Carex comans Frosted Curls usually only needs a combing through to clean. I am concerned about its health...you are on the fringe of hardiness for it. It really is only hardy to zone 7, I believe.

I've had two bad haircuts in my lifetime - 3rd and 12th grades. Both times, stylist took my long hair and I was left looking like a boy. I asked for it the first time, but not the last. Then, I skipped school and got suspended for three days. I still got to go to DisneyWorld with my BF's and his family for Spring Break, so all was not lost. I will never have short hair again. As you can see, it's comical (or frightening?!) how similar my kindergarten and senior hairstyles look. Rest assured there were long, straight looks in between (remember the 70s). I tried to grow it out recently but it ends up too flat. No matter how hard I try to make it a bit poofy with my round brush (I despise hair gels and sprays). I started getting gray hair when I was a senior in HS, and like the above poster I go every three weeks for a slight trim and color. Recently I asked her to start making it lighter since my roots were showing up so bad (at 3 weeks!!!!). I'm not even 55 yet, so I am not ready to go gray... she tells me (I won't look) that I am easily 80% gray - I think she's being generous!). So while I still feel like a brunette, I am slowing becoming more blonde. :( The photo on the right was taken before we went a tad lighter. My hair does not want to hold color. It is very frustrating! I come out one color and easily have 5 shades between visits. I'd love to do something different, but nothing drastic. I still want to be able to pull it back and leave long enough to keep my neck warm. *edited to remove photo This post was edited by allison0704 on Sun, Nov 16, 14 at 14:16

I agree with gsciencechick. wrap the hair around the barrel. if you use a tapered wand, then the curls will start out bigger and get tighter as they get to the end. you get a completely different type of wave compared to using a traditional hot roller or curling iron with a clamp. check out this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znG66PAKaUk&ab_channel=LaurenSalaun  or try the "flat iron" method (this one took a bit of practice for me, it's harder to get right). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu_NChzeCa0&ab_channel=HeyKayli for either of these methods, the less time you spend, the looser the curl will be. BTW, I hated that episode of Grey's Anatomy. SO boring. I fast forwarded through the entire thing. ugh.

My friend and i used the foam rollers at the gym and they felt great! we were going to buy some for home, but then covid and we stopped going to the gym and forgot about the rollers . . . and exercise altogether! So thanks for the reminder, we were just talking about going back, and i think we will grt the rollers for home this time. Our trainer had a suggestion for what to get, half versus whole etc, but of course now we don’t remember. We liked the whole ones at the gym.