I like that idea. I think my hair feels its most natural after a chelating wash and deep conditioning. (I use baking soda mixed with shampoo, and then mayonaise)
Why don't we both come up with a pre-typing routine then compare and refine them whenever we get the chance?
I like that idea. I think my hair feels its most natural after a chelating wash and deep conditioning. (I use baking soda mixed with shampoo, and then mayonaise)
I agree totally. When you type your hair it should be after washing with regular shampoo, (not clarifying or any specialty conditioners added) and air drying no conditioner or other products. They can be misleading.
The condition of your weather outside and the air in your house is another factor to consider. Is it muggy, humid, damp, dry? Do you need a humidifier or dehumidifier in your home?
The condition of your water has to be considered also. Is it hard or soft water, well water, heavily chlorinated, full of minerals etc.
As a matter of fact I think we should come up with a whole cleaning process before typing procedure. This could become very detailed but I thnk we can still keep it simple
I know so many people with curly hair that have multipe "types" of hair and I know there have been lots of info posted about this on the Web. Please help by sharing anything you have that is new or would help refine.
Yes! I have just about everything from 1b-3c! Different areas on my head are different textures with different amounts of curliness. I just usually go by what the majority is like.
edited to add:
There are 2 other things besides weather that impact what type the hair appears to be. The health of the hair is a big issue. I know that before I got to be a hair "fanatic", my hair was more frizzy and did more of the S-waves instead of curls. After I got it into much better health and learned how to style it right, the texture and curl type changed quite a bit.
That brings us to the second point which is styling techniques used. For instance, if you brush your hair out after washing it, you may think your hair is only wavy or frizzy. If you let it air-dry without combing or brushing, I promise it will be curlier.
Maybe listing ALL the typing symbols out there and the definitions for them and refining from there with a less confusing more accurate Type list? Do you want to include all hair types or just curly types?
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Well one thing I've noticed is that my natural hair seems to change seasonally. When I typed it earlier this spring, it was soft, wavy and curly so I typed it as a 3 a b and c. I had a little bit of everything going on. If I were to type it today in this weather I would type it as a 3c/4a. I still have the curls and waves at the crown but everywhere else it's bushy no matter how much moisture I add to it.
Yes...great point. Maybe another letter should be added to the 3c/4a for seasons? I guess that could be a little confusing but I know exactly what you mean. Every Spring and Fall my hair goes a little insane but settles down and pretty much is 3b/c.
I appreciate your feedback. I hope we can figure out a way to indicate hair moods. :-)
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Well one thing I've noticed is that my natural hair seems to change seasonally. When I typed it earlier this spring, it was soft, wavy and curly so I typed it as a 3 a b and c. I had a little bit of everything going on. If I were to type it today in this weather I would type it as a 3c/4a. I still have the curls and waves at the crown but everywhere else it's bushy no matter how much moisture I add to it.
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There is so much information out there about typing that hopefully we will be able to answer questions for newbies and refine typing to a new art form.
We definitely need to refine hair typing. I bought Andre's book. It was unecessary because everything I needed to know I learned here and on other hair forums for free. Still, it's nice to have.
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Yes, yes, yes on the refining part.
I know so many people with curly hair that have multipe "types" of hair and I know there have been lots of info posted about this on the Web. Please help by sharing anything you have that is new or would help refine.
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There is so much information out there about typing that hopefully we will be able to answer questions for newbies and refine typing to a new art form.
We definitely need to refine hair typing. I bought Andre's book. It was unecessary because everything I needed to know I learned here and on other hair forums for free. Still, it's nice to have.
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When I first started visiting talk boards and they would talk about their curly hair "types" I was confused. I didn't want to look like a loser by not knowing what all the different symbols meant so I kept quiet until I figured it out.
Depending on who you talk to, the whole curly "hair typing" movement started with Oprah's hairdresser, Andre Walker, who wrote a best selling book called Andre Talks Hair. Any self respecting curly haired girl has read this book because it lays out the basics of typing.
Chapter Two of Andre's Book is called To Thine Own Self Be True - Whats Your Type and provides a clear and concise analysis of the different "type" of curls. Andre divides them up into groupings and they are defined as 2-3 and 4.
Each of the groupings has sub categories. For example, there is Type 4 hair and there is A and B within the Type 4.
Over the years, various talk forums have come up with their own subcategories and merged them into even more definitive descriptions.
This forum is to talk about hair typing for curly hair and to share your own questions, concerns, opinions and custom typing systems.
There is so much information out there about typing that hopefully we will be able to answer questions for newbies and refine typing to a new art form.
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. If I were to type it today in this weather I would type it as a 3c/4a. I still have the curls and waves at the crown but everywhere else it's bushy no matter how much moisture I add to it.