I’ve put together 5 Easy Ways to Test your hairs Porosity levels. The last time I tested mine, I had High Porosity relaxed hair. So having gone natural, I was curious to find out if anything had changed and used these 5 tests for the first time to find out. Of course, I was happy to discover that I now have Normal Porosity Hair 🙌🏾 (which I also suspected) Anyway, let me know if you guys have used any of these tests to check yours and if not, give a few of them a try. Hope you find it useful 😊
This gave me a very good idea but do you know the specific correlation between how long it takes to dry with the relation to porosity? (i.e how many minutes?) Also with running your finger towards your hair. I’m not sure if the smoothness or texture is rough or broken. Hard to tell, any tips?
LOVE IT!!! straight to the point! Some of these videos they are talking entirely to much before they ever get to the point... THANK YOU for getting to the point!
@@almeidareis I just gave up and said I'm high porosity lol smh..I bought a wholeeeeee bunch of different products and I will just see what works best. I have noticed that my hair lovessss camille rose line
Manes by Mell has a video that explains hair porosity a bit better. She actually says some of these tests don’t work or are inaccurate in determining hair porosity. She also explains how hair stylists don’t actually look at levels but rather “grade” hair porosity on a scale from 1-5. I’m not sure if her video will help you understand your hair any better but I actually found it very useful. Manes by Mell...the girl knows hair. Haha
For the third test to actually work, you have to break the surface tension of the water by pushing it down. If it floats back up, it’s low. If it sinks, it’s high. The temp of the water may also affect the porosity, try it with room temp, hot and cold water.
I am late to the game of taking care of my hair and I wanna say I am loving it so far. Watching all these different videos and different perspectives I am learning a lot. P.S. I think I have low porosity hair lol
Thank you. I was wondering, since my hair stayed on top for about an hour, but as soon as i dunked it a little, it just went down to the bottom immediately
Sometimes I feel as though I have high porosity hair, sometimes I think I have low 😂 my hair does not dry fast, but in terms of adding moisture it doesn’t stay hydrated, even with oils. I think it’s best that I try out products to see how they serve my hair.
When I put one hair on water, it stays on top but when I push it, it go on the bottom. Also moisturizer don’t stay long I’m my hair (like 1 hour) but my hair don’t feel grumpy. And my hair Don’t Dry before my body.😭😭
Same about the water test, but out the shower the top dries a bit but the body of it is still soaking. Also my hair takes ages to dry, but I do use a good amount of product and it holds the moisture, so idk 🤦♀️
Thanks to your video I've learned I have low/normal porosity hair. Thank you. Now it'll be easier for me to find which products work best on my hair to give me amazing results for my 4C hair.
May I recommend you to try and do one of your test differently please.. The water test: What you will find if you look at your hair with a flashlight is... When you first placed your hair into the water your hair is resting on air.. Which means the test is inconclusive.. Because I know my hair gets very dry like the rest of my body.. I tried it that way first.. Then I did it this way.. I pushed my hair underneath the surface of the water.. And my hair sank drop dead at the bottom and never up to the surface not once... I know you understand me by know.. The choice is up to you to try this test again if you want..
Still a little confused. My hair gets wet quickly and dries quickly but hair products sit on my strands for ages. My hair is smooth when I run my fingers up the strands. Also, my hair floats in the water test even if I push it down it floats back up. I have fine strands.
Yeah, sounds like your results are a mixture of them all. I know you said products sit on your hair, but does your hair feel moisturised after? and how long does the moisture last?
Healthy Afro Hair good question and thank you for replying. My hair feels moisturised afterwards , but by the next day it feels dry and I have to moisturise agsin in the morning and the evening. I keep doing this until the next wash day. If I do GHE. This helps a lot and I only have to moisturise once a day if I do this. My hair is hard work.
Thank you so much for this video and all of the valid points that explains the differences in hair porosity. I have a mixture of high and low. My roots are low and my ends are high. I'm guessing it's time for a trim 😁 and again, thank you! 💕
After going through all hair channels on how to check for hair porosity yours is extremely helpful and informative. I did all the 5 tests and it seems I have a combination of normal to high fine porosity 2a, 2b and 2c hair. This video helped me to understand my hair which has a mind of its own. I actually did the tests twice; after using a clarifying shampoo and deep conditioning. I've been natural 2 going 3 years and so far it has been a challenge getting to learn and understand my hair. #HealthyAfro Thank you again.
I appreciate the half dozen different ways to test hair porosity since I always feel like doing only one type of test is super unreliable. I'll do all these next time I wash my hair ... thanks!
Thanks much for this video! Always thought I had high porosity hair cause my hair takes long to dry but turns out it's low porosity 3/5.Very informative
I don't know anymore tbh. I followed a high porosity regimen for everything for a long time because my cuticles are bumpy (I think lol I really don't know anymore) and I struggled to keep moisture in my hair because it would soak up whatever touched. But now my hair shafts are still bumpy but hair products just sit there and water doesn't soak as easily anymore.
I confused 😰😰… My hair gets wet quickly but dries slowly … my hair products sit on my hair makes it greasy but still not moisturizing … my hair is not smooth when i run my fingers up the strands…also my hair floats in the water test even i push it down it floats back up and i have fine strands😞
Com'on. What a nonesense. If you slide your fingers up your hair it feels rough is normal. This is due to how our hair grows. This is how you can distinguish real from artificial hair. Has nothing to do with hair health. Hair is always rough no matter which condition if you slide upwards with your finger as the hair grows with its scales facing downwards. This means when you slide upwards with your fingers, you'll lift the scales. It is like stroking a fish in the wrong direction.
I’m still very unsure because my hair gets wet right away and dries quickly (high porosity signs) but products just sit on my hair and also the water test they stayed afloat (low porosity signs)
It can be a little confusing, but hair porosity can vary in different areas of the head. But from what you said, it sounds like you have high porosity.
Thank you for this, going to try all of these today.. For the longest I did not know my hair was curly, I had straight THICK frizz free hair as a child, but as I aged it became frizzy and hard to handle. No matter how much I moisturized it was still a frizzy mess. I did some research and noticed when wet it had a slight curl forming at the bottoms, so I started treating it as curly hair and it's doing much better the for a few hours after I wash and condition/dry.. However by the end of the night I have a Top/side section that starts to lose it's curl and starts frizzing out again.. My hair takes a good while to get completely drenched in the shower, and it takes hours to completely dry. I'm thinking I have low Porosity hair on the top of my head and normal underneath. The hair underneath gets a lot less frizzy and feels a lot smoother and moisturized than the hair on top, as well as keeps it's curl.. Some days top layer feels extremely dry/rough and like straw.. No matter how much I condition it just doesn't seem to help the top layer.. It's quite frustrating.
please help.. i did the test 3 times. the first time i got high, second time i got low and third time i got low. *BUT* i have the terms that apply to high porosity... sooo what porosity hair do i have??
I did not wait to see if my body would dry fast or not 😩 lol I waited for 2 mins and said oh hell no this gonna take at least 20 min! So I dried my body off! According to the tests tho I have high and low porosity levels!
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Sorry I would like to clarify for the 4th step. How long would you give to judge whether it is high or low porosity hair because when I apply moisturiser on my hair it would sit for a while, then after 15-20 min or less it start to feel dry and begins to shrink really quickly if I have not stretched my hair out of course (as in straight out of the bathroom hair).
If you put the hair on the top of water wirhout fully making them from all sides wet, it will stay on the top of water forever. The second i made them wet, it drowned to the bottom
May hair takes forever to dry. Its actually a couple hours for it to completely dry all the way through underneath, even though it's very fine. So I guess that would be high porosity hair??
Hi. I have done the floating test. when I put my hair into the water it floats. but if I push it down one time it stays under the water. My hair is really dry and frizzy, I also face a lot of tangles after washing my hair. I have fine and wavy hair. My hair gets wet fast ( if I use my hands it took 7-10 seconds to get wet in the shower). it also dries very fast. I mean after washing my hair it dries within 2 and a half hours. what type of porosity I have? please help me.
have you found your porosity type? Cos mine’s like this too. Just placing the hair on the water, it’s definitely gonna float because of the surface tension. For me, I push the hair into the water and it sinks but about 2mins later, it starts to float and when I look at the hair carefully, I can see some bubbles around each strand. So I’m guessing I’m either normal porosity or low..(simply based on the water bubbles I notice around my hair strains in the cup). But my hair is super frizzy and it dries fast...and just spraying my hair about 3 times will get water dripping from my hair...(so that means I’m probably high porosity) and with all the videos I’ve watched, I’m now confused as hell🤣🤣
Hi. I have multi mixed race hair & it gradually goes from wavy in front to poodle-like consistency in back. So my question is, do these tests apply to to all hair types or black hair exclusively & where does my hair fit in? TY Nancy
