Setting Hair

Which Products Work Best?

Setting hair is most effective when each section of hair that is wrapped is given a quick dose of setting spray.

This way, you can do roller sets on dry hair. A huge plus because it means that you only wait for the product to dry, not the entire head of hair.

Much faster.

Setting hair this way also creates a softer, more natural looking curl and eliminates the obvious partings that result on the scalp when setting wet hair.

The products featured here are ideal for hair sets with velcro or rag rollers. But they're are also working hair sprays. Very effective for thermal hair setting, involving heat styling tools (i.e., hot rollers, curling irons, flat irons).

Hair Setting Products

Curly Sexy Hair24/7 Curl Spray

This heat-activated setting spray penetrates the hair shaft to support your curls from the inside. Which means that curls will last all day/night! A great product for those with fine hair that is reluctant to hold a curl.

It contains heat protectors and conditioning oils - maintain the health and elasticity of your hair while enhancing its natural texture.

One small caveat: It's a good idea to lay a towel out on the floor before you spray this product. The oils in it can make for a slippery surface otherwise.

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Davines Defining Ecohairspray

This light spray is extremely fast drying and leaves no sticky residue. Hair is moveable, touchable and never weighed down.

Yet, the hold and volumizing properties of this setting spray are remarkable. It's a great product for creating modern hairstyles because it controls without restricting the hair.

The results are natural looking styles whether used with rollers, curling irons, flat irons or simply a low-heat/low-air hair dryer to enhance natural waves.

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Alterna Caviar Working Hair Spray

This product addresses hair's need for both protein and moisture while providing protection from the damage that heat styling can cause. AND, it's multifunctional...

Use on wet hair before drying, during styling - spray sections just prior to curling or straightening with heat appliances and/or after styling as a finishing spray.

Alterna's Caviar line are luxurious products. They're known to have a noticeable impact on limp, dry or dull hair that lacks the critical qualities of healthy hair; volume and shine.

Tips for using setting products

Use on dry hair, coating each section before wrapping or thermal styling. Apply heat just long enough for the product to dry all the way through, then cool and unwrap. Beautiful, bouncy, soft curls.

You can control the shape of your curl by concentrating more spray in the areas you want more curl or volume. For example, spray the ends only for a looser shape in the top and crown and more tight coils toward the ends.

Or increase volume by holding the hair straight up and concentrating the spray underneath the section right at the roots, then wrapping down from there with your roller.

Detailed intructions on using rollers to create curly hair styles.

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