Kimmaytube's Length Check

[Napp]

She does that by not being a type 4 lol

Her video really showcased the fruits of her labor beautifully, her methods are really paying off and her hair looks great.

But another thing that became apparent from the wet hair shots where you can see curls from a distance and the amount of hang she gets from no more then some water, was that she inaccurately typed herself (which alota women inadvertently do), she's closer to a 3C then 4 anything.

RusticBeauty is a true 4a head of Coils. Just like me, even when she surpasses MBL her hair will shrink to a microphone shaped, above the shoulders fro....especially when wet, thats when you have the highest level of shrinkage.

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Da heck is a "true 4a"?! 4a curl sizes vary. plus your hair looks to be more on the 4b side of type 4 imo


screw hair typing though! i hate to see how someones progress is on the sly belittled because it its not nappy enough or they are suddenly a midget.(not directed at anyone in particular) Give props when its due and keep movin!(i learned this the hard way!)

 

[Priss Pot]

3c hair is made up? Thats news to me.

I know right!

Me too. Now I have no clue what the heck my hair type is. I do know that I have BLACK hair, nappy enough to tell what race I am and that's all that matters I guess.

The Andre Walker system never worked for me because I have looser curls that are also very frizzy and texture is different on different parts of my head.

I agree with another poster that he just dropped the ball when it came to describing 4-type hair. He seemed to have way more experience with the type 1 to 2 hair and then just kinda made something up real quick for types 3 and 4.

LOL @ the bolded. I'm puttin myself in that same category cause if there's no such thing as 3c then I give up on hair typing. I remember last year when I posted that I consider myself 4a since that is the tightest texture on my head (regardless of any other looser texture I may have), and I got schooled with the quickness that it was misleading.

If people claim that 3c is made up, then I have no idea what this is in front of my head, cause it's not 3b and no one will accept my reasoning for 4a, so *shrugs* Tis why I try not to get caught up in hair typing; it's so confusing.

wet hair in the front

wet hair in the back, this is where my 4a is.

ETA: These pics are just to show texture, as I don't have color in my hair anymore. I cut it out.

 

[Napp]

^^^what does it look like when dry? it all looks 4a to me...

 

[SexySin985]

SidenoTE: Priss Pot you are making such great progress. Beautiful hair

 

[WAVES4DAYS]

I know right!



LOL @ the bolded. I'm puttin myself in that same category cause if there's no such thing as 3c then I give up on hair typing. I remember last year when I posted that I consider myself 4a since that is the tightest texture on my head (regardless of any other looser texture I may have), and I got schooled with the quickness that it was misleading.

If people claim that 3c is made up, then I have no idea what this is in front of my head, cause it's not 3b and no one will accept my reasoning for 4a, so *shrugs* Tis why I try not to get caught up in hair typing; it's so confusing.



hair typing!!! Your hair is Beautiful!

 

[Qualitee]

So I have TypeIV-Type3-Curly3-O-Worley-Wiry-Cottony-Curly-Fine-"Normal" hair.

 

[Priss Pot]

^^^what does it look like when dry? it all looks 4a to me...

I rarely wear my hair in a wash 'n go now, so I had to go dig up old pics that show my natural pattern.

 

[greight]

I 100% agree. It just bothers me that people want to jump on the hair typing thing now that her hair has gotten long. She says she's a type 4, so she's a type 4. Afro textured hair can hang or at least fall creating a natural part for some... so why people want to downgrade her hair I don't understand. Not everyone's hair acts the same.
I hate that when it comes to 4a/b hair typing has to be such a fight all the time. erplexed

LOL, people have been hair typing forever on this board. People start threads for it, people start threads about what conditioners work for their type of hair, etc. Nobody's doing anything out of the ordinary, really. I don't know why it's that big of deal since Kim is going to do what she's going to do and she claims 4-something then she claims it. All we're doing is discussing her hair and what it looks like to us. I thought this was a discussion board?

I don't think that by me saying she looks like a 3c/4a that I'm automatically "downgrading" her hair. It's only an opinion. It takes care and time to grow hair. I know WM in IRL who have issues growing their hair. They are at a 1 or a 2. So really, everyone has their own cross to bear when it comes to hair care whether that is moisture, mushiness, dryness, tangles, breakage, protein balance, etc.

Kim has found a regimen that has worked for her and I hope that others who have similar hair patterns/qualities can look to her youtube videos for advice. My hair acts differently so I pay attention to those who have fine hair. I can't look at Rustic Beauty's regimen since her hair, even if it's a 4b pattern, acts different.

Last, I know I have my own issues with my hair, specifically split ends, but it had grown to about 12+ inches at one point so I know 4b hair grows. My problem is retention/split ends

 

[tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT]

So I have TypeIV-Type3-Curly3-O-Worley-Wiry-Cottony-Curly-Fine-"Normal" hair.

girl I'm just prayful that I've got some dayuum hair

been trying to help my aunt who has type 2c/3a hair....and about 20 strands on her whole head

 

[danniegirl]

girl I'm just prayful that I've got some dayuum hair

been trying to help my aunt who has type 2c/3a hair....and about 20 strands on her whole head

Your aunt can hang out with my mother she has type 2c or whatever hair also and has about 20 strands of it but the funny mess is its about bsl she says her hair just keeps getting thinner and thinner and she has been natural for about 10-15 years.

 

[Napp]

I rarely wear my hair in a wash 'n go now, so I had to go dig up old pics that show my natural pattern.

i think you are a loose 4a

i always see tight 4a but never loose ones because they consider themselves to be 3c or someone else did for them but thats another story....

 

[CherryCherryBoomBoom]

Jealous!

 

[song_of_serenity]

no one is saying type 3C DOESN'T EXIST.

People are saying that in Andre's ORIGINAL CHART, it went from 3a, 3b and STRAIGHT into 4. That was it. People ADDED 3c to his chart (not Andre himself, PEOPLE) BECAUSE there IS a hair texture between 3b and 4...and then Andre refined it himself even further because just saying "4" was too broad. So if we are going by "Andre's chart" then no, 3c wasn't listed. But it certainly does exist.

So 4a and 4b it is. If people wanna add 4c heck, go for it. Just like people added 3c because they had THAT texture that wasn't "defined." I see people saying 4c doesn't exist at all, it's just manipulated 4b...I don't agree. That would mean people can say 3c doesn't exist, it's just manipulated 3b.

Andre's system is not gospel. I've see 4b and 3a mixtures on one head and I'm not talking a 3a patch here and there, it was like entwined it made the funkiest texture, so strange. so not all hair conforms to this "Andre chart."

 

[Janet']

Go Kimmay!

 

[MissMasala5]

His definition of the 4s always bothered me. From 1-3 the definition comes from the size of the curls then all of a sudden in the 4s it's wiry or "soft". So 4b hair can't be soft?

/rant

btw, I'm not 4b

It really does seem so arbitrary, doesn't it? I understand why one would want a way to type all of the different textures, but the complexity of variation seems to render the whole thing useless.

 

[song_of_serenity]

As for Kimmay's hair it looks great! I do feel a way about this whole "Well she's not a REAL 4" business. Oh really?

Let me have come in here saying "What's my hair type? I think I'm a 3...whatchu guys think?" And posted these:

My thread would have gifs of Aeries Spears bringing out that chair and slamming it down, popcorn being passed and lets not forget the DRANKS!

Yes, she is a 4. If you saw that video in high quality that I snaggedthe pics fromm you'd see tiny coils! Yes, as her hair got longer, it stretched! As she upped her moisture, her curls started clumping more! It happens!! It's happened to many of us, it's happening to me! This dismissal of seeing long hair with some curl and automatically negating it from a 4 is annoying because imho, subconsciously it's like still saying "Well, you MUST be x hair type to get this. This type can't be that."

Now that my hair has some length and curl to it, suddenly it's not cause I'm caring for it! It's cause "oh, well you have that type of hair." Oh REALLY?! When were you saying that when I big chopped a year ago?! I was regular ole nappy nap!

 

[Qualitee]

I thought Kimmmaytube BCed 5 years ago?

 

[finickyone]

Priss Pot, you just showing out! You & your hair is beautiful!!!

I see this thread has taken a turn. Anyhoo, I dare anyone tell Kimmay she has incorrectly typed her hair. I love her videos but I hate the way she responds when someone questions her.

 

[tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT]

Priss Pot, you just showing out! You & your hair is beautiful!!!

I see this thread has taken a turn. Anyhoo, I dare anyone tell Kimmay she has incorrectly typed her hair. I love her videos but I hate the way she responds when someone questions her.

that's what I said! roflmao

 

[aquajoyice]

As for Kimmay's hair it looks great! I do feel a way about this whole "Well she's not a REAL 4" business. Oh really?

Let me have come in here saying "What's my hair type? I think I'm a 3...whatchu guys think?" And posted these:

My thread would have gifs of Aeries Spears bringing out that chair and slamming it down, popcorn being passed and lets not forget the DRANKS!

Yes, she is a 4. If you saw that video in high quality that I snaggedthe pics fromm you'd see tiny coils! Yes, as her hair got longer, it stretched! As she upped her moisture, her curls started clumping more! It happens!! It's happened to many of us, it's happening to me! This dismissal of seeing long hair with some curl and automatically negating it from a 4 is annoying because imho, subconsciously it's like still saying "Well, you MUST be x hair type to get this. This type can't be that."

Now that my hair has some length and curl to it, suddenly it's not cause I'm caring for it! It's cause "oh, well you have that type of hair." Oh REALLY?! When were you saying that when I big chopped a year ago?! I was regular ole nappy nap!

THANK-YOU for posting this!

 

[aquajoyice]

I think it's funny that Kimmaytube's length check induced a debate regarding hair typing. LOL

 

[naijamerican]

Song_of_Serenity, you are spitting too much truth in this thread.

 

[Platinum]

Lawd Hammercy at this thread.

I'm not a KT fan. I think her hair is pretty and she did a great job of retaining length.

Carry on....

 

[LovelyNaps26]

If this thread is this long, then tomorrow/Monday's "Kimmay Flat ironed her hair, it's sooooo lonnnnnng" thread shall be something else! I better pick up some popcorn and purple drank on my way from church tomorrow.

 

[ice.]

LAAAAAWD y'all need to stop posting kimmay's pics up in hurr before she catches a case, the moon turns red, and this board just e-blows up!

 

[NaturalBoss]

As for Kimmay's hair it looks great! I do feel a way about this whole "Well she's not a REAL 4" business. Oh really?

Let me have come in here saying "What's my hair type? I think I'm a 3...whatchu guys think?" And posted these:

My thread would have gifs of Aeries Spears bringing out that chair and slamming it down, popcorn being passed and lets not forget the DRANKS!

Yes, she is a 4. If you saw that video in high quality that I snaggedthe pics fromm you'd see tiny coils! Yes, as her hair got longer, it stretched! As she upped her moisture, her curls started clumping more! It happens!! It's happened to many of us, it's happening to me! This dismissal of seeing long hair with some curl and automatically negating it from a 4 is annoying because imho, subconsciously it's like still saying "Well, you MUST be x hair type to get this. This type can't be that."

Now that my hair has some length and curl to it, suddenly it's not cause I'm caring for it! It's cause "oh, well you have that type of hair." Oh REALLY?! When were you saying that when I big chopped a year ago?! I was regular ole nappy nap!

Song of Serenity made my day!!!!

 

[Xavier]

Hair typing just seems so subjective and confusing. I have viewed NikkiStar's Fotki many times, and even looking at Priss Pot's photo there is no way I would put these ladies in the 4 anything category. Both you ladies have great hair, but I don't see it being similar to Kimmaytubes texture which I would consider 4a.

As for Kimmay, she has great progress indeed!

 

[ms-gg]

As for Kimmay's hair it looks great! I do feel a way about this whole "Well she's not a REAL 4" business. Oh really?

Let me have come in here saying "What's my hair type? I think I'm a 3...whatchu guys think?" And posted these:

OMG!!!! That caught me so off guard yo! I almost died laughing just now

Touche, point taken.

 

[Meritamen]

Yes, she is a 4. If you saw that video in high quality that I snaggedthe pics fromm you'd see tiny coils! Yes, as her hair got longer, it stretched! As she upped her moisture, her curls started clumping more! It happens!! It's happened to many of us, it's happening to me! This dismissal of seeing long hair with some curl and automatically negating it from a 4 is annoying because imho, subconsciously it's like still saying "Well, you MUST be x hair type to get this. This type can't be that."

Now that my hair has some length and curl to it, suddenly it's not cause I'm caring for it! It's cause "oh, well you have that type of hair." Oh REALLY?! When were you saying that when I big chopped a year ago?! I was regular ole nappy nap!

Thank you! You had me dying at the "regular ole nappy nap!"

 

[DivaD04]

I love her hair!!!!

Keep it civil? Ha! You know the haters are going to flock in here like pigeons.

I want to know who the he// are the 15 dislikes on her vid!!! How do you not like her growth!
I'm such a fan! Go #teamkimmay!