guess this hair type.....BEWARE, serious slobbing may occur

[ms-gg]

Thank you Pooh! I agree with everything you said in this thread. truth.com

We had this discussion before not that long ago that showed that me and you have really tightly coiled hair and that is what caused our high shrinkage rate. The smaller the coil/kinks, the tighter the shrinkage...I've never seen a person with tight coils/kinks magically turn to type 2 once their hair gets longer

 

[Pharmgirl247]

Op, her hair fits into the 4b category. I'm new here to the forum. My hair is similar to hers and I consider my hair to be 4b. I'm new. And don't know how to post pics or I would post a pic from my iPhone. I'm new to the forum lol. I thought she was my hair twin but she wears twistouts. Nothing wrong with that but I don't stretch my hair period. I wear it 100 shrunk.

 

[knt1229]

Yes it does @ the bolded. The tighter the curl, the more shrinkage you will have. And weight is a factor with shrinkage. Hair type has nothing to do with how dry, silky, thick, or thin your hair is.

Type 1 - Straight
Type 2 - Wavy
Type 3 - Curly
Type 4 - Tightly Coiled

HairCrush's hair is wavy which would make her fall into the Type 2 category. She has no curl or coil pattern in her hair.

But if, according to you, her hair is wavy like a type 2 then why is it so bushy? Her hair has alot of volume. The amount of bushiness she has plus the length and weight seems to suggest a tighter curl pattern not a looser one. Type 1 and Type 2's don't have bushy hair like that especially not when wet.

 

[ms-gg]

^Because she has afro textured hair. It is a kinky texture but her texture is not a tightly coiled/kinked texture. She has loose waves/kinks/curls/coils.

 

[Poohbear]

But if, according to you, her hair is wavy like a type 2 then why is it so bushy. Her hair has alot of volume. The amount of bushiness she has plus the length and weight seems to suggest a tighter curl pattern not a looser one. Type 1 and Type 2's don't have bushy hair like that especially not when wet.

Bushiness doesn't mean it's Type 4. There are several Type 4s that have thin non-bushy hair. The thing that makes someone's hair Type 4 is the very tight curl or coil pattern...like little tiny springs that shrink up.

HairCrush does not have that. She has all that bushiness because her hair is thick/coarse and long. And you can't say type 1s and type 2s don't have bushy hair like that. If you haven't seen it for yourself, then that's different. I've actually seen non-black women (mainly white) with type 1 and 2 hair that is thick and bushy. I'm sure you probably have too but just didn't think about it when you saw it...

 

[Poohbear]

~Sparklingflame~ you know whose hair it reminds me of? My idol Yassylane's. If you look through the album, there are pics of braidouts that look like that and also of her shrunken hair that looks like this lady's shrunken hair.

Yassylane has more of a curl pattern to her hair and has more shrinkage than HairCrush. When Yassylane's hair is stretched out, it looks similar to HairCrush, but Yassylane has to stretch her hair out to get it to look like HairCrush, just like any other natural who has major shrinkage.

 

[LongCurlz]

kinky 3B/3C

 

[sylver2]

wow!! her hair is gorgeous!! thats a lot of hair!! id go with thick 4a mixed w/ 3c.

 

[knt1229]

^Because she has afro textured hair. It is a kinky texture but her texture is not a tightly coiled/kinked texture. She has loose waves/kinks/curls/coils.

I don't see loose waves. I see type 4 hair. Apparently, hair typing is subjective.

However, the definition of a kink is a tight curl soooo......

 

[knt1229]

Bushiness doesn't mean it's Type 4. There are several Type 4s that have thin non-bushy hair. The thing that makes someone's hair Type 4 is the very tight curl or coil pattern...like little tiny springs that shrink up.

HairCrush does not have that. She has all that bushiness because her hair is thick/coarse and long. And you can't say type 1s and type 2s don't have bushy hair like that. If you haven't seen it for yourself, then that's different. I've actually seen non-black women (mainly white) with type 1 and 2 hair that is thick and bushy. I'm sure you probably have too but just didn't think about it when you saw it...

Yea, I've seen it and I don't think they are 1's and 2's either. But like I said I don't see type 2. Her hair doesn't appear wavy to me.

 

[Nonie]

How are you guys using kinky and loose curls in the same sentence to describe the same hair? Unless you mean she has two types of hair textures going on in her head, you cannot talk about "tightly coiled" (kinky) and loose coils.

Also Poohbear, are you saying the blonde lady you posted has type 1 or 2 hair?

How does Haircrush wash her hair? From the pics posted of her shorter hair it does look like it could be 3C/4A. If she washes her hair in braids, it could explain the stretch. Because in the other still pics of her hair, it looks very type 4-ish. Reminds me a bit of ~~HoneyComb~~'s hair.

 

[Kurlee]

Thank you Dr. Mwedzi. I have been a constant protective styler for almost 5 years and my texture has never changed permanently to a looser type. I'm just saying

it's reaching.com

 

[Kurlee]

Yes it does @ the bolded. The tighter the curl, the more shrinkage you will have. And weight is a factor with shrinkage. Hair type has nothing to do with how dry, silky, thick, or thin your hair is.

Type 1 - Straight
Type 2 - Wavy
Type 3 - Curly
Type 4 - Tightly Coiled

HairCrush's hair is wavy which would make her fall into the Type 2 category. She has no curl or coil pattern in her hair.

thank you!!!!!!

 

[appplecidder]

Yes it does @ the bolded. The tighter the curl, the more shrinkage you will have. And weight is a factor with shrinkage. Hair type has nothing to do with how dry, silky, thick, or thin your hair is.

Type 1 - Straight
Type 2 - Wavy
Type 3 - Curly
Type 4 - Tightly Coiled

HairCrush's hair is wavy which would make her fall into the Type 2 category. She has no curl or coil pattern in her hair.

Agreed

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[Kurlee]

But if, according to you, her hair is wavy like a type 2 then why is it so bushy? Her hair has alot of volume. The amount of bushiness she has plus the length and weight seems to suggest a tighter curl pattern not a looser one. Type 1 and Type 2's don't have bushy hair like that especially not when wet.

see that's problem. everyone sees bushiness and says only 4's have bushy hair. Bushiness has nothing to doo with curl size. There are bushy wavies and silky type 3's and 4's. Sheena in this thread is a perfet example of someone with a silky tight pattern. It works both ways.

 

[Poohbear]

How are you guys using kinky and loose curls in the same sentence to describe the same hair? Unless you mean she has two types of hair textures going on in her head, you cannot talk about "tightly coiled" (kinky) and loose coils.

Also Poohbear, are you saying the blonde lady you posted has type 1 or 2 hair?

How does Haircrush wash her hair? From the pics posted of her shorter hair it does look like it could be 3C/4A. If she washes her hair in braids, it could explain the stretch. Because in the other still pics of her hair, it looks very type 4-ish. Reminds me a bit of ~~HoneyComb~~'s hair.

You're right Nonie. Kinky shouldn't be used to describe her hair since kinky technically means tightly curled. Maybe we should be saying frizzy dry coarse type 2c hair.

Regardless, her hair is not curly or coily at all. There are no springs in her hair. Just coarse frizzy non-silky waves.

And yes, I feel like the picture of the blonde haired lady is type 2 hair.

I'm not sure how she washes her hair. I haven't seen very many of her videos because of her hair type. I usually watch channels of people's hair who have similar hair types to mine.

 

[WantNatural]

Her hair is just ridiculous! It's so incredibly thick, and very beautiful. I've followed her fotki for a while, I have absolutely no idea about her hair type, nor do I care. But it's interesting to see what you ladies think.

 

[Wildchild453]

Dying @ Type 2

 

[Nonie]

I wish we could see her hair dripping wet unmanipulated. If I had my hair in braids and then undid the braids as my hair was in the process of drying or almost dry, it'd have no curl--especially if I was manipulating it during the wash by brushing. Not sure if she did all of that but just throwing it out there.

 

[Kurlee]

I wish we could see her hair dripping wet unmanipulated. If I had my hair in braids and then undid the braids as my hair was in the process of drying or almost dry, it'd have no curl--especially if I was manipulating it during the wash by brushing. Not sure if she did all of that but just throwing it out there.

i posted a vid early on and told everyone to skip to 4:35 to see it. Clearly NOBODY watched it or skipped to that part to see it dripping wet and naked

 

[Poohbear]

People who are not 4B, ESPECIALLY those in the 3 category cant stand the fact that Chime's hair looks better than their own. So they demote her to a lower hair category. Remember not all, but a lot them do this.

Oh, I read that thread. I have my own conclusions on why 4B women do this. Doesnt dissolve the fact that women with looser curls do the same.

I haven't noticed this trend in your posts above, and I don't see why anyone with type 4 hair would do that or feel that way. That's ridiculous if some do that. But why would you flat out just say type 4bs think Chime's hair or someone with looser hair texture looks better than their own? so they demote her hair texture to a lower hair category? What? How would you know that without having a personal conversation with that type 4b woman?

But anyway, how would you explain why some of the type 2s and type 3s (mainly on youtube) who swear up and down that their hair is type 4 and the nappiest kinkiest hair on the planet?

 

[ms-gg]

I give up. She has characteristics of 2's-4's. There are a few "straight hair naturals" that are floating around the internet that share her lack of tight shrinkage (Jazitone is one, Natitwists was another one but her album is closed)

Her hair reminds me of these wigs:

 

[aquajoyice]

Her hair is Type Beautiful lol. She is some kind of 4 but I dont care i'm drooling over this woman's hair!

 

[Nonie]

WantNatural, your hair in your siggy looks the way her hair did in some pics someone posted.

 

[Poohbear]

I wish we could see her hair dripping wet unmanipulated. If I had my hair in braids and then undid the braids as my hair was in the process of drying or almost dry, it'd have no curl--especially if I was manipulating it during the wash by brushing. Not sure if she did all of that but just throwing it out there.

Nonie - here's a deep conditioning video of her hair. Skip to 10:28 to see her wet hair after rinsing out the conditioner: http://www.youtube.com/user/HairCrush#p/u/11/hk0QJxQ7has

 

[Nonie]

Kurlee, I never read an entire thread when it is as long as this. I actually only jump to posts where I am mentioned and then might glimpse a few posts. So same vid OP posted?

 

[Kurlee]

Oh. The way it was typed, I think a word was missing or something. I type hair based on the curl tightness NOT on silkiness and all that. There are kinky type 2's and 3's whose hair is afroey looking while still having a loose texture and there are silky/fine type 4 with really tight curls. I saw a video of her and she shows her naked wet hair in it around 4:30.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTJBfe6lzDo

That is not type 4. She doesn't seem to define her hair much.

Nonie, skip to 4:35

 

[knt1229]

see that's problem. everyone sees bushiness and says only 4's have bushy hair. Bushiness has nothing to doo with curl size. There are bushy wavies and silky type 3's and 4's. Sheena in this thread is a perfet example of someone with a silky tight pattern. It works both ways.

Well we have to agree to disagree. I have only ever known curly heads to have bushy hair. The bushy hair stems from the frizziness of curly hair. I can't comment on Sheena's hair because it's not my hair and it's not what we are debating. However, considering Sheena has curly hair I would bet money that if she brushed it out it would be frizzy and bushy. So yea 3's and 4's definitely have bushy frizzy hair. But the real kicker here is that Chime's hair is bushy even when it's wet based on the vid in the OP. A type 2's hair wouldn't have that volume/bushiness when wet.

 

[Nonie]

Kurlee and Poohbear thanks for the vids. Will check them out in the AM because I have just been reminded that normal pple are in bed so let me go feign some normalcy.

 

[Poohbear]

Nonie - here's another video http://www.youtube.com/user/HairCrush#p/u/16/sFMkR6MZgOY. It's a twistout video, but skip to 1:15 to see a section of her hair wet. Her wet hair looks "wavy straight" and as it starts to dry, it looks pretty much the same.