guess this hair type.....BEWARE, serious slobbing may occur

[~Sparklingflame~]

@mwedzi, and @Solitude I guess you missed where I handed my typing license to @tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT. Once everyone became 3C/4A and then folks decided 3B was wavy not curly, I was clearly not trained for the job coz I disagreed wholly with their opinions and was clearly standing alone.

Not sure what type this girl is. Looks like a braid-out to me on stretched hair, but then again, I'm no typing pro so what do I know.

See, I didn't even know we now are telling types from just one style/look. Where are the other faces of this hair? What does it look like wet? What does it look like if air-dried w/o products? What did it look like short? There are so many factors that can affect how hair looks that I don't know how folks can just tell from one look what type of hair someone has. If you saw my hair the way I have it on a daily basis, you'd think I either had wavy hair or had hair w/o a pattern.

Anyway, I'll let the typing pros debate this one out. I'm not one.

Nonie Exactly. Ever since I saw her hair I have always thought this is what she had going on but then, Im not into this hair typing thing so....

 

[lolascurls]

This and the other thread have really helped me to realise,,,hair typing is too subjective to be taken seriously. I never thought I'd say that! Sorry to all those who still want to wave their hair type banners but, I'm good!
Her hair is Bea-u-tiful! Off to keep growing me some hurr!

 

[theAlist]

Her hair reminds me of a courser version of kimmaytubes hair. Her hair is 3c/4a right? Her hair texture is hard to figure out because it is so long, weighted down and stretched out. If it did have a curl pattern, it doesn't anymore because of the weight. We will probably never know her hair type unless she cuts it shorter or post picture of it when it was shorter.

Kimmay has pictures after her BC. She is definitely 4a/b. No doubt about it. Other people threw in the 3c when her hair got longer.

 

[Nonie]

@Nonie Exactly. Ever since I saw her hair I have always thought this is what she had going on but then, Im not into this hair typing thing so....

~Sparklingflame~ you know whose hair it reminds me of? My idol Yassylane's. If you look through the album, there are pics of braidouts that look like that and also of her shrunken hair that looks like this lady's shrunken hair.

 

[~Sparklingflame~]

~Sparklingflame~ you know whose hair it reminds me of? My idol Yassylane's. If you look through the album, there are pics of braidouts that look like that and also of her shrunken hair that looks like this lady's shrunken hair.

Nonie
Im not saying shes lying, but out of the thousands of heads of natural hair that I have seen I have NEVER seen that before. I havent seen every haed of natural hair either, but I have seen and experienced TONS of braid outs/twist outs that mirror that closely but um....yeah. Dont mind me. Im not hair typing expert by ANY means.

 

[Nonie]

@Nonie
Im not saying shes lying, but out of the thousands of heads of natural hair that I have seen I have NEVER seen that before. I havent seen every haed of natural hair either, but I have seen and experienced TONS of braid outs/twist outs that mirror that closely but um....yeah. Dont mind me. Im not hair typing expert by ANY means.

~Sparklingflame~ I didn't realize she had claimed a type or had denied it being a braid-out. (What did she say?) I am not the most patient YT viewer so I didn't even have sound turned on when I viewed the vid posted but skipped through a few of her vids and saw the same style in all...and thus responded to OP's question from that observation.

 

[~Sparklingflame~]

~Sparklingflame~ I didn't realize she had claimed a type or had denied it being a braid-out. (What did she say?) I am not the most patient YT viewer so I didn't even have sound turned on when I viewed the vid posted but skipped through a few of her vids and saw the same style in all...and thus responded to OP's question from that observation.

Nonie Im not a patient YT viewer either. I dont know WHAT she said, but according to all this hoopla I just figured she didnt ever say or based on what she said and what we see it dont match.

 

[serendipity]

I've seen that many times with shorter hair - no hoopla. I know its not that serious, its just hair, but I cant help but to think length has something to do with it. That's just me.

Maybe, but this is LHCF after all. Long hair is invariably more fascinating around here by default. I'm much more interested in seeing length than big chops. Just being honest.

 

[jerseygurl]

@~Sparklingflame~ I didn't realize she had claimed a type or had denied it being a braid-out. (What did she say?) I am not the most patient YT viewer so I didn't even have sound turned on when I viewed the vid posted but skipped through a few of her vids and saw the same style in all...and thus responded to OP's question from that observation.

From her channel I gathered she said she was 4a/b and some posters in the other thread said that they have never seen 4a/b hair behave like that. Hence the debate over her hair type

 

[kittikat24]

I'll admit, her 1a2b3c4z hair is lovely.

 

[Nonie]

From her channel I gathered she said she was 4a/b and some posters in the other thread said that they have never seen 4a/b hair behave like that. Hence the debate over her hair type

Wait, she said she is what others whose hair behaves the same said they were and now we're debating??? About what? Are we a bunch of crazies? The hell?

Thanks @jerseygurl. OP, there's your answer. 4A/B...just like Yassylane. The end, for me anyway. Ta-ta all!

 

[nappystorm]

Wait, she said she is what others whose hair behaves the same said they were and now we're debating??? About what? Are we a bunch of crazies? The hell?

Thanks @jerseygurl. OP, there's your answer. 4A/B...just like Yassylane. The end, for me anyway. Ta-ta all!

....................

 

[CurlyNiquee]

Type 2c, afro textured hair.

ETA: Her hair is gorgeoussss....I was quite green watching her play with it.

 

[Chiquitita]

I voted 4a/b. She just has very little shrinkage. I don't see the 3b/c. Especially, if hair typing is done based on dry hair with no product....

My dry hair looks very similar, just shorter with more shrinkage and I consider myself mostly 4b.

 

[afiyabirdie]

everytime i see her hair i get mad. lol. it's just not fair that my hair looks NOTHING like that lol. wish i could borrow it for a while.

 

[wavezncurlz]

didn't I tell ya'll that shrinkage has nothing to do with hair type and how much it curls/not curls. I think it's weight. Think CelinaStarr - her hair is heavy, thick and has very little shrinkage. Finer ladies like me, regardless of the fact that it has more wave than curls, shrinks as much as some of the ladies with 4 hair. My hair shrinks as much as 50% and people are always shocked to hear that I'm WL until my hair is flat ironed.

kblc06 I agree, her hair reminds me of curly/wavy Polynesian hair (I know that not all people of Polynesian have this hair but I see it a lot) - I also mentioned this before.

 

[LovelyNaps26]

I'd say she has most 4a with coarse texture and minimal shrinkage. i think people are getting caught on the lack of shrinkage but her strands are likely very coarse (like east Asians..Chinese, Koreans), but she lacks the silkiness. Most East Asians will tell you that it takes tremendous effort for their hair to hold and maintain a curl. On the positive side breakage is less of an issue issue with coarse strands. If she has hair even half that coarse then the lack of shrinkage is understandable.

I usually don't ask or care but I am interested about her ancestry. That lack of shrinkage is really interesting. I know east Asians and Native Americans have some of the coarsest textures of hair but i wonder if this is true of other groups. i don't spend much time researching hair.

 

[wavezncurlz]

LovelyNaps26
I agree that coarseness is a factor. My Thai friend had from high school the most straight yet coarse hair. It was so strong too. Her hair would defy a curl. It literally grew overnight too.

 

[serendipity]

Having looked at her Fotki,

http://members.fotki.com/lifesacatwalk/about/

I'm now convinced she's a coarse 3b/c with some 4a in the front. Here are some pics of her hair at a shorter length:

 

[anon123]

@mwedzi, and @Solitude I guess you missed where I handed my typing license to @tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT. Once everyone became 3C/4A and then folks decided 3B was wavy not curly, I was clearly not trained for the job coz I disagreed wholly with their opinions and was clearly standing alone.

Not sure what type this girl is. Looks like a braid-out to me on stretched hair, but then again, I'm no typing pro so what do I know.

See, I didn't even know we now are telling types from just one style/look. Where are the other faces of this hair? What does it look like wet? What does it look like if air-dried w/o products? What did it look like short? There are so many factors that can affect how hair looks that I don't know how folks can just tell from one look what type of hair someone has. If you saw my hair the way I have it on a daily basis, you'd think I either had wavy hair or had hair w/o a pattern.

Anyway, I'll let the typing pros debate this one out. I'm not one.

Aw man, well, then the typing hope is lost. For what's it's worth, I thought this video was of her hair freshly washed, wet, just out the shower, no products. And then allowed to dry while she was on camera.

What y'all talking about it's trained by braids or twists? There are tons of people who wear their hair in nothing by twists and their hair don't look nothing like that. We need another category or two. Or 10.

 

[jerseygurl]

Wait, she said she is what others whose hair behaves the same said they were and now we're debating??? About what? Are we a bunch of crazies? The hell?

Thanks @jerseygurl. OP, there's your answer. 4A/B...just like Yassylane. The end, for me anyway. Ta-ta all!

Nonie her hair is mystery to me as well .I leave the typing to the experts

 

[jerseygurl]

Aw man, well, then the typing hope is lost. For what's it's worth, I thought this video was of her hair freshly washed, wet, just out the shower, no products. And then allowed to dry while she was on camera.

What y'all talking about it's trained by braids or twists? There are tons of people who wear their hair in nothing by twists and their hair don't look nothing like that. We need another category or two. Or 10.

Soon you'll see a bunch of people doing nothing but twistouts and braidouts in the hopes of stretching out their hair

 

[nikolite]

didn't I tell ya'll that shrinkage has nothing to do with hair type and how much it curls/not curls. I think it's weight. Think CelinaStarr - her hair is heavy, thick and has very little shrinkage. Finer ladies like me, regardless of the fact that it has more wave than curls, shrinks as much as some of the ladies with 4 hair. My hair shrinks as much as 50% and people are always shocked to hear that I'm WL until my hair is flat ironed.

I agree. Which would explain why whenever I henna, my curl pattern always loosens some and my hair hangs longer (looking more wavy when damp) rather than frizzy-curly.

She has coarse strands that are heavy and probably straighten out the longer they get. I'd think

 

[nikolite]

What y'all talking about it's trained by braids or twists? There are tons of people who wear their hair in nothing by twists and their hair don't look nothing like that. We need another category or two. Or 10.

My thoughts exactly. I've been wearing my hair in twists for years and every week after its detangled, washed and conditioned it reverts back to its original self every time.

 

[ms-gg]

Aw man, well, then the typing hope is lost. For what's it's worth, I thought this video was of her hair freshly washed, wet, just out the shower, no products. And then allowed to dry while she was on camera.

What y'all talking about it's trained by braids or twists? There are tons of people who wear their hair in nothing by twists and their hair don't look nothing like that. We need another category or two. Or 10.

Thank you Dr. Mwedzi. I have been a constant protective styler for almost 5 years and my texture has never changed permanently to a looser type. I'm just saying

 

[Napp]

Thank you Dr. Mwedzi. I have been a constant protective styler for almost 5 years and my texture has never changed permanently to a looser type. I'm just saying

i was thinking about starting a "relax your curls naturally though twist/braid out challenge" .....





....but i know better

i still might do it just for kicks

 

[MariposaSexyGirl]

I'd say she has most 4a with coarse texture and minimal shrinkage. i think people are getting caught on the lack of shrinkage but her strands are likely very coarse (like east Asians..Chinese, Koreans), but she lacks the silkiness. Most East Asians will tell you that it takes tremendous effort for their hair to hold and maintain a curl. On the positive side breakage is less of an issue issue with coarse strands. If she has hair even half that coarse then the lack of shrinkage is understandable.

I usually don't ask or care but I am interested about her ancestry. That lack of shrinkage is really interesting. I know east Asians and Native Americans have some of the coarsest textures of hair but i wonder if this is true of other groups. i don't spend much time researching hair.

Actually that doesn't ring true for all Natives. I've trimmed a choctaw womans hair before. And while she was threatening to kick me in my arse if I cut to much I noticed she had long but very fine brown hair. She was a pure blood.

 

[virtuenow]

I answered w/o reading any comments or votes. Her hair is definitely kinky. I have followed her since way before she had a youtube. Her fotki gives good shots of her texture from earlier days/transition. Alot of the women on youtube that say they are in the 4's appear to be 3's (eh, perhaps its camera angle). But she is one person that has more type 4 characteristics than anything.

 

[Poohbear]

I would have to say her hair is a kinky textured type 2C. It is not 4A/B. She has no curl/coil pattern and no shrinkage whatsoever. Her hair looks like it has been blowdried or stretched out, but she said she didn't do any of that. That is amazing. Her hair is very unique.

 

[Poohbear]

didn't I tell ya'll that shrinkage has nothing to do with hair type and how much it curls/not curls. I think it's weight. Think CelinaStarr - her hair is heavy, thick and has very little shrinkage. Finer ladies like me, regardless of the fact that it has more wave than curls, shrinks as much as some of the ladies with 4 hair. My hair shrinks as much as 50% and people are always shocked to hear that I'm WL until my hair is flat ironed.

kblc06 I agree, her hair reminds me of curly/wavy Polynesian hair (I know that not all people of Polynesian have this hair but I see it a lot) - I also mentioned this before.

Yes it does @ the bolded. The tighter the curl, the more shrinkage you will have. And weight is a factor with shrinkage. Hair type has nothing to do with how dry, silky, thick, or thin your hair is.

Type 1 - Straight
Type 2 - Wavy
Type 3 - Curly
Type 4 - Tightly Coiled

HairCrush's hair is wavy which would make her fall into the Type 2 category. She has no curl or coil pattern in her hair.