The Curler SHOWDOWN - Foam Rollers, Pincurls & That Viral TikTok Thing

You have NO IDEA how much I have searched for exactly this comparison!!!! And to have it delivered right into my notifications and by RACHEL FREAKINGG MAKSY???? Somebody pinch me I must be dreaming

As a 48-year-old man (with hair, but not long enough for this to be relevant) this is exactly the content I need to forget the miseries and deprivations of this world. Thank you Rachel

Gurrrl, I'm not coming to this channel for any polished, over-produced, high-effort kind of videos. I keep coming back for the charming craft goblin that is Rachel Maksy and her exquisite banter. *chef's kiss to low-effort awesomeness

It’s killing me that you won’t see this comment - cause the Heatless curling rod is INCREDIBLE when done right. You don’t need product - and if you do, it’s extremely minimal. It works best on hair that is just the slightest bit moist - like a mist of water combed through and that’s it. Your wrapping was also too loose and started too low. My hair is the same length as yours and is thick and has a heavy wave. I do this method often and get the prettiest softest, flounciest curls. I hope you’ll consider watching a few tutorial videos and try it again. It’s such a great little tool when you get the hang of it. ☺️

The “pinup-to-cottagecore Gepetto” pipeline is real, y’all.

Instead of that third gadget, I do the same type of thing with just a robe tie, elastic banding the ends, and I can then cross the ties in back, up and around, and tie the ends together on top of my head. It’s a tighter curl - still may not be as good as foam rollers for your style - but it’s also more comfortable and secure to sleep in. I also have THICK hair and can vouch for this method if you dampen/product your hair properly.

Veteran hairstylist here (43 yrs). Try using 2 bobby pins on each of your pin curls. It's sooooo much easier to remove them, plus it's way more comfortable to sleep on. You have such beautiful hair. Every one of these methods turned out fantastic on you, although the "this thing" I felt just left your hair more frizzy than anything. I think for your hair & lifestyle, foam rollers are really the way to go. You get a beautiful style with minimum effort. The pin curls turned out absolutely beautiful, but they really are time consuming & a hassle to put up & take down. We ain't got time for that! 🤣 I first came to your channel eons ago to see what all the young, hip women were doing as far as hairstyles & stayed for the bright bubbly personality.......& watching someone who adults about the same way I do. 💖💖💖

As someone whose method of achieving ringlets is "let hair air dry without touching it", this video is fascinating to me

I really like the “low effort” videos. I wouldn’t frame it that way myself….absolutely delightful as all the “high concept” videos.

For pin curls (as someone who does them every night), one method that I find is much easier and quicker is to use the end of a blush brush (or any tube-like utensil), wrap my hair around it (in rather small sections so it doesn’t fall out), remove the hair from it and pin it with hair clips 😊

My mother only did her hair with pincurls. She washed her hair once a week and the pin curl ritual would begin. She used bobby pins and a rat tooth comb to separate her hair and she did it wet. Very precise. I watched this every week of my life. She had baby fine hair and this gave her body and the impression that she had more hair.

I love how they give three completely different looks. Rollers give a classic curl, pin curls give a very vintage 40s/50s look, and the overhead thing gives a very 70’s New Romantic vibe😊

Listen- Bum Roll please had me laughing so hard my spouse had to ask me 'babe are you okay' so I think it had the desired effect.

The little quack sound effect is my absolute favorite.

I got bored once and decided to pin curl my straight waist long hair. After 2+ hours with me wondering why the hell I was doing this the whole time, the many, many, many pin curls were finally in. The result was amazing, with (mostly) beautiful bouncy curls. I didn't brush out the curls, so they stayed in pretty good shape for a few days, which is a miracle since my hair is hard to curl.

As a curly-haired person, I have no functional reason to watch this video, but I will gladly watch twenty one minutes of Rachel Maksy teaching me how to curl my hair because it’s Rachel Maksy.

as a girlie who uses the "thing" daily heres a few modifications that really helped me if you feel like trying it again. 1. for the length of hair you might need the normal thinner one. it makes the curls tighter 2. use the unicorn method! its so comfy to sleep in and doesn't create the weird v in the back. also feels way more secure so you don't have to worry about it falling out or loosening while you sleep.

One of my students asked me why I sort sing responses to everything. Having watched a lot of Rachel today, I realize it's Rachel. It's GOoooooOOOO EnOOOOoouuuogh.

Rachel, I implore you to look into the brand “Cozy Curlers.” I started using them a few months ago after seeing some other people with long ass hair have success with them. They’re essentially foam rollers without the plastic rod, they have a net attached to the end of the roller that you wrap around your hair, after it’s wrapped around the curler. They’re much more comfortable to sleep and then anything else I’ve tried, and they actually dry somewhat quickly because they’re just foam, as opposed to the sock method. PLUS you really can change how the curls come out purely by how tightly you wrap the hair, and when the curls settle it’s soooo pretty.

gonna be honest, the noodle is my favorite overnight sleep curl! even on my side. something to remember, rachel's been doing curlers for YEARS. that's obviously gonna go the best when its the one you're the most practiced with lmao. foam rollers and noodle are also for creating two very very different types of curls!