Official 4b Hair Type Registry

[MrsQueeny]

Im a natural 4b who needs all types of advice. I wore braids for 18 months, cut the relaxer out and started using Hollywood beauty olive cholesterol, MTG w/ scurl mix on days I left my hair in a bun. Organic hair mayonnaise w/honey once a month, shampoo, deep condition, condition and rinse out leave in condition (whew):} with Bumble & Bumble when I wanted to flat iron my hair, and finally thanks to Que I now use pantene deep conditioning mask twice a week, man that stuff leaves my hair sooo soft! I love it. My hair is kneck length and I would love to be shoulder length by christmans. Do you think thats possible? Can you advise me please?!!!!

Thanks for the shout out. As long as your hair is growing and is healthy, I think you can reach your goals. I didn't see a protein dc mention unless the Organic hair mayonnaise is one. I would only say depending on your build up you may want to add a clarifying shampoo once a month as well. HTH Q

 

[xxCami]

4B relaxed here...
I see some nice 4Ba's here, what's your secret.

The natural life looks good... But how do you do it..I mean if it like not having a touch up for 5 months, no bueno for me. I couldn't manage it, and some of it would come out wavy due to bantu knots and air drying, but it wasn't too preety for me...

Well I wasn't moisturizing like I should but its like my hair eats everything.

I have started using this pomade I purchased from a natural store. Its called super grow long hair, by neffe.

Anyone ever heard of it. It has 17 secret ingredients ..and they don't tell you also curl activator moisturizer...is that a good reggie?

I know I blab..
But until next time

- cami

 

[Kay.Dee]

4b checking in also




I don't want to make a whole other hread, but I have a question.

Does anyone's hair get like velcro when ever they use a comb, or after a detangling session?
It's weird for me, it like as soon as I detangle with a comb or the denman, the ends of my hair stick together and start to knot up. I've tried detangling with all kinds of condtioner, and in dry hair to see if it would make a difference.

If I finger tangle (which takes forever), my hair is just fine.

 

[Stiletto_Diva]

I'm 4b, transitioning from texlaxed. I've got a question. Does everyone else have a defined wave pattern if their hair is slicked down, but none at all through the length? That's how my hair grows and I don't know if that means I am really 4a or just what. I have no defined curl pattern, just lots of waves at the root.

I consider myself 4b with spinkles of 4a. As you can see in my avatar, my hair has a nice wave pattern once it's slicked down. but i only have that wave with gel and a scarf, other than that you can't see the curls at all. you can check out my fotki also. i don't have a lot of pics but it could give you an idea about how your hair might look.

 

[loved]

4b relaxed checking in

 

[magviv]

4b relaxed checking in. Briefly considered going natural and quickly dismissed it.

 

[JessCNU]

4b Relaxed checking in! went natural for a year but wasn't feeling it

 

[tiffupretty]

4b relaxed...was natural for 2yrs...it was nice..but not for me anymore

 

[anon123]

4b checking in also




I don't want to make a whole other hread, but I have a question.

Does anyone's hair get like velcro when ever they use a comb, or after a detangling session?
It's weird for me, it like as soon as I detangle with a comb or the denman, the ends of my hair stick together and start to knot up. I've tried detangling with all kinds of condtioner, and in dry hair to see if it would make a difference.

If I finger tangle (which takes forever), my hair is just fine.

I don't know, my hair gets velcro-y all the time. Well, half the time. Well, it always loves itself, but sometimes more velcro-y than other times. I blame too much product, but others say the porosity might be off. Anyway, bumping for you.

 

[naturalgurl]

I'm 4b, transitioning from texlaxed. I've got a question. Does everyone else have a defined wave pattern if their hair is slicked down, but none at all through the length? That's how my hair grows and I don't know if that means I am really 4a or just what. I have no defined curl pattern, just lots of waves at the root.

ME! My hair waves up when pulled back in a pony. If I use raw shea it really waves up. When my hair is loose, no waves. Check out my fotki as well. I consider myself to be a 4a/b mixture with 3c'ish around the edges.

 

[mrs_hair4daze]

4b tansitioning from texlaxed to nautral. im positive my hair is going to look like mwedzi....at least i know there is someone else out there natural who's hair looks like that b/c i was starting to get discouraged!

 

[IntoMyhair]

4a/b hair checking in. I have mostly 4a type hair . Wishing I had more 4b though.
Those corkscrews are a mess. My 4b areas are so easy to detangle.

 

[Lebiya]

4b/z here

...I really need to find a natural way to loosen my kinky bush- untangling drains my soul!

 

[The Princess]

4b relaxed. Pic below.

 

[hairedity]

4B transitioning...

 

[Toy]

4b Relaxed

 

[trenise]

I'm 4b, somewhat texlaxed, probably will try to get it a little straighter the next time I relax though. I do it myself. Photo coming in January to to start the APL in 2009 challenge

 

[TCatt86]

I have some 4b hair in the front!!! So I'm joining.

 

[Ariana4000]

I'm a 4zzzzzzzzzzzzz.

 

[bellecheveux]

4b relaxed here!

 

[Mrs.Gooch]

4B Transitioning...and I won't lie, I'm getting discouraged...

 

[anon123]

4b tansitioning from texlaxed to nautral. im positive my hair is going to look like mwedzi....at least i know there is someone else out there natural who's hair looks like that b/c i was starting to get discouraged!

We exist! I think most of us are relaxed so we like look such a tiny percentage of AA hair, but I don't believe that we are. How long have you been transitioning?

 

[sepiaamor]

FOUR C in the house...I'm past b and have made my own category. I'm currently rocking braids but when the moment takes me. ...

and my personal fav
AFRO POWER

 

[Nonie]

4B natural here.

 

[SheenaVee]

We exist! I think most of us are relaxed so we like like such a tiny percentage of AA hair, but I don't believe that we are. How long have you been transitioning?

(not a full 4b just wanted to comment) yh i think ur right Mwezdi coz when i came to the board i thought most of us would be 4bs including myself but it seems like 3c and 4a are the majority.

 

[monica24]

4b natural

 

[scarcity21]

I'm 4b, transitioning from texlaxed. I've got a question. Does everyone else have a defined wave pattern if their hair is slicked down, but none at all through the length? That's how my hair grows and I don't know if that means I am really 4a or just what. I have no defined curl pattern, just lots of waves at the root.

yes...see avatar^^^^ twistout + ic sparklites + scarf gave me the slicked back wavy look!!!

 

[vnaps]

4 b texlaxed.....sooooo tempted to go bit more relaxed. but probably wont coz my hair's thickening up pretty good!!!

 

[lwilliams1922]

4B natural now

I kept it braided under a lacefront for over a year while i was preg.
It's a tremendous learning curve as now I have all this hair to learn how to care for.

I'm on a quest to discover what my hair likes/needs, especially for moisture.
My current path is to see if going cone free will help.

glad to see so many others out there (stalking fotkis when the kids are asleep)

 

[ghanja]

4B Natural