Quest for Curly

  I don't exactly know how it happened, I just somehow, this past summer, started wanting curly hair.  I don't                                                          know why, it may be because my best friend has the most perfectly curly hair, but I just started wanting curly hair. Over the summer I actually was like begging for a perm!  My Mom talked me out of it though by saying it wold be harder to do your hair and brush it and stuff like that.  So no curly hair for me.  But now, I want for just like a day!  A day! And since my hair is too long and thick for a curling iron, my only choice left is curlers. And if you've ever slept in curlers before, it's the last thing you want to do again!  I've been searching  Pinterest far and wide now for a way to get curly hair.  I tried french braiding it wet twice, and last night I slept in two uncomfortable twisted buns.  NEITHER WAYS WORKED!!!  Well maybe they worked for 5 minutes before they were completely dry, but other than that zero curls!  If you know any other ways to get curly hair, PLEASE TELL ME!  I'll still be looking, but a comment would be faster than looking at every google result.