Unfortunately my A&$...your hair is gorgeous sis Shiny still after a full week? that's amazeballs Even if you had to remoisturize your hair is truth. It's obvious you take care of it very well!!@MizzBFly @AbsyBlvd I agree. Absy, I've always defined you as 4A. Both of you have O and S curls but seem to have more of a cottony or threads texture. I unfortunately, 4A is kinky-curly hair; depending on the style, hair can appear curly or kinky. After a few days, 4A hair can just begin to look neglected and take on a kinkier appearance, but it's just how the type acts.
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This is my hair on wash day. I put my hair in dookie twist and wear a bun all week. This is what my hair looks like the next week.
View attachment 394801 This is a regular twist out. And what happens a week later? The first picture.
I also have thicker hair strands, so that can also create more weight, further elongating hair.
You're hair is beautiful. This thread has me all confused, I'm loving all the pictures. You're coils look similar to mind.See this looks like me too ...larger coils in the front smaller coils in the back...lol this tread is insightful, cool & confusing at the same time tho
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Are your sheds more like "S" instead of "O"? I think your hair is in the wirey range, determined to defy gravity.This is my hair freshly washed. You can see tiny curls on the end but not throughout my hair. I can get definition if I shingle in product. If I let it dry like this it would shrink down more.
I am neck length and been on this board forever trying to figure this hair out.
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just posted a photo of old wash and go sheds.Are your sheds more like "S" instead of "O"? I think your hair is in the wirey range, determined to defy gravity.
Is that freshly washed or unstretched?I almost see my hair in yours but I could be wishful thinking. My individual strands are finer than sewing thread:
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Your hair is mostly "S" (which I affectionately call kinky-wavy or crinkles for the few on my head) and wants to coil up on the ends. This is similar to whites who have wavy hair but the ends curl for some reason (visual representation only). That junction of coil and crinkle is the weakest point on your strands. Dry combing is your greatest enemy, right?just posted a photo of old wash and go sheds.
Unfortunately my A&$...your hair is gorgeous sis Shiny still after a full week? that's amazeballs Even if you had to remoisturize your hair is truth. It's obvious you take care of it very well!!
So lovely, both the lady and the hair!See this looks like me too ...larger coils in the front smaller coils in the back...lol this tread is insightful, cool & confusing at the same time tho
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Owwww IDK my 4c claim is strong let me go sit in a corner and revaluate some thangs... I may have to digress my stance
Thank you
Seriously though.... I youre 4A
I almost see my hair in yours but I could be wishful thinking. My individual strands are finer than sewing thread:
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I know right I'm in here likeI have both S and O shaped shed hairs. Now I don't know my hair type anymore. So confused. Lol :cries:
Beautiful type 4 hair porn though!
Thanks but I honestly, truly believe all textured hair can curl or clump 4c or otherwise. It's just finding the technique and productSo lovely, both the lady and the hair!
I think that my natural hair is also similar to yours guys but I don't get as much definition unfortunately except in small areas. So what is the consensus on what we are to be called now? 4a? And the parts that refuse to clump are 4c?
ETA: funny how I have for long thought that I'm 3c/4a and I'm now considering the possibility of being 4c in some (or maybe most) areas! Wow!
Thanks but I honestly, truly believe all textured hair can curl or clump 4c or otherwise. It's just finding the techniqe and product
I think what can be confounding is the strand thickness. Fine strands tend to be more cottony than course oned.
I've read through this thread and I do agree with others who said that the hair typing system is flawed. I think my hair is 4a/b. It has curls/coils, coarse, and high shrinkage.
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Your strands are super thick.