A's hair
I was planning on doing a review/tutorial on Curlformers and a new product this weekend but my product didn't arrive. Then the littlest curly asked me to put Curlformers in her hair which I hadn't considered since she's only 2 but since I promised a Curlformers review on FB, I went for it.
A is a few days shy of 3 and has thin, fine curly hair. The spirals are pretty when wet but it takes heavy products or a twist out to keep definition once it dries.
I would normally start with freshly washed hair but I was skeptical about her sitting still to actually get it done. On a whim I picked up Motion's Hydrate My Curls Pudding for $3 in the clearance section at Sally's. I figured I could experiment with with both at the same time and if I had to wash it out it was cheap anyway. (I'll fully review that product soon.)
I parted a section of A's hair in a 1 inch square and sprayed it with a water/aloe vera juice mixture. I liberally applied the hair pudding and brushed it through. Then I twisted the section at the root, inserted it in the hook and pulled her hair through. It was simple and took about an hour and a half including breaks. She did not complain at all.
Her hair isn't very thick and was just damp so it air dried in a couple of hours. She insisted on trying to sleep in them like her big sister but came to have me take them out after only a few minutes. She did say it hurt a few times taking them out. The curls were beautiful! Her scalp showed a lot though. Next time I'll probably just grab small sections rather than part it in squares.
I put a satin cap on her but it didn't stay on all night. The edges were especially frizzed, from the cap I'm guessing. And after a whole day of her being a toddler, it is frizzy. I would do it again for a special occasion but I'd do it the morning of the event since it dries fast.
N's twist out
N came to me late Friday and asked me to do something special to her hair. Because hers takes so long to style and dry I had to keep it simple. I parted it on one side and did flat twists coming down perpendicular to the part. Each section was sprayed with water and aloe vera juice and liberally applied with the hair pudding. Then I detangled the sections with a large tooth comb and twisted the hair to her scalp. I two strand twisted it all the way to the ends and put on a Curlformer. I chose the color Curlformer based on the direction the hair was twisted. Since she was going to have to let her hair dry overnight, the Curlformers kept the ends from getting frizzy and drying out of shape as she slept. The first few I took down came out a little frizzy on the ends once I started untwisting the hair. For the rest, I applied a liberal amount of the hair pudding to the twist before taking it down and the twists separated much more easily and without frizzing. The result was a head full of small pretty spirals.
A is a few days shy of 3 and has thin, fine curly hair. The spirals are pretty when wet but it takes heavy products or a twist out to keep definition once it dries.
I would normally start with freshly washed hair but I was skeptical about her sitting still to actually get it done. On a whim I picked up Motion's Hydrate My Curls Pudding for $3 in the clearance section at Sally's. I figured I could experiment with with both at the same time and if I had to wash it out it was cheap anyway. (I'll fully review that product soon.)
I parted a section of A's hair in a 1 inch square and sprayed it with a water/aloe vera juice mixture. I liberally applied the hair pudding and brushed it through. Then I twisted the section at the root, inserted it in the hook and pulled her hair through. It was simple and took about an hour and a half including breaks. She did not complain at all.
Her hair isn't very thick and was just damp so it air dried in a couple of hours. She insisted on trying to sleep in them like her big sister but came to have me take them out after only a few minutes. She did say it hurt a few times taking them out. The curls were beautiful! Her scalp showed a lot though. Next time I'll probably just grab small sections rather than part it in squares.
I put a satin cap on her but it didn't stay on all night. The edges were especially frizzed, from the cap I'm guessing. And after a whole day of her being a toddler, it is frizzy. I would do it again for a special occasion but I'd do it the morning of the event since it dries fast.
N's twist out
N came to me late Friday and asked me to do something special to her hair. Because hers takes so long to style and dry I had to keep it simple. I parted it on one side and did flat twists coming down perpendicular to the part. Each section was sprayed with water and aloe vera juice and liberally applied with the hair pudding. Then I detangled the sections with a large tooth comb and twisted the hair to her scalp. I two strand twisted it all the way to the ends and put on a Curlformer. I chose the color Curlformer based on the direction the hair was twisted. Since she was going to have to let her hair dry overnight, the Curlformers kept the ends from getting frizzy and drying out of shape as she slept. The first few I took down came out a little frizzy on the ends once I started untwisting the hair. For the rest, I applied a liberal amount of the hair pudding to the twist before taking it down and the twists separated much more easily and without frizzing. The result was a head full of small pretty spirals.