn't dry all the way...that's all I can input...nice hair though

 

[Hair Iam]

Hi love , could you decrease the picture sizes ..I can't see ...

 

[JustKiya]

Good googamooga that's a big pic, sis!!!

I'm no help - esp. since I think the first one looks kinda cute. Not a perfectly smooth/flat curl job - but still cute.

Maybe try staying under the Pibbs longer? 1h45m, instead of the little more than an hour before?

 

[Fine 4s]

What products did you use on your hair? I put some rods in my hair last week with gel and you couldn't tell I was natural.

See, this is why I'm scared to use flexirods or curlformers! What gel did you use wonderstar? But that second picture was WAY too big, couldn't tell WHAT I was looking at...

 

[Lucky's Mom]

Sorry girls- I am just getting the hang of the picture thing.....

 

[SparklingFlame]

AWWWWW! I'm so sorry that happened!

It looks like it didnt dry all the way thats all.

 

[Lucky's Mom]

What products did you use on your hair? I put some rods in my hair last week with gel and you couldn't tell I was natural.

What gel did you use.....

 

[miami74]

I think it would have come out pretty good if you just stayed under pibbs longer. You're working with a nice head of hair, so I'm sure you'll get it back to looking good in no time.

 

[Lucky's Mom]

Good googamooga that's a big pic, sis!!!

I'm no help - esp. since I think the first one looks kinda cute. Not a perfectly smooth/flat curl job - but still cute.

Maybe try staying under the Pibbs longer? 1h45m, instead of the little more than an hour before?

Sorry......

 

[wonderstar]

I used ecostyler gel next time I'll use IC gel. I only did the front cause my intention was to do some coils like Brockstar for a bang but my hair is to long now. Besides it will take a really long time to do my entire head.

Sam, I think you used too much hair on a rod.

 

[Caramela]

How about trying a little bit smaller sections

 

[Lucky's Mom]

I used ecostyler gel next time I'll use IC gel. I only did the front cause my intention was to do some coils like Brockstar for a bang but my hair is to long now. Besides it will take a really long time to do my entire head.

Sam, I think you used too much hair on a rod.

Thanks... Did you do that on Dry hair?

 

[Lucky's Mom]

Thanks Girls. I got loads of hair - and I felt like the rods were taking over my head.

Thanks for the tips!!!!

sj
I used my Homemade spritz and Giovanni setting lotion - I gotta go back to lottabody......

 

[wonderstar]

Yea my hair was dry and I didn't use heat afterwards. The gel pretty much did all the work. Even if I did it on wet hair the end result would be the same or probably better.

I twisted the roots around like 3 times so it won't be bulky prior to putting in the rods.

 

[wonderstar]

Thanks Girls. I got loads of hair - and I felt like the rods were taking over my head.

Thanks for the tips!!!!

sj
I used my Homemade spritz and Giovanni setting lotion - I gotta go back to lottabody......

Maybe you can dilute the lottabody with your homemade spritz if stiffness is your concern.

 

[Lucky's Mom]

Yea my hair was dry and I didn't use heat afterwards. The gel pretty much did all the work. Even if I did it on wet hair the end result would be the same or probably better.

I twisted the roots around like 3 times so it won't be bulky prior to putting in the rods.

Twisted the roots?????

 

[wonderstar]

Twisted the roots?????

Well yea I think that's what it's called, ok you know how you start finger coils? That's what I did. I guess I'm not really good at explaining myself.

 

[Lucky's Mom]

Well yea I think that's what it's called, ok you know how you start finger coils? That's what I did. I guess I'm not really good at explaining myself.

OH!!! I got ith - I think - you started at the roots.

Thanks mama..
I am going to try this again.

With perm rods though... My henna weekend is a comin'........

 

[InnerSoul]

Seems like your problem is that they didn't dry all the way...that's all I can input...nice hair though

sounds like and looks like the culprit to me...

 

[~~HoneyComb~~]

What products did you use on your hair? I put some rods in my hair last week with gel and you couldn't tell I was natural.

Same here, I'm natural and when I do a flexirod set with gel (Fantastia IC gel is what I use), you can't tell I'm natural (I have a couple pics in my album). Also I find the more flexirods I use the better, I will use over 50 in different sizes, I have the orange, blue, and red. And you have to make sure your hair is completely dry. I will sit under the dryer about and hour then airdry for an hour or two afterwards. I love flexirods better than curlformers, they were a disaster for me. I start by putting the gel on the section of hair I want to roll, and I roll from the end of my hair up toward the roots, then I will bend the roller at the roots.

Sorry about your experience, but don't give up on these, you'll love them once you get the hang of it.

 

[PeggyFair]

Samantha, it seems like the top didn't get as curly as the rest and it seems like some coconut oil would have shined it up a bit, but all in all, I actually LIKE it!

 

[anon123]

You don't have to do them on soaking wet hair. You can do it on dry hair with product. That way they won't have to stay in forever and a quick dry under your dryer should do the trick.

Well yea I think that's what it's called, ok you know how you start finger coils? That's what I did. I guess I'm not really good at explaining myself.

good tip!

 

[wonderstar]

OH!!! I got ith - I think - you started at the roots.

Thanks mama..
I am going to try this again.

With perm rods though... My henna weekend is a comin'........

Perm rods? Don't you think your hair is too long?

 

[Kenedie]

How about trying a little bit smaller sections

Those are my thoughts. Seems like you have a lot of hair on one roller.