Not just another hair type question (...but it is)

in Hair Type 3
I'm frustrated, as I can't figure out my hair type.
In winter it looks more 3A, even perhaps 2C, though still frizz-prone -_-:


[Geesh the facelessness is creeping me out a bit.]
In summer/humidity, it looks to me more 3b, but with little to no root curl so not quite? (this was this weekend, 80ish degree weather), and I used KKCC for the first time that morning and diffused it :



Just a regular day (though Great Gatsby oriented in nature!):

When it's short, it looks like this (this is in FL, so pretty humid I guess, but I mean let's be honest, this was just a good hair day, and I wanted to brag a little):
One day in March in the Northeast (to give you an idea of humidity levels):

I think it's that it's kind of in between 3a and 3b and maybe 2c in winter, but that so bothers me! I need it to be one or the other, or the other, so I can follow the proper directions, dang it! :angel2:
In winter it looks more 3A, even perhaps 2C, though still frizz-prone -_-:


[Geesh the facelessness is creeping me out a bit.]
In summer/humidity, it looks to me more 3b, but with little to no root curl so not quite? (this was this weekend, 80ish degree weather), and I used KKCC for the first time that morning and diffused it :



Just a regular day (though Great Gatsby oriented in nature!):

When it's short, it looks like this (this is in FL, so pretty humid I guess, but I mean let's be honest, this was just a good hair day, and I wanted to brag a little):

One day in March in the Northeast (to give you an idea of humidity levels):

I think it's that it's kind of in between 3a and 3b and maybe 2c in winter, but that so bothers me! I need it to be one or the other, or the other, so I can follow the proper directions, dang it! :angel2:
"I open my door
And here's what occurs
A pretty little girl
With pretty little curls
Leads to the side
Leans on my mind"
- Avett brothers
Isaiah 40:29
And here's what occurs
A pretty little girl
With pretty little curls
Leads to the side
Leans on my mind"
- Avett brothers
Isaiah 40:29
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And here's what occurs
A pretty little girl
With pretty little curls
Leads to the side
Leans on my mind"
- Avett brothers
Isaiah 40:29
www.livecurlylivefree.com has a great description and good info on hair properties.
Also it is very rare that a curly has the same pattern in all parts of his/her head.
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3A/B? A corkicelli mix of ringlets, spirals, helixes & s-shaped curls
Medium-fine texture, normal porosity, normal elasticity
Summer: pink; Winter: Blue; Year Round: green
Lo-Poo:Giovanni SAS sulfate free poo, L'Oreal Evercream CC
Co-wash: TNRV, VO5 Vanilla Mint Tea, TNNM
RO/LI: YTC, Nexxus Hydra-light w/ CNPF GVPCB, Biolage CB, TNNM, Giovanni SAS
Styler: KCCC FSG, BRHG, LALSG
And here's what occurs
A pretty little girl
With pretty little curls
Leads to the side
Leans on my mind"
- Avett brothers
Isaiah 40:29
Jules gave you good advice. Just want to add: even your hair properties can change, based on what you do with your hair, what products/chemicals you use (hair dyes, peroxide, henna, protein - all those things and more can change texture, volume, elasticity, porosity, etc.) and the state of your health and aging (including hormonal fluctuation, illness and graying hair) can also change hair properties.
I know people like to buy hair analysis kits, but even those have limitations. They have to be viewed as a "snapshot" of how the hair is only at this moment in time. It could all change.
The answer is to "listen" to your hair's needs. Experiment. Notice what products and ingredients it likes and doesn't like; what kinds of styling techniques it loves and hates. When you get a strange or bad reaction from something you did, you can use this site and others to figure out what may have gone wrong and how to correct it. You can try different techniques. It's a very personal journey for all of us. It takes observation, curiosity and a plethora of patience, at times
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I COMPLETELY agree with this. For example, I was low porosity for quite some time and then I just discovered a few weeks ago that I am now high porosity. +1 on this advice!
Suave, V05, GF Go clean gel, ACV rinses, CO, and Gelatine PT.
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