4a/4bs and maybe 3c's how do u think of your hair?

[Lovelylocs]

Do you think of your hair as extremely curly? As nappy or what? I think of my self as someone with very small curls, but I know that a non-LHCFer would not understand.

 

[Country gal]

I use to think curly but was corrected by this guy. He was like you don't have curly hair. That was early on my Natural stage. I realize I am more coily than anything.

 

[shiningstar84]

Do you think of your hair as extremely curly? As nappy or what? I think of my self as someone with very small curls, but I know that a non-LHCFer would not understand.

if i wash it, air dry, unmanipulated, i would say tightly coiled/curly--most white people i've encountered say my hair is extremely curly.

but if i wash, dry, then comb, my hair looks totally different and i call that my nappy style

 

[shiningstar84]

I use to think curly but was corrected by this guy. He was like you don't have curly hair. That was early on my Natural stage. I realize I am more coily than anything.

hey country gal! can u elaborate? what does "coily" mean? and how does it differ from "curly" ::confused smiley::

 

[nurseN98]

Definitely coily/kinky

coils= small curls

 

[RabiaElaine]

Very tight coils that are extremely delicate. Looser coils/waves in the back.

 

[beyondcute]

Unique. Its not shirley temple and it aint steel wool. Id have to actually say it doesnt have a curl. More of a wave.

 

[hopeful]

I think of my hair as kinky and coily. Like Country gal I came to the realization that my hair was not curly, when I texturized it, it looked curly for a minute though. I've always been an optimistic, half-full kinda person regarding most aspects of my life but when I first started this natural journey I could see so many of the limits of my natural hair. Now, praise the Lord, I am seeing the possibilities. LOL kinky and coily equal big, dense and lush. No floppy fros here! I finally realize that I love my height, my eye color, my shape, I accept them as gifts from God, my thang, that's how I feel about my hair now, kinky, coily, some places more tightly coiled than others and it's my special gift.

 

[Super_Hero_Girl]

Just Nappy.

Coily when wet, curly with X product, Wavy in a bun, etc. etc. etc. I choose not to quibble over the semantics.

My hair is just plain nappy.

 

[so1913]

I try to refer to it as textured and give it a degree if specifics are further requried (highly, tightly, loosley, loser, tighter, more, less, etc) because everyone seems to have their own definition of curly vs. kinky or coily hair and it's too much of a headache for ME to deal with.

 

[Victorian]

I generally say my hair is "coily." A coil is a curl but when you say "coil" specifically it immediately conveys the tiny size and growing up/out rather than down. It's like a micro-curl

 

[DDTexlaxed]

I have a weird mix. I have 3 diffent types of curls. Large C curls, mini spirals and coffee stir sized curls.

 

[Crackers Phinn]

I will generally say nappy or coily but the best description came from my friends 7 year old daughter who said my natural hair looked like ramen noodles.

 

[ThursdayGirl]

Kinky coils. Very kinky...very thick... very big handful.

 

[carameldiva]

i'm gonna cosign with so1913 on this one and just say that is textured cause somedays it is more coily, others more curly and i am working with more than one texture and if it is in a ponytail it is wavy in the front.

 

[Cheleigh]

As a 4a/4b I consider my hair kinky and coily. Honestly, the 4b part is actually wavy (kinky waves) but I won't bother ripping about Andre's flawed system regarding 4b hair types. I will also use the term "highly textured." I also consider my hair nappy, but I usually use kinky because there's less history behind the word.

 

[CarefreeinChicago]

the front and sides are tight coils i love them the back from ears down it nappy

 

[kristina]

I always understood coils/napps to be a subset of curly, rather than it's own independent group, myself. Maybe because I understand any texture that is not straight has some type of bend or pattern (uniform or not) that could be seen as a curl. Is this incorrect?
Sometimes to the non-black folks in casual conversation, I say extremely curly or super curly frizzy just to keep it from turning it into a big black hair lesson.
But I think of my hair as kinky-curly-cottony-frizzy.

 

[Poohbear]

My hair is extremely tightly coiled, springy, and kinky... My hair is also fine-stranded but dense.

 

[jwhitley6]

I will generally say nappy or coily but the best description came from my friends 7 year old daughter who said my natural hair looked like ramen noodles.

I'm loving the ramen noodle comparison.

 

[tropicexotic]

nappy, coily, kinky...cute

 

[*ElleB]

I just consider my hair KINKY, DENSE, Coils...I've also refered to my hair as Spongey...

 

[planodiva]

Definitely curly. I told a co-worker that all black people have curly hair just some tighter than others...she hit me with "Yo hair curly...mine is nappy".

But days like today when I'm scared to take a comb to my head yeah I agree with her

 

[Amina]

Let's see according to answers.com:

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2083&dekey=C0365100&curtab=2083_1&linktext=curl

curl (kûrl) pronunciation

v., curled, curl·ing, curls.

v.tr.

1. To twist (the hair, for example) into ringlets or coils.
2. To form into a coiled or spiral shape: curled the ends of the ribbon.
3. To decorate with coiled or spiral shapes.
4. To raise and turn under (the upper lip), as in snarling or showing scorn.
5. Sports. To lift (a weight) by performing a curl.

v.intr.

1. To form ringlets or coils.
2. To assume a spiral or curved shape.
3. To move in a curve or spiral: The wave curled over the surfer.
4. Sports. To engage in curling.

n.

1. Something with a spiral or coiled shape.
2. A coil or ringlet of hair.
3. A treatment in which the hair is curled.
4.
1. The act of curling: the curl of a meandering river.
2. The state of being curled.
5. Sports. A weightlifting exercise using one or two hands, in which a weight held at the thigh or to the side of the body is raised to the chest or shoulder and then lowered without moving the upper arms, shoulders, or back.
6. Any of various plant diseases in which the leaves roll up.

http://www.answers.com/coil&r=67
coil1 (koil) pronunciation
n.

1.
1. A series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding: a coil of rope; long coils of hair.
2. An individual spiral or ring within such a series.
2. A spiral pipe or series of spiral pipes, as in a radiator.
3. Electricity.
1. A wound spiral of two or more turns of insulated wire, used to introduce inductance into a circuit.
2. Any of various devices of which such a spiral is the major component.
4. A roll of postage stamps prepared for use in a vending machine.


v., coiled, coil·ing, coils.

v.tr.

1. To wind in concentric rings or spirals.
2. To wind into a shape resembling a coil.

v.intr.

1. To form concentric rings or spirals.
2. To move in a spiral course: black smoke coiling up into the sky.


kink·y (kĭng'kē) pronunciation
adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Tightly twisted or curled: kinky hair.
2. Slang. Showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes, especially of a sexual or erotic nature: “his appetite for kinky filmmaking, unmitigated by any artistry” (John Simon).

nap·py1 (năp'ē) pronunciation
adj., -pi·er, -pi·est.

1. Having a nap; fuzzy.
2. Kinky; frizzy.

Conclusion:

My hair is curly, it coils, it is kinky, and it is nappy.​

 

[caligirl]

My hair definitely has some curly tendencies, like some patches look like they were straw-set. But in the grand scheme of things when I step out of the shower my hair is a bush or an afro. That's how I refer to it "my bush."

 

[caligirl]

My hair definitely has some curly tendencies, like some patches look like they were straw-set. But in the grand scheme of things when I step out of the shower my hair is a bush or an afro. That's how I refer to it "my bush."

 

[Twisties]

I just call it nappy/natural. I really like the term naptural. Until the hair boards I didn't know much about all these definitions we use now..4a, 4b etc.

 

[so1913]

Let's see according to answers.com:

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2083&dekey=C0365100&curtab=2083_1&linktext=curl

curl (kûrl) pronunciation

v., curled, curl·ing, curls.

v.tr.

1. To twist (the hair, for example) into ringlets or coils.
2. To form into a coiled or spiral shape: curled the ends of the ribbon.
3. To decorate with coiled or spiral shapes.
4. To raise and turn under (the upper lip), as in snarling or showing scorn.
5. Sports. To lift (a weight) by performing a curl.

v.intr.

1. To form ringlets or coils.
2. To assume a spiral or curved shape.
3. To move in a curve or spiral: The wave curled over the surfer.
4. Sports. To engage in curling.

n.

1. Something with a spiral or coiled shape.
2. A coil or ringlet of hair.
3. A treatment in which the hair is curled.
4.
1. The act of curling: the curl of a meandering river.
2. The state of being curled.
5. Sports. A weightlifting exercise using one or two hands, in which a weight held at the thigh or to the side of the body is raised to the chest or shoulder and then lowered without moving the upper arms, shoulders, or back.
6. Any of various plant diseases in which the leaves roll up.

http://www.answers.com/coil&r=67
coil1 (koil) pronunciation
n.

1.
1. A series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding: a coil of rope; long coils of hair.
2. An individual spiral or ring within such a series.
2. A spiral pipe or series of spiral pipes, as in a radiator.
3. Electricity.
1. A wound spiral of two or more turns of insulated wire, used to introduce inductance into a circuit.
2. Any of various devices of which such a spiral is the major component.
4. A roll of postage stamps prepared for use in a vending machine.


v., coiled, coil·ing, coils.

v.tr.

1. To wind in concentric rings or spirals.
2. To wind into a shape resembling a coil.

v.intr.

1. To form concentric rings or spirals.
2. To move in a spiral course: black smoke coiling up into the sky.


kink·y (kĭng'kē) pronunciation
adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Tightly twisted or curled: kinky hair.
2. Slang. Showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes, especially of a sexual or erotic nature: “his appetite for kinky filmmaking, unmitigated by any artistry” (John Simon).

nap·py1 (năp'ē) pronunciation
adj., -pi·er, -pi·est.

1. Having a nap; fuzzy.
2. Kinky; frizzy.

Conclusion:

My hair is curly, it coils, it is kinky, and it is nappy.​

I like this!

 

[Poohbear]

I liked that too Amina! It all boils down to having NAPPY hair!

 

[hopeful]

nappy, coily, kinky...cute

I like your description.