I am completely with you in your confusion. I have seen several of your youTube vids in the past, and I can't really see the texture close up because of the lighting, but I noticed that, like mine, it is an undefined cloud without product in it.
Personally, I don't think Andre or any of his terminology-adopters would ever classify me as a 4, though. I have several sections of hair that they would call 3b, but which I just call "longer, loopier curls a la Julianna Marguilies."
To be honest, the "typing" system I've used for years has been just that: a celebrity-based one. People know what I'm talking about when I say "I am a Scary Spice with some Julianna Marguilies/Jordin Sparks mixed in."
Also, my hair changes with and without product, as you said in another thread. But, more importantly to me, it is radically different in texture and curl pattern from its wet/after-shower state to its third day after washing state. The few people who see my hair damp are shocked at its long, loopy, droopy, wavy-curliness and fine texture.
They cannot mentally connect it with the tightly coiled, much more "textured" mane I have a few days later. To be honest, I can't even mentally connect it!
See also my comment on Kelis, below.
Iris/Irresistable, see that loose black hair on the very bottom? I think Andre would call that a 3b, and that's what I have mixed into the Scary Spicier spirals.
But see, the beauty of
MY system (look out, Andre!) is that if you have similarly mixed up curls, all you need to do is say "Kelis is my type" (and hope everyone's heard of the celeb you invoke.)
AWWWW, thank you! That really made my day. :Rose:
It's hard to keep the faith when there are so many lusciously thick heads in all these siggies and threads, and to know that I genetically/hereditarily can't get my hair thicker (or stop it thinning, short of Rogaine).
Or royalty. Remember your Princess Anne post?
TO your point: BWAHAHAHAHA!
I just pictured my sparrow-like British auntie in a rock band. She already has the hair. She needs to lose the paisley scarves, first, however.
I would love a "British Kinky" conglomerate band, with all of the aforementioned four dudes and more, united by hair. You know they're vain about their hair, too, or else why else would so many rockers still be sportin' their styles of yesteryear? Brian May for one is still wearing his floppy 'fro with pride. And I'd be crushed if he cut it.