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OK, right away I'm realizing that I'm probably blogging to myself. Because nobody is as clueless as I am. About hair, or even about locating the digital camera, both of which affect this post.
See, I can't upload pictures of this hair technique, or at least, I can't until I find the %&*@@!! camera.
But I have a trick for making my hair look good. And since I have straight, medium to long hair with long layers cut in, especially around the face--just like everyone else on the planet, thank you Jennifer Anniston--I thought I'd share it.
Especially since with the recession on, some of you, like me, might want to save money on salon blow-outs.
Now, I'm OK with blowing my hair dry at home, but I find the layers difficult to deal with. If I rush things, instead of giving my hair volume and movement, they end up sticking out like the ends of a paintbrush. And the back is almost impossible to make look good without spending about twenty minutes with my arms up in the air until my triceps are screaming.
So I use hot rollers.
I know, how eighties. But I use a special technique. And the few times in my life I've done this while another woman was around, I've gotten quizzical looks or a flat out "What are you doing?"
So here's my secret: I start with dry hair, either freshly washed or yesterday's (or the day before's.) I plug in the rollers. I brush my hair and (here's the unique part) I get some toilet paper.
I use two still-attached squares of TP, and as I section my hair, I wrap each section lengthwise in the toilet paper. I don't just wrap the ends--imagine someone putting the paper cover back onto a straw, and you've got it.
Then I roll each section up onto the hot roller and clip it. I don't bring the roller all the way to the top of the scalp; I clip each section at about ear-to-chin level.
And I don't use lots of rollers. I use a travel set, and only four or five of them. So each roller is getting a pretty thick lock of hair.
Then I let the rollers cool completely.
When I take the rollers out--this is key--I don't brush out the curl. There isn't much curl, anyway. The toilet paper insulates the hair from the curler and gives a very gentle curl. The point of this technique is that the ends all go in the same direction, and the layers play together nicely.
So my secret is out. Consider it my Christmas present to the BlogHer community. And just think--if you do this at a BlogHer conference, no one will ask you why you're wrapping your hair with toilet paper.
