My hair is 4c at the front, and 4a/4b at my back/nape. When I first went natural, I didn't know what my curl pattern looked like so I kept cutting the back cuz my hair wasn't shrinking the same and it would look like a mullet 😂😂. I thought I had heat damage, until I realized, I don't actually use heat on my hair, then I googled if it was possible to have multiple curl patterns on your natural hair, and the rest is history. Black hair is such a blessing honestly.
I have similar too! Except I have 4ab in the front and a mix of 4c with 4a in the back. I kept cutting too until I realized it’s all different textures!
Hairstylist here, a lot of people think they have 4C hair just because they’re black. In actuality their hair is dry and have a lot of dead ends. But when you put water in it and hydrate it, their hair becomes soft and their curls become looser. Even when it’s styled.
I understand what you’re saying about being confused😂 i consider myself to be 4c at the front of my head and middle and the back closer to 4b😂 its really weird
The problem that I have is that several of us naturals, including me, have different types across our heads!! I have true 3B-c in the front, no shrinkage, 4C in my crown , very thick and kinky and 4a-b in my nape that is more hydrated because of showering and it gets hydrated more. I also use aruyvedic herbs as masks regularly which has also changed my hair texture over the last 10 years. But I still consider myself with type 4 hair and I don’t get myself caught up into the ABC thing! I’m type 4 and I ❤❤❤ it!!!
I'll love to point out that not everyone with 4c hair,really care about definition. The 4c hair videos I posted,mostly have products in their hair,and that was simply to show the tight coils of 4c hair. Therefore,you do not have to stress about it. Thank you for watching. Don't forget to engage ❤
Thank you for being factual. I mean we really don't HAVE TO use that chart. BUT if we decide to use it, no need to twist the chart with our bias. I'll argue than 4b coils are not necessarily bigger than 4b. (My hair proves it). 4b is just defined by shape. 4b shrinks less just because of the shape. At the beginning there was no '4c'. It was falling into the '4a' but because of the obvious differences, 4c was added. And then it was plagued with stereotypes (dry, undefined, can not do a wash&go..) and allow people who are frustrated with their hair to just claim 4c. PS: There's out here a natural hair youtuber with a L shape (not listed in Walkers chat but present in LOIS system, I hope I'm correct). Because of that shape she has low shrinkage. Her channel name is @VivHairTherapy
This is exactly what I noticed when I used to be into the hair type chart. I used to wonder why there were 4b girls lying, saying they had 4c hair😂. Meanwhile nobody seemed to have 4b hair cause everybody and their mama was 4c if they could be the judge of it 😂😂😂
Just on month ago i got my hair trimmed scince 3 years of not trimming. And OH MY WORD my curj,ls are so much more obvious than it was before. 😮 and my ends were terrible thhis whole time but i didnt want to let it go because of length. But now really 3njoy my haid even more. hoow my ends feel just like the rest of the hair instead of roughly sing strnad knots and split ends.
I tried to do a low bun without hair gel the results were also devastating worse part my hair density is very thick my hands were feeling very tired after several attempts then I just left it alone and just went out after that 😅😅😅
@@natura__essie I tried it with 10 braids....I don't like twist outs they just never worked for me and I couldn't do thread cause in my country it's the wool method that's available and it dries out my hair I wanted to try the threading type that's available in the western Africa but I haven't seen it anywhere I want to order that material for it cause I heard one natural hair lady saying it works well and I believe it won't dry out my hair
If you're a product of relaxed hair, over the years then yes u will have this. Or maybe u have 4a or 4b. That doesn't matter do u want to grow your hair or NOT.
Lol! Gel is not going to change your curl pattern from 4c to 4b. Lol! Yeah I'm not big on definition because my 4c strands are actually ultra fine and break easily and all that manipulation is a no for me. My hair likes the bare minimum/less manipulation when it comes to styling.
@WoodyDinosaur21 did you see my hair at the beginning of the video where i did egg treatment? If you didn't, kindly watch the first chapter of the video for more insight.
People have it but since people call it a zig zag (no one's strands are actual sharp angles like a Z) people are confused. Also all type 4 hair are coils. All of them. The difference is diameter. 4c is the smallest coil and 4a is the biggest. This zig zag thing is such a weird classification. Everyone with type 4 hair, a single strand will turn into a coil. Those S-shape curls are coils but stretched out.
@LethalLemonLime all type 4 hair coils. But 4b is a bit different from 4a and 4c due to the z shape. Its not necessarily a sharp z(why would anyone think that?) . Its an s but looks more like z. And if 4a and 4c can be described as S as that is the letter closest to the shape,why can't 4b be described as Z? Lets not make this a matter where there's none. The picture I posted showing 4b hair...what letter or shape came to your mind? The Z-shape is just the best way to describe it,cos no matter what...4a and b are different. Yes,they all coil...but Their pattern are never the same.
Do you mean the Khoisan Tribe from South Africa, Namibia and Botswana? I find my hair looks similar to South African TH-camrs instead of Kenyan and Nigerian TH-camrs. However, I have very fine strands not coarse and I have high porosity hair. I think the curl pattern only matters when you are trying to get your hair to look different from what it naturally forms into. So braiding Type 1 hair is different from braiding type 4 hair. Relaxing/chemical permanent straightening type 2 is going to be a different skill set from straightening type 4c hair. I have 4c hair 95%....it's easy to finger coil.. However, I have a patch at my nape that will not coil or hold a coil unless I use a hard-hold gel....Imagine someone with Type 2 wavy hair trying to get their hair to hold a finger coil...Lol!
@@agfilmwriter469 you see for coily hair, the coils start to form as the hair grows longer. Like my edges for example are just growing back. When it was short the coils were very loose, but as it got longer the coils began to form.
Do you think your hair is low porosity?? Check this video out > th-cam.com/video/2s3rA3rsGsU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=jTKu3tYWZA-NwUgh
My hair is 4c at the front, and 4a/4b at my back/nape. When I first went natural, I didn't know what my curl pattern looked like so I kept cutting the back cuz my hair wasn't shrinking the same and it would look like a mullet 😂😂. I thought I had heat damage, until I realized, I don't actually use heat on my hair, then I googled if it was possible to have multiple curl patterns on your natural hair, and the rest is history. Black hair is such a blessing honestly.
@@daviddavitha For real. Sometimes, there are perks of straight hairs coming out from nowhere 😁
Hi hair twin 👋🏾. My hair is the same way and it was a journey at first but I learnt to understand and appreciate my curls and coils
I have similar too! Except I have 4ab in the front and a mix of 4c with 4a in the back. I kept cutting too until I realized it’s all different textures!
Hairstylist here, a lot of people think they have 4C hair just because they’re black.
In actuality their hair is dry and have a lot of dead ends. But when you put water in it and hydrate it, their hair becomes soft and their curls become looser. Even when it’s styled.
@@sunkissed_potatoe exactly what I said, hydration is important
I understand what you’re saying about being confused😂 i consider myself to be 4c at the front of my head and middle and the back closer to 4b😂 its really weird
@@MaNoZu isn't the human body just amazing? I feel you.
The fact I used to think I was 4c...delulu 😭🤣
The problem that I have is that several of us naturals, including me, have different types across our heads!! I have true 3B-c in the front, no shrinkage, 4C in my crown , very thick and kinky and 4a-b in my nape that is more hydrated because of showering and it gets hydrated more. I also use aruyvedic herbs as masks regularly which has also changed my hair texture over the last 10 years. But I still consider myself with type 4 hair and I don’t get myself caught up into the ABC thing! I’m type 4 and I ❤❤❤ it!!!
Finally someone talks about hair types
I'll love to point out that not everyone with 4c hair,really care about definition. The 4c hair videos I posted,mostly have products in their hair,and that was simply to show the tight coils of 4c hair.
Therefore,you do not have to stress about it.
Thank you for watching. Don't forget to engage ❤
Thank you for being factual. I mean we really don't HAVE TO use that chart. BUT if we decide to use it, no need to twist the chart with our bias.
I'll argue than 4b coils are not necessarily bigger than 4b. (My hair proves it). 4b is just defined by shape. 4b shrinks less just because of the shape. At the beginning there was no '4c'. It was falling into the '4a' but because of the obvious differences, 4c was added. And then it was plagued with stereotypes (dry, undefined, can not do a wash&go..) and allow people who are frustrated with their hair to just claim 4c.
PS: There's out here a natural hair youtuber with a L shape (not listed in Walkers chat but present in LOIS system, I hope I'm correct). Because of that shape she has low shrinkage. Her channel name is @VivHairTherapy
This is exactly what I noticed when I used to be into the hair type chart. I used to wonder why there were 4b girls lying, saying they had 4c hair😂. Meanwhile nobody seemed to have 4b hair cause everybody and their mama was 4c if they could be the judge of it 😂😂😂
@@BantuBeauties 🤣🤣 I feel it's more of ignorance. Some genuinely didn't know they do not have 4c hair.
@@natura__essie I would say that too, if they weren't so quick to argue with someone who tried to correct them. lol
Just on month ago i got my hair trimmed scince 3 years of not trimming. And OH MY WORD my curj,ls are so much more obvious than it was before. 😮 and my ends were terrible thhis whole time but i didnt want to let it go because of length. But now really 3njoy my haid even more. hoow my ends feel just like the rest of the hair instead of roughly sing strnad knots and split ends.
@@lisapokuboateng7135 trimming can do so much for our hair,and that's why I always preach it. Good to know your curls are back to life!
4c hair shrink a whole lot and usually very low porosity the curls are tiny and super tight.
Very good upload. Porosity > Hair Type
Th products you need are the food on your blood type diet
I definitely have 4c hair. I've tried wash and gos and the results were devastating 😂
@@Marie-Fey40 I'm sorry 🤣🤣
I tried to do a low bun without hair gel the results were also devastating worse part my hair density is very thick my hands were feeling very tired after several attempts then I just left it alone and just went out after that 😅😅😅
@@cebile1493 did you try a heatless blow out before attempting the style? That could help
@@natura__essie I tried it with 10 braids....I don't like twist outs they just never worked for me and I couldn't do thread cause in my country it's the wool method that's available and it dries out my hair I wanted to try the threading type that's available in the western Africa but I haven't seen it anywhere I want to order that material for it cause I heard one natural hair lady saying it works well and I believe it won't dry out my hair
I felt this one deeply 🤣🤣
Water quality and product build up may also play a role and can disguise your actual porosity and curls/coils.
Product build up snf hard water... I've discussed this before
Nicely said, natural hair is too diverse to…..
@@rosieamelia5955 😊😊
If you're a product of relaxed hair, over the years then yes u will have this. Or maybe u have 4a or 4b. That doesn't matter do u want to grow your hair or NOT.
Great video, thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Gotta stretch the 4C to lesson single strand knots yo! Get dem 7 inches per year.
@@saltoftheearth8533 Heatless stretch can do
I have 3c/4a❤
think I have to try wash n go to find my hair type. 😂
@@RamaMohammed-x3v claymask treatment would be a good starting point.
@natura__essie what a coincidence I was even thinking of buying one in my next shopping.thank you
Lol! Gel is not going to change your curl pattern from 4c to 4b. Lol! Yeah I'm not big on definition because my 4c strands are actually ultra fine and break easily and all that manipulation is a no for me. My hair likes the bare minimum/less manipulation when it comes to styling.
@@marleyhill34 glad you found what works for your hair.
And no,gel won't change your curl pattern,but will define and clump it.
How long does it take to curl train?
@@Twinklingglight honestly,never tried it. But in 4-5 weeks,there should be some results.
I’ve seen three influencers with true 4c hair. I think everyone lumps type 4 together
Ah so i have 4a at the back and 4b at the front
Who was the creator of the hair chart 🤔
I guess it's on Google.
wtf is 4b hair and why does nobody have it
@@WoodyDinosaur21 i have it
@ do you though? Your hair just looks like 4C hair.
@WoodyDinosaur21 did you see my hair at the beginning of the video where i did egg treatment? If you didn't, kindly watch the first chapter of the video for more insight.
People have it but since people call it a zig zag (no one's strands are actual sharp angles like a Z) people are confused. Also all type 4 hair are coils. All of them. The difference is diameter. 4c is the smallest coil and 4a is the biggest. This zig zag thing is such a weird classification. Everyone with type 4 hair, a single strand will turn into a coil. Those S-shape curls are coils but stretched out.
@LethalLemonLime all type 4 hair coils. But 4b is a bit different from 4a and 4c due to the z shape. Its not necessarily a sharp z(why would anyone think that?) . Its an s but looks more like z. And if 4a and 4c can be described as S as that is the letter closest to the shape,why can't 4b be described as Z?
Lets not make this a matter where there's none. The picture I posted showing 4b hair...what letter or shape came to your mind?
The Z-shape is just the best way to describe it,cos no matter what...4a and b are different. Yes,they all coil...but Their pattern are never the same.
People with 4C hair are mostly in Southern Africa
@@KediboneModise-v8o from whence did thy get thy statistics?
Says who??
Such a strange remark!
Do you mean the Khoisan Tribe from South Africa, Namibia and Botswana? I find my hair looks similar to South African TH-camrs instead of Kenyan and Nigerian TH-camrs. However, I have very fine strands not coarse and I have high porosity hair. I think the curl pattern only matters when you are trying to get your hair to look different from what it naturally forms into. So braiding Type 1 hair is different from braiding type 4 hair. Relaxing/chemical permanent straightening type 2 is going to be a different skill set from straightening type 4c hair. I have 4c hair 95%....it's easy to finger coil.. However, I have a patch at my nape that will not coil or hold a coil unless I use a hard-hold gel....Imagine someone with Type 2 wavy hair trying to get their hair to hold a finger coil...Lol!
I can tell from the baby hairs on your hairline that you have a loser curl pattern (4A/4B). 4C does not have that kind of hairline.
Not necessarily....My nape hairline will not curl...the rest of my hair? 4c.
That’s not how it works. Like the person up, said, not necessarily.
@@marleyhill34but can it really be hair hairs that look like type 2 and the rest of the hair is 4c?
@@I.am.hooked but can it really be hair hairs that look like type 2 and the rest of the hair is 4c?
@@agfilmwriter469 you see for coily hair, the coils start to form as the hair grows longer. Like my edges for example are just growing back. When it was short the coils were very loose, but as it got longer the coils began to form.