Hair roller

A roller for curling or waving hair comprising a length of bendable wire within a continuous elongate jacket of cushioning material, the jacket continuously extending substantially the full length of the wire, the roller being sufficiently bendable to be folded by a user for defining a fold in the roller and folded portions of the roller on opposite sides of the fold, the roller being resilient such that the roller retains, during curling treatment using the roller, the position into which the roller is folded, and the continuous jacket being of such length that it extends over the folded portions and the fold joining the folded portions,

• the roller being shaped and dimensioned such that it is adapted for use by folding to secure and maintain hair between the cushioning material on the folded portions until the hair has been set to the desired wave or curl, and
• the wire is, along its length, unsecured within the jacket for enabling some relative movement between the wire and the jacket.