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A COLLECTION OF SIMPLE GUIDES FOR YOUR HAIRCARE LIFESTYLES.

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Everyone’s hair is different and has specific needs and best practices to achieve healthy, moisturized, and defined hair. It can be difficult to know which tips to follow without knowing your hair type. This hair type guide serves to explain your hair type, and includes a few tips to best care for your hair.
Hair type and curl pattern describe the specific shape of your hair strands, the way it naturally grows. Your hair type is actually dependent on the shape of the hair follicle on your scalp. Similar to pores in the skin, hair follicles are the holes from which your hair grows. The more oval shaped your hair follicle is, the curlier your hair will be! While we can manipulate our hair into different shapes with methods like chemical or heat straightening, your DNA and genetics is the most prominent factor in hair texture.
“Hair types,” or the classification of each hair texture, is most often broken down into four main groups (1, 2, 3, and 4), with each group further divided into three subcategories (a, b, and c).
Types 4a, 4b, and 4c hair are very tightly curled or coiled. Types 3a, 3b, and 3c hair have coils or spirals in the hair. Types 2a, 2b, and 2c have a wavy or S-shaped curve. And type 1 hair is straight.
As you can see from the graphic, the numbers describe the shape of your curls, while the letters below describe the width or diameter of the curls themselves with “a” being widest, “b” as medium, and “c” as the tightest curl.
Note: If your hair has experienced heat or chemical damage, you probably aren’t seeing your true curl pattern. An easy way to identify heat damage is to examine the hair strand and the difference between the texture at your root, versus the texture at the hair’s tip.
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Unfortunately, as with any index of information, some believe that hair type also denotes a hair hierarchy. We at NaturAll stand firmly against this notion. All hair is beautiful, and your hair in its healthiest state will always be the best option for you. The following are a few more myths about curl patterns and hair typing in general.
"If you know your hair type, you'll know how to take care of your hair."
This is a myth. While knowing your curl pattern can point you in the right direction, it’s actually less important than other hair properties like hair porosity . And while learning your hair type can be helpful for establishing rules of thumb about your hair regimen, your hair is unique. What works for one person with your curl pattern might not work for you. Learn the best ways to care for your UNIQUE hair by experimenting and noticing what your hair likes best, and taking our Hair Quiz to get a personalized regimen for your specific hair needs!
“Most people have just one curl pattern."
The truth is the opposite- most people have two (or even three) curl patterns. This is completely normal! Just as the skin on your face is different from the skin on your leg, your scalp’s hair follicles can vary significantly around your head.
“Certain hair types are more manageable.”
Every hair type has the possibility of becoming damaged or otherwise unhealthy, and requires maintenance. Some hair types might seem to have an easier time detangling, achieving certain styles, or maintaining moisture, but the truth is that every hair type is beautiful in its own way with all of the benefits and complexities that make it so.
Scroll through the photos in this blogpost, and look for the person who's hair looks most similar to yours. There might not be a perfect match, and that's okay! Similar curl patterns have similar care methods. It's also very normal to have multiple curl patterns on your head.
As we previously established, you may have multiple hair types throughout your head. So choose what looks most similar to the larger portion of your hair. For example, if your hair is mostly 4c, but the front is 4b then you can consider yourself 4c/4b. Remember that hair typing only serves as a guide for hair care, and not a prescription for what your hair can and will always do or look like. Your haircare routine might be different based on your hair porosity , hair density , or other important factors!
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We hope these tips were helpful! Let us know one of your tricks for taking care of your unique hair in the comments, and take our hair quizzes for even more advice tailored to your specific curl pattern.
At NaturAll, we create and elevate clean haircare and beauty standards, providing freshly-made products that are better for you and your hair. Sourced from small farmers in Jamaica and Ghana. We source ingredients directly from small farmers in Jamaica and Ghana, so we always know how our ingredients are sourced and exactly who is being supported by our business. We are proud to support Black farmers and small businesses around the world. We believe that what goes on your body is as important as what goes in it. Too many hair products are made with synthetic ingredients that are irritating, damaging, or even hazardous, and the problem is worse in hair products marketed to Black women.

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Thanks for sharing this. I hope that one day we can move past the obsession with the curl typing system and focus on more evidence based traits, like porosity.
Great tips. So happy that you mentioned how curl typing is not the end-all-be-all of natural hair. Your porosity is much more important!
I looove this! Thank you for the information. It is much appreciated.

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Human hair grows in particular directions, in particular areas and to particular lengths. These identifiable features are known as hair growth patterns. These patterns are generally controlled by genetics and hormones. Hair growth patterns include cowlicks, hairline heights, widow's peaks and male pattern baldness . Hairdressers try to cut hair to suit a person's specific pattern of growth.
Head hair begins growing at a certain, genetically predetermined hairline on the forehead. As men age, some of them will see their hairline recede. While there is such a thing as female pattern baldness, most women do not suffer from a receding hairline; hair can become thinner as women age, though, making the hairline appear to recede. Male pattern baldness occurs when the hairline receding from the forehead is joined by a bald patch at the back of the head. This condition, also genetic, is affected by the hormone testosterone .
Some people have widow's peaks on their hairline. A widow's peak is a pointed section of hair at the middle of the hairline that is farther forward than the hairline to the sides. Widow's peaks can be covered by cutting the hair so the uneven hairline is concealed.
A cowlick is an area of hair on the forehead, crown, or nape of the neck that grows in different directions. This causes the clump of hair to stick up from the rest of the hair. Cowlicks can be controlled by leaving that section of hair long enough that weight forces the hair to flatten down instead of sticking up. If a shorter cut is desired, it may be best to cut the cowlick shorter than the rest of the hair, so the cowlick blends in better.
Crown hair growth patterns usually are seen at the back of the head and involve areas where the hair grows in a spiral shape, leaving some scalp that is not covered by the hair shafts like the rest of the hair. Some people have a double crown, meaning there are two points on the back of the head where the hair grows in opposite directions. Crown hair generally grows in a clockwise direction.
A whorl is an area of hair that grows in a circular direction. This most often occurs at the back of the head. Whorls and crowns leave areas of scalp more exposed than other areas of the head, so hairdressers also cut these areas of hair to a length that allows the hair to lie flat and cover the exposed patch.
The rest of the human body also exhibits hair growth patterns. A baby in the womb goes through a phase of being covered with soft hair, which he loses about two months before birth. At puberty, hormonal changes cause thick, coarse hair to appear in the pubic area and under the arms. Body hair grows to a much shorter length than head hair.
@MrsPramm - It's not a modern thing at all though. Men and women have been using hair growth products and dreaming up methods to remove their hair for thousands of years.

If anything we are more accepting now than we probably used to be. I don't know anyone who doesn't think a bald head can be sexy if it is worn with confidence.
@pleonasm - Even if you don't want to show it to the world there's no need to feel bad about it. Lots of women have more hair than they think they should. And then there are women who end up losing the hair on their heads and are scrambling to find hair loss prevention products that will work for them.

Hair is one of those things that I wish we had either an awesome product that would magically make it grow or go away as we want it to, or that we simply didn't worry about it so much. I can never believe how much money people will spend on waxing and styling so that they have just the right amount of hair on their bodies and no more.

If you try to view it from an outsider's perspective it does seem kind of ridiculous.
If you've got a hormonal disorder, like I do, you might be a woman but you'll have male hair growth patterns which can be really embarrassing. It's hard to remember sometimes that it's natural hair growth when it seems like something you are always struggling to control.

Apparently it's just something you have to live with. I've even tried permanent hair removal and it's never worked, because the hormones just make it grow back.
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