My Journey | Hot Rollers Part II

Hello all! This is the second par of the journey in trying to master hot rollers (Check out part one here). I'm still using the Conair Xtreme Instant Heat Jumbo And Super Jumbo Hair Setter with Super Clips, this is just my second time trying to use them.

This time I was going to an all day, special event and I wanted to do something nice with my hair quickly. It only took me about eight minutes to put all the rollers in my hair this time. I wasn't wasting a lot of time fumbling with really hot rollers this time because I only waited the recommended 85 minutes for them to warm up. I also used my trick where I would remove rollers two at a time from the heaters so that way they weren't too hot when I put them in.

It was a lot easier than last time to place them and set my hair. I gave them around 15 minutes to cool down completely in my hair as I got ready. When I carefully unrolled my hair I twisted the curls away from my face to define and guide them how I wanted them to look.

The only ones that turned out kind of funky where the ones around my face. They had little creases by the root (I ended up smoothing these parts out with a straightener). I think that this was user error because I didn't put them in right so I'll be more careful next time.

I ended up with a really wavy, volumized look that was much more tamed and polished than the last time. As you can see, the top layer of my hair wasn't curled too well but I had volume. I think this happened because I used the larger rollers on the top. You can also see that the right side of my hair doesn't look as curled. I started with that side of my head first so maybe that had something to do with it.

On this day I was pretty active in the 95 degree weather, I played ran around with my friend's dog, played tennis, barbecued, and stayed out around 12 hours. The curls lasted quite a long time with some hair spray. I used Tresemme TRES Two Extra Hold Hair Spray

Around four hours into my day I noticed that my curls were falling quite a bit so I put my hair in a bun and when I took it out I noticed that my hair had got some of it's shape back. I did this trick a few times during the day if I felt I wanted to put my hair up. After 12 hours of fun my hair still had some volume and slight wave.

All in all this was a good test of these hot rollers and I see myself using them again. Thanks for coming with me on this journey! ~Alissa

My Journey | Hot Rollers + Mini Review

Today I tried the Conair Xtreme Instant Heat Jumbo And Super Jumbo Hair Setter with Super Clips for the first time. I bought them off of the recommendation of itsjudytime (One of those times where YouTube made me do it! Haha). I bought them off of Amazon when they were on sale for $17.99 earlier this week.

I know using hot rollers is sort of a learn-as-you-go sort of thing and I didn't expect a great look the first time. I was really curious and had nowhere to go today so I put them in.

As soon as you plug it in it starts heating up. Make sure that all the rollers are in there snuggly.

It took me around 15 minutes to put them in. Most of this time I was fumbling to place them correctly and not burn my fingers. The rollers were actually very hot and kind of hurt my fingers. Also, when I put them in they were really hot on my ears and neck. I actually dropped a few rollers on the floor because they were so hot.

The box says they warm up in 85 minutes and I left them to warm up for about three minutes. I eventually started taking the rollers out to cool down a bit before I used them and that seemed to help but I'm not sure if that will effect how well they work.

Today was also a really hot day; I think it was 90 degrees Fahrenheit so having hot rollers in wasn't very comfortable. I was planning on keeping them in for 20 minutes but it was so uncomfortably hot that I took them out after 10 minutes (which is the recommended time).

I know my hair and I know what it's like so I figured that I needed to leave them in for a really long time but I didn't. I should have at least left them in until they were cool but I didn't. :(

There were some results when I took them out. It looked really soft and natural with lots of volume.  I knew they wouldn't last; my hair was still hot when I let it down so I knew they would fall. I still liked the look though. It was what I was going for.

Here's me natural faced with some wavy, volumized hair. It didn't last long and I eventually put it in a ponytail.

It looked like this. I liked that it still gave my hair some volume and wave to spice up my ponytail. Thanks for coming with me on this journey! ~ Alissa

My Journey | Winged Liner

It's going to be a long road. I've been determined to work on my winged liner for so long and today that journey begins. I want so badly to be able to do a fabulous winged liner because I love the way it looks on others.

I finally purchased a black liquid liner after doing tons of research on which one would work best for me. I settled on the L'Oreal Infallible The Super Slim Liquid Liner. I like that it is drug store, that it is a very dark black, that it has a gip on it, that it is felt-tip, and I've heard it was noob friendly.

I decided to use this info graphic I found on Pinterest as a guide and tried to follow it as best as I could.

I had to restart one time because I wasn't sure how much pressure to put on the liner, not a lot is the answer. I also had to use a qtip with one end dipped in makeup remover and the other end dipped in water. (My makeup remover is oil based so I use the water to clean up the residue and then pat dry with a bit of tissue)

My eyes are slightly different shapes so it was hard to get my wings to look even. After a bit of tweaking I got them to look at least like sisters, not twins. Haha. Oh well!

I also used the Rimmel Scandal Eyes Water Proof Kohl Liner in black to tight line my upper lash line and to fill in any gaps (I was too afraid to go back in with the liquid liner).

All in all I'm pretty happy with how my winged liner turned out. I need more practice to clean up my method and also to make the process faster. The liner part of my routine took almost 10 minutes! That's crazy for me.

I hope I can get better at this so I can keep reporting back with my progress. Thanks for stopping by ~Alissa