TRYING HEATLESS CURLS ON MY CURLY HAIR (watch this before you try) 

YASS thank you for trying this Mell so we don’t have to 😂 i really was curious and now feel reassured it’s okay to skip this one

You have to comb scalp hair slick then put a old school fabric headband on top of scalp like pulling a halo over your head. Then wrap 1 inch sections around the headband tight while adding more hair but dont pass 1 inch thickness. I have curly thick hair and it works that way. Run blower on cool to make sure scalp is dry. The drier your hair is when doing this the quicker it dries. You're putting too much hair and its loose so your curl pattern even though its thin is still noticable. Also that fabric used on that tool is not gonna work for curls it wont let you wrap it tight to form a new curl pattern. That tool is for limp straight hair

I’m a wavy and I love mine. I put leave-in and mousse or custard, dry my hair to about 90% with a round brush, and wrap it up, putting my bangs in velcro rollers. Works out great most of the time.

I tried this on my self & it works:)! The trick is to Blow Dry your hair Straight first and then proceed to do the rest. I'd say give it another try Mel 😊

I have mostly 3A curls and it works great for me. But it does take legit 24+ hours to dry and I live in a desert. I use a bandanas instead of that rod thing and it's a cute hairstyle that I can go out in public in while I'm waiting all those many hours for it to finish drying.

I love your videos. I’m a wavy girl and while your videos have helped me too but I really watch them for my spouse and baby! My MiL never taught him how to handle his curls. Now I’m helping them both *love* their hair instead of fight it. ❤

I have the same hair as Mell and what I can say from my experience is do not wrap it with wet hair, brush your hair wet gently and let it air dry or blow dry on cool, then once dry wrap around rod, and within like 2-3 hrs I’ll have curls, but since my baby hairs poke out I have to style them ie with a flat iron, but just the top/baby hair section, after that I finger comb my hair ends with a serum/oil

Even though it's probably not the intended result, I genuinely think it still looks good as a curl pattern

Yoooo I was just thinking about this, I have curly hair and this would look terrible on my hair. Thank you for taking one for the team.

Your hair is so gorgeous no matter what you do to it.

I use it on day three or four hair. I apply a spray leave in conditioner so it dampens my hair slightly and reactivates the products I put in day one. When I take it out it gives me more volume. And I love it 💙

Thank you very much for trying it out. I have similar curls as you and just discovered your channel. I almost feared that the curls would look like this after use. Thank you very much for saving me from buying an unnecessary gadget!

Mel- in THEORY it should work fantastically once we straighten it and it’s ruined earlier than expected. Instead of a washday I THINK that without dampening using one of those things on our SMOOTHED hair WILL work. My course smoothed hair wave ringlets perfectly if I finger coil straightened hair. It’s definitely a surprise. I don’t know how or why- my guess is the damaged straightened hair regains a quarter of its actual curl or wave if you dampen straightened hair with a gel on your hands for a thicker sized portion of already straight hair. It’s a hack for sure a hack I haven’t seen. But I ve been doing it when I straighten for years. I just don’t straighten my own anymore. ❤

As a wavy, it works, but I still have to hit the roots with a flat iron…. Which defeats the purpose of no-heat style 🤣

For me only damp was fine, but I definitely had to weigh her down with some curl cream to tame the beast! That's what helped me, BUT as you well know, we are all very different! Like some beautiful snowflakes ❄, no two curly/wavy heads are the same! 🤗 Oh, and Mel, where'd you get that super cute gold link/coin chain combo??!! It's like, killing two birds with one stone! I wonder who came up with that term. 🤔 Always with love! ♡♡♡

Truth. I always just roll my eyes at these! However i did see the very timely straw hair on a little girl that turned out AMAZING! And i can agree id have to do tiny sections and some oond of masive hold stuff !! But id love to try it if itd give me some curl back!! Ill be the old lady w curlers in my hair all the time

Like you, I have tight 3C/3D curls (I've been called a blonde orphan Annie when my hair was super short). I can't see anything that doesn't involve heat doing much to relax my curl in a flattering way. Or a LOT of product to weigh it down while drying after a comb-through.

My sister has slightly wavy hair and has one of these and does her hair with it every night and it looks fabulous on her! I could never with my 3b hair 😂😂😂

My hair would just never dry.

@manesbymell. Yes damp hair...and add a anti frizz serum and you have to smooth out(brush out) your naturally culy hair and then wrap your hair around curler. Completely Dry.

😮Yah-flashback to childhood and mum putting foam curlers in my 2b,c hair and INSTANT FRIZZY 'FRO!!! It was shocking (& not pretty like little Orphan Annie!😥) I remember my friends showed up for Brownies and I ran to my room balling my eyes out (cuz they SAW me!! 😳.... (197-something by the way! LOL😁✌🏻)

I do this on my blow dried or straightened hair it works well

It looked beautiful out the gate so I have no doubt you could get even better results.

Thank you for trying this!! My hair is also on the curlier side and now I know it won't work on my hair either!

It definitely works on blown out hair, I’d suggest blowing it out but not flat iron after to prevent heat damage.

So the scarf curl wrap you did in the other video was a better success huh?!🤔 I'm not really sure how using a scarf would be any different than using the rolled silk tool that you used in this video when you got the much better desired results. Now, your approach and technique in this video was definitely different from the other one you did with the scarf but I'm not sure you gave this a fair chance. Well... for one, you started with blow dried hair in the video with the heatless scarf curls video but you should have gotten the same results with this silk rod tool as you did in the other video especially if you had started out with blow dried hair. Also, another person noticed and commented that your technique was different too and I must concur with them (they mentioned the way you wrapped the hair around the tool was different, and I noticed that too. You twisted the hair as you wrapped it around the tool instead of smoothing and combing it through as you did in the heatless scarf video. Therefore, your results are going to be way different lol. Another difference is that in this video you try this with wet hair and with the other one (scarf heatless curls) you did it with dry hair and got better results and you were more patient with drying time but obviously no real drying time involved but you let it stay in overnight. I'm curious as to exactly how long you let it dry for was it overnight or not because if not that be a major difference too. Why would you rush one way of styling it and not the other, but if your hair is dry versus wet starting out you got to realize you're going to need to double your allotted time for drying if your trying to do this "heatless" also. Making sure your hair is completely dry before you take the hair tool out is definitely key and will give different results. Your technique and approach using the scarf and the silk rod is different but had you used the same technique and wrap method then you would have probably gotten the same results. I think you should redo this video and do a comparative analysis of dry vs wet hair for both tools, and keep the techniques the same that way your giving each tool a fair shake. This is blow dried hair on each tool vs wet hair on each tool (scarf vs silk rod wet vs blow dried hair)...🧐🤷🏽‍♀️ just a thought 😏😉

It works well for my daughter who has straight thick hair with a tiny bit of wave. She ends up with a nice Farrah Faucet type hairdo. Not good for any curlies who want a lot of curl definition, and the frizz on the crown is the sad cherry on top.

It can definitely be a look if you work it a bit. I'm getting 70's/80's vibe 🤩

this is really easy. I have 3C hair and you wait until the hair is just almost dry, THEN you put Mousse in, brush it through and THEN wrap. Sleep in it. Voila.

I think it would work better on our curly hair if we blow dry it first, that way the hairs already kind of leaning towards the straighter side and just gives it that oomph to help it form large perfect curls

This is a perfect example of my curly life experiences. 😂

I have to start with blowdried straight hair, so if I've already straightened it one day, and want a different look for the next day or two, I'll do this. I do have to VERY lightly spray it with water. After wrapping, I'll use a little bit of hairspray and go to bed. A little hair oil after removing it in the morning, and it's good to go. All that to say, it can be done on curly hair.......but only if you straighten it first, which defeats the purpose 😅. But if you've already got it straightened, might as well 🤷‍♀️

But on pre-straightened hair this is suuuuch a good method. I actually just take my (straightened) hair in two sections, twist it around my finger and then pin the twists to the top of my head in a cross cross. I only use the roller thing when I want a looser, more wavy curl. Saves a lot of heat stress by not curling with a flat iron or curler

Thank you boo! Can’t believe I had this in my cart lol

us curly girls have to blow dry first THEN try the heatless curl technique. It can work for u. curly girls unite ✊🏾

Yeah my hair is a 3B/3C combo and I never thought it’d work for me either. Thanks for saving me the money lol.

I always wonder how it would look with my hair type: a mess. Thanks for this video. I’m looking for heatless ways to style my hair with minimal effort and…. No luck. 🙃🙃🙃🙃

💯 didn’t work on my 3c curls and I gave it a solid try. Fell for the marketing 🤦🏻‍♀️

Try it blow dried/straightend it will work better. Works on my 3c/4a hair.

Lol the comment on the hair drying..yes it takes a long time to dry..like all freakn day sometimes. I've found that it will dry a lot faster using no conditioner but after a week of no conditioner I have dry undesirable tresses

People with straight hair never understand how long curls take to dry - thank you for showing it and it’s a shame that it didn’t really work out.

Works great on my blow dry hair and day old wash and go it preserves my curl and stretches

Girlyyy to get better results you have to lay your hair flat on the thing and not twist it while you wrap your hair around it

I want to see if it makes a difference if you use some styling product with it too, like a mousse or something. Would you be willing to retry it with a styling product too?

The fact that you have baby hairs its best to blow dry or flat iron your roots then it will work... but I normally do that when my hair is straight and it's been dirty for a couple of days and I want some curls

That front curl looked good though

I remember this video where you tried all the TikTok trends. This works decently on my wavy hair but for people with this right of curl in the hair I’m sure it doesn’t work as well

Not sure on the curly hair with it 😅 but it definitely works wonders for wavy hair at least, tried it on my human hair wavy wig. I washed it once and after it never looked as good as when I first got it but i did this and it is so beautiful again

Lol back in my teen years I tried all the heartless curls and straightening methods. There’s only one straitening method I’m aware of, it does work however it’s hard to get most of the strands and there’s always something kinky. As for the heartless curls..... always kinky lol even if you’ve successfully done one of the methods and it somewhat did what it was supposed to, the top is always kinky. The hair usually over curls too since it wants to be curly naturally lol looks so strange. Can’t even figure out how to compare it haha. it never works My hair is really curly but your curls are tighter. Still doesn’t work xD

Mell this. Wouldn't work for me either. I have 3a and can't with all the love in the world straighten my hair. :(

I have just a bit wavy hair naturally. Tried this few days ago. Slept. Woke up with a nest on my had. Ended up with a bun and washing next night.

I believe this is for people with straight hair... I don't think you're supposed to add curl on top of curly hair....?

I also have naturally curly hair (not as curly as yours) and this just DID NOT work for me! I think maybe it would work if I straightened my hair first and then tried it on dry hair, but I won’t be using this again on my wet hair lol

The results looked nice though 💛

My hair is identical to your sister. I tried this "heatless blowout" and it was a disaster! I kept it rolled overnight and in the morning when i took it out, it did nothing! My hair was still very wet and curls came back. 😒 i might try again on drier hair.

I personally think you'd benefit from using a few smaller ones and using smaller sections. There's potential

I would recommend that you straighten it with a flat brush and a blow dryer straightener until completely dry and then because you have curly hair you must not twist the sections when wrapping. 🤍🤍🤍

I found a different version of this, ot has like octopus strands on a halo. So I'm gonna try it. Deffo won't work but can't blame a girl for trying.

I think this works best on wavy hair

I have curly hair and I've been wondering if I could get this to work for me I'm glad I didn't buy it cuz it turned out just as I thought it would.

Maybe if you blowed it out first? I think that would work a lil better with some foam mousse?

Would not work on my frizzy wavy hair either. Unless I flat iron it first

If you're gonna try it try it with your hair soaking wet also put a silk scarf over it while you sleep because you're just creating frizz moving about your pillow

That was freaking cute though

they rap the hair when its pretty dry. At least all the ones I've watched. So you might try that.

I feel like if you flat wrapped it instead of twisting & used a foam it would’ve worked better. Treat it like a flexi rod set idk

Thank you for trying this so I don’t have to

Okay, so if you have naturally curly hair and you want to try these, do it on DRY brushed out hair. Use oil and make sure you pull it taught, not tight, from the scalp. You'll get waves that way. Doing it on wet or damp hair is going to be pointless.

Yeah my hair isn’t even that curly and that method doesn’t work on me. I have wavy roots and cow licks.

I think you’d have to blow dry or straighten your hair first. Might as well use foam curlers at that point though 🤷🏽‍♀️

Yup…I totally get it!

I'm a looser curly and I have to blow-dry straightish first, otherwise it does not work out

It wouldn't work on my wavy hair. However if I blowdry it straight and leave this curl rod thing in it could work. When you're curly you're gonna lose this battle

Really is suitable for people in the 1-2 category, and not as thick hair

I love it!

Yuh same i have tried this as well thinking my curler wld look better but yuh hell nooo from me

Of course, i knew it wasn't gonna be dry😅 lol

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You have to do it on dry hair

I don't know if maybe this was the problem, but for one you twisted it while wrapping around.

Try brushing it and putting it round

Mel did you go blonde again?

That satin material and the way you wrapped it are why. Find one with different fabric and do not twist the hair. Comb it flat.

U have a naturally pretty dace

Right! That is not for our hair.

Girl I get u

Wow indeed😂

Try it on blown out hair ? Xx

Lol Same.. it won’t work for me either 😢

Ur usually on point but u didnt wrap it right.. smaller sections and dont twist it, smooth it as u go. Im a curly girl and it looks amazing if done right.

This didn't work for me either honestly I think it only really works for straight hair the best, i threw mine away honestly a waste of money in my eyes

Doesn’t even work on my 3a curls lol!

The people in the clips just have straight up silky texture and pretty much straight or wavy hair lol

I wouldn’t touch this "technique" with a 10 foot pole, it screams to me wavy frizzy limp tangly hair all over. 😅

I think it's because your hair is already naturally curly

I think the after looked better than your before so im confused

This style NEVER works for me either! Hair be too curly ;) lol

Have you ever considered giving the repair the time of day or a scientific breakdown for the curlies who need something lazier than a Dyson?

Super cute… JUS saying

it's not going to work for you because you have natural awesome ass hair and look like a little angel