Am I a 4a or 4b??

[lesedi]

It's pretty clear I'm a 4 lol
I just am having difficulty deciding whether I'm an a or b. There are some 4As i kinda think i look like (BlackMasterPiece being one of them) and there are some supposed 4as wose hair looks like Chilli from TLC in comparison to mine.
I also read something online yesterday abot the a/b/c next to the number only being used to describe the actual thickness of the strand and not the curl pattern.
Basically, I'm confused.

Type me ladies lol (I posted way to many pics, forgive me...i'm just excited to be rocking my napps )

Sorry for being dripping wet in the pics

failed fingercoil attempt

 

[Luvmycurl]

It looks like you could be 4a but its hard to tell since its wet I'd say but Im not good at typing. So bump for more responses.

 

[faithVA]

I don't know how to type your hair but your coils are very pretty.

 

[MilkChocolateOne]

4a

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[AHeadOfCoils]

4b

 

[Etherealsmile]

I'm leaning towards 4b but i'm not 100% sure. Your coils are gorgeous

 

[RegaLady]

It looks 4b to me! Nice hair!

 

[lesedi]

bumping for my hair twin

 

[SND411]

5w....................

 

[lesedi]

5w....................

 

[grownwomanaz]

Looks like 4A/B mix and very pretty.

 

[Evolving78]

4a! welcome to the club!

 

[lovenharmony]

Not going to type your hair, but I wanted to clarify that the letter next to the number for hair typing only defines the SIZE of the curl, not the texture or thickness.

For example, a 4a type has curls, spirals, coils the size of a pen spring. 4bs usually have no visual curl patterns at all, or the curls are so small that hair strands do not clump together to form visual curls.

3c hair types usually have curls, spirals, coils the size of chalk sticks, 3b hair types the size of a thick marker, and so on. The lower the number and letter...the bigger the curl size.

 

[FlowerHair]

It looks like a typical 4a to me and very cute!!

 

[Loveygram]

Gorgeous! I think it may be 4a/4b and checking in the LOIS system, you have all those pretty little o's.

YouTube - LOIS

Enjoy!

 

[Lynnerie]

I vote 4a. love your coils/curls too

 

[BlackMasterPiece]

Hey girl, 4a all the way! Welcome to the fluffy club


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[Anew]

I don't know but I wish I could get a crystal clear pic like the first one posted

 

[Napp]

it looks 4a/b leaning more toward 4b. very pretty hair

 

[LilMissRed]

I dunno but ur curls are cute!

 

[manter26]

I say 4b. The first pic is of manipulated/styled hair right? If it's coerced and clumped together I think the curls look different than dried without product. Then again I always thought BMP was definitely a 4b as well. Although I can't recall any pictures of her hair unstretched and unmanipulated, the one pic I remember was just a strand or two and looked 4b.

I thought 4b can have coils, just very tiny ones that really are not distinguishable at a distance.

 

[SND411]

How long have you been natural?

 

[lesedi]

I say 4b. The first pic is of manipulated/styled hair right? If it's coerced and clumped together I think the curls look different than dried without product. Then again I always thought BMP was definitely a 4b as well. Although I can't recall any pictures of her hair unstretched and unmanipulated, the one pic I remember was just a strand or two and looked 4b.

I thought 4b can have coils, just very tiny ones that really are not distinguishable at a distance.

Yeah, the first one is coiled with my fingers, with no product. All the other pictures are also product-less and wet. My hair literally looks the same wet and dry, i just had 'wet' pictures closeby.

 

[lesedi]

How long have you been natural?

Nearly 2 months but my hair shrunken looks exactly the same length
I may upload pic with the hair sretched out, it's about 4 inches now. It's grown 2 inches since the BC

 

[Tiye]

Yeah, the first one is coiled with my fingers, with no product. All the other pictures are also product-less and wet. My hair literally looks the same wet and dry, i just had 'wet' pictures closeby.

In that case 4b. The manipulated coils are what's confusing ppl. Hair classified as 4a does that on it's own - however your manipulated coils are a bit tighter than typical 4a. i.e. If you made starter locks out of them they would probably hold well for you. Just my two and a half cents. Anyway nice hair and welcome to the club.

 

[Junebug D]

Its easier to tell on dry unmanipulated hair. Suspecting 4a/4b if it does indeed look the same when dry. My 4b was more tightly coiled, and I was "O" in LOIS too.

 

[lesedi]

Doesn't every 4b's hair look like the 1st picture if you haven't detangled? Does it clump up into miniscule coils like that? That picture WAS manipulated with my fingers but I was re-defining the coils that were there already (I'm trying to make sense lol)

BlackMasterPiece I have seen your posts on silky 4a and coarse 4a, is there a silky 4b and a coarse 4b also?

 

[Evolving78]

In that case 4b. The manipulated coils are what's confusing ppl. Hair classified as 4a does that on it's own - however your manipulated coils are a bit tighter than typical 4a. i.e. If you made starter locks out of them they would probably hold well for you. Just my two and a half cents. Anyway nice hair and welcome to the club.

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you are right! i looked at the first pic only. sorry for my first response OP. yep i will say 4b! it looks good and healthy.

 

[lesedi]

Thanks everyone for the responses. I'm guessing i'm a mixture of both (majority 4b)

 

[lesedi]

Don't mind me, Just going to post a few more pictures that I've just taken because I'm obsessed with my hair of late (again!). I can't believe I thought being natural was going to be harder. I basically do nothing to my hair now!! I even love shrinkage. I'm just feeling my hair, got a spring in my step lol

Unmaipulated, stretched to show length, no product

Unmanipulated, no product