Newbie... Hair Typing Help!

[SheeJee]

Hi everyone :)

Although I'm new here, I feel like I've been a member for a while, since I love reading all of the posts on this forum and hearing what everyone has to say. I have finally decided to grow my hair long in a healthy way and am *gulp* saying goodbye to my straightener and blow drier in an attempt to restore some moisture and health to my fine, dry and thinning locks :(

I was just wondering if anyone could help me in typing my hair, I feel like I am a 2c at a guess (very wavy hair with some spiral curls tossed in too). I took these pictures with my iphone by myself as I have no camera, hope the quality is not too shocking!

Any help or advice for my hair type (I have a problem with very dry frizzy hair, as you can probably tell from the pictures) would also be greatly appreciated :)

Thank you!

http://tinypic.com/r/2gsocxj/7

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http://tinypic.com/r/2hpta36/7

http://tinypic.com/r/21doifb/7

http://tinypic.com/r/9glkwl/7

http://tinypic.com/r/2hqqn0g/7

http://tinypic.com/r/2cnb18g/7

[SheeJee]

Oh dear, that was a bit of an uploading fail... I'm afraid I'm not the most computer literate. I will try to have another go, if this is equally fail then I hope someone can first explain to me how to upload pics before typing my hair :)

http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/BrokenDream89/051.jpg

http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss250/BrokenDream89/052.jpg

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[krissykins]

Welcome to LHC! :D I would say that you're a 2b. Very pretty waves!

[jojo]

Id agree 2b, though I see a lot of layers which can confuse things but definitely a wavie!

[irishlady]

I'd say 2b :)Very pretty!

[Charybdis]

Yes, I'd call it a 2b as well. Your wave pattern looks sort of like mine, except more consistent throughout (I have both tighter spirals in front and looser, more open waves in the back -- my hair has a personality disorder).

[SoulOfTheSea]

I'd say 2b/2c, because your hair looks SO similar to mine on wash days and second-day hair. Also because I bet your hair likes to spiral sometimes or go flat, depending on how it's treated.

[SheeJee]

Hi! :)

Thank you so much for all of your help, I wonder why I thought I was a 2c :S Hmm time to look up some 2b information now :)

Thank you again!!! :poot:

[Charybdis]

In the hair-typing basics section, doesn't it say something like hair is 2c if it has any spirals in it? Which I really don't agree with, because so many of us wavies have some spirals, but still don't have spiraling all over and can still brush dry hair without getting real poofiness. To me, a full head of mostly spirals and/or tight S-waves (but not true ringlets), plus poofiness when brushed, seem like signs of true 2c-ness -- that is, being near Type 3 curly hair, but not all the way there.

Of course, my perceptions of how curly people are may be skewed by the fact that my DH is a curly head (probably 3b, but he conditions the heck out of it with 'cones and lets it dry in a ponytail, which allows it to masquerade as 3a until brushed -- and, then, BOOM!). Some people might look at my spirals in front and type me as a 2c if they didn't look at the back of my head, but I can't look at my DH's curls and kid myself that I'm anywhere close to the border of genuinely curly 3a hair.

Anyway, those are my thoughts on why you might have typed yourself as 2c, SheeJee. I think a lot of people with spirals have similar uncertainties about where they fall in the hair spectrum.

[Kiwiwi]

Have you checked how your hair is completely the way it is?
This means washing it, conditioning (whatever, get it wet though) and then just let it air dry completely without combing or doing anything to it, also not dry with a towel, just squeeze exces water out.
That should be your real hair.
Make a pic of that and then we can truly type you :)

[luthein]

I agree with 2b. Ride the wave!

[archel]

2b, or not 2b, that is the que....ok someone had to go there :cheese: