However, for people with long or thick hair this can take a long time. For those of us with fine hair, using the straighteners to curl or wave will not provide much root lift in the hair, unless initially time was spent giving it a thorough round brush blow dry.
Heated rollers are very effective for all hair types, whether it be to simply get a standard curl or big bouncy volume. When ladies have shampoo and sets a lasting result is achieved by the bonds in the hair being broken down, remoulded and dried into a new shape.
The straighteners and curling tongs still do this, but they are only applying the heat to the hair and remoulding it, once the hair gets moist or damp the style will immediately drop. The difference with using heated rollers is that, even though they go on the hair dry, the heat from them breaks down the hydrogen bonds so it can mould and reform around the roller (like it would if you used the straighteners or curling tongs) but they are left in the hair until it is cooled down or set into place.
This has proven to keep the style in place for longer, as this process allows the hair to adjust naturally.
To get root lift and volume from heated rollers, the technique is to avoid giving your hair a definite parting. Take a 2-3 inch square section from the top of the hair and comb it straight up, slightly angling the hair forwards. Then take your roller (preferably a medium to large sized one) and roll it down the hair. Once you get to the root the roller should be sitting upright, it will set this way encouraging the root to stay up and providing lots more volume.
If root lift isn't required but you fancy a wave or curl, the trick would be to again take a 2-3 inch section, and instead of combing the hair straight up you would keep it in the way it lies.
So where the parting exists, take a section and comb it straight out so it is at a 90 degree angle from the head. Then insert the roller, so when it is rolled to the root there is about an inch that isn't rolled. This is called root drag. This is the correct technique to use if you don't want volume at the roots.
One manufacturer has now brought out heated rollers that go on a pod, heat up one at a time and only take 4 seconds making it extremely easy to set the hair. The rollers come in 5 different sizes meaning you can create many effective looks from using the bigger rollers for lots of volume and bounce, to the smaller rollers for a tighter curly effect, there are also many ways to experiment putting them in to achieve root lift, flicks, spiral curls and curls with no root lift.
Author Resource:-
Hair1 Direct is a UK hair specialist and online retailer of Cloud Nine The O Heated Rollers. Hair1 Direct uses Cloud Nine Heated Rollers professionally in its UK based Salon.
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