help me with my hairtype please!

[AngelicRose07]

http://public.fotki.com/Weaveitup/pics_of_my_hair_in/wet_hair_2.html

i beleive its 3b/c (all of it is corkscrews). i read on the hair types page that 3c is tight corkscrews and i really think all of my hair is 3c..but 2 different kinds of 3c. i dont know if thats possible though so i call it 3b/c since the same hair type page said 3b can be tight corkscrews as well. anybody have a opinion on my hair type? you can see in the pic how my hair on the bottom is different from the hair on the top (thats the hair i later texturized)

*yeah, i know i just copied this from another thread..but hey! at least this way i have more chance of being answered!

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[hiza]

It looks like 3b to me, but in the other hand I am really confused about this hair type system!

hiza...

 

[ccd]

Weaveit up.........is your hair texturized? If so how can you judge the hairtype thing based on the length? Shouldn't it be based on the newgrowth?

 

[Crystal]

I have hair similiar to yours and I consider myself a 4a.

I categorized myself based on the first chart I saw that categorized hair. I've seen others since then that would suggest I'm a 3C but I stick with 4a personally because in the end I don't really see that it matters.

I see the difference between type 1 and 2, type 2 and 3 and type 3 and 4 and even 4a and 4b but the line starts getting blurry for me between 3b and 3c and 3c and 4a.

But I dont' see enough difference between 3C and 4a to make a stink about it... I just call myself a 4a when asked.

 

[AngelicRose07]

ccd,
in the picture i provided i was 100% natural. the only thing on my hair was a bit of conditioner b/c i had already put it on when i remembered to take the pic. i texturized the back/bottom a few months after that pic was taken so it would match the top.

crystal,
so do you think my hair is all one type? i know for sure i have 2 diff types of curl patterns...

 

[Crystal]

Girl, I don't know. It's hard to call it.

I know I have two curl types going on and I just call myself one type.. actually I think there was only one occasion where I really had to label myself when I told someone about a relaxer that worked well for me and she wanted to know my type to see if it compared to hers and if the relaxer could work for her...

I know that you give a lot of advice so If someone is trying to mimic something that you've recommended I think you're safe giving them a type that's a mix or refer them to your pics... other than that, it's hard to tell a hair type IMO when you start talking about 3b's, 3c's and 4a's because it's all relative.

 

[LadyCapri]

Weave:

I saw your pix and I would classify your hair type as 4a.

 

[TigerLily]

I think that your hair is 4a as well.

 

[AngelicRose07]

thanks!
so you guys would classify it all as 4a dispite the 2 obvious texture differences?

 

[LadyCapri]

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weaveitup said:
thanks!
so you guys would classify it all as 4a dispite the 2 obvious texture differences?

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Yes.

 

[AngelicRose07]

ok! i would change it in my sig but everytime i update my profile ig et locked out of the forum for like 3 days..does that happen to anyone else?

 

[God_Favor]

I think you may be 3c/4a

 

[InsertCleverNameHere]

Since that is your wet hair with conditioner I would say 4a. If your hair looks like that while completely dry then I would probably say 3c or 3b/c.

 

[Tracy]

I would call it a 3 category. I can't tell what your curls look like, I can't tell which. I doubt it's a b though. #b has pretty fat curls, the diameter or each curl is usually about an inch...

I consider myself a 3C. When natural my hair looks a lot like that pic. 3C curls are usually about the same size of a pencil in circumference.

 

[skegeesmb]

It looks like your crown hair might be 3c, but the hair underneath looks like type 4 hair.

A few good examples of 3b hair are: Hairlove, potterville, and IrrestistableB.

Good examples of 3c hair are: Tracy, Jetcitygirl, cardinalfire.

A good example of 3c/4a hair is: Jetcitygirl (she also has an area of 4b), myself, and Carefree.

I have a lot of 3C/4A in my hair. There are large areas of my hair that do not need any products to achieve a curl. When it dries, it's still curly, then I have a 4a section that curls up with some help. That's at the crown of my hair right at the top in a square area. Then I have an itty bitty 3b section in the nape of my hair the area size of a half moon it's silky curls up into chunky fat curls.

edited to add: my texturized hair is a uniform 3b. But before my texturizer I was a nice mix of about 3 hairtypes.

 

[hiza]

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hiza said:
It looks like 3b to me, but in the other hand I am really confused about this hair type system!

hiza...

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Oh sorry I meant 3c.

hiza...

 

[AngelicRose07]

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ReaLuvsAOxymoron said:
Since that is your wet hair with conditioner I would say 4a. If your hair looks like that while completely dry then I would probably say 3c or 3b/c.

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it does

ok, so im a 3c/4a. got it! thanks for all your help ladies!