Long Hair Don't Care

Why hair type systems aren't very reliable...

Hair type systems are are one of the primary ways that we describe our the way our hair looks.  But to be honest, I don't find them to be very reliable.  There are so many other factors to consider when attempting to describe our hair besides curl pattern, or lack thereof.

When analyzing hair several other factors must be taken into consideration.  Among these are the hair's elasticity, density, texture, porosity and wave pattern.

Hair Typing Part III: FIA

So far, I've posted about Andre Walker's hair classifying system, the LOIS system and now I'll fill you in on the hair typing system called FIA.  Like the others, this system relies on a set of categories to help you determine what type of hair you have. 

This system should only be used as a guide and, in my opinion, is more important for natural-heads to know and become familiar with hair types than relaxed-heads as far as CARE is concerned. 

DISCLAIMER: ALL TYPES OF HAIR GROWS one hair type is not "superior" over another.  The foundation of growing hair to its longest lengths has little to do with (if at all) the type of hair one has and MORE to do with a solid 3C's regimen.

Hair Typing Part II: LOIS

An alternative to Andre Walker's hair typing system is the LOIS hair typing system.  This system is goes into much more detial as to how to classify your strands. 

This system should only be used as a guide and, in my opinion, is more important for natural-heads to know and become familiar with hair types than relaxed-heads as far as CARE is concerned. 

DISCLAIMER: ALL TYPES OF HAIR GROWS one hair type is not "superior" over another.  The foundation of growing hair to its longest lengths has little to do with (if at all) the type of hair one has and MORE to do with a solid 3C's regimen.

Hair Typing Part I: Andre Walker

Oprah's (former?) stylist Andre Walker and Author of the book Andre Talks Hair, developed a hair-typing system that is frequently used to catergorize the various types of textures of curly hair.  Andre's system breaks the differnt textures into 4 main categories and from there, into sub categories. 

This system should only be used as a guide and, in my opinion, is more important for natural-heads to know and become familiar with hair types than relaxed-heads as far as CARE is concerned. 

DISCLAIMER: ALL TYPES OF HAIR GROWS one hair type is not "superior" over another.  The foundation of growing hair to its longest lengths has little to do with (if at all) the type of hair one has and MORE to do with a solid 3C's regimen.