To roll, or not to roll? That is the question, Jenny Humphrey
Taylor Momsen (better known as Jenny Humphrey from Gossip Girl) chilled on location yesterday in Oyster Bay, Long Island, pictured below. (I once nannyed for a family in Oyster Bay. It was a truly bone-chilling summer, and I’m not talking about the weather.) Anyhoo, I was flipping through pictures on People.com, as you do, and came across this one. “Hmm, Jenny is so cute, even with her hair in those dorky rollers,” I thought, about to click onto the next time suck, when I realized: “Wait a minute! Rollers! So that’s how they get her hair so bouncy!” Taylor doesn’t have the world’s thickest tresses, so it makes sense they’d want to pump up the volume as much as possible—but I’m jealous that her end result is sleek, smooth waves, whereas my result with hot (or even Velcro) rollers would be “Texas Beauty Queen Circa 1987.” My best friend A. has similarly thin hair and relied on rollers for the first four years I knew her. I was endlessly fascinated watching her roll her hair this way and that, and must confess I’m still something of a moron when it comes to them. Ah, yes, I know roller theory, that’s for sure. But if I were studying at Roller University and taking my practical finals? I would—sob!—probably fail. And then be left with bad hair, to boot.
If I had a set of rollers at my house, you totally know what I’d be doing tonight. Alas…I don’t.
Tags: Gossip Girl, hair volume, Oyster Bay, rollers, Taylor Momsen
June 24th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I have thick, naturally hair and so if I use a hair dryer I require assistance from a heated device of some kind, be it a flat iron or hot rollers (seriously, I don’t understand, apparently I shouldn’t, but my hair NEVER looks good enough with just the dryer. No matter how much product I use or the technique, it’s still frizz city. Anyway…).
My hair has very much the beauty queen vibe when I’m done, so I loosen the waves with a curling iron (big barrel of course). I know I could just use the curling iron, but the waves hold so much better with rollers, not to mention the volume far exceeds that of just the curling iron…who knows. My hair is probably too big in the end!
June 24th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Oops, that should say thick, naturally wavy…
June 24th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
I love the look rollers give, but right now I don’t even care! Are they filming the rumored summer episodes of GG?!?!
I love that show!!!
June 24th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
She is really cute. She just got signed to IMG models. She’s also only 14. Crazy huh?
I don’t use rollers…If I did, I’d probably be in Beauty Queen city too!
June 26th, 2008 at 6:56 am
What did your best friend A. do after the 4 years she was using rollers? Did she stop? I roll my hair daily (for the last 15 years yes a child in rollers - my mom gave me the advice) to volumize. Hot rollers seems to be the only thing that works for me. Does A. have any other tips and tricks for what works besides rollers?