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January 1st, 2010, 02:00 PM
#1
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Japanese Strawberry rollers
So I stumbled on these and they look like pure WIN in my book. Has anyone tried them? I bought them on pure impulse without even considering... ANYTHING really. lol. There is a gal that did a review on them and she says that they are entirely made of foam. I wear foam curlers to bed every night but they have the little bendy bit that you have to tighten and my hair is so thick that this proves to be quite difficult at times.
Sooo anyways. Any LHCers try this? If so how was it?
Here are the vids. The rollers are yellow in the vids, but the ones I got look like strawberries.
This first one is the japanese vid showing how to use them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snJr6BQmJJY
This is the gal's review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-axuWQI3uHA
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January 1st, 2010, 02:35 PM
#2
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Re: Japanese Strawberry rollers
I have them but don't use them much. They're really good for the layered BSL haircut that many Japanese women have -- if you've got that haircut, it's easy, fast, and comfortable to use these rollers to get the "short straight layers on top with curls on bottom" look that's super popular here.
However, you can't fit much hair into each roller, and the longer the hair the smaller you need to make the sections and the harder it is to get them to dry properly. I need to use a ton of these rollers to curl all my hair. It's so uncomfortable to sleep with all those foam balls on my head! And then I wake up to find that some sections haven't dried well, and even after using a blow-dryer to dry them at the last minute, I might have to use a curling iron to fix it up. I think the foam edges on the balls keep the hair from drying as quickly as they would with rag curlers. Also, I worry about breakage because it's easy for hairs to get tangled around the rollers, especially during sleep.
Actually, I haven't used the balls in a long time because it's so difficult to get longer hair into them. Lately I've been trying these rollers:
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/kireimania/017-580/
but still have problems getting it to dry well so that the curls stay. There doesn't seem to be much on the market for long hair here.
Last edited by inertia; January 1st, 2010 at 02:53 PM.
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January 1st, 2010, 02:51 PM
#3
Member
Re: Japanese Strawberry rollers
I've never seen anything like these before, but now I want them because they are so adorable!
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January 1st, 2010, 03:12 PM
#4
ambivalent long hair
Re: Japanese Strawberry rollers
The first vid is Chinese. Anyhow... They look cute. I read reviews at @cosme, a Japanese version of makeup alley. Not the best reviews. Quite a few complained it's hard to wrap hair and secure in the balls. When you unwrap, sometimes hair gets caught. If you sleep overnight, curls are so tight that they look too unnatural...
I wish they work well. I am always looking for some easy and non-damaging way to curl hair for fun...
Last edited by Akiko; January 1st, 2010 at 03:19 PM.
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January 1st, 2010, 04:28 PM
#5
Persistent Procrastinator
Re: Japanese Strawberry rollers
I like how the yellow ones give that 'lisa simpson' look They're definitely interesting.
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January 1st, 2010, 05:22 PM
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June 9th, 2010, 05:49 PM
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June 9th, 2010, 05:55 PM
#8
untangledwithcare♥
Re: Japanese Strawberry rollers
Those look interesting! Just like you, I also have the foam curlers with the plastic clip that bends to close. They have always worked well on my hair though, even after it has gotten longer. I just need more rollers and use less hair in them for one. It has been a long time since I've used them though.
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