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What is the difference between 3c and 4a hair?
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Amoreofcurls
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Qtee, have you seen any of these threads?
http://www.longhaircareforum.com/ha...-3c-mixed-texture-only-pics-here-⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓.html
http://www.longhaircareforum.com/ha...-3c-mixed-texture-only-pics-here-⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓.html
Amoreofcurls
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I think this pic kinda shows a difference between my 3c and 4a hair regarding size
Most of my 4a sections are actually smoother than my 3c sections....
Most of my 4a sections are actually smoother than my 3c sections....
BlackMasterPiece
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LuvlyRain3
Well-Known Member
After reading this thread I an more confused than ever about hair typing.
All the hair that I am seeing in this thread has a curl pattern. Some curls a way tighter than others but are curls nonetheless. But yet the 4s are considered kinky while the 3s are considered curly.i know they say that all kinks are curls but not all curls are kinks.
But What makes a curl a kink?
All the hair that I am seeing in this thread has a curl pattern. Some curls a way tighter than others but are curls nonetheless. But yet the 4s are considered kinky while the 3s are considered curly.i know they say that all kinks are curls but not all curls are kinks.
But What makes a curl a kink?
LuvlyRain3
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Ok I get what you're saying. But 3c and 4a kinda look the same to me
EllePixie
New Member
LOLOL and this is exactly why I have given up on hair type. People tell me I'm 3c/4a, some people tell me I'm just 3c, there are lots of spirals and s curls in there, some are fine, some are coarse, and it's ALL very dense... I'm like...I have no idea as long as my hair is growing!
Embyra
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A kink is a tiny curl. So anyone with big curls doesn't have kinks. So all kinky hair is curly but not all curly hair is kinky. Curly hair made of big curls is not kinky.
Examples of 4A hair:
A WNG on 4A is clearly visible from a distance but notice how the hair stands:
Also 4A can be combed out into a perfect microphone afro...and the curls can still be seen from far (4B would just look like a cloud):
Examples of type 3C hair:
The curls are much bigger and flop more than stand up:
I think if you brushed out or combed out type 3C hair, it'd look like this and I think it's hard to form a round afro with 3C hair:
thats the best explanation i have seen
Embyra
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tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT
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I want to play whats my "correct" hair type..now I think Im 3b/3c..I havent taken a texture pic with out product in a year..
This is a WNG with eocstyler..
wow i absolutely agree... such perfect 3c curls in there beautiful!
**SaSSy**
3rd Big Chop on 7/18/2016
Now that I'm natural I wanted to revisit this thread. This is very confusing. Now that I'm growing out of the TWA stage, my hair is starting to look more 3c in certain spots than 4a. When I first BC, I cut more of my front because I though it was relaxer, but in reality it was my texture. My front is really soft, fine, with a lot of 3c strands; my hair right near my widows peck is actually a 3b which I was very surprise about. from my nape to crown, is actually more 3c. My crown looks all 4a only, with a slight 3c curl.
I have crazy shrinkage. When I blew my hair out I was able to put my hair in a pony tail
, but unstretched it's still short!
I blew out my hair for my one year post anniversary and its very easy to blow out which makes me think I have mostly 3c with a mix of 4a.
I really don't care about the whole hair typing system, but it's kind of important when you are buying products. I keep things simple for me. I just say I'm 3c/4a mix. I don't even count my patch of 3b
I added a video of my hair wet, to help give more of a visual:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxDnHJVQsmU
I have crazy shrinkage. When I blew my hair out I was able to put my hair in a pony tail
, but unstretched it's still short! I blew out my hair for my one year post anniversary and its very easy to blow out which makes me think I have mostly 3c with a mix of 4a.
I really don't care about the whole hair typing system, but it's kind of important when you are buying products. I keep things simple for me. I just say I'm 3c/4a mix. I don't even count my patch of 3b
I added a video of my hair wet, to help give more of a visual:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxDnHJVQsmU
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Nonie
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Now that I'm natural I wanted to revisit this thread. This is very confusing. Now that I'm growing out of the TWA stage, my hair is starting to look more 3c in certain spots than 4a. When I first BC, I cut more of my front because I though it was relaxer, but in reality it was my texture. My front is really soft, fine, with a lot of 3c strands; my hair right near my widows peck is actually a 3b which I was very surprise about. from my nape to crown, is actually more 3c. My crown looks all 4a only, with a slight 3c curl.
I have crazy shrinkage. When I blew my hair out I was able to put my hair in a pony tail
I blew out my hair for my one year post anniversary and its very easy to blow out which makes me think I have mostly 3c with a mix of 4a.
I really don't care about the whole hair typing system, but it's kind of important when you are buying products. I keep things simple for me. I just say I'm 3c/4a mix. I don't even count my patch of 3b
I added a video of my hair wet, to help give more of a visual:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxDnHJVQsmU
**SaSSy**, I do not think you have type 3 hair. Your hair looks like it's the 4's. Ease of blowdrying or pressing has nothing to do with type. Texture could explain that. People with really coarse hair have to work harder to make it change shape, so you may have fine hair. Your hair's coils look too small to be 3 anything IMO. But it may just be hard to see the type 3C areas you are referring to coz you say they are mixed in there.
You should perhaps post photos of various parts of your hair. Bare...both wet and dry. Also a WNG of your hair would be another telltale sign of your type.
**SaSSy**
3rd Big Chop on 7/18/2016
Thanks @Nonie I knew if anyone would know it would be you. I'm still really confused with this whole hair typing thing. So am I a 4a/4b mix? When I was natural before I thought I had ZZZ hair, but someone else assessed my hair and told me I didn't. I know my hair is fine, which would explain the ease of detangling and blow-drying.
I will be doing a wash and go video next month, so I will post that one.
Nonie
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I don't know if you're 4A/B mix. I would have to see your hair's other characteristics but otherwise when I saw it, it reminded me of my own here:
I do know you're a 4. You may have to check out tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT's threads of pics for 4A, 4a/b and 4B to see which hair looks most like yours.
tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT
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**SaSSy**
3rd Big Chop on 7/18/2016
I don't know if you're 4A/B mix. I would have to see your hair's other characteristics but otherwise when I saw it, it reminded me of my own here:
I do know you're a 4. You may have to check out tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT's threads of pics for 4A, 4a/b and 4B to see which hair looks most like yours.
Thanks ya. Even though to me hair typing is not that important, but it does feel good to finally know what my hair type is officially. I'm somewhere embracing my 4 whatever letter hair.
tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT
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Thank you so much! I;ve been looking for my hair twin for months looking at 4a/3c hair types. I just looked at some 3b/3c mixtures and I found my hair twin on the second picture!!!My friend said before that I couldn't be 3b/3c because I was too dark in skin color. That's what I get for listening to her ignorant arse...
ok friend 
southerncitygirl
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just so all of you ladies know 3c though its a sub hair type is classified as a curly kinky texture.....i thin many 4b's have preconceived notions about 3c hair and truthfully i think 4a is an additional subtype as there seems to be a big difference btw 4a and 4b/c napp hair,imo....most people on this board that are labeled 3c look like 3b's to me as their curls seem larger than a drinking straw and more like a kids jumbo crayon/pencil.....i can easily see how 3c and 4a hair typing could be difficult for many.
people that are 4b's also tend not to realize that you don't have to be silky to be a 3c and that one can be cottony or thready or have a combo of these textures on their head, hair type and hair texture are 2 totally different things, which also makes things confusing for many.
people that are 4b's also tend not to realize that you don't have to be silky to be a 3c and that one can be cottony or thready or have a combo of these textures on their head, hair type and hair texture are 2 totally different things, which also makes things confusing for many.
