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When you were a kid, how did your Mom curl your hair?

LaterGator — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:55:58 GMT

My Mom used bobby pins. She used to put her finger on my scalp, then take a section of my hair and wrap it around her finger, push it to my scalp and secure it with the bobby pin. Or, she would use these pink, rubber thingies that looked like a dumbbell which she rolled a strand of my hair around and when it got to the bottom, she push the two ends together and they looked like little flying saucers.

Yesterday, I was watching some youtube clips on how to curl thin hair with no volume. The way the girls on the clips did it were so similar to using those pink, rubbery things. I wish I could find them now. I don't even know if they are still made.

I was wondering if anyone would know where to find them? Also, how did your Mom curl your hair when you were little?

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tansy — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:58:43 GMT

You might try the Vermont Country Store. Not sure but I think they were called Spoolies.

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Tamn8r2 — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:59:04 GMT

She rolled it with rags , actually they were strips off sheets that we tore up... And I slept with them and took them out in the morning... I DO recall the little pushbutton thingies you speak of... "Spoolies" or something like that....

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LaterGator — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:59:24 GMT

Thanks, tansy, I'll do that.

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LaterGator — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:00:08 GMT

On 9/10/2014 Tamn8r2 said: She rolled it with rags , actually they were strips off sheets that we tore up... And I slept with them and took them out in the morning...

Have you tried this recently? This is the way some clips showed.

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tansy — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:00:29 GMT

LaterGator, google Spoolies. Some pictures and sources come up.

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minkbunny — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:01:42 GMT

LatorGator - HI ! Just go to Vermont Country Store and type in Soft Hair Spools - if not the original Spoolies, a version for today. My mom used them as well and I loved them.

One of the reviewers also mentioned flying saucers -

A tiny piece of my childhood!

PostedMarch 12, 2013

Many years ago my mother,grandmother aunt,and a few other family members used these hair rollers..as a child they remained me of Flying Saucers ha,ha,ha.it was nice to see they were still available for purchase from your store,what a treat! I used them as soon as they arrived,I got so many compliments on my hair style..thanks so much! I love this site,so many items that bring back a bit of nostalgia ..

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Tamn8r2 — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:03:04 GMT

On 9/10/2014 LaterGator said:
On 9/10/2014 Tamn8r2 said: She rolled it with rags , actually they were strips off sheets that we tore up... And I slept with them and took them out in the morning...

Have you tried this recently? This is the way some clips showed.

Yeah the key is to get your hair right down to the end, so you don't have a little "tail" at the end of the curl....

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Tamn8r2 — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:03:05 GMT

On 9/10/2014 LaterGator said:
On 9/10/2014 Tamn8r2 said: She rolled it with rags , actually they were strips off sheets that we tore up... And I slept with them and took them out in the morning...

Have you tried this recently? This is the way some clips showed.

I have seen people use socks for really long, thick hair....

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RibbonsRosesRainbows — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:03:11 GMT

foam rollers and bobby pins but she usually cut it so short since my hair was straight and my half sister had the perfect thick hair...........ugh no wonder I am so particular about my hair and have been since I got away from my mothers cutting tool.

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foggy! — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:04:17 GMT

Bobby Pins or those pink Sponge Rollers

I had some pretty funky school photos!

eta, as teens we had a set of Clairol electric hot curlers that were very hot on your fingers, your head, and your hair but the outcome was much prettier.

My girls today like me to work their hair into 8-10 mini braids, they sleep on them, then in the morning we unbraid and they have evenly wavy, full, soft hair. They also like to hot iron their hair on occasion but I worry about the damage of that.

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blackhole99 — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:04:26 GMT

I had long fine thin hair and she used every curler on the market. In our town in the sixties, the girls would go out and about in their curlers before their date that night. I was way to self conscious for that, but it didn't bother the popular girls.

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adelle38 — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:08:17 GMT

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MickD — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:08:50 GMT

I remember the first time my mom used heavy hot rollers for my hair (for a 5 year picture)..I was tired and trying to take a nap...and crying because the nubs on the rollers kiilled my head. After that I used plastic rollers with the half clircle-like clips...go figure after that my hair became natural curly and wavy....oh the pain.

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FrostyBabe — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:09:14 GMT

Oh man, does this bring back not so happy memories. I HATED having my hair curled, but apparently it was some sort of violation of some secret mom code to not curl your girls hair for Sunday. When my hair was short, she put it in pin curls. I swear I had 10 pounds of bobby pins stuck in my head. When it was a little longer, she either wound it so tight on either pink foam or brush rollers that it looked like I'd gotten a bad face lift. It was miserable to sleep on, and pointless as well. My hair was very thick, coarse and straight as a stick. It didn't hold the curl for more than 15 minutes.

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MaggieToo — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:10:31 GMT

Didn't need to roll hair. My hair was naturally curly/wavy.

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ivanatrump — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:10:46 GMT

small pink foam rollers

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Marienkaefer2 — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:15:24 GMT

I had long thick hair. Sometimes my grandmother used to braid it when it was wet after shampooing, then I'd go sit out in the sun. After it was dry and I took out the braids....the perfect beachwaves. Or, we had those pink plastic rollers that I hated, because they would get caught in my hair. When I was about twelve, we got curling irons, hot rollers, and I started blowing my hair dry with a round brush. In high school, I remember getting up extra early to heat up the hot rollers, then pin them in my hair for a half hour. I did that every morning. I don't fuss with my hair that much now!

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Marianne1 — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:16:06 GMT

I remember an AWFUL home perm.

LOL

AWFUL.

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Marienkaefer2 — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:19:02 GMT

Oh perms! I started getting those twice a year when I was 19 or 20. Yikes. I think a boyfriend I had at the time broke up with me over one. I remember he saw me after I'd gotten one, and he said, "Your hair is so bushy." After that he never called again! Lol