How about a type 3 support thread?

[Empress Yahudah]

Hey ladies 3C relaxed doing the roll check

 

[FlowerHair]

I am a 3

I agree with the hair being able to take on many different looks - as a child when my mother never used conditioner on my hair it looked more 4a-ish. In my siggy pic it looks more like a 2 something. With no products it's just a regular 3b/c.

I have learned over the years how to make my hair look like anything from stick straight to 4a/b fro-ish. Then I decided what I want my hair to look like and what type of regimen I want (the simplest possible) and took it from there.

My daily hair do is a ponytail or a single braid or twist. It's kinda boring, but I can't wear my hair down every day because of the wear and tear on my ends.

I tried co-washing, but it didn't work for me - it dried my hair out a lot. Also, my hair stays wet for a whole day (sometimes even longer) and I can't walk around with wet hair 24 hours LOL. Especially living as close to the North Pole as I do Can anyone say frozen curls.

My regimen looks something like this:

I wash once or twice a week. Shampoo once and condition afterwards. While I have conditioner in my hair I finger comb and pull out loose hairs. Then I rinse sloppily to keep some conditioner in the hair. I follow with leave in conditioner and jojoba oil or olive oil. Then I just let it air dry hanging loose while I wear a towel around my shoulders.

At night I usually make a loose braid or a loose bun (I just fold my hair over and fasten with a hair comb). It's difficult to find a comfortable way to sleep, but now I've gotten used to throwing the braid the other way when I turn over in my bed, so I don't have to have it in my face etc.

In the morning I put some leave in conditioner on the ends of my hair and sometimes moisturize with water from my hands. I just wet my hands and then squeeze my hair (the ends) a little to make the curls come back to life.

There are several types of 3:s. My best friend and I have the same hair type, but our hairs are very different and react differently to hair products
Her hair is very soft and the individual strands are very thin, but she has plenty of them - in fact I would say she has around two-three times as many hair strands as I have. When she makes 2 braids they are super thick!

My hair is coarser to the touch (compared to hers) and the individual strands are very thick, like Asian hair. And when I make 2 braids they are skinny But because of my thick strands my hair looks just as thick as hers when I wear it down.

Her hair reacts better to moisture - she can wet it and that just makes it shinier and springier when it dries. If I wet my hair without products it just gets frizzy. In fact, she doesn't need leave in conditioners or hair oil, her hair is oilier than mine to begin with. I think it's the soft, thin hairs that make the sebum travel down her hair shafts better.

Her daughter has a mix of 3 and 4. It is exactly like our hair, but just one grade curlier. She is 3 years old and her hair is already down to her little butt So cute! Her hair strands are soft and silky and very thin like her mother's. She also has a ton of hair like her mom. Her hair was curly at birth.

Her son has pure 3 hair that is very sparse. Cut short it lays down and looks straight. When it grows it's huge loose curls/waves. His hair strands are coarser like mine. He is 6 years old and I don't think his hair will grow in thicker. His hair was very sparse and straight at birth.

I wanted to add that my hair has been all kinds of lengths over the years, but mostly long. When my hair is really short (around 2 inches) it's completely straight and sticks up and out like a MonChiChi. Weird! Maybe because it's so wiry. When it grows longer than that it starts to curl. The longer it grows the more it curls. But it's been the same amount of curl since shoulder length I think.

I was born with straight hair that was long enough for the nurses to put a bow in it. It was down to my neck.

 

[ArrrBeee]

I think that I am a 3C. I am currently natural but relaxing in a few weeks. My hair was easy to deal with when I BCed (duh I didn't have anything to work with) but now it is a tangly mess. I tame it with Smooth and Shine activator and Fantasia gel but this is taking too long.

This will be the first time that I will be relaxing with the knowledge of how to care for my hair.

 

[FlowerHair]

Wow, this must have been the longest post in my life LOL
Please forgive me.

 

[Str8~Curly]

LOL FlowerHair . I know what you mean about the hair type changing depending on the products or lack of products used. I can probably cover the entire range (type 1 flat ironed) depending on what I do to my hair, or don’t do to it. If I don’t condition or moisturize my hair becomes type 4ish. I love the versatility of my hair.

Wow, this must have been the longest post in my life LOL
Please forgive me.

 

[Str8~Curly]

I thought I understood the whole hair type thing, but what confuses me is the different textures involved. It seems that the letter (a,b,c,) denotes the texture or the feel or “silky touch” of the hair for lack of better terms, but I learned that it only describes how tight the curl is. What confuses me is that you can have hair that is exactly the same degree of curliness, but looks and feels totally different. Would that describe how coarse the hair is? If so, what do you call the opposite of coarse? I thought it was fine, but then I see some type 4’s refer to their hair as fine, so if it is fine with no curl pattern, isn’t that type 1 erplexed ? the entire hair typing thing .

I gave up trying to figure this one out. Once I think I know, I learn some new piece of information that refutes what I previously thought. The only thing I know for sure is that I fit into the 3 category.

 

[Ayeshia]

I am a 3

I agree with the hair being able to take on many different looks - as a child when my mother never used conditioner on my hair it looked more 4a-ish. In my siggy pic it looks more like a 2 something. With no products it's just a regular 3b/c.

I have learned over the years how to make my hair look like anything from stick straight to 4a/b fro-ish. Then I decided what I want my hair to look like and what type of regimen I want (the simplest possible) and took it from there.

My daily hair do is a ponytail or a single braid or twist. It's kinda boring, but I can't wear my hair down every day because of the wear and tear on my ends.

I tried co-washing, but it didn't work for me - it dried my hair out a lot. Also, my hair stays wet for a whole day (sometimes even longer) and I can't walk around with wet hair 24 hours LOL. Especially living as close to the North Pole as I do Can anyone say frozen curls.

My regimen looks something like this:

I wash once or twice a week. Shampoo once and condition afterwards. While I have conditioner in my hair I finger comb and pull out loose hairs. Then I rinse sloppily to keep some conditioner in the hair. I follow with leave in conditioner and jojoba oil or olive oil. Then I just let it air dry hanging loose while I wear a towel around my shoulders.

At night I usually make a loose braid or a loose bun (I just fold my hair over and fasten with a hair comb). It's difficult to find a comfortable way to sleep, but now I've gotten used to throwing the braid the other way when I turn over in my bed, so I don't have to have it in my face etc.

In the morning I put some leave in conditioner on the ends of my hair and sometimes moisturize with water from my hands. I just wet my hands and then squeeze my hair (the ends) a little to make the curls come back to life.

There are several types of 3:s. My best friend and I have the same hair type, but our hairs are very different and react differently to hair products
Her hair is very soft and the individual strands are very thin, but she has plenty of them - in fact I would say she has around two-three times as many hair strands as I have. When she makes 2 braids they are super thick!

My hair is coarser to the touch (compared to hers) and the individual strands are very thick, like Asian hair. And when I make 2 braids they are skinny But because of my thick strands my hair looks just as thick as hers when I wear it down.

Her hair reacts better to moisture - she can wet it and that just makes it shinier and springier when it dries. If I wet my hair without products it just gets frizzy. In fact, she doesn't need leave in conditioners or hair oil, her hair is oilier than mine to begin with. I think it's the soft, thin hairs that make the sebum travel down her hair shafts better.

Her daughter has a mix of 3 and 4. It is exactly like our hair, but just one grade curlier. She is 3 years old and her hair is already down to her little butt So cute! Her hair strands are soft and silky and very thin like her mother's. She also has a ton of hair like her mom. Her hair was curly at birth.

Her son has pure 3 hair that is very sparse. Cut short it lays down and looks straight. When it grows it's huge loose curls/waves. His hair strands are coarser like mine. He is 6 years old and I don't think his hair will grow in thicker. His hair was very sparse and straight at birth.

I wanted to add that my hair has been all kinds of lengths over the years, but mostly long. When my hair is really short (around 2 inches) it's completely straight and sticks up and out like a MonChiChi. Weird! Maybe because it's so wiry. When it grows longer than that it starts to curl. The longer it grows the more it curls. But it's been the same amount of curl since shoulder length I think.

I was born with straight hair that was long enough for the nurses to put a bow in it. It was down to my neck.

Yup I know of all those descriptions of hair types that you talk about...I consider myself a poofy cottony 3C while someone else with the same exact curl pattern has hair that looks like silk even after it dries <---- sometimes I wish my hair could dry like that hmm hairlove comes to mind now that I think of it.

 

[Ayeshia]

I thought I understood the whole hair type thing, but what confuses me is the different textures involved. It seems that the letter (a,b,c,) denotes the texture or the feel or “silky touch” of the hair for lack of better terms, but I learned that it only describes how tight the curl is. What confuses me is that you can have hair that is exactly the same degree of curliness, but looks and feels totally different. Would that describe how coarse the hair is? If so, what do you call the opposite of coarse? I thought it was fine, but then I see some type 4’s refer to their hair as fine, so if it is fine with no curl pattern, isn’t that type 1 erplexed ? the entire hair typing thing .

yeah the letter denotes the curl....whats funny is that all the hair types in the 3 category look almost the same when wet, but after it dries is when you can see the difference. The fineness and coarseness of the hair a something to do with it. I have also seen people with frizzy type 2 hair just as much as Ive seen silky type 2 hair.

 

[Ayeshia]

Sometimes I really don't know what my hair type is....3A, 3B, 3C...I don't know. My hair used to be very curly when it was shorter. Now it seems more wavy with some curl on the ends. I'm wondering what it is going to look like as it gets longer than this. Is the curl going to entirely disappear?

I used to relax 4 times a year, from root to tip and then wear it curly. erplexed Go figure.

Great thread.

I think becasue your hair is longer and heavier it wont curl up as much. Mine is starting to look wavy at the roots as well. The only time I can get ultimate curl definition is if I deep con with heat with a protein treatment like ORS (which I know you dont do) and then do wng's every day without combing my hair...the more wngs I do throughout the week, the curlier and curlier it gets. I cant do this as often because I'll have major detangling issues by the end of the week

 

[Lucia]

Im in! I find that with my hair, a relaxer never really took. It still looked just like my natural hair if I didnt get a flat iron put to it. There was never a happy medium. Either under processed or over processed

Me too, my hair was just a little flatter, still curly, still frizzed in humid wheather just like a blow out would, and much dryer, then it broke off cause I couldn't get it straight without a blowfryer or iron, so I went back to natural.
My hair's very thick/spongy, very curly, and I've got mad shrinkage. Oh and my hair loves to drink up conditioner like it's water.

 

[divya]

I am going natural now. I don't really remember my natural hair as much so I just go by mother for my hair type. According to hair, I have ringlets...so 3c-ish? Not sure not sure but Lucia, you may be a hair twin. I need one so we can compare regimes...

 

[SilkyandSmooth]

I'm in. I'm a 3b/c who is texlaxed right now. My hair still behaves as if it is still natural, though. I've still got the shrinkage and frizzies. In order to keep my curls moisturized and frizz-less as possible, I spray a mixture of Aubrey Organics Honeysuckle Rose conditioner and water on them at night. I just discovered this conditioner and it has been amazing for my hair.

 

[la flaca]

hey everyone ...Im chking in 3b/c

Same here

 

[la flaca]

I am a 3


Her daughter has a mix of 3 and 4. It is exactly like our hair, but just one grade curlier. She is 3 years old and her hair is already down to her little butt So cute! Her hair strands are soft and silky and very thin like her mother's. She also has a ton of hair like her mom. Her hair was curly at birth.

Man, I want a daughter

 

[Lucia]

I am going natural now. I don't really remember my natural hair as much so I just go by mother for my hair type. According to hair, I have ringlets...so 3c-ish? Not sure not sure but Lucia, you may be a hair twin. I need one so we can compare regimes...

I have natural pics up in my fotki, Bubnbrnsuga has thick ringlets too.

 

[Miss*Tress]

I'm a type 3 something who's been transitioning for nearly two years now. I am glad I'm not the only one with schizophrenic curls!

 

[Str8~Curly]

Do you all use protein? DC’s, moisturizers, etc. Which ones?

 

[camellia]

Do you all use protein? DC’s, moisturizers, etc. Which ones?

I use protein about once every 6 to 8 weeks. No heavy protein treatments. My hair doesn't like that. I use Enphuse or Keraphix mixed with honey and oil just like I do with my moisturizing deep conditioners. I leave it on for an hour and I does the job.

I deep condition after every shampoo. My two favorites are Humectin and Hemp Hydrate. I add a little honey and a bit of oil and warm them up in the microwave first for 20 seconds.

Water is my main moisturizer. When it's humid out I use honey water (a teaspoon of raw honey in 2 cups of spring water), it makes my curls pop and helps draw more moisture into my hair.

I adore natural butters and oils both for sealing with and mixing into deep conditioners.

 

[Str8~Curly]

Thanks camellia. I do want to use a protein treatment every once and a while to keep my hair protected from damage even though I don’t use heat often or relax. I’ll look into the ones one mentioned. The honey and water sounds yummy.

I use protein about once every 6 to 8 weeks. No heavy protein treatments. My hair doesn't like that. I use Enphuse or Keraphix mixed with honey and oil just like I do with my moisturizing deep conditioners. I leave it on for an hour and I does the job.

I deep condition after every shampoo. My two favorites are Humectin and Hemp Hydrate. I add a little honey and a bit of oil and warm them up in the microwave first for 20 seconds.

Water is my main moisturizer. When it's humid out I use honey water (a teaspoon of raw honey in 2 cups of spring water), it makes my curls pop and helps draw more moisture into my hair.

I adore natural butters and oils both for sealing with and mixing into deep conditioners.

 

[Empress Yahudah]

Do you all use protein? DC’s, moisturizers, etc. Which ones?

I use protien either Apohgee treatment for damaged hair or Dudley's DRC...Ill soon be trying Mega Tek when the store gets it in this comming friday.......I DC with Miss Key SUPER 10 en 1 ,Lamaur Bone Marrow,And Nacidit Avocado cream conditioner.....I use Nacidit Avocado rinse but looking for a replacement......ORS(with out mineral oil) for moisture when hair is straight...S-Curl Moisturizer for wash n go's and braid outs....Red Palm oil for Oil treatments ..Jamaican Black Castor oil to seal..Lacio for leave-in....Smooth n Shine Polisher

 

[Str8~Curly]

I had my eye on the Aphogee, but that's considered a hard protein, right?

I use protien either Apohgee treatment for damaged hair or Dudley's DRC...Ill soon be trying Mega Tek when the store gets it in this comming friday.......I DC with Miss Key SUPER 10 en 1 ,Lamaur Bone Marrow,And Nacidit Avocado cream conditioner.....I use Nacidit Avocado rinse but looking for a replacement......ORS(with out mineral oil) for moisture when hair is straight...S-Curl Moisturizer for wash n go's and braid outs....Red Palm oil for Oil treatments ..Jamaican Black Castor oil to seal..Lacio for leave-in....Smooth n Shine Polisher

 

[Bunny77]

I think I fit... I'm a 3C mostly, with the most perfect tiny watchspring coils you could ever find!

I find that my main moisturizing agents are conditioners (rinse out and leave in). After that, I don't need any other moisturizers like oils and creams and butters.

I totally know where most of you are coming from. My hair can look different every day and it's frustrating sometimes! But I generally know what works to give me the best possible look... it may not be perfect, but at least I know my hair will look decent.

And like others mentioned, my hair never took well to a relaxer. It was just as poofy and frizzy as it was without a relaxer and my hair broke off pretty quickly, so I just let it go since I wasn't really getting the desired look I wanted anyway!

 

[Empress Yahudah]

I had my eye on the Aphogee, but that's considered a hard protein, right?

Yeah it suggest that u use it every 6 weeks

 

[FlowerHair]

Man, I want a daughter

Me too!

I would fuss over her hair daily! LOL Poor child!

 

[Vshanell]

Im in! I find that with my hair, a relaxer never really took. It still looked just like my natural hair if I didnt get a flat iron put to it. There was never a happy medium. Either under processed or over processed

Same here! This is one of the reasons I transitioned. I figured what's the point .

 

[Vshanell]

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I haven't relaxed my hair for a year, and I am trying to decide whether to, so I might be transitioning. My hair is so wavy, it makes me crazy. Like Sar-1, even when it's relaxed I still need heat for it to be straight, so why bother?

I have never worn it down or out in its natural state and I am like, afraid to. I am quite conservative by nature and I want my hair to be straight, smooth and contained. Which would be fine except that ain't the kind of hair I have! I might be trying my first wash n' go with Beyond the Zone Noodle Head this weekend (thanks, Pokahontas!)

You're welcome girl. Good luck with your wng!

 

[Vshanell]

You're very welcome. You keep reminding me.....I really need to order some more of that stuff. It really is good. Did you ever try that Frank Juice? I got a sample of the Greg Juice and I really started to like it towards the end when I figured out how to use it. The Honey Hemp conditioner is a good leave-in and it smells delish . I really need to stop daydreaming about Oyin goodies .

 

[Vshanell]

I use protein about once every 6 to 8 weeks. No heavy protein treatments. My hair doesn't like that. I use Enphuse or Keraphix mixed with honey and oil just like I do with my moisturizing deep conditioners. I leave it on for an hour and I does the job.

I deep condition after every shampoo. My two favorites are Humectin and Hemp Hydrate. I add a little honey and a bit of oil and warm them up in the microwave first for 20 seconds.

Water is my main moisturizer. When it's humid out I use honey water (a teaspoon of raw honey in 2 cups of spring water), it makes my curls pop and helps draw more moisture into my hair.

I adore natural butters and oils both for sealing with and mixing into deep conditioners.

I do the honey rinses too and they work great. They do make the curls pop and also cuts down on frizz a lot.

 

[Str8~Curly]

Anyone ever tried Motions CPR or the Oil Moisturizer Moisture Silk Protein conditioner?

 

[CHECKMATE!]

Ok my 3 sisters,Ive been thinking about transitioning for the following reasons:My hair is super fine/thin and weak (Im a 3b/c) when relaxed,
My hair is fuller when its natural, Blowouts serve the same purpose as a relaxer on my hair( I get the roots done now and it looks like it was just relaxed)I love blowouts but it wreaks havoc on my fine relaxed strands...Those who have transitioned, how did u do it?