by Cecile Cinco
What can you do with toilet paper cores? Many have found uses for plastic bottles but I found both toilet paper cores and plastic bottles good for something I needed in preparation for the dress rehearsal which was held yesterday. (I’m part of a group who will dance Tarantella this month during the Feast of Tabernacles’s Festival Show in Baguio City.)
I needed my hair curled or wavy but I don’t necessarily wanted it permanently–just for the show or the day. Since I could not afford the hair rollers, and since I won’t be using them anyway often, I resorted to recyclable items.
For every toilet paper I buy, I removed the core and some of the plastic bottles, I took the usable part.
How To…
I used hairpins to hold the hair in place. If I needed a smaller diameter, I cut them vertically, held the roll in place using 2 hairpins, one on each end, roll hair and pin again on each end.
Apply setting lotion on the strands of hair until fairly wet and roll. Depending on how easy it is to curl your hair, curling time can be from an hour or even overnight.
My hair is not easy to curl. Three hours were not enough. Smaller rollers should be used instead…and longer time.
What other things can you think of to make your hair curled? What other uses can you think of for toilet paper cores?
September 27th, 2010 at 8:45 am
I love it! What a great way to use recyclable items in a new creative way. It works just as good as the real curlers.
October 7th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Have you tried it?
Logically, it should really work! My hair strands are just too thick that they just don’t curl easy. 
February 10th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Try drying with a blowdryer after rolling the hair. This is a really neat idea. Have you ever tried rag curls?
February 10th, 2011 at 12:25 pm
@Teresa, no I haven’t but I know someone who uses paper…maybe it’s like rag curls.
March 5th, 2011 at 1:57 pm
I like the idea but have never tried it before. You can roll your hair in socks and then tie the ends of the socks and wait for a while to see if it works but your hair should be DRY if not the sock will absorb the water and your hair will never dry.
March 6th, 2011 at 10:26 am
@deedles, then maybe a hair dryer will help…just like in ironing clothes, you set it with heat when it’s damp so you can attain the press you need.
Thanks for the suggestion. 
June 17th, 2011 at 1:55 am
Another great tip for recycling: wash out your coffee cups and now they’re recyclable! http://youtu.be/ig_NqccETlI