Hairtyped pictures for reference

[MusicalSpoons]

This is not to replace the official Visual Hairtyping guide (https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=116252), which is The Reference for describing each classifier. However as different types look different on each head of hair, it might be useful to browse a thread with a range of defined hairtyping pics.

Please post your hairtyping picture here along with your full classifiers (type/strand coarseness/volume - e.g. 1b/C/ii), and also please make sure you followed the hairtyping instructions so we have the most accurate reference possible :)

If there was debate when you asked for help to identify your type, you may wish to mention that and why a certain type was chosen, but that is of course optional, as is any other information you may wish to add. The main objective is to provide pictures with their type clearly identified, to help others trying to decide their own.

Also, if you've found your hairtype has changed with time, if you want to post a photo of each different typing (e.g. if you started as definitely 1c, then found you were 2a/2b, and eventually ended up with 2c) that would be useful too! In the same post or as separate posts, whichever you prefer :thumbsup:

Edit: in order to keep this as easy to browse and use as reference as possible please keep discussion to a minimum - ideally if you want to compliment someone, please include your own picture ;) realistically nobody's going to enforce this, but it would be a courtesy to members who do want to use this for reference.

Also, I won't be able to index this thread at all. If you want to find pictures of a certain types, you can use the 'Search Thread' tool to find the posts :)

For type-specific discussion we do have threads; I can add the links to them given some time, meanwhile they can be found in the Index to useful links and resources (https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/announcement.php?f=9&a=11). If the existing threads don't cover a specific type/texture you're looking for, you're welcome to start one yourself :D

Finally, if you have questions about your own type or hairtyping in general, please ask over on the Hairtyping Help thread (https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=150587), *not* here. Thank you!

[Groovy Granny]

My hair is F/ii and has a different texture depending on humidity

1c in dry air

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=35950&d=1552404780


2c in humid air and post shampoo air drying (with @2" shrinkage)

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=33134&d=1535651010


Nice idea Spoons....it will be very helpful :thumbsup:

[milosmomma]

Great thread idea, and gorgeous hair in both pics groovygranny!

[Groovy Granny]

Great thread idea, and gorgeous hair in both pics groovygranny!

Thank you :o

[BerrySara]

Wow Groovy Granny, your hair looks amazing! I hadn't seen a picture with your wurls and it looks stunning! I'm getting that Groovy vibe for sure!

[Groovy Granny]

Wow Groovy Granny, your hair looks amazing! I hadn't seen a picture with your wurls and it looks stunning! I'm getting that Groovy vibe for sure!

Thanks :)

:rockerdud LOL

milosmomma and BerrySara We'd love yo see YOUR pics too :popcorn:

[blackgothicdoll]

These two threads are awesome, MusicalSpoons. Hairtyping tests are pretty much illegal for me, plus I'm working with two different textures (growing out heat damage) so I don't even know what my hair would do if I air dried without product, but I look forward to understanding hair types more :o

[Spikey]

What a wonderful idea for a thread! I'm sure this will be very useful, and fun to look at.
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=35256&d=1548915394https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=38097&d=1565994782
2c/3a/F/M/ii
My texture also changes frequently, so my stats are a reflection of the average curl of my hair. These individual pictures aren't perfectly 2c/3a.

And perhaps, in the interest of keeping this thread useful and easy to browse though, there should be a rule like that of the monthly style threads; posts without any pictures of hairtyping should be kept to a minimum. In other words, if you want to compliment someone's hair, put your hairtyping picture in your post!

That being said, Groovy Granny, I love your wurls! We don't see them nearly often enough.

[Groovy Granny]

2c/3a/F/M/ii
My texture also changes frequently, so my stats are a reflection of the average curl of my hair. I think this picture is very 2c/3a though.

And perhaps, in the interest of keeping this thread useful and easy to browse though, there should be a rule like that of the monthly style threads; posts without any pictures of hairtyping should be kept to a minimum. In other words, if you want to compliment someone's hair, put your hairtyping picture in your post!

That being said, Groovy Granny, I love your wurls! We don't see them nearly often enough.

Thank you (((Hugs)))
Once manipulated and with products, the curls quickly soften to wurls and have definition now that I am using more oil based products.

Your color and curls are so pretty :heart:

[MusicalSpoons]

And perhaps, in the interest of keeping this thread useful and easy to browse though, there should be a rule like that of the monthly style threads; posts without any pictures of hairtyping should be kept to a minimum. In other words, if you want to compliment someone's hair, put your hairtyping picture in your post!

Thank you Spikey, and again a great suggestion! I'll edit the OP :) this thread will work best as a reference if it's not half discussion :lol: Such beautiful wurls and curls you have there :thud: and Groovy Granny gorgeous as well - as you know I'm a big fan of your colour but those wurls - oh my! :crush:

Here's my first hairtyping pic from April 2018, typed as 1b/F/M/ii:
https://live.staticflickr.com/793/39734365740_c47a224871_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23xc1Bo)1b (https://flic.kr/p/23xc1Bo)

I later typed as 1b/1c when just the ends kept drying like this:
https://live.staticflickr.com/1858/42641774550_709eee2650.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27Y7eXu)1b/1c (https://flic.kr/p/27Y7eXu)

And most recently, 1c/2a in May 2019:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47085960574_e9bb4b1e93_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2eJPRCs)1c/2a (https://flic.kr/p/2eJPRCs)
This one I'd have said 2a if it weren't for that random foot of weirdly straight hair in the middle :rollin:

[Groovy Granny]

I'll edit the OP :) this thread will work best as a reference if it's not half discussion <snip> Groovy Granny gorgeous as well - as you know I'm a big fan of your colour but those wurls - oh my!

Here's my first hairtyping pic from April 2018, typed as 1b/F/M/ii:

I later typed as 1b/1c when just the ends kept drying like this:

And most recently, 1c/2a in May 2019:

This one I'd have said 2a if it weren't for that random foot of weirdly straight hair in tne middle

Aww thank you :flowers:

I have never seen YOUR hair down....gorgeous :crush:....and so long :thud:


Edit: in order to keep this as easy to browse and use as reference as possible please keep discussion to a minimum - ideally if you want to compliment someone, please include your own picture realistically nobody's going to enforce this, but it would be a courtesy to members who do want to use this for reference.

I don't have enough typing pics to post if I reply when quoted :hmm: so I thank everyone in advance...gosh.... it will feel funny not to :p

So to make this post LEGIT ~ here is my last 2c pic ....post plop/starting to dry ;)

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=36362&d=1554406376


:waving: You all look amazing :crush:

[jane_marie]

I was helped on the hair typing request thread.

I have 1c/2a/c/iii hair cut into layers. It might actually be iii because of the layers. right now with layers it is firmly ii.

https://i.imgur.com/llSXvm5.png

edit- updated photo with better image quality

[eresh]

here it was 1a/m/ii

https://i.imgur.com/teNQsMyl.jpg

here it was 1a/b/m/ii

https://i.imgur.com/N1Weanhl.jpg

And more recent I change my hairtype to 1b/m/ii
It has gotten thinner over the years, (and I fatter....) but is still ii

https://i.imgur.com/4ELSlyKl.jpg

[littlestarface]

These are all my hair typing pictures throughout the years, first one was from 2012,second and 3rd from 2015 and 2016, last one is from the other day :D I just say i'm a 2a there's no point, I wish tho that I could put 2a-2c cuz wavy hair is just so different day to day.

https://i.imgur.com/eUXZERW.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/SK7Z2Go.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/nyhl4ET.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/x4ta8gw.jpg

[gin]

Everyone has such beautiful hair! Here was mine from last month, which was my very first hair typing photo. With the help of LHC, this is 1a / C / iii. However, I'm thinking a tiny amount of my bottom layer nape hairs are 1b, they are also more coarse too. They can't be seen at all. Not sure if there's enough of them to change my type to 1a/1b.

https://i.imgur.com/q8f2qRE.png

[CuteCrow]

I love this post so much! I love seeing all the beautiful different textures you all have :love: .

Here is a little collage of my 3a/f-m/ii hair at different (short-ish)lenghts
https://i.ibb.co/dknqbrB/01.jpg (https://ibb.co/xzV0mDh)
And here is how it looks right now at this lenght that i don't know how to call.
https://i.ibb.co/PWR5tKC/02.jpg (https://ibb.co/s1hFtn3)

[lapushka]

That looks like a cute pixie, CuteCrow (love it!), of course once you stretch the curls out it's gonna be longer, but curly it does look like a pixie. :D

[lithostoic]

1c/2a. It never looks the same. Sometimes it even dries straight!

https://scontent-mia3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/42875581_2300622439954495_2433221633155006464_o.jp g?_nc_cat=108&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_oc=AQlXYG55sRKxeOB18qbDlx2z621Wj5-vK6KcJ3rwslDx6BTeH0kYEDu19Puha1O9T8xTS1oZSahdyOGQ4 qR6EAdY&_nc_ht=scontent-mia3-2.xx&oh=1df8070e6a5b52e7d0b6946df1cf060b&oe=5DFAB9E2

https://scontent-mia3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/55942614_2576722982344438_5289747546422378496_o.jp g?_nc_cat=110&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_oc=AQmFA719lMFb1zDaWm09JRgvTU5sb1erY6lWSzAXehJ 4aFiQAX9uWcjmaafXaAnj2i61ecCEYcR4_DV1_l-Gkiub&_nc_ht=scontent-mia3-2.xx&oh=ff40b164a20761dcb03d1372bcd8e8ba&oe=5DF5F9B7

https://scontent-mia3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/65278837_2721405731209495_7508865768541388800_o.jp g?_nc_cat=101&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_oc=AQngGjPgltdrqI7GXcnKjonbo2lfJPKeJFR_-CS1TjHNcSzhoQ_tCo-5ZMHvahwBEvQAPXItDRNQZcaPq8e2Ha8d&_nc_ht=scontent-mia3-2.xx&oh=b5d9e49044c2d587e3fcf3348d317f5d&oe=5E067AE7

[CuteCrow]

Thank you lapushka :o I really had trouble figuring out how to call this length.

lithostoic I suffer from that exact same problem. I think most wavies/curlies feel the same. That's why I think this thread could be really useful. It looks lovely either way

[ExpectoPatronum]

I have my hair typed as 3a/M/iii. I believe this is correct although my hair doesn't appear as curly without properly styling. I say it looks 2c/3a in these pictures. My canopy is definitely more wavy while my under layers are more curly. With actual styling products, I'm able to encourage a little more curl out of my canopy. All I did was wash my hair with my shea moisture shampoo bar, rinse with lime juice diluted in water, and condition with shea moisture JBCO mask. I did not apply any styling products and I let my hair air dry. I'm actually quite surprised by the lack of frizz!

https://i.imgur.com/JQJAzOp.jpg

You can see my 3a under layer ringlets here a little better.
https://i.imgur.com/sN4GSmw.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/nJMwsZU.jpg

[Liz_H]

1a/F/ii taken last March. Had I combed my hair before letting it dry, you wouldn't see that bit of wave.

[MusicalSpoons]

1a/F/ii taken last March. Had I combed my hair before letting it dry, you wouldn't see that bit of wave.

I don't see a picture or a link to one?


Anyway, bumping this thread as the official visual guide no longer has clear pics (courtesy of Photobucket :shake:)

[WyntreBlossom]

My hair is borderline 1c/2a M/C but leaning towards M and i/ii. It was more ii when i was pregnant but now with postpartum shed im closer to i.

https://i.imgur.com/54dL1b9.jpg

[Crystawni]

I'm 2c/3a--tighter curl pattern underneath and sometimes down to shoulder at half the wavelength that drapes from the rest that tends to comb out to braidwaves,
uber Fine at over 32 strands/mm,
and III at 11.5cm/4.5" pony circumference.
Head circ: 23" (makes my F III pony circ. appear normal in size, and hairtoys shrunken compared to many others). Hair colour: all of 'em from white to black.

Hairtyping pic from 2014, shampooed, left to drip dry, then a tad windblown:
https://i.imgur.com/q4qkRAe.jpg

The usual sausage ringlets that form:
https://i.imgur.com/TxXBFXh.jpg

From the front, post air drying, and then wide-tooth-combed out (very fine and silky, so holding the curl pattern that now drops out with length is just fruitless):
https://i.imgur.com/MEBRPc5.jpg

And the fine stuff:
https://i.imgur.com/q4WbfJZ.jpg

Crop of my little finger for a close-up of the same pic:
https://i.imgur.com/KQUcW8B.jpg

[GoddesJourney]

I pretty much only have good texture pictures from times I've cut it off and documented the regrowth. As you can see, my hair is neither straight nor wavy. It's textured, but I have some smooth hairs. It appears much fuller than it is due to volume, especially after washing.

It appears very straight when it's up or braided, but not when I let it loose.

I call it 1c/2a m/c ii/iii, also known as "wild woman hair". It's a big mix of thickness and textures and they don't behave the same way. I have had people try to get it to hold a curl and it won't despite every method they could come up with.

I'm aware that I smirk. My husband has teased me about it many times. All the women in my line seem to have this almost involuntary response to life.

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40081&d=1580708073

[Begemot]

I'm loving all these new additions to this thread, amazing :thumbsup:

[Stray_mind]

There is no 2b/2c yet, so i am putting mine. It usually dries to tighter S wave pattern with one or two spiral curls at the sides without any manipulation or styling. The thickness is F/M (gotta change that in my profile) and ii (ponytail circumference around 3 inches, though i need to remeasure, as i feel it got thinner :( ) :

https://i.imgur.com/jj3Umui.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/U7A4ylJ.jpg

[desisparkles]

2c fine

First pic no product or manipulation

https://i.imgur.com/EC6lGwM.jpg


Second pic with leave in, gel, scrunched and air dried.

https://i.imgur.com/h9CR375.jpg

[Sunny]

Here goes, I'm adding my 2a/2b (F/M) pictures for reference. First, half dry.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49751516127_8534480218_z.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49739862338_a6afd82234_z.jpg

Totally dry, after sleeping. The waves consolidate and start to wrap into ringlets.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49750684503_8238b1a173_z.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49751220131_e564a6018f_z.jpg

[Lanalavallama]

Well I certainly hope I am in the right thread now...

On the Bright Side : I am making A Contribution
On the Not-So-Bright Side : Uploading from my phone makes the pictures rotate. Sorry

My hair predominantly 4a, 4b to a lesser extent 4c, with random 3b and 3c strands thrown in for fun.

In this picture my hair is about 65% dry, unmanipulated (which is why I have the drips on my T-shirt) and there is not a stitch of product. I am currently water only, and this is fresh after a rinse.

Here comes some free neck-cersises...



https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40931&d=1586722744



and, fully dried
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40933&d=1586727099

[lapushka]

Well I certainly hope I am in the right thread now...

On the Bright Side : I am making A Contribution
On the Not-So-Bright Side : Uploading from my phone makes the pictures rotate. Sorry

My hair predominantly 4a, 4b to a lesser extent 4c, with random 3b and 3c strands thrown in for fun.

In this picture my hair is about 65% dry, unmanipulated (which is why I have the drips on my T-shirt) and there is not a stitch of product. I am currently water only, and this is fresh after a rinse.


It looks amazing! :D

[Lanalavallama]

Thank you, lapushka

[MusicalSpoons]

Bumping (here it is Bat :waving:)

More contributions would be greatly appreciated please :D

[Bat]

Bumping (here it is Bat :waving:)

More contributions would be greatly appreciated please :D

♥ more pleeease

[Bright]

My hair is 2b/M/ii, possibly 2b/2c or 2a/2b due to my wurls/spirals and loose waves. This is how it looks freshly washed, air-dried, and unstyled:

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=46548&d=1641172846

After a couple days without washing my waves tend to fall out, and I can brush my hair without it poofing up quite as much as it would on a wash day. This is how it looks brushed out:

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=46530&d=1641004052

These photos were taken a few days apart. (Sorry they're so big, I'm not sure how to resize them.)

[mermaid lullaby]

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=46579&d=1641773619

Here's how you can tell if you have 1C hairtype. I was excited when I finally found some information on this! :o
The above picture is how my hair looks when it's all down. All the pictures were done freshly washed, no brushing and Airdried on the same day.

It's coarse, and is part of the straight hair types.
What makes this hairtype different in the other straight hairtypes is that it has very subtle waves when you do a half up hairstyle.Note: you have to take a flash picture or be in the sun to see them, because you dont really know you have waves (you think it's all straight), until you part it in a half updo and take a picture. The other straight hair types 1A and 1B don't have those waves if you did the same technique, it would still look straight (this is from memory from a website, that I stumbled upon). I think this makes the most sense because with 2A hair types they have waves when they have it all down and the waves are visible without flash camera or sunlight.
I'm sorry too! I don't know how to resize my pictures. Websites and apps don't show you what how big they are so I gave up.

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=46578&d=1641773603

Waves can look old Hollywood waves or little waves


https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=46577&d=1641772311

That's probably why when I get done with the hairdressers, I have chunks of hair that look like they were missed the next day. Now I know why! Although, please excuse that little chunk in the first photo I usually part it to the side and that's how it's cut to make it look nice.

[Bat]

Thank you for sharing!

[mermaid lullaby]

Your welcome!
I didn't know this until last year, I thought I was 1b since I joined.

Also, I notice that we have a good comparison of 1C and the 2 hair types!

[Solovey]

Your welcome!
I didn't know this until last year, I thought I was 1b since I joined.

Also, I notice that we have a good comparison of 1C and the 2 hair types!

I find this really interesting because your hair looks like mine after I brush it out, if I do true "hair typing" protocol my hair has distinct clumps and waves(It overall doesn't look "straight") so...should I just say it's 2a then?

[mermaid lullaby]

I find this really interesting because your hair looks like mine after I brush it out, if I do true "hair typing" protocol my hair has distinct clumps and waves(It overall doesn't look "straight") so...should I just say it's 2a then?

I would say yes! ;)
My hair never gets wavey as yours. Beautiful!

If you can compare Brights pictures particularly the second one, and my first one. You can see she has waves without sunlight and bends more than mine, even a few days after. My canopy is straight from day one even with those flicks, and bends.

[rosenester]

2b/F/ii/iii
I am finally confident about my hair type. My strands are very fine, can barely feel a single strand, and my circumference is hard to find because I have a lot of layers, thick bangs and face framings. When I do a ‘unicorn’ ponytail for a haircut, it measures just about 4 inches, sometimes a little less.

Here are two separate typing washes, as they came out a little different. Both washed with clarifying shampoo, conditioned, squeezed out excess water in shower and then left alone to dry. The first time some suggestions were 2b/2c, which may be more visible when I cut out the bleach damage as my nape hairs do occasionally create a random spiral. But for now, I agree 2b is the best category.
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=47288&d=1655917931
I find this thread more helpful than the original hair typing ‘sticky’ photos, those photos are small with not the best lighting and difficult to see. So hope this contribution helps someone!

[lapushka]

I would put 2b/c, if I were you. :) That 2nd picture is more than 2b!

[Arcticfoxes]

I went for an old photo (only got selfies I'm afraid) because i think my pattern is a lot more visible when my hair is longer.

i see it as 1c/F/ii (2.5"), in this photo it is air dried, but honestly i use a hair dryer most of the time so im usually 1b as it dries straight with the dryer.

https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=48282&d=1673188192

[Bat]

Reference photos have to be taken from the back so people get more of an idea how it 'reads'

[lapushka]

Reference photos have to be taken from the back so people get more of an idea how it 'reads'

I would have said that too, except for it sometimes differs when taken from the front, and that view can be priceless too. Maybe we should be happy for the add-on? :)

I think you look cute. :o Have a nice cup of tea or coffee, whatever you're having. :D