Wednesday, February 20, 2013

My first flexirod set on natural hair

I finally convinced myself that my hair was long enough for a roller set so I did flexirods.

There wasn't a whole lot of rhyme or reason to the way I put them in.  I only have 24 flexirods and I was just trying to use all of them, but still not make any section too large so that I'd have to separate it a lot.  I very gently misted each section with water with a little coconut oil in it and my Curls Unleashed Curl Creme.  I detangled with a detangling comb, then a fine tooth comb, wrapped the end with curling paper and rolled on the flexirod.
This morning I took out the flexirods and papers and carefully rolled each section back up.

Some of them were a little damp still, but I soldiered on.  I covered my hands in coconut oil and started separating the curls, twirling each separated section into a little drop curl.  The first curls I rolled right in front were kind of fuzzy (I didn't put enough product on them or smooth them well before rolling) so I pinned those areas back.
Here's the final look: