Velcro Rollers: Volume & Loose Curls

I feel like such a newbie at blogging, LOL. It's sad, I seriously get lost on this site all the time. You have to start from somewhere though, right??


This is my straight hair before and without falsies:


Alright, so today I'm going to show you guys the products I picked up today and also talk about how I created the following hair look. After velcro rollers and falsies:

Loose flowy curls with volume




In case you're wondering, I'm wearing:
-MAC Sumptuous Olive (lid)
-MAC Embark (crease)
-MAC Moss Scape paint pot (base)
-BCBG cashmere long sweater
-Andrea Mod Lash 13 Black

Ok, so I went to Target today and browsed around. I decided to pick up the ELF Hollywood eyelash kit since I'm gonna need some dramatic lashes for New Years! :D Plus it was only 3 bucks so I figured why not? I love the look falsies give you, it can completely change your eye makeup and really expand and brighten your eyes up. The only problem is, I HATE having them on. I just don't like knowing that they are glued onto my lashline or feeling it, ugh! I don't know how you ladies do it... I guess it's something that you just have to get used to.

I also picked up some Tresemme Extra Hold hairspray. I've heard great things about it and I used to use it about 3 years ago. It's funny because the smell brings me back to that time! LOL it's kind of sad that a hairspray will do that for me when it's usually something like a perfume that brings back memories! I usually use Big Sexy Hair's Spray and Play but I'm going to try this one out since I ran out of the other one.



Then I went to Ulta and picked up a Hot Tools Thermal Ceramic Roller 12 Pack. It was $10.99 but rang up a little less than $9.00. I was somehow able to use my $5.00 off coupon too, so altogether, I got these for about 4 bucks! :) Very happy about that. I wanted to pick these up and give them a chance to use with my Conair 3 pk jumbo rollers, just some extra ones since my hair is pretty thick and long. I was never really good at using velcro rollers or hot rollers but with practice over time, they became a lot easier to use. I really think traditional hair rollers are the best way to get that "Victoria's Secret supermodel" hair. I find this to be the only way to get incredible sexy volume and curl in one. Anyways, the set comes in a zippered plastic tube, great for travel and storing. It comes with 4 blue jumbo rollers and tucked inside each of them are a pink medium roller and a yellow small roller. They are thermal ceramic rollers so they retain heat and distribute it more easily throughout your hair.

Next, I went to Sally's. I can seriously just stay in that store and look at all the cool beauty products they have, there is just soo much. Love it! At the Sally's locations I've been to, the staff always seems pretty knowledgeable about the products they carry in the store. I usually go to the older ladies because they always seem to know the most and suggest the best products. I asked what their best teasing comb was. I was holding up the two that I thought would do the best job when she directed me over by the brushes. She pulled out this neat brush...

The Spornette Little Wonder!


She said it was the best for teasing and volume, even better and easier to use than a rattail comb. It's the Spornette Little Wonder and it only cost me $3.49 with my pro card. Without a pro card, it would still only be about $4.00.



You can see in the pictures that this comb has three rows of bristles with a sectioning tail at the end. The bristles are black natural boar hair (boar hair bristles give you great shine and smoothness) and there are also blue tourmaline bristles between the boar hair for conditioning. It was soo cute and unique I just had to get it!! I used it as soon as I got back home and I LOVE IT!! Next time you are at Sally's be sure to pick up this brush! I've seen some YouTube gurus use brushes like these that were purchased online for like $20. The Spornette one is SUPER cheap and works like a charm. It's so easy to use and I feel like it doesn't knot up my hair as much as a traditional rattail comb.

So on to the look.........



1.) Tease small section of hair with teasing comb. I'm using the Spornette Little Wonder I purchased today. Curl that section of hair with a 3/4 inch or 1 inch curling iron. Hold for 10 seconds.

2.) Immediately after curling that one section, wrap it in the velcro roller in a downward motion away from your scalp. I like to start from the top middle section of my head, work back to the neck and then go down on each side of my head. I use bigger rollers near the top to get more volume and smaller ones as I work my way down the scalp to produce more curl. Use a section of hair that is wide enough to cover the roller but thin enough so it actually rolls and sticks onto the velcro. Pin the ends of the rollers to your hair if you're having trouble with your hair staying on the rollers.



3.) Repeat in sections in the order stated in step 2 until there are no loose strands remaining. I usually do four down the middle and four down each side using jumbo rollers for the top layers. Make sure to spray each section with hairspray. Spray once all over with hairspray. Make sure to hold the can 10 inches away so it doesn't look or feel hard. Remember, we're going for LOOSE curls!

4.) Use a blowdryer on low speed and high heat and blast each roller for 3 seconds. Do this with all the rollers. Then wait about 15-20 minutes or until the rollers are cool again. The longer you leave them in the curlier and better they will look. I usually do my makeup while they're cooling.

5.) Carefully take out each roller by winding them out of the roller in the direction of the curl. Don't just pull them out, you want to keep the definition of each curl.

6.) We're all done! I usually flip my head upside and spray once more with hairspray to give it more volume. Then I like to shake out the curls with my fingers and adjust them until I'm satisfied with the way the curls look together! You can also tease the roots a bit more if you'd like.









Finally, a swatch of Dior Addict Ultra-Gloss in 271.....



I love it! This is a swatch on my bare, slightly pigmented lips with nothing else underneath. It's the perfect girly pink and has these tiny slightly cool silver shimmers. I love the consistency of Dior glosses and Chanel glossimers. They are sooo smooth and not sticky at all *cough, MAC NARS, cough!* Though I kind of like a tacky feeling on my lips too since it makes it feel like the product is lasting throughout the day.




Question of the day: What's YOUR favorite way to get supermodel volume and curl??
(I would say... first hot rollers, second velcro rollers!)

I'd really like to know what you guys think!!
Hope this post was at least helpful to some of you out there who aren't sure what to do with their velcro rollers :)


EDIT: Don't get the ELF set! Save your three dollars! LOL The lashes were complete rubbish. The only part I liked was the eyelash holder, but is that really necessary???