confused !

[Kyaatje]

I always thought of myself as having 1b hair. I do see some movement sometimes but since I keep my hair bunned wet most of the time I thought it was because of that.
Now I'm at home with back problems = no real updo's. After washing my hair I fingercombed it and left it to dry. Awaiting the moment I can post photo's I asked DB to take some pictures. And then came the shock ;) more movement then I thought !
So I was thinking it was the way the photo was made, so I attempted some more pic's ... with the same result !
Now I'm thinking I might be 1c or even 2a :cool:

As soon as I can show pic's I will, but did anybody else had this kind of surprise while growing their hair ?
I think it is pretty cool :eyebrows:

[Kyaatje]

this is (more or less) the hair I started with in feb 2009 :
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s109/kyaatje/familie/gekke%20ikke/aintIcute-1.jpg

this is now :

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=6443&pictureid=85550http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s109/kyaatje/hair/P1000498.jpg

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s109/kyaatje/hair/P1000523.jpg

I would like to hear opinions : does it look healty ? Is it 1b or something else ?

:cheese:

[jojo]

Well its not 1a for sure, I do see the off curl but its hard to type you as you have layers and these may be causing psudocurls (hey ive invented a new term!!) but I wouldnt be at all surprised if you ended up when longer as a 1b/c.

You have grown a lot in such a short time, well done!

[Kyaatje]

off course !! layers will do the pseudocurl ! *slaps head* got all confused and forgot about the layers ... thanks :)

[Anje]

That looks like it's about 1c or 2a. If you can give us a pic that's airdried without touching it or adding any product, we'll be able to give you a better estimate.

[Kyaatje]

well on these pic's it is airdried and I did detangle it but that is all
Last picture is after sleeping on it ;)

[1nuitblanche]

I also think it looks like a 1c or 2a depending on if you get more movement by not touching it at all.

[Kyaatje]

ok will try not touching it at all next wash :D
It feels funny thinking you have 1a/b hair and then it changes on you LOL
That said when I was 12 I started getting real wiry course and curly hair but only on the crown area of my head and then about a year later it disappeared ... real crazy that

[cybernetica]

WOW that's a heck of a lot of growth :0 Whats your secret?

[Jenn of Pence]

I totally understand! Before I learned about hair typing, it never occurred to me that there is a spectrum of waviness/curliness that everyone's hair falls upon. Silly me! Then I realized that while I always considered my hair to be "straight," I actually have quite a bit of wave, but I can mostly comb/brush it out as it dries. I agree with 1c give or take. The "pseudocurls" from the layers are very pretty!

I certainly think hair can change over the years. I especially think that my ends might be different due to the few years of moderate straightening, but I won't know until that all grows off!

[christine1989]

It looks like 1c to me. The same thing happened to me- my hair is about 1b when short and 2b when long.

[jojo]

future wurly me thinks too!!!! I bet if you did CO washes you would be very surprised, all those little waves would come outta hiding!

[Kyaatje]

WOW that's a heck of a lot of growth :0 Whats your secret?

my hair has grow spurts and then stops for a while LOL
but I've always been doing crazy things with it because it grows so easily

[Kyaatje]

future wurly me thinks too!!!! I bet if you did CO washes you would be very surprised, all those little waves would come outta hiding!

I did some co washes last year (before the dreads) but my hair didn't like it. It seems to like shampoo bars and acv rinces and coconut oil or camelia oil

[McFearless]

I have no idea about hair typing but I wanted to say your waves are so pretty! Your hair looks great:)

[AreWild]

When I joined LHC my hair was just about that length (maybe a little shorter) and had similar layering. I'd say your hair is a full 1-2 steps closer to curly than mine. You have the waves I always wanted. I bet your hair would hold bun waves beautifully.

[pepperminttea]

I totally understand! Before I learned about hair typing, it never occurred to me that there is a spectrum of waviness/curliness that everyone's hair falls upon. Silly me! Then I realized that while I always considered my hair to be "straight," I actually have quite a bit of wave, but I can mostly comb/brush it out as it dries.

Me too! Pre-LHC I'd always thought of myself as having straight hair that didn't behave much, rather than some actual wave.

Kyaatje: You look like a 1C/2A to me, given that the first photo is post-detangling. Congrats! :)

[Kyaatje]

thank you so much everybody !
@pepperminttea : that is what I thought ! straight hair with an attitude LOL

And indeed bun waves do show really nice :D

[Theobroma]

It looks like 1c to me, and it's really pretty too! That's some great growth you had between the two pictures.

And I've had surprises like that too. I used to think I was a 1c, because I used to blowdry and it always came out comparatively straight. Then I worked up the courage to let my hair air-dry and ended up somewhere in between 2c and 3a. !
:agape:

[Kyaatje]

It looks like 1c to me, and it's really pretty too! That's some great growth you had between the two pictures.

And I've had surprises like that too. I used to think I was a 1c, because I used to blowdry and it always came out comparatively straight. Then I worked up the courage to let my hair air-dry and ended up somewhere in between 2c and 3a. !
:agape:

wow that is a difference ! I do like waves and curls so I'm not sad to discover them :cool:
thanks for the hair compliment ! After seeing some other people growth rates I was thinking mine was rather slow ... until I saw the picture !

[BelleBot]

Oh wow, you have very pretty hair, definitely a 1c or perhaps 2a. 1b is still straight with just a bit more body than 1a, so I wouldn't say it was that.
I love how the big curls at the bottom really show off the colour variations, it's gorgeous! Well done on the growth by the way :)

[Carolyn]

I think you are a 1C. I thought my hair was straighter than it really is too. Good LHC type hair care can bring out previously unknown waves. Your hair is lovely.

[Kyaatje]

thank you all for the nice compliments and the help :)

I don't wash so often, but next time when I wash I'm going to leave it till it's dry and see what gives :applause

[Spike]

Oh, yeah. I had long wavy hair as a teen and fought like heck to make it straighter. Lots of combing while wet in order to tame the waves. But even untouched it was a 1c.

Now I let it airdry and it’s a 2a/2b. I get spiral curls along the hairline at nape and temple, and some days I get a spiral in the "real" hair at the right side.

So long as it grows, I’m happy. :cheese:

[Kyaatje]

as promised I washed my hair and then didn't touch it what so ever :D
So this is the result ... what do you guys think ? 1c 2a ? something completely different ? LOL
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/[IMG]http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s109/kyaatje/hair/P1000532.jpghttp://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s109/kyaatje/hair/P1000532.jpg

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s109/kyaatje/hair/P1000533.jpg

[Yozhik]

Wow! I'd definitely put you at 2b at least! It's amazing what you discover with not touching your hair after washing!!

Very pretty wurls, by the way. :)

I like your black kitty, too!

[Kyaatje]

He is a nice kitty :) Doesn't want to go on pictures most of the time so I'm always glad when I can sneek him on LOL

2b .... and here I was starting out thinking I was a 1a-1b kind of hairtype :p

[rags]

I would agree with the 2b! Very pretty waves!

I thought I was a 1a, maybe a 1b when I came here. I always used cone-heavy products which pulled out any wave. When I clarified, my hair is a 2a, sometimes 2b. I type it as 1c/2a because I always comb it wet, so it ends up straighter. It's a shock to discover you have waves when you always thought you had straight hair which wouldn't behave!

In my own defense, :p my hair was straight until I started going through menopause. Then it decided to get wavy on me! (though I thought it was only being frizzy! )

[DuckyDot]

2a/2b I would say :) Very Pretty hair :D

[Kyaatje]

Thanks everyone for helping to find my hairtype and for the hair compliments of course !
I changed my settings to 2b and I'm going to try to learn new habits :D and try not to think of my hair as straight hair that doesn't behave !

I did have my hair longer before but I usely put it up in a bun of some sorts so I always thought the wavies were from bunning ... all that because as a child (6 year old) I really had 1a kind of hair, never realised it changed LOL