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I love God & my family. Some of my hobbies include; natural hair, music, fashion, and did I mention natural hair. I am the ultimate girlie girl; I love dressing up, doing hair, makeup, fashion and SHOES. I value family, life, embrace self acceptance and cherish the things God give me to steward. I am optimistic and also a skeptic. It cost absolutely nothing to be positive or negative, I choose to be positive. This blog will incorporate a mixture of things that I am most passionate about. The main focus is hair but I will throw other things in there every once in a while. Please feel free to comment and ask questions, I LOVE QUESTIONS! Since going natural I have been glued to my laptop, I enjoy networking with other naturals who share the same love and respect for natural hair. My goal is to reach waist length hair by Aug 23, 2013. Thank you for stopping by Peace & blessings. Happy growing!!!!

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Hair Typing

4 hair types source http://thirstyroots.com/hair-care/black-hair-types

On a recent natural beauty interview with my sis Annanie, she mentioned that I said  there is no 4c, just 4a & 4b and I wanted to set the record straight. At first this statement shocked me when I read it because that is not at all how I feel about natural hair typing. But once upon a time I did read an article where the creator of the hair type system Andre Walker explained kinky hair being one of two types and I ran with it. I know better now, not only is our hair too complicated and inquire to put in a measuring scope,  but I have been natural almost 1.5 years and have not found two or more naturals with the exact same hair texture plus behavior. So when it comes to hair typing 4a & 4b are general but our hair is beyond general, so instead of typing its best to describe the hair and its behavior.


Lesson learned: This teaches me that rather than taking info from random sources its wiser to look into it more in depth before speaking with conviction about the topic because you don't know who you may be influencing.

Question: What is your take on hair typing, in what ways does it influence your natural journey?
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  1. UnknownNovember 11, 2010 at 6:59 PM

    I totally agree with you on this one hun. I see no clear way to determine my hair type. I always say that I am type 4 hair which encompasses but is not limited to kinky, curly, springy. I don't really care too much for hair typing because its very confusing and I literally have like 3 textures of hair all over my head. Maybe more!! LOL. :-)

    MeechyMonroe
    XOXO

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  2. DeeNovember 12, 2010 at 2:32 PM

    lol dido! I call my hair the 3 wise kinks! that's crazy that you also have a lot of textures. Thanks for visiting.

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