Hair Hot Rollers A Girls Best Friend!

Now that long, luscious, full-bodied locks is a hair trend that is here to stay, hair hot rollers should be on every girls shopping list!!

For quite some time hair hot rollers have taken a back seat to curling irons and flat irons. It does seem like eon’s ago that we were using hair hot rollers on our clients and ourselves to smooth out frizz from perms and get gloriously shiny big curls that would last for days!

“I Miss My
Hair Hot Rollers”But, truth be told, I found myself dusting off my old set of hair hot rollers recently and I’ve been loving em’ once again! (Matter of fact, I loved em’ so much they finally up and died . . . but they had a good long life.)

So now I find myself looking for a new set of hair hot rollers that will stand up to the old. I threw the old set out and I’m pretty sure they were made by Clairol and had 20 hot rollers in the set. What I liked most about them was that they were smooth with a smooth velvet covering, there was a variety of sizes and there was a thermostat so I could control the heat setting.

Having a variety of roller sizes is nice for getting different style effects. Here’s one of my favorite sets for hair hot rollers. It’s quick and easy, it gives great curl results and they last for days!!

Get Hot Roller Curls Like These

How to get the look from your hair hot rollers:

• Shampoo, condition and put in a volumizing product like Big Sexy Hair Root Pump Plus
• Blow dry for volume, upside down till 90% dry and smooth with big round brush
• Pull hair back into a high ponytail and loosely secure with elastic
• Spray ponytail with Thermal Heat Protector
• Comb out one inch pieces that will easily wrap around mid-size or large hair hot rollers
• Wrap and secure all sections
• Spray lightly with a finishing spray like one of my favorites, Sebastians Shaper Plus

You can get an interesting effect by using two different size hair hot rollers in your ponytail too. Also experiment with dropping the sides out and finishing them with a curling iron or get a smoother effect on the sides and bangs with a round brush.

Of course shopping for hair hot rollers, like anything, can be more complicating than what it originally seems. I thought I could tell what I liked from the picture on the front but I returned the second set of hair hot rollers I bought last night. Long story short, the largest rollers were too small. The box said the ‘jumbo’ roller in the set was 1 1/4 inch. I figured that would be the same size as my 1 1/4 inch curling iron, but it was smaller. I want at least a 20 roller set with 4 jumbo size – 1 1/2 inch, 6 large, 1 1/4 inch and the rest can be smaller. With hair hot rollers . . . size matters!

The other things that matters when purchasing hair hot rollers or, that should be taken into consideration are things like:

• How many rollers and what size do you need for the curl type you want
• Heat-up time
• Ionic, nano or ceramic
• Dry heat vs. steam heat
• Velvet roller coverings or plastic

I’ll let you know what brand of hair hot rollers I end up purchasing and give you my review after I do a bit more research.

For further discussion on hair tips for curly hair you might want to check out these other articles:

• Curly Hairstyles for Round Faces
• Natural Curly Hair Styling Tips
• Curly Hair, Curly Hair . . . New Season Trend!!
• Curly Hair Tips
• Curly Hairstyles
• Curly Hair, Can I Wear a Short Curly Hair Style?
• How Can I Get Curly Hair With My Flat Iron?
• Tips to End Curly Hair Boredom

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Most Popular Prom Updos are Simple & Chic

Prom updos this year are simple, chic, classy, sexy and easy to do! How great is that! If you watched some of the red carpet events at the Peoples Choice Awards and the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, you saw some of the updos that will be channeled at this years prom!

Many of you long-haired darlings, who have a bit of talent wielding the brush and comb, may be able to manage this years prom hair style at home. However, I’m not suggesting that you should, by any means, take for granted that you will be able to achieve the look you want without first practicing the do’ you will do!!

After all, this is just one of the most glamorous nights of your life, and you do need to get the dress, the shoes, the accessories and please . . . get the hair style right! (There will be pictures, that keep showing up for a long-time you know!)

If your hair is short and you long to do an updo, check out your local beauty supply stores for clip-in extensions. Don’t worry about styling them yourself, call around to find someone who works with extensions and go in for a trial run. No surprises!

Don’t forget to bring in a picture to your hairdresser of what you’re looking for, it’s the best way of getting the look you want. Oh . . . and for you ladies who don’t want to do an updo, keep in touch, we will be bringing you some new ideas too!

Miley Cyrus in a style that could be a prom updo

This simple, chic, updo like Miley wore at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, will be one of the ‘most popular’ prom updos in 2010!! Miley’s look is all about soft texture!

Here’s how to get the look!

• Blow dry using a volumizing product like, Catwalk Your Highness Firm Hold Hairspray with large hot rollers or use 1 1/2 inch curling iron
• Brush through, backcomb top section of hair, smooth over and lightly spray.
• Gather sides and back into low ponytail. Make sure to leave height on the top and brush sides in tighter.
• Secure with clear elastic.
• Twist into bun and secure with bobby pins.
• Pull out a few wisps around the face to soften the look
• Spray over all with a finishing spray like Sebastian Shaper Plus Hairspray

Olivia Wilde

Nicole Kidman

Sarah Jessica Parker

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Hair Stylists Choose Best Hair Products

It’s finally here, the Best Hair Products Winners of Hair Stylist Choice Awards! If you’re a follower of my blog you know every year I love to update all of you on what thousands of hairdressers have voted for as their favorite products they have worked with over the year.

The tally just came in from behindthechair.com on this annual event which coincides with one of the biggest professional beauty shows in the country. This year it was held in Chicago, Illinois.

If your current hair products are not performing as well as they used to, this list from the professionals should be of interest to you. Hair stylists are the only ones who have first-hand results daily with every hair type possible and from a large base of professional brands.

I know there are plenty of good hair products out there that didn’t make this years list, but this list has lots of credibility behind it. If you would like to see a larger list of to choose from, see their ‘Top 5 Finalists‘ in each category for more options.

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