Prettymetty
Natural/4b/medium-coarse
So you consider this 4b?
Nope. Unless she has a smoothing treatment and or a twist out. 4b doesn't usually hang like that
Her hair is similar to mine
So you consider this 4b?
I was watching a tracey KISS video and she was saying she thought she was 4c for years and as her hair grew out, she was claiming 4c, because that's what she thought, until someone told her to stop because she wasn't. She is not 4c; possibly 3b-c at its finest. Her curls are way looser than mine. She corrected herself but for her, it was the stigma behind Black hair that made her think that. I thought the same thing too, so I think for some, they do think they have 4c hair.
Now when you claiming for clicks, let's just agree to swipe left because that's wrong. I personally find it offensive when people claim to be 4c when they are because it's deceiving. Let the real 4c's live; don't claim a type for clicks. There are people who need real life advice and these faux types are not going to help.
I think people get texture confused with curl size. Traycee has a puffy, cottony undefined texture that is very similar to mine. Because the hair is not very defined without product, and dry product-free hair is the way most hair-type, it makes our hair seem way more kinky than it may actually be. A lot of people claiming 4c just have very cottony or spongey textures, which is why their hair turns to 3c or 4a as soon as gel is applied.
Nope. Unless she has a smoothing treatment and or a twist out. 4b doesn't usually hang like that
Her hair is similar to mine
I didn't listen to the video but I'm leaning toward type 3...
So you consider this 4b?
I think people get texture confused with curl size. Traycee has a puffy, cottony undefined texture that is very similar to mine. Because the hair is not very defined without product, and dry product-free hair is the way most hair-type, it makes our hair seem way more kinky than it may actually be. A lot of people claiming 4c just have very cottony or spongey textures, which is why their hair turns to 3c or 4a as soon as gel is applied.
Exactly! My hair is tiny curly coils mostly and the front is only frizz( barely curls w/o heat damage) my sides are larger curls like 4a. The Xtreme wetline thread is a good reference. So much is learned in our hair journey!!Her hair is beautiful!! But that's not 4c hair, its 4b. Her edges and her wash video you can see her curls. 4c hair has tiny coils or z patterns. It's so textured it doesn't reflex light even when moisturized. Her hair isn't like that she has defined curls. It's very hard to find true 4c youtubers. dephne madyara, protective princess and naturally high have true 4c hair. I'm sure there are more. But most are claiming 4c for the likes.
Oh wow! Really, really pretty hair. I love it. Is it yours?This is an interesting discussion. What would you all label this type as? View attachment 393107View attachment 393109View attachment 393111View attachment 393113
On almost every hair texture, the baby hair is going to typically be finer. Now, for 4c hair, I believe the strands are fine but hair is very dense. Meaning find strands but overall thick density. And so I think 4c would mean extreme baby hair more so than 4a, 3a-3c unless any of these textures are fine. And then you add moisturizing the hair regularly and that is why the other posters hairline seems to lay down easier.
Yes!!!!!
I had to learn this the hard way and wasted so much money on products that didn't nothing for my hair. Not only do you have to find someone with a similar curl/coil pattern as you. But you have to find someone with a similar texture silky/cottony. There are ladies on YouTube I follow that has a looser pattern then me but they have the same texture. So I've tried some of their suggestions and they have worked for me. Until I found my hair twin now I just buy whatever she uses lol.
I'm genuinely confused. Is the consensus in this thread that the video in the OP is not a woman with 4c? For those saying so, were you just looking at screen shots, or did you watch the video? Is there some other video where her hair looks drastically different than it does in the video in the OP? That video looks like a woman with 4b/4c hair to me.
Okay, that's what I've always heard. 4c usually have time strands and overall thick head of hair and also that natural blondes tend to have more strands per head than brunettes/black hair. Of course I do believe there are always outliers in any stat.Hmm... Density has nothing to do with hair type/texture. Density is all about genetics.
I'm genuinely confused. Is the consensus in this thread that the video in the OP is not a woman with 4c? For those saying so, were you just looking at screen shots, or did you watch the video? Is there some other video where her hair looks drastically different than it does in the video in the OP? That video looks like a woman with 4b/4c hair to me.
So you consider this 4b?
I think people get texture confused with curl size. Traycee has a puffy, cottony undefined texture that is very similar to mine. Because the hair is not very defined without product, and dry product-free hair is the way most hair-type, it makes our hair seem way more kinky than it may actually be. A lot of people claiming 4c just have very cottony or spongey textures, which is why their hair turns to 3c or 4a as soon as gel is applied.
Now, I'm posting in the correct thread.
Which one of y'all told her hair wasn't 4C?
@Sharpened how do u oil rinse?My coils began to clump and retain moisture better. When I decided to just do oil rinsing as my primary method of hair maintenance, my hair improved even more, no need for conditioner and my mysterious flaking issue disappeared. Come to find out most fatty alcohols come from coconut oil, which I am highly allergic to. Oil washing with castor oil saved me from permanent TWA-land, seriously.
Wet hair thoroughly in the shower.@Sharpened how do u oil rinse?
Wet hair thoroughly in the shower.
Apply Castor/Hemp Mix, a 1/4 tsp each time, all over my hair. I usually end up using 1-2 tsp of oil in a session.
Finger-comb out the tangles and shed, half the time under running water. Castor oil never completely rinses off.
Also massaging my scalp and preening to distribute any sebum (don't have much) and loosen shed skin.
If I hit a difficult knot, I add more oil directly to the knot, work it in and one-by-one, remove the strands.
Back in 2009, I used to use straight castor oil before applying conditioner, which is the normal way most do it.
If I still used those products, that is what I would do. The conditioner would go over the oil to remove the excess and aid in detangling.So you do this step between shampoo and conditioner?