Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

OMG, these are amazing! I have gotten so many compliments since switching to these curlers. I always use hot rollers. I'm 35 with hair 2-3 inches below my shoulders and my hair is thick. I always used the standard rollers - you know the ones. The Conair compact multi-size rollers. I only used the larger size, no super tight rollers for this long hair! Anyways, so people see me all the time with curls in my hair. Curlers make a huge difference in making hair look luxurious. I saw these rollers on QVC and they said they are the only rollers to use for long hair. They showed using them and the results and I was mesmerized. But! The price was better on Amazon.com. So I bought them here, and from the very first moment I used them my friends started saying "wow, your hair looks amazing! Love your new haircut." my mom who never gives compliments even gave several. Not just one but several to the point where she said "you should curl your hair every day." And I do. So the secret to curlers if you haven't used them before is to 1) use mouse when the hair is wet, 2) blow dry or air dry your hair and turn the curlers on when blow drying the hair (these have a heat sensor dot on the top of each curler which tells you when they are ready, takes a couple minutes to heat up). 3) use the curlers and the clips (these types of the clips are the only to use. if you buy other curlers that don't come with the banana style clip, do yourself a favor and buy some medium banana clips. without them they are hard to put in. with them, curlers take less than 4 minutes to put in the hair. be sure to roll the hair either towards the back or the front (both are great to give a natural look) but never roll your hair down or up. That's the old fashioned look that's no longer popular. 4) if you have thin hair I've heard to do something like brush your teeth and then pull out the clips. I have thick hair so I brush my teeth, and put on some make-up for like 4 minutes and then I take them out. 5) Then sometimes I hair-spray the hair, but most of the time I just leave it as is and my hair is ready for the day. 6) I don't comb or brush my hair after unrolling the curlers but instead sometimes finger separate the curls. Good luck! Update: these are still going strong after 6 months of heavy use. I also didn't mention how to maintain your hair if you are new to using curlers. They do tend to dry out your hair. So I now wash my hair every other day to keep the oils in check. I also use deep conditioner. One hairdresser said to use little hair sheets on the ends of my hair, but they are a pain and really not needed. I cut my hair about once every 6 months and the amount of dead ends is limited at best. If anything, I'd say that these heaters do not damage my hair as much as the Conair curlers did. Plus since they are still going strong this is great. Oh, I've also traveled a lot with these curlers and finally found a use for the black bag that it comes with. If you travel, don't put the curlers in the holder as it takes up too much space. I put the holder in my suitcase, and put the curlers in the black bag with the clips. This is much more compact and an appropriate size to put in the suitcase full of clothes on hangers. If you fold all of your clothes, then you won't need to do this and can use the bag as originally intended but I found it impossible to get the curlers in the bag with such height! But, alas, curlers in the bag with the holder separate works great.