They don't make 'em like they used to
December 19, 2008 8:17 AM Subscribe
OldSchoolBeautyProducts filter: Do you remember these curlers/rollers? Are they still available?
Friend's mother used to have these hot rollers where you placed the rollers in boiling water on the stove before each use. Friend unfortunately destroyed rollers when he let all of the water boil out. His mom was devastated and they were never replaced.
To provide time range, friend's mom is 55 years old, friend is 28 years old, and he would have been younger than 15 when the curlers/rollers were destroyed.
So, anyone else familiar with these? Is there a name for this kind of roller/curlers? A specific brand? Are they still sold?
This is for a possible Christmas gift or future birthday gift. Friend's mom loved these rollers, and he would like to get her the exact item or an item as close to it as possible.
Friend's mother used to have these hot rollers where you placed the rollers in boiling water on the stove before each use. Friend unfortunately destroyed rollers when he let all of the water boil out. His mom was devastated and they were never replaced.
To provide time range, friend's mom is 55 years old, friend is 28 years old, and he would have been younger than 15 when the curlers/rollers were destroyed.
So, anyone else familiar with these? Is there a name for this kind of roller/curlers? A specific brand? Are they still sold?
This is for a possible Christmas gift or future birthday gift. Friend's mom loved these rollers, and he would like to get her the exact item or an item as close to it as possible.
Seems that a new twist on that concept is the Caruso Molecular Steam Pro Hairsetter.
From here: "Fill the reservior of the steam unit with water. There is a line inside the reservior that indicates the appropriate level of water. Place the steamer top inside the reservior and plug in the unit. After about 20 seconds steam will begin to rise from the unit. Place a roller on the unit and leave there for about 10 or 15 seconds."
From a review here: "This product can be found at Sally's Beauty Supply for around 30 bucks. It comes with (I think) 30 rollors in jumbo, large, medium, small, and petite. They are plastic with a foam covering. This surprising heats up one roller at a time, I though this was weird but it actually works great. You add water to it and place one roller at a time on top for only a few second which is about how long it takes you to roll your hair up in one."
posted by Houstonian at 8:44 AM on December 19, 2008
From here: "Fill the reservior of the steam unit with water. There is a line inside the reservior that indicates the appropriate level of water. Place the steamer top inside the reservior and plug in the unit. After about 20 seconds steam will begin to rise from the unit. Place a roller on the unit and leave there for about 10 or 15 seconds."
From a review here: "This product can be found at Sally's Beauty Supply for around 30 bucks. It comes with (I think) 30 rollors in jumbo, large, medium, small, and petite. They are plastic with a foam covering. This surprising heats up one roller at a time, I though this was weird but it actually works great. You add water to it and place one roller at a time on top for only a few second which is about how long it takes you to roll your hair up in one."
posted by Houstonian at 8:44 AM on December 19, 2008
I'm not really clear on the purpose of replacing with the exact same item 20 years later. They were hot rollers. Hot rollers are still pretty easy to procure, and I have to think anything that doesn't involve boiling water has to be a good safety improvement in the last two decades, right?
I think Conair would still be the big manufacturer for these. I freaking love hot rollers, by the way :)
posted by DarlingBri at 10:07 AM on December 19, 2008
I think Conair would still be the big manufacturer for these. I freaking love hot rollers, by the way :)
posted by DarlingBri at 10:07 AM on December 19, 2008
This page might give you a few more ideas of where to search. The rollers may have had wax centres to hold the heat, so maybe searching with the term "wax" would help?
posted by pseudostrabismus at 10:33 AM on December 19, 2008
posted by pseudostrabismus at 10:33 AM on December 19, 2008
Oh, there are some suppliers on the second page of this article. They're called "Hot Water Curlers", apparently.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 10:36 AM on December 19, 2008
posted by pseudostrabismus at 10:36 AM on December 19, 2008
I see full sets of those rollers all the time at thrift stores. If you have some free time, you might want to check out a few in your area. We used to call them steam rollers.
posted by notjustfoxybrown at 11:30 AM on December 19, 2008
posted by notjustfoxybrown at 11:30 AM on December 19, 2008
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posted by Houstonian at 8:25 AM on December 19, 2008