Confused? Whats my hair type? How to take care of it?

Cutting this short. What's my hair type? Density and all?
Being Arab and all of my family have really loose wavy hair and me being the only one with curls made this almost impossible to take care off.
The front of my head is really tight curls. At the top of my head is kinda loose curls, so my hair is a mix of curl types I guess.
How can I keep my hair growing downwards instead of outwards?


Being Arab and all of my family have really loose wavy hair and me being the only one with curls made this almost impossible to take care off.
The front of my head is really tight curls. At the top of my head is kinda loose curls, so my hair is a mix of curl types I guess.
How can I keep my hair growing downwards instead of outwards?



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Guide 65 Registered Users, Moderators Posts: 1,984 Curl Virtuoso
Welcome! Your hair looks like a 3C to me, but I'm not very good at curl typing. It doesn't really matter anyway. Most of us have a mix of curl patterns on our head, and the curls can change from season to season, or even day to day. What's more important is porosity, strand thickness (fine or coarse hair), and density.
The best thing you can do is moisturize. Use gentle shampoos, or no shampoo at all. Use a good conditioner, use leave in conditioner.
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2B/2C, fine hair, low density, mixed porosity, protein loving hair
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Gretchen Administrator Moderators Posts: 10,840 Curl Virtuoso
Welcome, @Obaidy! So glad you've joined us.
I agree... I think you're probably a 3C. Have you taken the Texture Quiz?
Why do you want it to grow down sted out? Here in the U.S., anyway, big hair is beautiful hair!
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I guess all my life my hair has never gone past my shoulders and trying never hurts I guess lol.
I think my hair texture is:
Porosity --> High.
Density --> Low to medium.
Thickness --> Fine.
Honestly, your curls are very beautiful to me, but I know in many places people don't see the beauty of curls yet.
Note: "shrinkage" has another meaning in the US (and maybe other places) that has to do with male parts.
3a, fine, thin, normal porosity, no dye, greying naturally
Devacurl Weightless Waves Low Poo & Conditioner, B'Leave-in and Ultra Defining Gel
Curl Junkie Spiral Lotion in low humidity
Ouidad Advanced Heat & Humidity Gel mixed with UDG for high humidity
at home gelatin PT
Hask Argan Oil Deep Conditioner
You may wish to try an oil treatment on dry hair. You can use coconut oil, olive oil, argan oil, avocado oil...pretty much any oil. Just put a little bit on your dry hair and allow it to sink in overnight. I would start with just a few drops. Then wash it out the next day with your regular shampooing. Doing this type of oil treatment will add elasticity to the hair and make it softer, which might help it appear to grow "down" instead of "out".
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LI: CJ Beauticurls; Jessicurl (JC) Gelebration Spray
DC: JC Deep Conditioning Treatment; Weleda Rosemary Conditioning Oil
Stylers: JC Confident Coils; IN Volumizing Spray; IN Perfect Hold Hairspray; John Masters Sea Mist; Bumble Bb. Gel; Kenra Firm-Hold Gel; Sevi Blue Yarrow Sea Salt Spray
Low-porosity 2a/b baby-fine hair
Welcome to nc.com. I think your curls look fantastic! I agree that the best thing you can do to care for your hair is to keep it moisturized. If you have fine low/medium density hair, using products that moisturize will probably also add weight with might lengthen your curl pattern, and also make the curls settle downward, and it sounds like that is something you want too. But most of all it will keep your hair and curls healthy, and that is a look that is always in fashion.
High porosity hair often benefits from protein in products, so you might want to experiment with this. Fine, high porosity hair can take more protein than coarse hair, but you still don't want to overdo it. Here is a good article that can explain more: http://science-yhairblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/protein-101-lots-of-basic-information.html.
Also, even though you are a guy, you might want to check out this lady's videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWstNM7snYq_zHmy4YkwKoQ/videos. She has two videos about protein, and she has fine high porosity hair, so you might get some good ideas there.
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DT: Camille Rose Naturals Algae Renew Deep Conditioner
Leave-in: As I Am Leave-in
Styler: Lily of the Desert 99% Aloe Vera Gelly
Treatment: Daily tea spray; Coconut oil overnight treatment; Citric acid rinse for hard water; 2-step Henndigo w/ amla to cover gray
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