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Nonie nailed it. When I first started my HHJ, I did a water test and my hair floated for days. I didn't understand what that symbolized at the time. Truthfully, I thought I did the test wrong. Therefore, I water tested several other times at random periods with the same result. Eventually, I learned floating hair meant I have low porosity.
Another sign is that it takes a lot of water exposure to get my hair soaking wet. I actually wash my hair twice on wash day and even then, sometimes it's still not soaking wet. My hair is tricky when it comes to drying.
If it's naked with no product, it will dry in a snap -Same-, partly because it wasn't soaking wet to begin with :scratchch. Once my hair is finally soaking wet, it takes a while for it dry.
If it's soaking wet and there is product in my hair (i.e., leave-ins), it will take a very long time for my hair to dry, especially in the winter. The summer it's not too bad because I live in FL and temps are 100+ so that helps to dry it quickly, even with the low porosity.
To manage my low porosity hair, I stopped using Roux, which made a big difference. I shampoo my hair twice on wash day and I steam my DCners.
I use to feel that my hair was always dry and never moisturized. I think I posted a few times that products always felt like they were sitting on top of my hair rather than absorbing in my hair. Now that I'm doing the items listed above, I feel that my hair accepts and retains moisture better.