I definitely have fine low porosity hair. I wash my hair every 5 days otherwise I get a lot of build up. My hair hates cold water, it gets stiff. One time I was at the DevaCurl salon and one of the hairstylist was detangling my hair with cold water. She was STRUGGLING BAD! So the head hairstylist came over and told her to turn the heat up. My hair detangled like butter instantly. And I have to dilute all of my leave in and creams with water otherwise my hair feels greasy. I also can only refresh my curls once with products between washes otherwise the build up is too much and weighs my curls down. My hair is so picky. 😅
@@kekekurly yes! I used to treat it like it was high porosity where I would just dump super heavy products on it in an attempt to get it to last longer. My hair would be white by the time I was done. Then I would rinse with cool water which is a big no no for low porosity. But my hairstylist told me to just stop putting so much product in my hair and just wash it more often.
I wish I had watched this video two years ago, but luckily I watched other ones that made me think about my hair a little bit more. In 2021 there was a day where I just started crying because my hair wasn’t looking good like, it felt so dry so, even when I styled it it didn’t look good. So then I watch this TH-cam video where people were talking about heavy oils and butters and then I did an analysis on my own hair care routine and I was using Shea butter and castor oil on my hair basically every other day, every wash day on my strands on my roots and I wasn’t clarifying my hair either. So I realised that my hair was basically repellent to water because I had created a film or barrier bc of the oils and butters on my hair. I was also suffering with severe dandruff. So I stopped using Shea butter and castor oil for 2 years (still not using them now) and I started to wash my hair weekly. I’d make sure that, whenever I was washing my hair I drenched it in water first before shampooing and then when I shampooed I’d make sure to shampoo twice sometimes three times if needed. I made sure to buy a good shampoo that allowed me to detangle my hair, while I am shampooing, and that it wouldn’t tangle my hair up. Now that I wash my hair weekly and I can like cleanse my hair up to three times in one wash day, just to make sure that my hair is fully clean I’ve noticed that my hair responds better to water. It doesn’t take as long to get fully wet, I also noticed that the products are absorbed better into my hair and my dandruff basically disappeared. However, I’ve noticed that my hair still takes awhile to dry which makes me think that I am truly a low porosity hair girl, but not to the extent that I thought I was when I was using heavy oils and butters. This video is very very valuable as it makes us think a bit more about our hair because we are used to watching a lot of videos and just taking what people say as facts when we don’t really see the long-term results of what we’re doing until things go left. Congrats for this amazing amazing video
Thanks for sharing your experience! I agree i think shampooing is almost viewed as a bad thing amongst the natural hair community when really that is the one element of our wash day which really allows our hair to be hydrated and provides us with a reset for the week. I cannot go longer than a week without shampooing otherwise my hair just doesn’t respond well to additional products.
This is where I am at my hair journey, but it's coconut oil instead. I want to avoid Shea butter, olive and castor oils too since they're also heavy, but finding products without them is incredibly hard.
@@Padu2605coconut oil (any raw oil for that matter) will create a film on your hair. As I am, Camille rose have leave-ins with oils in them, so just buy those. I’d say avoid the raw oils and look for products with oil in the top 10 of ingredients. And you should be fine. Even just regular leave-ins have some oil in them, so you don’t need to look for them in the ingredients, most of them will have oils
third video watching so far , whilst blowing kisses to her! she happens to be among the very few who actually clarify about porosity , product effects on hair , and heaviness/lightness of product, and that's basically how eventually we can manage hair using the right products fr our hair and not jst what we think is right . I'm a curly fine 3c hair, always used a variety of products , it has always been a struggle to identify the right product fr my hair, i'm glad i came across her channel ;)
Late to the party but you saved my hair! I was using pomade like blue magic to lock in moisture over creams. No wonder my hair was suffering! Now I use leave in, cream (both water based) my spray bottle and my usual gels in my steamy bathroom ❤
My hair is hard to get wet to shampoo, all my life. I always clarify my hair when I shampoo. I always use heat to condition my hair. My hair is a coarse texture and thick. My curls are super tight and my hair has lots of shrinkage.
Thanks for the amazing advice queen!! I needed this, I do NOT clarify as I should. I believe this is why I have white film on hair. Also, what scalp treatment do you suggest for dry scalp? Or do you suggest grease Sulfur 8 etc for dry scalp. Thank you! New subbie 💜💜🙌🏾
Heyyy love to hear it! Yes clarifying is so important with the amount of product we apply throughout the week. Yes try sulfur 8 if it has worked for you in the past. I like doing an ACV rinse on mine if my scalp is unbalanced as it restores the ph balance.
So my hair is really low porosity 👍 i wash my hair 1 day x week sometimes 2 days for week in the summer (1,2 or 3 washes with shampoo) . I don’t use a lot of things just a nice conditioner and it takes long to dry almost 2 h. I don’t use oils and nothing extra. But I have to say my hair is virgin hair,not relaxed,dye,nothing and it’s a 3 c hair
I have the build up in the front every where else is silky after applying and brushing. It seems like the curl pattern in the front is 4c than 4b. Couls this be from receeding hairline due to previous relaxer?
@@kekekurlyno it’s after I relaxer my hair multiple time then go back natural I notice this change. I had to stop relaxing due to breakage at the front and baby hair
i have this problem where near the the top roots of my hair (and the back near my scalp) are low porosity and take a while to absorb water and products etc. but the mids and ends of my hair are more on the high porosity side? could this be due to damage
Usually because these (mids/end) of our hair are the oldest so probably are more damaged than the fresh root growth near the top of your hair. Mine is the same. It doesn't necessarily mean it is damaged. It has just lived more life lol
@@kekekurly ohh so does this mean if i grow my hair out it will grow out low porosity or is it normal for the mids and ends to change to high porosity?
Okk this is helpful! But the thing that brought me here is my hair takes forever to dry like 8+ hours and I always thought I had higher porosity hair until recently. With products my hair eats it up and my hair easily gets wet soo I’m confused
I definitely have fine low porosity hair. I wash my hair every 5 days otherwise I get a lot of build up. My hair hates cold water, it gets stiff. One time I was at the DevaCurl salon and one of the hairstylist was detangling my hair with cold water. She was STRUGGLING BAD! So the head hairstylist came over and told her to turn the heat up. My hair detangled like butter instantly. And I have to dilute all of my leave in and creams with water otherwise my hair feels greasy. I also can only refresh my curls once with products between washes otherwise the build up is too much and weighs my curls down. My hair is so picky. 😅
Wow. It sounds like you have a good understanding of your hair though so thats good. It sounds very low Porosity lol?
@@kekekurly yes! I used to treat it like it was high porosity where I would just dump super heavy products on it in an attempt to get it to last longer. My hair would be white by the time I was done. Then I would rinse with cool water which is a big no no for low porosity. But my hairstylist told me to just stop putting so much product in my hair and just wash it more often.
My hair also hates cold water and I didn’t notice until I started using hot water because now it feels more open.
I wish I had watched this video two years ago, but luckily I watched other ones that made me think about my hair a little bit more. In 2021 there was a day where I just started crying because my hair wasn’t looking good like, it felt so dry so, even when I styled it it didn’t look good. So then I watch this TH-cam video where people were talking about heavy oils and butters and then I did an analysis on my own hair care routine and I was using Shea butter and castor oil on my hair basically every other day, every wash day on my strands on my roots and I wasn’t clarifying my hair either. So I realised that my hair was basically repellent to water because I had created a film or barrier bc of the oils and butters on my hair. I was also suffering with severe dandruff. So I stopped using Shea butter and castor oil for 2 years (still not using them now) and I started to wash my hair weekly. I’d make sure that, whenever I was washing my hair I drenched it in water first before shampooing and then when I shampooed I’d make sure to shampoo twice sometimes three times if needed. I made sure to buy a good shampoo that allowed me to detangle my hair, while I am shampooing, and that it wouldn’t tangle my hair up.
Now that I wash my hair weekly and I can like cleanse my hair up to three times in one wash day, just to make sure that my hair is fully clean I’ve noticed that my hair responds better to water. It doesn’t take as long to get fully wet, I also noticed that the products are absorbed better into my hair and my dandruff basically disappeared. However, I’ve noticed that my hair still takes awhile to dry which makes me think that I am truly a low porosity hair girl, but not to the extent that I thought I was when I was using heavy oils and butters.
This video is very very valuable as it makes us think a bit more about our hair because we are used to watching a lot of videos and just taking what people say as facts when we don’t really see the long-term results of what we’re doing until things go left.
Congrats for this amazing amazing video
Thanks for sharing your experience! I agree i think shampooing is almost viewed as a bad thing amongst the natural hair community when really that is the one element of our wash day which really allows our hair to be hydrated and provides us with a reset for the week. I cannot go longer than a week without shampooing otherwise my hair just doesn’t respond well to additional products.
@@kekekurly th-cam.com/video/3-EcyfGJQ8w/w-d-xo.html
This is where I am at my hair journey, but it's coconut oil instead. I want to avoid Shea butter, olive and castor oils too since they're also heavy, but finding products without them is incredibly hard.
@@Padu2605coconut oil (any raw oil for that matter) will create a film on your hair. As I am, Camille rose have leave-ins with oils in them, so just buy those. I’d say avoid the raw oils and look for products with oil in the top 10 of ingredients. And you should be fine. Even just regular leave-ins have some oil in them, so you don’t need to look for them in the ingredients, most of them will have oils
90% of curly hair gurls claim low porosity lol
Lol alot of ppl do yeah
third video watching so far , whilst blowing kisses to her! she happens to be among the very few who actually clarify about porosity , product effects on hair , and heaviness/lightness of product, and that's basically how eventually we can manage hair using the right products fr our hair and not jst what we think is right . I'm a curly fine 3c hair, always used a variety of products , it has always been a struggle to identify the right product fr my hair, i'm glad i came across her channel ;)
thanks for the kind words. I am also fine 3c hair type and finding it quite hard to retain length now!
Late to the party but you saved my hair!
I was using pomade like blue magic to lock in moisture over creams. No wonder my hair was suffering! Now I use leave in, cream (both water based) my spray bottle and my usual gels in my steamy bathroom ❤
Thats great 🥰
My hair is hard to get wet to shampoo, all my life. I always clarify my hair when I shampoo. I always use heat to condition my hair. My hair is a coarse texture and thick. My curls are super tight and my hair has lots of shrinkage.
Sound like low porosity :D
Thanks for the amazing advice queen!! I needed this, I do NOT clarify as I should. I believe this is why I have white film on hair. Also, what scalp treatment do you suggest for dry scalp? Or do you suggest grease Sulfur 8 etc for dry scalp. Thank you! New subbie 💜💜🙌🏾
Heyyy love to hear it! Yes clarifying is so important with the amount of product we apply throughout the week. Yes try sulfur 8 if it has worked for you in the past. I like doing an ACV rinse on mine if my scalp is unbalanced as it restores the ph balance.
Not grease though! I thought you meant the shampoo
grease is great for natural hair th-cam.com/video/uKuJ33grF-Y/w-d-xo.html
@@kekekurly Got it! Thanks for your reply💕
Is any shampoos is good or should i look for specific ones?
I love these th-cam.com/video/r864SiNTXto/w-d-xo.html
So my hair is really low porosity 👍 i wash my hair 1 day x week sometimes 2 days for week in the summer (1,2 or 3 washes with shampoo) . I don’t use a lot of things just a nice conditioner and it takes long to dry almost 2 h. I don’t use oils and nothing extra. But I have to say my hair is virgin hair,not relaxed,dye,nothing and it’s a 3 c hair
That sounds like you have a routine. Even my hair takes a while to fully dry and its not low porosity.
I have the build up in the front every where else is silky after applying and brushing. It seems like the curl pattern in the front is 4c than 4b. Couls this be from receeding hairline due to previous relaxer?
hmm`i couldnt tell you just from the description. Has it always been like that?
@@kekekurlyno it’s after I relaxer my hair multiple time then go back natural I notice this change. I had to stop relaxing due to breakage at the front and baby hair
i have this problem where near the the top roots of my hair (and the back near my scalp) are low porosity and take a while to absorb water and products etc. but the mids and ends of my hair are more on the high porosity side? could this be due to damage
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Usually because these (mids/end) of our hair are the oldest so probably are more damaged than the fresh root growth near the top of your hair. Mine is the same. It doesn't necessarily mean it is damaged. It has just lived more life lol
@@kekekurly ohh so does this mean if i grow my hair out it will grow out low porosity or is it normal for the mids and ends to change to high porosity?
@@A9.certii no not necessary. It will probably be more higher porosity as it grows out
Okk this is helpful! But the thing that brought me here is my hair takes forever to dry like 8+ hours and I always thought I had higher porosity hair until recently. With products my hair eats it up and my hair easily gets wet soo I’m confused
What styles are you doing that it takes that long? A regular wash & go?
@@kekekurly just some light curl cream - sometimes mousse air dry down - my hair is super dense so that might be why
Not 2 to 3 business days 🤣😂🤣
🤣🤣🤣
Do you have any fave clarifying shampoos? 📝
K18 detox shampoo is one of my faves.
You are so beautiful!!!
Thank you🫶🏽
not everyone needs to wash their hair weekly… that’s a lot
Once a week isnt alot. But i did say weekly/bi weekly
It’s not we’re just lazy
Washing your hair weekly is a lot to you??? How long do you go without washing it??
Not “caucasian” 😭
😂but it is