Hair Quest: Flexi-rod Set

Hey Y'all!

I had received my flexi-rods that I ordered on Friday. I've been checking out videos on good ole YouTube lately on flexi-rod sets and fell in absolute lust with the look. I vowed to try it soon for myself and found a good deal on flexi-rods on Amazon. If that wasn't a sign, then I don't know what is!

I did the set on stretched hair. I had been rocking a puff then a high bun for the week. I knew that today was wash day so I decided I'd try it out for yesterday. I had an event to attend and figured if I didn't like the way it looked (or it didn't turn out well), I could easily bun it again as a quick go-to style.

I first dampened my hair with water and then added coconut oil to seal while lightly detangling. I paid special attention to the ends to ensure they would lay flat when I curled them. After detangling with the coconut oil, I put a quarter size amount of Eco Styler Gel with Argan Oil in each section and smoothed it through with a rat tail comb before curling it up. 

I forgot how much I've missed my curls when I saw how they popped when I added the gel. I was half tempted to just leave it in a big curly afro! I didn't though and continued curling my whole head with the flexi-rods. I used 26 flexi-rods in total as I did the curls a bit bigger since I knew I'd be separating the curls.

I slept with them in overnight. Actually, I don't know that what I did could be called sleeping at all. I completely forgot how absolutely uncomfortable it is to sleep with things in your hair.  I was woken up about every hour because my head was in a position that made the rods uncomfortable! At that point, I was less than thrilled to put it nicely and if  "no pain, no gain" was to be believed, I had better well look like Halle Berry in the morning! 

Sadly, they didn't all dry completely overnight so I had to sit under my portable hair dryer for 10 minutes on low to ensure the curls wouldn't completely drop by the end of the day. Once I did that, I took out the flexi-rods gently and I couldn't stop staring at the curls. They were gorgeous!

I then coated my hands with EVOO and carefully separated each curl. The result....

Ta-da! I LOVED the way my hair looked. The curls stayed in all day even through the wind and rain we had here in Londontown. 

Needless to say, I will definitely be rocking this style again but may cheat and dry them BEFORE I go to bed as I really do like my sleep. LoL.

- Miss Lissa xx