Thank you so much for this I’ve took the quiz and learned that I have a curly pattern, I have 3C hair, I have high porosity, I have medium density, and medium width! I’m so happy, now I can give my hair proper care!
Omg the low porosity thing is finally the explanation to my problems! I once tried to bleach a streak into my hair, left it on twice the recommend time and it looked identical when it came out lol. I do exactly what you said squeezing the conditioner into my hair. I also comb it to get it into all the strands. I have kinda unique hair because I am mixed asian and white and my white side is Jewish with curly red hair. I also have a ton of variety in hair width. While I don't have the same hair as much of the natural hair community these videos have really helped me figure out what sort of hair I do have cause I basically don't know anyone with similar hair to mine besides my sister.
Wow... this has been the MOST helpful video for me. I've been wanting to learn how to best care for my hair, and this education is a game-changer! Thank you for your time.
Extremely informative video. I’ve been natural for 6 years now so over time I figured all these things out about my hair. This video is great for beginners and I wish this video was out while I was transitioning back in 2011. Tfs 😘
mannnn i needed a crash course on all these terms! i’m mixed east asian and while i has no curl pattern, i have high density, low porosity coarse straight hair. It explains soooo much ive experienced in the trial and error of trying to keep it happy. Now at least I have somewhere to start ! thanks so much for providing this education :)
Excellent presentation -wish I had known all this in the 1950s when I was a kid , though in those days we just used a bar of soap or washing up liquid! There was no such thing as conditioner or curl cream! My hair is low porosity -it has been floating on the glass of water for 2 hours now! Thanks for explaining all this -your own hair is fabulous .
I've watched so many hair type videos that I rarely learn anything new, but I found this video to be very informative! It seemed like no matter how many videos I watched, I was always confused about my hair type and was always wondering why so many products didn't work for me. It all makes since now, and after years of guessing, I can finally say with confidence that I know what my hair type is. Thank you for this video! :D
Thank you for you astute and in-depth video. I have had cold curl for years and this is the first in-depth maintainer care plan I have ever heard. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and wisdom on hair care. I found your video because I was viewing a video on rice water as a leave in conditioner where porosity can up . I wanted to know what it was and her you are! God bless you for sharing your gift/knowledge of hair care maintenance. For decades I have not layered my hair properly. I’m 4a and should be LOC, I have been OL and you have taught me why my hair is alway dry and why I always cringed when I had to wash my hair. I would not go swimming for that reason also. It took a lot of product to oil my hair after washing. Again thank you. 𗀧
Thanks for this video, very informative, I have 3 b hair, back in the day I straighten my hair, but now I love my natural hair! Type3 and type 4 hair is very beautiful and we can have options to many hairstyles!
Thank you so much for breaking it completely down! I have watched a lot of videos and still have no clue by the end of it, but I now have a better idea with your break down of all the types! Thank you so much!!
Thank you for linking the quiz. Finally I know my hair type. 3a, medium density, medium thickness. Just not sure about the porosity, cuz I've done keratin treatment this year & it's supposedly high porosity hair now.
This was so helpful! 💕 Thank you so much, loved listening to all of this information and I noted some things down. I will look into what product I should buy now. I believe I have low porosity hair.
Wow! So much information! I'm going to do the quiz for my adopted daughter's hair and watch this again. Thanks for all this information and helpful tips. My daughter's hair is definitely 4c but I haven't fully identified the porosity and density yet and I'm only learning about protein sensitivity now. Yikes! Massive learning curve. I made my own flaxseed gel recently and it was AMAZING for her hair. I love this adventure.
This has answered so many of my questions. THANK YOU. Right now only the crown of my hair is dry, crinkly and frizzy, while the rest of my hair is lush and healthy, so I’m really confused on what could be the problem. I believe I have Natural 2C wavy and curly/ high density hair. I can’t tell if it’s over moisturized to be hygral fatigue or Low porosity. I’m still researching and I am still learning new possible causes, however these two seem to be the closest. I’ll be saving this video to keep as a guideline
I so agree, when it comes to my hair. I have very thick hair always have. So happy I ran across this video. Going to save for my favorites. Thank you for the great tips for my 👑!! Happy Easter, God bless you and your family!!🤗🤗🙏🏾🙏🏾❣❣
Thanks for making this video, I am natural. My ethnicity is black and Asian. So my hair is very soft. I have damaged my hair, by just being crazy. But after watching this video, I know what my hair is about and the porosity is. I started out from damaged hair, High porosity, now it's down to medium, slight high in areas. but either way, I now understand my hair more and I love it. Thanks again.
I’m a guy with long curly hair. I had no idea I had curly hair until I grew it out. Curly hair is literally the definition of “beauty is pain.” People don’t realize how hard it is to maintain beautiful curls! Especially with my specific type of curl (3A).
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I'm still confused about my curl pattern. I used to be a 4c, now I'm a God knows what. My hair isn't heat damaged, i don't use heat. I even chopped all my hair off thinking it was damaged but nope my hair is just growing out confused lol. I just call it a type 4 and move on lol because different strands have different curl patterns. Some are tighter, some are looser, some have more definition and some don't. My hair is low porosity and protein sensitive and the strands are medium to thick so i just use that to determine what products will work for me Now I know why my hair is so stiff. Good job with this video, it is so helpful. I'm taking notes
Hi Iyda, Thanks for this video ! I found it covered even more details than I would have thought I needed to know in order to treat it well. Lots of great information! A great presentation! Clear annunciation with even tone means the WORLDS to listeners like myself. You not only shared how to find out what pattern/texture and type of hair we have, but I also learned that my full head may not all share the same type, texture or pattern or density. (Im sure I missed something here!) I’m with @LiNdA MB here. A little complicated it’s true. ! I love how you explained a lot about products and who should use them , why and how What a bonus!(I’m still not sure what a pineapple is? An African American ponytail ? LoL) I watched it a few times to pick up all you shared and made precise notes.That being said Iyda, for the amount of information you DID share you did not speak to the letters that go along with curl patterns. I am absolutely lost as to what the letters represent and how to conclude what letter best suits me I tried to figure it out looking at the chart, but all I could really see is they were all curly. Im sure my number is a 2 with some 3’s in there, but not a clue what letter should follow. Absolute opposite amount of info regarding the letters.LOL Im sure its common sense and does not require coverage. It’s just not common to me. Yet. I do thank you so much for all you did share though. I learned a LOT!
This was a high quality video! It helped makes it better understand about this low porosity high porosity ABC here however I will have to watch this at least three four more times to have a better understanding, but this was an excellent video so I'm a new subscriber!!!
People have always told me I had 3b/3c hair, but I was alway confused because by hair strands look more like two C’s stacked on top of each other, not a coil, or traditional curl. I finally switched over to products targeted to 2c/3a hair and it has made such a difference!
So informative these are the videos I beg my other youtubers to make! I love it. I have high porosity hair that is protein sensitive or overloaded! It’s so hard to find products
Bianca Vazquez thank you! I would say you have protein overload! Usually high porosity hair is not protein sensitive! I would take a break on protein until your hair recovers and focus on moisture for now
Thank you for this video! I have natural type 2c/3a medium textured hair. I have high density hair. I have a lot of hairs on my head, when it's fully grown out. I have high porosity hair because it grabs treatment easy but it dries out so easily. I started cutting my hair and getting keratin treatments and my curls disappeared completely. They're only starting to come back now, as the treatment is growing out. LOC method works wonders for my hair. Co-wash is the best investment! I wish I had seen this video before I had the keratin treatments done. Your hair is life, by the way! ❤️🌼❤️
I watched many videos for curly hair, but yours are the first ones really informative and focusing on many types of hair. Thank you for your efforts, it's really helpful :))
Thank you so much Iyda. This video was helpful. I have low porosity coarse hair. I also learned that it is wrong to put rinse out conditioner as a leave in conditioner, which I was guilty of doing because I saw it in some RU-vid videos.
Thank you very much for such an important video. Truly appreciate your dedication. This is very much needed and you to bloggers,do that some of them give you gray DIYs but don't let you know for what type of porosity these DIYs are good for. So I thank you very much because like this I will definitely know and find out my real Porosity, density density and curl pattern. Thank you so much and God bless you 🙏🏽🌺😊
Oh my gooosh! Ive been trying to figure out my hair for years and i feel like i finally understand all this stuff!! Thank you for this easy to understand and super helpful video!!!
I definitely have low porosity, course hair & can tell that the Shea Moisture Manuka Honey & Mafura Oil Intensive Hydration Leave-in Milk is waaaayyyyy too thick as a first layer for my hair, but I keep using it just so it can not be wasted (it's taking forever though & I'm not even half way through the bottle, it lasts so long cuz it's so thick and def not a milk) Some days after washing, I just don't fully wash out my conditioner & it seems way better for when I layer my gel (Miss Jessie's Coily Custard - fave thing ever) But I've always done oil last, either as a regular oil or a spray version (keratin or coconut) I can't help but only style when fully wet though, because it's easier to run my fingers through my hair & I use the prayer hands method always I like minimal shrinkage so I prefer length over volume & if I want volume, I just shake my fingers through my hair a little to lift the roots & the air drying will expand it regardless :) I think I have 3b ish My hair looks like I curled it with a Sharpie marker & it's very dense
My hair is the most complicated thing I've ever seen and I'm the only person with NATURAL HAIR in my family and it's a struggle this video helped me alot and now I can handle my hair
Thank you so much for taking your valuable time to create such an informative video. I have learned so much about my hair in these last 20 minutes than I have ever learned in my life. God bless you and I will stay tuned to your hair teachings.
So true with over conditioning hair! so much so that I will shampoo my hair, then I will condition my hair, and then I will shampoo my roots and let it rinse over the conditioner to leave just enough behind. Sometimes I’ll do this with my head upside down in the shower lol definitely is extra but it definitely stopped the over conditioning hair issue for me… BUT had no idea about the protein though… THANK YOU ♥️
I think mine is a mixture of 2B,2C,3A. It could probably be 3A if I always took care of it I just started to take more care of it and actually use products
I’m honestly so lost with my hair bc I’m mixed (black white and Asian) and my hair is super curly but similarly to urs it has different curls in the front and back. Neither of my parents know anything about my hair or how to do it so this vid is super helpful 🙌🏽
There you are. I’m subscribed to you but your videos stop sending notices. Thank you so much for all your research... I could not figure out what was happening with my natural hair. I have been natural for years but I always flat iron my hair..... it stop growing and started shedding really bad.... I got crochet braids and replaced them every four weeks for over 3 months. My garage of hair hates braids....My hair broke off behind my ears and I eventually lost hair in the front as well. Then I think I over moisturized my hair.... I was freaking out, I dealt with this for over a year and half... until I came across your videos about 5 months ago. You saved my life and explained how I was damaging my hair.... I was doing this to myself....😑 my hair is on a come back...totally responding since I have been following your suggestions. You are a hair saver.... Thank you.... Thank you....🤗🤗GOD BLESS!
I understand your video better and you showed different women and the hair type. You should have way more views. You did really good. Looking at the different patterns i see I'm 4a to 4c. Thank you ❤
I think your curl pattern is more of a 4a and a bit looser in the front, like you stated. With all of the characteristics to define natural hair this is where I get so confused with determining what's best for my hair. I have 4bc hair, low porosity medium thickness, and high density. Not sure where I fit as far as protein goes. My hair was feeling limp and mushy in the front so I started adding more protein to my regimen and I am still trying to figure it all out, after being two years natural. Thank you so much for the info, if I can just figure out what my hair needs and retain some length. I will be happy!😊
Embracemykinks23 if your hair is low porosity and medium texture then you will need a light protein treatment occasional but not much! Check out the links in the description box for the best products for low porosity hair!
Alls I can say is I loathe my 4a, 4c hair! I'm still trying to figure out what works? I started my natural hair journey in 2009. All was going great as I had a beautician taking care of it. It had gotten so long and healthy until I transitioned and was unable to find a natural hair stylist in my area. Out of frustration I allowed a novice to merely braid it. Some product utilized, I was unable to untangle out of my hait, upon removing the braids which left with NO choice except to cut my hair at the level/length of tangle! UGH!! 😱😳 Now it seems I cannot get it to grow back. I feel completely ignorant of it ~ texture, porosity, curl pattern and all you discuss!? I don't even know what to put on my hair anymore??? I'm presently using castor oil and a jojoba sheen combination 🤔😥
