Newly discovered way to curl hair - No heat, and no dent in hair from clips!

So before I start this, you should know that I have awful hand-eye coordination and am extremely clumsy when it comes to using a curling iron. I'm also impatient and hate that when I try to use a curling iron it takes me an hour or so just to create the perfect look - and it never ends up perfect anyway! Sometimes I end up burning myself - and then comes the awkwardness of having to explain to people that no, it is in fact NOT a hickey, I simply can't maneauver a curling iron without harming myself. Anyway, sometimes you get that little dent at the very top and bottom of your hair when using a curling iron because of the clamp, which is annoying. Now that the curling wands without clamps have come out, it has become much easier, but I'm still clumsy, so I've still been trying to find other ways. Hot rollers still sometimes give you that dent because of the clips you put on after rolling the hair, so I had almost just decided to give up on curls forever and accept my hair to be wavy or straight forever (I can actually work a straightener - go figure) until I found these.

They're the CONAIR Pillow Soft Rollers. The packaging of mine is different because I actually bought the 24 pack and I couldn't find a picture and of course, my camera is going nuts! So this will do. So mine came with 24 and the picture of the gorgeous bouncy red hair is different but oh well! These rollers are so amazing and I don't know how long they've been out for but I just discovered them at a Rite-Aid and I wasn't even looking for rollers but I was buying a hairbrush I believe and I just noticed the huge section of rollers. I have a hot roller set and rarely get to use them because of how tricky they are - you have to pick the right size (and of course it only comes with a particular number of that size) and then worry about the clips, and wait for the set to heat up, etc. Anyway, I noticed these right away because they weren't the typical round cylinder shaped roller, so I grabbed them right away to try. Plus, it was a 24pack for 10 bucks! Pretty sure I've never gotten a nice set for that cheap. (I don't know if they're always that price or still that price but that was mine!) So I've used them many many times, and I thought maybe a Pro/Con list would be a good way to show you all what I liked/didn't like.

 

Pros



1. So incredibly easy to use. The roller's inside contains a wire, so there is no clip or clamp involved, which eliminates that dent problem. You just roll the hair around the roller and twist the wire like you would if you were tying one of those green twisties around a bag of fruit at the grocery store. (Is twistie the correct term? Oh well!) It's that easy.

2. There are no sizes. Which might matter to some, but to me that's great because I don't need to fish out a small or big roller, they're all the same! I feel like you can control the size of your curl if you really wanted to. For example if I want a tight spiral I'll just wrap the hair around the roller very tightly.

3. You can actually sleep in them. And I don't mean sleep awkwardly with a shower cap over your curlers and wake up looking like Mufasa. I mean you sleep comfortably, and the rollers stay in place for the most part. Because they're spongey and pillow soft they're very comfortable.

4. You can use these on wet or dry hair, which may not be that different from other rollers, but I don't like to put my wet hair onto a hot roller, doesn't feel right.

5. I have a lottttt of hair, and I didn't even use the whole 24 pack. I had some leftover rollers and was still fully satisfied.

6. Cheap!

 

Cons

 

1. I really don't have any cons... but the only one I can think of is that a few of my rollers have worn so that the wire kind of sticks out a little, which wasn't a big deal because I just pushed it back in. However they are very fragile I supposed when it comes to the material.

 

So there you have it, they get a total A+. I'm so amazed with how well they work. Typically I just put them in after a shower, throw on some hairspray and hit the sack. A few times I've used them in the morning and went over them with a blowdryer on the high setting and it works just as well. Dry hair is fine too, just be sure to apply some hairspray to set the curls and make sure you wait the right amount of time for the curl to set in. I think these are great for those of us who have issues with handling curling irons or would just rather let our hair curl itself while we sleep! You can just pop these in before bed and wake up with bouncy curls!

 

Thanks for reading! If you have any other curling products you recommend leave a comment! Or any products in general you'd like me to review. If you'd like to see a certain type of post let me know. I also have a youtube channel I'm trying to get out there but I'm trying to see if I can get some interest first. If you have ideas for future videos, feel free to leave a comment on that, too!

 

**I did not receive these rollers for free, I bought them with my own money and these opinions are my own. I'm not being compensated for any review and wouldn't accept it anyway.**