Soft Hair Spools

What Our Customers Are Saying about Our Soft Hair Spools …

"My hair is straight, lank, thin, and fine. Curling it is not easy. I remembered my mom doing her hair in pincurls when I was young, but could never get the hair to stay in the pins: it slid right out unless I used so many pins I couldn't hold my head up. Sleeping was like having a porcupine for a pillow. I gave up. Then, not long before Christmas, I received a Vermont Country Store catalog. I leafed through it, and saw something I remembered from my youth: hair spools! I bought the smaller ones thinking I really needed to get the hair tightly curled for it to stay that way. When they arrived, I sat on my bed with a comb and a glass of water and patiently sectioned and curled my hair. Now, I had read on-line that some people said they weren't worth buying, they slid right out, etc. Some did slide out; then I realized I had to make sure the top was folded all the way down over the bottom. That kept even the shortest, finest locks in the curler. Just to be sure, I wrapped a bandana around my head as I had seen Mom do with her pincurls. The next morning I woke up, all the curlers in place, just waiting for me to take them off. (A word of warning: you can pull out hair if you don't open them before removing them! They don't slide off all THAT easily!) And did I have curls! Everyone at work thought I had gotten a curly perm. Whenever I moved my head, I could feel the curls bobbing and bouncing. I was thrilled! That night, I went to bed as usual, no bonnet to keep my hair from getting messy, figuring I'd just shower and do the curling iron thing in the morning. Well, after a bit of finger combing, the curls were even better the next day, having loosened up some over night, so I took a bath instead of a shower and got two days out of my 'do. I'm going to buy the larger set now that I know I can use them and they work so well. That way I can intersperse the large and small and get different size curls. Many thanks to Virginia Wolbach for requesting them. This former denizen of Denville, NJ is pleased as can be!" - Deborah, Hollywood,

"When I was a little girl they marketed these as FLYING SAUCERS! They were my favorite, especially since I had very long hair...I'm getting these for my grandaughter...she's gonna love them...but I'm still going to call them FLYING SAUCERS...and YES...I'm from New Jersey also!" - Christine, Kenosha, WI

"I remember the days when we got new Easter dresses, Spring coats, bonnets, and the night before our hair curled (always) used to be with rags, then Mom got these and I loved them..." - Debby Cincotti, Kissimmee, FL

"OH MY GOD.... My mother used to use them. Every night she'd sit there watching T.V. and wouldn't need a mirror and wrap and wrap away. I love seeing them. Thank you." - TRUDY DYETTE, SYRACUSE, NY

"As a beader I now and again need something to wrap excess thread around if I put down a project or use two threads. Spoolies are perfect to protect the unused thread." - Kay Watson, Las Vegas, NV

"Works on dry hair! It gives you tight curls! It straightens hair! Bought the pink!" - Tiffany, cottage city, MD

"I had these when I was a kid. Haven't seen them in years. As I remember, they were not painful to sleep on since the backs are flat. It gives you a pin-curl look. Thanks for bringing these oldies back!" - Linda Odle, Jeffersonville, IN

"I have shoulder-length hair. It has recently gone from kinda curly to frizzy. I have tried the curling iron, the straightening thing, all kinds of hair products. Out of desperation I decided to pin curl the top layer. So instead of washing my already clean hair, before going to bed I used a few old Spoolies I had from years ago. I wet each section of hair with the comb as I was ready to spool it up. No gel, just water. Went to bed and slept well. The next morning I took out my pin curls, ran a pick through my curls, and my gosh did I get the compliments on my fluffy curls! No frizz! No hair gel!" - Hillary, Boise, ID

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