While identifying your hair type and building a solid haircare routine around it is important, it's only half the equation to a good hair day. Your hair's porosity is also a factor when it comes to determining the best products for your hair needs. Maybe you've seen hair porosity being...
People have specific porosity types because of the hair texture they’re born with. That’s whygeneticsis the major factor in your hair’s porosity level. Straight hair tends to be less porous, whilewavy or curly hairhas higher porosity levels. Then there’s coily hair that also has low p...
If you don’t know whether you have low, medium or high porosity hair, you may be stunting your growth and the health of your hair. Responding effectively to your hair’s needs also depends on knowing how to best deliver those needs to it. You can’t do that without an understanding o...
“To put it into simple terms, the difference between hair texture and hair type is this: Hair texture specifically refers to individual hair strands, whereas hair type generally refers to the head of hair as a whole,” said Jeremy Pugh ofJair Does Hair, a stylist based out of Denver, Co...
The best way to determine your hair’s porosity accurately is by doing the hair porosity test, also known as a strand test. Take a strand of clean hair (with no styling products!) and drop it into an 8 oz glass of room temperature water. If the hair sinks to the bottom, then it’...
If our ever-growing stash of lip balms, pocket-size hand creams, and cuticle oils are any proof, it's safe to say we have a thing for moisturizing — and our hair is no exception. From thick masks and creamy leave-ins to light sprays, we've tried (and collected) them all. Some ...
It takes a bit of exploration, and since our hair may transform over time, it also takes patience and kindness to your curls. "To determine your curl type, you need to assess the texture, shape, thickness level, and bounce of your hair. You also need to pay attention to your hair typ...
To build your winning haircare routine, you need to figure out what are your main struggles: whether it’shigh porosity, dull look, or split ends – you need to face the problem to tackle it. A deep conditioner can help with all of these challenges, but hair types matter a lot here,...
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Low Porosity hair has tightly-bound and closed cuticles. This makes washday seem like a marathon race. The human hair has a pH value of 4.5 – 5.5. The pH value of low porosity hair is very low (acidic) and anything acidic causes our hair cuticles to contract. So, th...