I wouldn't do the wet set, I'd flat iron it instead and then set it on big rollers with just a little bit of lottabody, that's another technique that older beauticians used. Then what they would do is unroll the hair and train it into a marcel/body wave or a loose fingerwave (just make sure to use a lot of bobby pins).
I think having someone else wet set my hair would probably be better especially if they were experienced they'd be able to tell exactly where the different hairtypes are and set it accordingly. They'd also probably be willing to comb it more than I would (my arms get tired after I finish the right side of my head). I let Joga flatiron it once and he got it straighter than I could.
Oh, okay, now I get it. I did not know about the flat-iron + wet set. That seems so labor intensive, but it explains so many of the beautiful set waves I'd see in older pictures.
The thing with wet-setting, given the right rattail comb and practice, I found that I was excellent at it (for my own head) aside from fatigue. Maybe if Joga practiced wet-setting? There are so many different types of curlers, too...
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Date: 2007-04-26 09:22 pm (UTC)I think having someone else wet set my hair would probably be better especially if they were experienced they'd be able to tell exactly where the different hairtypes are and set it accordingly. They'd also probably be willing to comb it more than I would (my arms get tired after I finish the right side of my head). I let Joga flatiron it once and he got it straighter than I could.
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Date: 2007-04-27 01:19 pm (UTC)The thing with wet-setting, given the right rattail comb and practice, I found that I was excellent at it (for my own head) aside from fatigue. Maybe if Joga practiced wet-setting? There are so many different types of curlers, too...