I had taken an informal short video showing how I do "The Rapunzel Curls" on ponies
but never properly posted it and lost it.
People have said to me this looks just like factory curl, but if you look, I tend to reverse the direction of the factory curl when doing this. That's just how my hands want to do it, if you can do the twist in the opposite direction, you'll be closer replicating the factory curl.
The twist at the beginning is the key.
I don't do videos so it's rough, but here is another attempt.
+ Plastic straws - These are milkshake straws which are larger and thicker than regular drinking straws. I use boba straws for larger curls. I don't worry about plastic waste in this case because I will reuse the same straws for decades.
You want to cut the straws to an appropriate length (orange in the video - this one is a little too long for the hair I'm working on, but it's fine), then cut shorter segments and slice those long way once to make a little cap (purple).
+ Pipe cleaners (green), small hair clips, bobby pins, etc.
+ A source of heat (will elaborate later), or time.
I will add extra spaces to make it easier to read.
Comb the hair. It should be as smooth as you can get it. I'm using a flea comb, here.
Lay the ends across the long straw a little way up the hair.
Snap the cap straw on top.
Holding the sides of the hair so it doesn't spread out in the cap straw, slide both straws to the ends of the hair until the ends are completely under the cap straw.
Roll the straw a little bit, making sure the ends are secured.
Give the whole straw set up a little twist around the hair.
Roll to the scalp firmly.
Put one end of the pipe cleaner into the straw, and wrap it around as shown.
After that you can either leave the hair alone for a couple weeks and if it's nylon, it will take that shape.
I usually put the whole pony/doll head into a plastic baggie (I taught Froggy about that!) put the baggie into a large cup or bowl, and fill the cup/bowl with boiling hot water right off the electric kettle. MAKE SURE the open end of the bag doesn't get down into the water so the doll/pony doesn't get wet. I lay it over the lip of the cup/bowl. Throw a towel over top to help trap the heat and then don't touch it until the water has cooled on it's own.
You absolutely can apply boiling water directly to the hair, but I don't do that for a couple reasons.
You have to wait for the hair to dry all the way through before you can do anything with it which can take a few days depending on the weather and I'm not that patient.
Pipe cleaners and bobby pins can rust.
Then you can unroll the curlers immediately or leave them in the hair for a few days and get an even more defined curl. The longer you leave the curlers in, the better the hair takes their shape.
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