When we were growing up, there were six of us kids at home and Dad was the only one who worked (in the military) outside the home. We didn’t know we were poor because we were fed, happy, and encouraged to embrace whatever life threw our way.
But my brother’s post today about his daughter wanting her hair curled reminded me of our Mom’s curler box – it was a Kentucky Fried Chicken box that she had cleaned out. She had pink curlers, black curlers, hair nets, and bobby pins inside that box. I wonder if she still has it.
My brother’s daughter Beth wanted her hair curled,
… she was absolutely thrilled. I wish I had taken a photo of her this morning after the curlers came out, but being a Bad Dad, I neglected to do this. So all I have to publish for the whole world to see, is the before picture. The upside to this is that it gets me out of brushing her hair. Anyhow, she went to school this morning all dolled up and excited …
I can’t believe he didn’t take an “after” picture. I’m not going to embarrass the kid (though she is PRECIOUS) with the before picture here.
We used “rag” curlers as teenagers because the round curlers were so not cool. With rag curlers, you wet your hair then roll it up and tie it with a scrap of fabric. The end result was pretty awesome – it made me look like Alannis Morisette. Here’s a how-to link by Vixen Vintage and her intro to the process,
When searching the web for rag curl directions, I came across creepy child beauty pageant blogs that said “cut some fabric, wet your hair, roll it up, tie it”.
Do that and you will cry from the result.
After quite a while of doing rag curls on myself from chin length hair, to past shoulder length, I can show you the the the little things to know only learned from trial and error. So here is the correct way to do rag curls.
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