Abstract: An improved hair curler that provides for a plurality of stages of hair curling with increasing wave lengths along the length of the hairs of the head. The improved hair curler may be used on short hair or very long hair. The multi-stages provide for a selectivity of lengths for short hair. The improved curler consists of a plurality of removably insertable curler components that nest one within the other in a manner similar to a telescoping mechanism. An elastic tie provides a means for securing the plurality of removably insertable components together and, at the same time, holds the hair in place on the curler. A port hole in one end provides a means for applying wave solution to the hair rolled on the interior of the roller, with communicating slots to permit the solution to seep through to the hair at the periphery of the spiraling rolls of hair.