How to Do a Roller Set

Roller curls became popular in the 1950’s when women like Marilyn Monroe wore their hair short with soft curls. It's not only the grannies who want the voluminous no-heat-needed curls!

STEP 1: Wet the Hair

First, spraying the hair with water will do wonders, and you can't get the outcome of roller sets with dry  

hair.     

STEP 2: Section the Hair

You have to section the hair to know where to start off instead of picking a random piece of hair to roll. There is the base, the stem, and the curl. The base is the panel of hair on which the roller is placed, matching this will affect the volume for each section and each curl. The stem is the hair between the scalp and the first turn of the roller. Starting this right will give perfect direction, and the curl is the hair wrapped around the roller. Depending on tightness of the curl it will give good tight curls or loose maybe sloppy ones.

STEP 3: Choose Your Roller Size

Whatever type of curl you or your clients wants, you can achieve! Picking the size of the actual roller will give you unique looks. Doing your roller sets at a certain angle will also give your hair different types of volume. The bigger the roller curl is, the greater the volume and the more space it’ll take up. The smaller the roller is the less volume it’ll be.

Step 4: Decide which base to do and place 

If you choose to have the fullest volume, angle the roller higher than 90 degrees on its base. For medium volume you have to have the roller sit halfway on the base and half off. Lastly, for the least volume the roller will be off base at all times and the angle point will be 45 degrees.

Photo Credit: Milady Standard Cosmetology, 13th Edition

Step 5: The drying process/results

You did it! Your wet roller sets will come out exactly how you wanted. If you're impatient like me you can blow dry the whole set, but if not you can definitely have them air dry overnight or just whenever it's completely dry.

Finally, take them out when dry, take the clip off first and you're done. Do not take a regular hair brush and just brush from scalp down, what's recommended is to brush the ends with your hands enough to get the desired look. Finally if you want long lasting curls you should put hairspray when all of them are down to have them hold for hours and that's it! You’ve achieved the look you wanted, whether it's for going out in public or just for fun, anyone can do the curls following those certain steps.