Hello ladies
I hope you have been well and had a good break over Easter.
I know I am a little overdue for a blog post. Unfortunately I was a little unwell over Easter (tummy bug, cold and fever), when I got back into the swing of things my laptop went weird (apparently my OS has been corrupted). I am using my mum’s laptop for the moment and was getting on with part two of the texlax series. I always do a first draft of blog posts on paper and had just finished writing out the texlax post. I left the room for a second and returned to find my dog eating it…yes the dog literally ate my blog post.:)
I’ve thrown in the towel and will try to get part two up in a few days.
In the mean time I thought I should share some pictures of my first ever roller set since I began my hair journey. I can be a little lazy with styling my hair. I’ve always wanted to do a roller set but the thought of the time it would take usually put me off. I had a photo shoot about two weeks ago for an upcoming project and decided it was now or never.
I washed my hair the day before and deep conditioned overnight. In the morning I rinsed out the deep conditioner and unravelled the box braids (aka calabar to us Nigerian ladies). I applied my leave-ins and blow dried with cool air.
I sectioned small amounts of my hair, combed through gently, sprayed it very lightly with some water, applied a little bit of Cantu Shea Butter conditioning cream and rolled up the section. The reason I blow dried my hair and re-wet it is because I avoid sectioning or manipulating my hair when it is wet. I get loads of tangles and breakage if I try to work on my wet hair, so I am better of handling it when it is dry.
I used my soft hood drier to dry my hair. Because my hair was semi dry already, I only kept the hood on for an hour. I started working on my hair at 9am that morning and took out the rollers at 3pm. Yes it took me 6 hours to rinse, undo box braids, detangle, apply leaves, dry, re-wet in sections, roller set and re-dry my hair!!!!! This is why I love buns. It takes me 30 seconds to put my hair in a bun.
At the risk of coming across as narcissistic, I LOVED the result. I had been eager to see what my hair would look like with a roller set and I truly loved how it turned out. When I took out the rollers, the curls were really springy, I jumped up and down in front of the mirror for a while, then I went and found my mum and jumped up and down for her, then I went looking for my sister and jumped some more.
The shoot went well although I felt really silly half the time, despite how these pictures look I really hate posing for pictures. My mum and sis were there and we all had a bit of a laugh until the Lagos heat took its toll. The curls started dropping quite quickly and we called it a day. When I got back home, I took some pictures of my hair when the curls had dropped, then did what I do best: put it in a bun.
I am glad I finally got the roller set out of the way and think I did okay even though it was my first attempt. Will I do it again soon? Probably not but only because I am a lazy self stylist. But who knows, maybe I will for a really special occasion.
What have you been up to with your hair? Has anyone tried something new recently? Please share and please come back soon for the second half of the texlax blog post.
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Lade
Learn | Change | Grow
wow….u look Gorgeous! lovely roller set results. Have you tried flat twist outs and Bantu knot outs? I think they would look cute on you.
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Thank you Juditherese
I’ve never tried flat twists but I have done bantu knot outs on parts of my hair before. Maybe I’ll try it one day.
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Lade
Wow, Lovely results!
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Thank you Nitty
Your roller set came out wonderful!
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Thank you, I was surprised it did to be honest.
Oh naughty dog! Now I don’t have my texlax 2 because of you!
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Lol, I know. Part two is now up.
Amazing results Lade!!!Very pretty! P.S. I want that dress!
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thank you very much Dami!!!! lol the dress is from New Look.
Love it! Your arms must have hurt a lot doing this. Well done!
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Lol it did, but I was ready for it. Thank you.
Wow, amazing results, yeah the results dont really last long enough, aah well good enough for a couple of selfies 😀 I’ve tried rollersetting many times, but I’ve never gotten such good results, maybe I should keep trying 🙂
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Thank you Adanna
Yes enough for a quick photo shoot. Definitely keep at it. I didn’t think mine would turn out okay, must be a beginners luck.
Wow, 47 rollers!!! Your hair is beautiful and came out beautiful too. I have been meaning to try and do a roller set but I don’t have a hooded dryer lol
hi Lade, long time no see. how r u dear? I see the good work is up. nice hair by the way. xxx
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Hello Belema!!!!!
Ive been trying to contact you on your bb with no joy.
Thank you so much…..
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Lade
Great post!! Please how often would you advice rollersetting as a maximum? Is every week bad? *covers face while escaping backwards*
Thankies!!
i so want to grow my hair so much,when i showed a couple of friends your pic.they all said i could never do it.and now i am more driven to do it.
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Hello Noxolo
we can all grow our hair however I will admit that some may face more challenges than others. Some ladies have a lot of setbacks on their journey and some don’t. Either way when you find out what works best for your hair and are consistent with your regimen, your hair will thrive over time
Best of Luck
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Lade