i m a hair stylist and was curious about these [SEP] these curlers are good for people who have a hard time with standard rollersfrankly for straight hair it is far less effort to use a curling wand with the right sectioning and product you will get a better curl that wayand way fastertips your hair should be damp if you try to pull your hair through these dry it will be painful and potentially damage your hairyou might want to start the curl a couple of inches or more away from the root so you don t get a weird kinkwhen you are ready to remove these pinch the rubber opening closest to your root open then gently pull curler