Do you do all those things while wearing your rollers ?

I remember the special dryer with large shower cap and sitting under it for the rollers to dry; how about electric rollers, aren't those better and faster ?

I remember sleeping with rollers was so uncomfortable !!!! lol.....

You have every right to be seen in public wearing rollers, that's your business;
but don't be surprised if you get looks, you must admit it's unusual. I really don't think anyone does that anymore, or do they ?

Do you live in the suburbs or the city ?

My mom started setting my hair young, and the nights before church and school required sleeping in rollers till I finished high school. I find it second nature sleeping in rollers. When I am wearing rollers I am going the extra mile to make myself a more attractive women, and I am proud of it. When I was a young women, all the women in the neighor would be outside sporting their rollers in the open no scarf or anythng. Supermarkets were filled with women in rollers. Now you see a women in rollers every once in awhile. Alot of stars have been caught in public in rollers and you see on TV like desapate housewives. I live in the suburbs of NY, but have lived in NY.

HI:

I enjoyed your posting on rollers and setting. As a woman in my 40's I grew up when setting was popular. My mother owned a salon and I think she had rollers in my hair before I was one year old. In my teens I sometimes set my hair and I would do perms (mom did them) on a regular basis. I was later married to a man for 15+ years who wanted me to keep my hair short and straight. I did it to keep him happy until the marriage ended.

I recently remarried and my current husband loves longer hair and to set my hair for me. He sets it for me most of the time. He is very good at it. I have had my shoulder length hair (it has some natural curl and I get it highlighted) set in just about every size and type roller. I usually use a medium size roller for regular setting, but for fun I will sometimes use a smaller roller which gives me more of a permed look. I will even get it set in a medium perm rods and dry it, which takes a long time. I usually get set my hair 2 to 3 times a week. I will also sometimes set his hair, but he only lets me do it when we are going somewhere where someone we know might not see him. One of our favorite activities when on vacation it to go to a salon and get our hair set together. Today, one of my biggest pet-peves it to be chased down in a mall with the booths and bimbo's and the hair straighting tool!

I think hair setting is a lost art today. Most modern salons do not even have much in the way of rollers. Many young stylist do not have a clue on how to do a good wet set roll up. What I did not mention is that one of my weekly settings is usually done in a salon. I usually use a more old fashion type salon, which is usually less expensive than the new modern upscale salons. I have about 15+ salons around my house that I rotate around using. I usually get my salon set on Thursday or Friday morning depending on my plans for the weekend.

To answer the other questions:
Yes, I have slept in them and HE has to!
I do do chores in rollers, but have a house keeper, and gardener.
I do "go to work" in rollers!
I run an at home web-based research business, so I spend most of my day at home on the computer.
I have gone out in public in rollers if necessary.
I get a lot of UPS/FED-EX/US Mail packages and all those delivery drivers have seen me in rollers many times.

My motto:
BIG VOLUME Rules!!

Louise in
Louisiana

Your husband sets his hair?

Yes, he does get his set occasionally, usually by me. He (My husband is 45, 6'1" 190 lbs and is in great shape) likes it more of a loose curl or wavey style. Most people think it is natural when he has it done. He does not wear it like that all the time. He does it more often when we are on vacation. Re-read the original message. He used to get it permed sometimes (body wave perm) when he was younger (20-30's) and he was doing some modeling for clothing magazines.

Louise in
Louisiana

I use electric rollers almost everytime I wash my hair and the set really lasts through to the next day. I often have the rollers in when I start out in the car and remove them before I get to my destination. I suppose people in the next car might see me but I figure I'll never see them again, so who cares!

My hairdresser has had her salon since the eighties and certainly knows how to do sets to get a lot of volume, but amazingly does not even own a set of hot rollers anymore! I brought mine with me at my last appointment to see how she would do it. I didn't really like the way it came out. I prefer soft fullness, just to create some sort of movement. Of course it I lived in a humid climate, I'd probably need the type of set you described to hold up!

For most of life, up until about 5 years ago, and I'm 42, I was very concerned about the appearance of my hair. I have had every hair roller known to womankind. For years I slept in pink sponge rollers. ( when I was single). I wanted curly hair. I had a perm every 4 months (with root perm touch ups also) or so from the age of fourteen.

But several years ago I let go of curly hair. I have thick, fine, straight hair and finally have made peace with my hair.

I color it now, a streaked carmelly color, and the most ironic thing is that my hair is the most beautiful it has ever been. I get complimented on my hair all the time.
It's long and slightly layered.

I am not afraid of rain or humidity anymore. I do not worry about my hair. I enjoy the beach, windy days, convertibles.
I have a life that is not enslaved to hot rollers, pink sponge or aqua net (purple can!)

I still use hot rollers of course, just to get a smooth look and they are fast. But the curl usually doesn't last long.
The curl lasts longest if my hair is ever so slightly damp when I roll it and I stay inside.
Just a thought....

Louise, thanks, great follow up, it great to hear that there are women out there still putting in the time to have big volume hair. I also think it is great that you have no problem with people seeing you in rollers, I really wish people would realize we are only trying to make ourselves more beautiful and have busy lives and can not just hide in the house for hours waiting for our hair to dry. Exsample on a Saturday if I have a event planned that night, It is easiest to set my hair before my daugthers get up for their many activities. In this case I will leave my hair set all day while I drive them back and forth and run errands and do chores around the house. For me this makes everything possible but it also means I will be seen by many with my hair full of large rollers. I also stay proud cause I know how good it will look that night

Louise,

How delightful to find another couple who enjoys rollers & having their hair done together! I've been doing my husband in rollers ever since our wedding, 3 yrs ago, when I convinced him to do a rollerset for the ceremony. He has gorgeous auburn hair, just below his shoulders, all one length (except when I talk him into letting me trim his bangs ;)). I've done his hair in hot rollers, old-fashioned smooth plastic ones, velcros  he's even slept in foam curlers a few times! These days we both do velcro-roller sets a few times a week, and for special occasions I'll do his hair in Caruso steam rollers. And we love getting our hair done together! We go down to a condo in Fla. once a year where there's a tiny salon in the complex and the stylists love it whenever we come in to do his-n-hers roller sets & manicures. We'll even lay out by the pool in rollers and the neighbors at the condo are quite used to it. He gets compliments on his hair all the time from other women and I don't know what he'd do without his rollers!

1. 3-4X / week.
2. Mostly Velcro, sometimes steam rollers.
3. Oh god yes. I was a cheerleader in high school & college and I had to sleep in foam curlers all the time. Hubbie sleeps in them when I want him in tight curls for the weekend.
4. Of course. I'll often roll us both up on Saturday morning and we'll spend most of the day working around the house in our rollers.
5. Sure, see above.
6. Yes, rarely. We've gone out to the market in rollers together a few times, but only on vacation. We always cover our rollers in scarves if we have to pop out.

I have fine thin almost straight hair. I was born in the mid-50s and raised by a grandmother with Shirley Temple dreams. I had perms at least once a year and slept with rollers until I said enough! at age 9 or so.

I rediscovered rollers with velcro rollers for volume a few years ago. I blow dry to almost dry and set the top in LARGE rollers with a bit of hairspray and a blow drier. I use a flatiron to straighten and shape the bottom hair. I wear my hair in an A-line cut just below chin length.

I never go outside in rollers.

My hair is naturally curly, so setting it is not the problem. I do use huge velcro rollers to smooth it when I need it straighter, but I sure wouldn't wear them in public.

It seems very nostalgic to go out to the grocery or wherever in curlers. Back to a simpler time. And if you can sleep on them, more power to ya! Hae you ever considered getting a cut that would make the most of the hair texture that you have? Or a perm? It would save a lot of time. Just a couple of thoughts.

My husband and I have both tried perms but we don't like what they do to our hair. And the fact is that we both like the flexibility that rollers give us: we can wear our hair up or down, curls or straight, big or flat. I'm on a big headband kick right now so after I roll my hair (or his) it usually goes back in a headband.

And it's a myth that rolling yourhair takes more time, in my opinion. I have girlfriends who blowdry their hair straight and it takes them like 45 mins. I can put my hair up in velcro rollers in under 10 mins., take a quick shower, get dressed & do my makeup, then take them out, finger fluff my hair, and I'm good to go. Same for my husband: he would never consent to having his hair rolled on a regular basis unless it were easy & convenient. We actually enjoy hanging out together sometimes with our hair up in curlers, but for everyday morning styling it's all about the time.

I've seen a lot of stuff in the fashion mags about rollers making a comeback. It's about time! The just-rolled-out-of-bed look is so lame it just kills me.

Thanks for listening!

Funny, just found this thread! My friend of almost 30 years just found out that my husband has his hair set, and she was in absolute shock, and I thought other men must get their hair set, so I googled and found this thread. I know my husband is not gay, so It never really bothered me. We go to the beauty parlor together every week and both get our hair set together. He washes his out after about two days because he does not want to have to explain to friends and family that he goes to a beauty parlor with his wife, and has his hair done in curlers, teased, and sprayed in a woman's 'Do. I keep my set in the whole week....it's not difficult since I wear it in an updo. I have been trying to get my husband to try an updo, but he's a little embarrassed. I'm not giving up! He has long, beautiful silver hair!

I just found this thread too and I've been seeing a lot online about men using rollers so I don't think it's just our husbands! My husband was kept in curls fulltime by his Mom from about age 6 to 13. She would set his hair in curlers, along with his 2 sisters, 3-4X a week and dry it under a bonnet hairdryer. On Saturday night before church they all had to sleep in curlers. This was in the 70s and nobody found it all that strange. I started setting his hair (blonde, shoulder-length) after seeing him in some photos as a boy. I prefer the old-fashioned magnetic curlers and we are both often in our curlers around the house. And yes, we never miss our Friday afternoon shampoos-n-sets at the salon!! He won't leave the house without his hair curled and I think it's great that he's "man" enough to wear his curlers proudly!

I have short, blonde, fine, straight, thinning hair...I shampoo every night, or it gets oily, and put 5 rollers on top using gel..secured with the roller top and a large bobby pin or it will come undone...no problem sleeping as they are on top so I can sleep any position...in the morning I can just brush it out, the sides and back blend in...

I have straight hairs and I like my hairs straight.. Rarely I use rollers...

I enjoy having my hair roller set and sitting under a bonnet drier and wish I was able to do it myself rather than go to the salon each week, velcro rollers give awesome results - curly and fluffy hair.

I rarely use rollers though.

Hair rollers are cylindrical objects used to curl or straighten hair. They are typically made of foam, plastic, or metal and come in a variety of sizes and shapes. Hair rollers are used by winding sections of hair around the roller and then applying heat to set the curl. Hair rollers can also be used to create volume and body in the hair.