10 Best Hair Butters For High Porosity Hair
For high porosity naturalistas, moisture retention can be a difficult task to achieve. These butter blends make it easy.
Type 4: Coily Hair
Type 4 coily hair is fine and thin or wiry and coarse, with densely packed coils. Coily hair may seem robust, but it’s actually the most fragile hair texture because it has the fewest cuticle layers to protect it from dryness. Its top concerns are maintaining moisture, avoiding tangles and counteracting shrinkage.
4A
Your dense, springy coils are either wiry or fine, and have the circumference of a crochet needle. They are tightly coiled, with a visible S pattern.
Quick Tips
- Use thicker natural emollients like mango and shea butters to maximize your wash-and-go, twist-out, or bantu knot-out style after washing.
Why Fall Is the Perfect Season for Your Afro
Why wearing my ‘fro is so much easier during this time of year.
Tired of Poufy Hair? Add Shine and Hold to Textured Hair with Shine 'n' Jam!
It’s time to step up your styling game with a gel that works wonders on textured hair!
4B
Instead of curling or coiling, your hair bends in sharp angles like the letter Z. The curl is tighter and less defined - about the circumference of a pen - with strands that range from fine and thin to wiry and coarse.
Quick Tips
- Pre-poo with coconut oil or castor oil to help retain natural oils in your scalp.
The Powerful Lesson My Natural Hair Journey Has Taught Me
Many times you only see the highlights of someone’s natural hair journey and never get to see or hear about the styles that were a fail or products that didn’t quite work the way you thought they would.
Type 4 Bloggers Share Their Fall Natural Hair Regimens
We got four bloggers with type 4 hair to share their best fall conditioning and styling tips.
The Best Natural Hair Products Under $5 That Keep My Type 4 Hair Moisturized
BRB headed to stock up on these.
2C
Your densely packed hair is similar to a 4b, but experiences less definition and more shrinkage. The tightly coiled strand texture ranges from super fine, thin and soft to wiry and coarse. It is very delicate.
Quick Tips
- Use a creamy humectant as a leave-in to maximize protection from the elements.
Is Getting a Blowout Bad for Your Naturally Curly Hair?
Although there is always a risk with heat, every head of curls is different.
Is Procter and Gamble Woke Now?
This talk isn’t about birds or bees, but it IS important.
Texturism in the Natural Hair Community is Real
The truth about natural hair discrimination.
