Why are there no 3 inch hot rollers?

**Sasha** · June 10th, 2009, 10:49 AM

If they are out there I can't find them. I can't even find 2 inch! The biggest they come is 1 3/4 in. It sucks because my hair is long, thick and curly/wavy (more wavy when it's long, the shorter the curlier) with a tendency to frizz. I have three inch regular rollers but I'm not about to sleep on them so I have to sit under a hair dryer, which is extremely inconvenient, or use a large curling iron which also takes a long time and it is very tiresome to do this on my mass of hair. I HAVE to do one or the other or my hair is crazy! Rolling it smooths it out and gives it a lot of body. I don't want the smaller hot rollers because I end up with kink or too much curl. If I want curl all I have to do is scrunch it with mouse or gel when it's damp and I'm all set, so I don't have to go through the rigamarole just for curls. Large enough hot rollers would be a God-send.

Anyway, if you have hair like mine and want the same results I want, what do you do? Have you found 3 inch hot rollers? WHERE???

**witchcurlgirl** · June 10th, 2009, 10:55 AM

I have a 2" curling iron, but I have never seen hot rollers that large...(and even tracking that curling iron down is a pain)

I have seen 2 and 3 "velcro rollers with ceramic or metal inside, which you could heat with a blow dryer....i know it's not quite the same though

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**McJag** · June 10th, 2009, 11:04 AM

Try this: Have hair almost dry. Heat section with hair dryer & use jumbo velcro ones. You only have to leave them in a short time-I then heat it all over with hot hair dyer & let stay till cool. I have to do that because my hair is too straight!

**Sasha** · June 10th, 2009, 11:12 AM

McJag, I do that. You have to understand that several hairdressers have told me they have NEVER seen a client with hair as thick as mine. I want the large hot rollers so I can roll it up and forget about it for a while, take it down and voila! Everything else is like an act of Congress.

**McJag** · June 10th, 2009, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by Sasha

McJag, I do that. You have to understand that several hairdressers have told me they have NEVER seen a client with hair as thick as mine. I want the large hot rollers so I can roll it up and forget about it for a while, take it down and voila! Everything else is like an act of Congress.

If you can find them,let me know! I just had to improvise. I.too have very thick hair-it's a pain even arror straight. I used to have one friend with REALLY curly hair who rolled hers on ORANGE JUICE CANS! With both ends cut out. Looked weird,but it worked.If you could figure a way to heat them,that might work.

**Sasha** · June 10th, 2009, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by McJag

If you can find them,let me know! I just had to improvise. I.too have very thick hair-it's a pain even arror straight. I used to have one friend with REALLY curly hair who rolled hers on ORANGE JUICE CANS! With both ends cut out. Looked weird,but it worked.If you could figure a way to heat them,that might work.

Lol, I did that years ago! Believe me, I've tried everything. I've even done the sock thing but my hair wouldn't cooperate enough for me to get a sufficient amount of hair on one so I ended up with too much curl. Like I said, I don't need to put myself out to get curls.

You know, it really bugs me that they don't make 3 inch hot rollers. It's like the industry is backing people with hair like mine into a corner. You either have to buy a large curling iron (I have one of those large brush/blow curlers that works pretty well but it's actually more time consuming than a regular curling iron ) and spend an inordinate amount of time, or buy regular rollers and a hair dryer, or sleep on the damn things. It's not like they don't have the technology to go to a larger size, and surely they must have perceived the need for them long ago?

**Grimmlok** · June 10th, 2009, 11:48 AM

you need to go back to the 70's i think

**Sasha** · June 10th, 2009, 11:52 AM

^^Well, I would cut my hair short, and it has been short many times in my life, but for me maintaining short hair is a bitch. It curls and kinks and frizzes a helluva lot worse than when it's long. It's not like I don't put the effort into making it look good now, I'm just looking for short-cuts.

**mklady** · June 29th, 2009, 10:19 PM

I know they have them, my mother had them, in the 70s, lol.

This is the best I could find, Amazon.com: Velcro Hair Rollers 12-super Size Rollers ** 6 - 3" Red And 6 - 2.5" Blue Rollers: Health & Personal Care. Of course they gotta throw the 2.5" in there for spite, lol.

**MrsDark** · July 4th, 2009, 09:02 AM

I was just gonna mention orange juice cans and saw it upthread. MY mom remembers several women who used to do this.

**Sasha** · July 9th, 2009, 09:41 PM

I'm looking for 3" hot rollers. Those would be far, far less time consuming than conventional rollers you either have to sleep on or take the time to sit under a dryer. I have no friggin idea why they don't make them.

**Sasha** · August 5th, 2009, 02:37 PM

So I found a solution. Cleaning out my hubby's sock drawer the other day I came across an old, ridiculously long tube sock. That night after I washed my hair I bent over and rolled my entire head of hair in it, tied it up, and put a scarf around my head. No problems sleeping on it. The next morning it wasn't completely dry but it only took about ten minutes with a blow dryer to finish it up. When I took it down it was smooth and full of body, exactly the results I wanted. Yay.

**fortheloveofhair** · August 7th, 2009, 02:49 PM

I am also looking for 2-3 inch hot rollers. I have no idea why they don't make it! i love the classy look larger hot rollers achieve. ANYHOO

I was curious how do you use a sock to create body in your hair? And also how do you use cans? I have hair slightly past the shoulder, not too thick, and pin straight and kind of flat.

Any help would be appreciated

**Nightdragon** · September 11th, 2009, 10:39 PM

Sasha you shoul get out there and pattent the new and improved 3 inch rollers! I have long ass hair and would LOVE some as so many on this thread would!

**McJag** · September 11th, 2009, 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by Sasha

So I found a solution. Cleaning out my hubby's sock drawer the other day I came across an old, ridiculously long tube sock. That night after I washed my hair I bent over and rolled my entire head of hair in it, tied it up, and put a scarf around my head. No problems sleeping on it. The next morning it wasn't completely dry but it only took about ten minutes with a blow dryer to finish it up. When I took it down it was smooth and full of body, exactly the results I wanted. Yay.

OK-you are saying you stuffed all of your hair in a long SOCK? Then you finished drying your hair with it still stuffed in the sock? Is that right??