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What is the difference between 3c and 4a hair?

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Nelli04 said:
hey I have ramen noodle hair too! I can't type my hair either...but quick question...people with ramen hair are automatically 4b??
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I think ramen noodle is just another kind of curl. I have a very good friend whose ramens are too big to be type 4, and she is probably 3b/c... I would say one ungulation per one inch of hair.... ( since its not a full rotation of a curl/coil)

i love my fellow ramen sisters :D
 
Nonie said:
:giggle: Don't be too quick to chop. There's also 4B hair, like mine which will not look at all like that and can be quite a shocker for one thinking all 4's look like that. :lol:

Here's 4B beside the 4A I posted:

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4B hair sort of curls back into a compact mass whose curls are not easy to see.

Also here's a comparison of 4A puff vs 4B puff:
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Perfect analogy! Right on point!
 
Hah! Didn't want to start a new hair typing thread! But I found a hair twin for at least part of my hair!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFF3assK22s&NR=1

The hair at my nape is like this lady's. (This lady has the hair all over.) WHAT hair type is she?

And gee whiz... this girl has absolutely ZERO frizz. Do you think it's the conditioner she left in? Or is she just really lucky?

Only my hair in the back is like this. The rest of my hair has relaxed ends so I can't tell what it is.

What Hair type? I'm saying she is 3c? (Nonie and BMP said to make a guess and if I was right, they'd add a thank you. :)
 
I always thought i was a type 4 a/b coarse. I can slick my hair back with gel and get waves but it has to be a good gel and I definately cannot slick it back with water or just a leave in.
My hair coils up visably without product (like a curly fro) wish I had a good camera. Anyways I'm pretty sure of my hair type, this has been a very useful thread :)
 
Nonie said:
I think to get a good idea it'd have to be clean (so shampooed and hence free of products) and then you can post a pic of not combed as well as combed.

Since it's hard to comb most types of hair dry and w/o product, maybe comb with conditioner and rinse while combing under water and then leave well alone (for the combed look). And if you want to show the uncombed look, comb with conditioner or finger comb with conditioner if you prefer (separate strands using fingers), rinse while finger combing and let be (for the uncombed look).

My naked hair finger combed with conditioner then rinsed with finger combing (ie very little manipulation) looks like this:
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My naked hair combed with conditioner and then rinsed while being combed looks like this:
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hey nonie......

when did u big chop??? maybe i can catch up to you:grin::look::look:

i chopped maybe feb 2010 (i know between end of jan-beginning marcH)

if my scalp ever freakin stops ITCHING SO BAD.....I CAN GET BACK TO MY GROWTH REGIMEN:ohwell::ohwell::ohwell:

right now it's slightly longer than my blackberry (when stretched):lachen::lachen::lachen::lachen::lachen: that's about as much as i know .....as good as it gets:nono::nono::nono::lachen::lachen:
 
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LadyRaider said:
Hah! Didn't want to start a new hair typing thread! But I found a hair twin for at least part of my hair!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFF3assK22s&NR=1

The hair at my nape is like this lady's. (This lady has the hair all over.) WHAT hair type is she?

And gee whiz... this girl has absolutely ZERO frizz. Do you think it's the conditioner she left in? Or is she just really lucky?

Only my hair in the back is like this. The rest of my hair has relaxed ends so I can't tell what it is.

What Hair type? I'm saying she is 3c? (Nonie and BMP said to make a guess and if I was right, they'd add a thank you. :)
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<<<<---- if u guess right...thank you....if you guess wrong....you get a BOOOOOOOOO!:lachen::lachen::lachen::lachen::lachen::lachen:
 
tHeHaIRLaB said:
<<<<---- if u guess right...thank you....if you guess wrong....you get a BOOOOOOOOO!:lachen::lachen::lachen::lachen::lachen::lachen:
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Noooooo. :lachen:

I was a first grade teacher years ago. I was giving happy face stamps for kids who got 100 on their paper. This kid who got an F was all sad because he wasn't getting a stamp. I said, all I have would be a sad face stamp. He said, yes... he wanted a sad face stamp. So I gave him a sad face stamp. He took one look at it and started crying.

NO ONE wants a sad face stamp. I learned that lesson. :nono: :drunk:
 
In my eagerness to join in the hair typing fun (:giggle:), this is a pic of my new growth. Now, I probably should have taken a pic at another time because yesterday I blow dried my hair a little. I wanted my hair to be straighter because I wanted to dust my ends. I think I might be 3c? My curls look like corkscrews. Now, I am transitioning so the relaxed end may be weighing the curls down some.

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tHeHaIRLaB said:
hey nonie......

when did u big chop??? maybe i can catch up to you:grin::look::look:

i chopped maybe feb 2010 (i know between end of jan-beginning marcH)

if my scalp ever freakin stops ITCHING SO BAD.....I CAN GET BACK TO MY GROWTH REGIMEN:ohwell::ohwell::ohwell:

right now it's slightly longer than my blackberry (when stretched):lachen::lachen::lachen::lachen::lachen: that's about as much as i know .....as good as it gets:nono::nono::nono::lachen::lachen:
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:lol: You're so silly. I didn't BC. That's what my shrinkage looks like. See?
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LadyRaider said:
Noooooo. :lachen:

I was a first grade teacher years ago. I was giving happy face stamps for kids who got 100 on their paper. This kid who got an F was all sad because he wasn't getting a stamp. I said, all I have would be a sad face stamp. He said, yes... he wanted a sad face stamp. So I gave him a sad face stamp. He took one look at it and started crying.

NO ONE wants a sad face stamp. I learned that lesson. :nono: :drunk:
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awwww that so sad, i'm a softee...i would had to at least give him a straight face:ohwell::ohwell::ohwell: or at least a dayuum blank start:look::look:

so sad.... no "needs improvement stickers?"
 
tHeHaIRLaB said:
ok....CANCEL THAT!:nono::nono::nono::nono::nono::nono: you & your fancy camera work

guess i won't be catching up anytime soon.....(putting my blackberry away):nono:
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Oh, you'll catch up soon enough. I'm not going anywhere fast. I am too lazy to seal and protect my ends and we all know once you get to SL, that becomes a necessity. I haven't even used a moisturizer leave-in for a whole year! :lachen:

So don't worry, Hun. I'll be right here waiting for you. :yep:
 
Nonie said:
My guess would be 3C.
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I agree...because mine is super similar



This is what her YT profile states


Hi Guys,

My Name is Jess and I did the big chop on February 15, 2009. I went from having a little past shoulder length relaxed hair to a very short TWA.

*My last relaxer was December 5, 2008*

It is a big change but I love it. I decided to make youtube videos after following many hair blogs and watching many hair videos on youtube. I have always had a passion for hair care. I believe in healthy hair.

Now, that I am natural I would like to share my thoughts with the vlogosphere about natural hair care and my experiences.

BTW, My hair type is 3b/3c...I am also VERY protein sensitive...
 
Nonie said:
Oh, you'll catch up soon enough. I'm not going anywhere fast. I am too lazy to seal and protect my ends and we all know once you get to SL, that becomes a necessity. I haven't even used a moisturizer leave-in for a whole year! :lachen:

So don't worry, Hun. I'll be right here waiting for you. :yep:
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i don't do that often either....i'm more a condition & go girl! (mostly leaving the conditioner in....not worried about it....WILL BE BRAIDING AS SOON AS MY SCALP CAN TAKE IT!)
 
FlowerHair said:
I would say a 3c/4a. Her curls are tighter than mine.

Why in the world is she putting so much junk in her hair?! Isn't that a little bit too much?
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Yay! I am getting closer to my hair type. The part that has no relaxed ends curls exactly like that. I am so happy. :drunk: I don't think my hair will look like hers allover though. I don't see the 3b at all. Her hair looks so uniform.

Yeah, I don't see why she is putting all that in her hair. She seems to have zero frizz and be well defined all over without the gel.
 
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tHeHaIRLaB said:
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awwww that so sad, i'm a softee...i would had to at least give him a straight face:ohwell::ohwell::ohwell: or at least a dayuum blank start:look::look:

so sad.... no "needs improvement stickers?"
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At the time I had one box set of six stamps. I was a new teacher. I didn't have anything else and the kid said he wanted it until he saw it on his paper. Heh. First and only time I used that stamp. I got others later.

Why on earth do they make sad face stamps? In later years I still had it in my large collection of stamps. Once when I was letting my third graders stamp some behavior calendars, they accidentally used that one. I had to tell them the same story. No one likes a sad face stamp.
 
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LadyRaider said:
Love Alan Rickman, Nonie. Don't change that avatar!
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Behold a woman who knows a good man when she sees one. ^5 and :hug2:

Wasn't going to change it. I'm very stubborn and rarely do anything I don't want to do, no matter how many people think I should. :p
 
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