Not just another hair type question (...but it is)

prettylilcurls · 06-17-2013, 08:39 PM

I'm frustrated, as I can't figure out my hair type.

In winter it looks more 3A, even perhaps 2C, though still frizz-prone -_-:

[Geesh the facelessness is creeping me out a bit.]

In summer/humidity, it looks to me more 3b, but with little to no root curl so not quite? (this was this weekend, 80ish degree weather), and I used KKCC for the first time that morning and diffused it :

Just a regular day (though Great Gatsby oriented in nature!):

When it's short, it looks like this (this is in FL, so pretty humid I guess, but I mean let's be honest, this was just a good hair day, and I wanted to brag a little):

One day in March in the Northeast (to give you an idea of humidity levels):

I think it's that it's kind of in between 3a and 3b and maybe 2c in winter, but that so bothers me! I need it to be one or the other, or the other, so I can follow the proper directions, dang it!

anissafersure · 06-17-2013, 11:50 PM

Everyone's hair has a bit of a mixture when it comes to which curl type they have. But since your curls seem more on the looser side, I'd say it looks more like 3a to me.

prettylilcurls · Yesterday, 04:28 PM

Thanks Anissa!

Julesonline · Yesterday, 07:51 PM

Curl pattern can change based on many things (length, climate, technique for example). What is more important to know and understand is your hair's properties. That is what really guides the choice in products and techniques.

www.livecurlylivefree.com has a great description and good info on hair properties.

Also it is very rare that a curly has the same pattern in all parts of his/her head.

prettylilcurls · Yesterday, 08:21 PM

Ahh thank you! I have been searching the forums trying to figure out how people know what their hair loves, porosity, etc. I thought everyone just trial-and-error-ed millions of products, ha! Thank you thank you!