Name that texture! PIC HEAVY!

[Nonie]

Wow. That's not the only way type 4 hair can look. Believe it or not, those are small coils and so are mine (and moustacy's). We all have a different texture and hair density, but similar curl size. Also, the hair can look different depending on how you style it.

Take my pictures for instance, in this threa you can see my hair in a twistout (avvie), I posted a pic of my wet hair, and in my siggy combed out dry (all curl definition gone)

I wish I had the thickness though of the model thoough

Have a look in these threads:

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/forum6/thread476340.html

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/forum6/thread476422.html

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/forum6/thread476344.html

If you care to learn that type 4 hair has a lot of variation. While that pic you posted is beautiful, that is not the only representation of type 4 hair.

I agree with Neith. You've all seen my hair with coils, but I've also worn it in ways you'd not know it had coils at all. The wonderful thing about type 4 hair is how it can have so many faces depending on what you apply to it or do to it. Whenever people refer to 4C or CNapp, all they're referring to is hair like Keen posted, which is just manipulated 4B hair. Here are some pics of my hair not looking like it has any coils:

I do have fine strands though, while the girl posted appears to have coarse strands. My brother's strands are a lot coarser than mine but we have the same hair type:

 

[Nonie]

Deleted. Duplicate.

 

[jupitermoon]

I just don't understand this hair typing stuff. Your hair is gorgeous. I would say you are mostly 4a with some 3c. I'm bad at hair typing though. I love the color.

Nonie, love the pictures. I know I've said this before but I like how you explain with lots of pictures. I'm a pictures person too.

 

[HeavenlySkies]

So Nonie you're telling me the cool parts of my head on the sides are 4b? And it's only 4a in the back? That's tight! I was hoping my whole head would have been how it is on the sides. Or just one texture for the most part anyway. Whenever I do a puff the back is always defined and sticks out apart from the rest. Hella annoying. So the parts at the top that don't really do anything I always just pull back so they don't stick out.

 

[iri9109]

*raises hand* where is the 4b?? this is why i dont really like hair typing because its so subjective...everybody has different interpretations...so i wont type your hair...its beautiful though...pretty coils, curls, corkscrews and waves

 

[Neith]

*raises hand* where is the 4b?? this is why i dont really like hair typing because its so subjective...everybody has different interpretations...so i wont type your hair...its beautiful though...pretty coils, curls, corkscrews and waves

I don't like it either. lol

I find it to be interesting, and it can help you to figure out some things about your hair (in no way is it the know all, end all though)

but people have all types of ideas about it. Common ones are: If the hair looks frizzy it's or very manipulated, it's automatically 4b. If you can see curls and waves it's automatically type 3 no matter what the curl size is. I've seen 4a be called 3b hair. It's crazy.

I just follow what Andre/Naturally curly says. If the curl is pencil or smaller than a pencil in diameter = 4a. The tiniest coils = 4b

I see a mix of mostly 4a coils that makes nice waves, and some less defined 4b mostly in the front... but it's not as if you can draw a definite line where the 4a starts and the 4b ends. It's kind of interspersed. 4a all around, some 4b in there mostly in the front. Your hair also seems to me to be of fine - medium strand size and medium density - may be wrong about that, but eh, that's my best guess.

ETA:

Her hair is a good example of uniform 3c hair imo. (Shelly Davis)​

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[Janet']

I'm not good at hair typing but I like your color and your curls are cute!

 

[LayneJ]

I *think* you're all 4a. A very silky (and lovely!) 4a. I could be wrong, though...

Do you have pics of your hair completely wet (those 1st pics don't look all wet) and "out"? And completely dry and un-manipulated? IMO, that would paint a more accurate picture.

I consider my hair to be 4a.

Here it is wet (SL/APL):

Semi-wet:

Dry & manipulated a little:

Slicked back w/ a Denman:

Completely dry, un-manipulated, product-free hair (BSL):

More recent wet hair (MBL):

 

[Amoreofcurls]

LayneJ your hair is gorge!!!!

 

[WAVES4DAYS]

3c/4a...you have beautiful hair!

 

[Nonie]

LayneJ Your hair is definitely 4A without question all through your strands. Notice the clear waves at the front of your head in the bun pic. And that is from afar. Also your manipulated puff can be seen from afar to be made of curls while manipulated 4B would look more like a cloud from at that distance. Another thing is the clumping. It is throughout your head and almost the entire length. Reminds me of Neith's hair. 4B hair cannot clump like that as easily because the coils are too small.

ETA pics:

S Curl moisturized 4B hair just out of a 2-strand twist and finger-combed:

Same sectioned shampooed and rinsed but dripping wet:

Same sectioned completely airdried unmanipulated and w/o product:

To provide slip for combing but not have shrinkage, I applied Trader Joe's conditioner to dry hair to simulate what I might get with butters and used my seamless fine-tooth comb to manipulate strands:

My somewhat stretched dry hair "moisturized" with a drier product than S Curl:

If I braided the hair instead of just combing, it would have the irregular waves and bends many associate with 4B and think is all 4B is capable of.