close-up hair and texture

[brave]

Let's see your close-up hair pictures! I am only long enough to photograph the ends, sadly, and this was with much stretching and repositioning and squinting.
http://i.imgur.com/Pd5DXl.jpg
What does your hair look like close up, and what texture would you deem it? I call this coarse, though I'm not quite sure it is as coarse as the descriptors, because to me it seems likes it acts pretty coarse/wiry.
http://i.imgur.com/7L4Kzl.jpg
Like this dude. Don't bother going into nice swoops and curls, just wrinkle your way along the entire strand. Thanks.

So let's see the pictures!

[luxepiggy]

I think my hair is a pretty solid M (^(oo)^)v

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff33/shoppingpiglet/hair/dipdyetipssun.jpg

[Elithia]

Both these photos are about four years old, but my hair texture hasn't really changed ....

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t3/soggypoptart/295dbe7e.jpg

And a bigger version of my profile pic:
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t3/soggypoptart/3e900bcd.jpg


I have some M strands, but most of my hair is very, very fine.

[brave]

Elithia, your curls are amazing! Piggy I love the blue. I wish my hair looked better with wild colors mixed in but I'm afraid of what the color might turn out to be.

[Zesty]

Here are a couple of mine I've taken before. I'm fairly confident that I'm F/M.

Showing off my flexi-8 (linked in case it's too large):
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n120/Paisley_Love/2012-05-142-1.jpg

And then a regular close-up of my hurrz.
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n120/Paisley_Love/macrohair-smaller.png

[CurlyCap]

From my album, taken years ago because I thought it was pretty and needed to be documented. Naked hair, no leave-ins:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=8778&pictureid=115352

I've got everything from fine to thick stranded. And all of it will happily ignore it's neighbors if it pleases.

My hair is short now too, so the zoomiest recent photo I have is my avatar. Still hard to bring it around and photograph the ends. Generous leave-in:
http://i48.tinypic.com/e8vm7p.jpg

[Madora]

Taken in the sun:

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w225/07Erzbet/7312closeupinsun.jpg

[Marcellaa]

http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-LYJBGNZI.jpg

Close-up from my avatar, hair under the scanner!

[bunzfan]

Here is mine

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/8968/hairtexture.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/109/hairtexture.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

[ejking2]

Here's mine. I believe I'm an F.

I think this is a great thread idea! Really helpful! I was searching for pictures like this a few days ago to help confirm my hairtype. Perhaps some of these photos could eventually be added to the hairtyping article?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/clownfishi/photo3.jpg

[schweedie]

I'm loving this thread! Close-ups of hair is one of my favourite things. :D ejking2, your hair definitely looks like F to me, which confuses me about my own texture. I can never tell whether mine is fine or medium or just a mix of both.

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/IMG_2381.jpg

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/IMG_2388.jpg

This was a shed hair that I had to take a picture of - I can't say exactly where the change happened, but the first few inches and the last few inches were drastically different. (The light part is at the root and the dark is the end.)

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/Bild10.png

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/Bild20.png

[brave]

I'd say F/M? It's very silky looking and flowing, which is what I think of as being in that range.

[pepperminttea]

Here's mine. I'm never sure if I'm F or F/M either, but I stick with F/M since it's not "baby fine." :)

http://i.imgur.com/nkXzD.jpg
Indoor, but by a window. No flash.

[earthnut]

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd252/earthnutty/Hair/P1060227.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd252/earthnutty/Hair/P1060226.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd252/earthnutty/Hair/P1060233.jpg
My hair is medium. You can see in the last photo it's thicker than a coarse rug wool fiber and thinner than a toothbrush bristle. Coarse wool is about 40 microns and toothbrush bristles are 130 microns. Fine hair is about 40 microns thick, medium hair is about 60-80 microns, and coarse hair is about 100 microns. Based on the photo above, I guess my hair is about 60 microns.

Brave, your hair looks medium or fine, definitely not coarse. Any hair thickness can be wiry looking, and have that funny kinky look. (especially fine hair can be kinky; because of the fineness it's more prone to damage) I find that if I pull a hair out of my head, it's usually nicely curly, but if I look at a hair that comes out on it's own, it frequently has that funny kinkiness. I assume the shed hair is more damaged (which is why it's shedding).

[sharonluvscats]

This is fun! I would definitely say my hair was more F than M. I'm a little dry from the clarifying shampoo. meh


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/shasharon/IMG_20120715_143516.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/shasharon/IMG_20120715_143209.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/shasharon/IMG_20120715_143121.jpg

[MintChocChip]

What a great idea for a thread! :)

Here's mine:

http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj600/LucyLilyPad/closeup.jpg

I always assumed I had fine hair, because I'm not very good at judging the difference between fine and medium. I'd be interested to see what other people think?

[sharonluvscats]

mintchochip- Your hair looks a lot like mine. I can mine mostly fine. At first I thought that was my picture. O_O

[MintChocChip]

mintchochip- Your hair looks a lot like mine. I can mine mostly fine. At first I thought that was my picture. O_O

Yeah I think you're probably right and mine's probably mostly fine too, with maybe a few medium strands thrown in for good measure! :D

Ha, that would be weird, eh? :p

[Yozhik]

Here's my photo -- I have a mixture of f/m/c. I think most are medium, though.
http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz256/Yozhik87/IMG_2443.jpg

[ravenheather]

I think my avatar is as good as it's going to get since my hair is only collarbone.

[PolarCathy]

---dupe---

[PolarCathy]

Shed hair (it was in my pocket ;), so it comes with some other stuff)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7266/7576968666_bc8752d0d3.jpg (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7266/7576968666_69f886df1a_o.jpg)


Something:


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8143/7576966176_9ff0d07b8e.jpg (http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8143/7576966176_3193ed8049_o.jpg)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8142/7577027186_961bef87e2.jpg (http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8142/7577027186_ff052999cd_o.jpg)

[sharonluvscats]

Yeah I think you're probably right and mine's probably mostly fine too, with maybe a few medium strands thrown in for good measure! :D

Ha, that would be weird, eh? :p

My texture is super weird. The top layer (hair that would be up in a half updo) is fine and soft. The rest (down part of the half updo) is noticeably coarser and not so soft. I have a lot of little flyaway strands that make my hair look more damaged than it is. Needless to say, I NEVER wear half up-dos.

[anitacs9101]

http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt212/OMGPwnies101/closeupbunch.jpghttp://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt212/OMGPwnies101/DSC03313.jpghttp://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt212/OMGPwnies101/DSC03311.jpghttp://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt212/OMGPwnies101/DSC03314.jpghttp://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt212/OMGPwnies101/DSC03315.jpg

I always thought my hair was M, but now I'm wondering if it's F/M or F... :confused: I had trouble getting a photo of an individual strand lol I gave up :o

[Dovetail]

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab15/LostDove/557a0a6c.jpg

Here's mine, mostly in the sun. I've always thought I had fine hair....

[Madora]

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab15/LostDove/557a0a6c.jpg

Here's mine, mostly in the sun. I've always thought I had fine hair....
Oh, my gracious! What a GORGEOUS color!!! I'm melting with envy!

[smrider]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8286/7579294050_12c71967c5.jpg

My hair is slightly darker in real life, I think. The highlights from the temple are natural, the bright blonde in the bun is not!

[brave]

My hair is medium. You can see in the last photo it's thicker than a coarse rug wool fiber and thinner than a toothbrush bristle. Coarse wool is about 40 microns and toothbrush bristles are 130 microns. Fine hair is about 40 microns thick, medium hair is about 60-80 microns, and coarse hair is about 100 microns. Based on the photo above, I guess my hair is about 60 microns.

Brave, your hair looks medium or fine, definitely not coarse. Any hair thickness can be wiry looking, and have that funny kinky look. (especially fine hair can be kinky; because of the fineness it's more prone to damage) I find that if I pull a hair out of my head, it's usually nicely curly, but if I look at a hair that comes out on it's own, it frequently has that funny kinkiness. I assume the shed hair is more damaged (which is why it's shedding).

http://i.imgur.com/aO2Unl.jpg
I cut into my toothbrush to compare. I'd say my hair is slightly finer than toothbrush fuzz (toothbrush fuzz was more translucent). I initially didn't think my hair was thick enough to be classified as coarse, but I posted a thread here complaining about the way it acted and was told coarseness was behind its roughness.

I think this post (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=7362) does a fairly good job of describing the "feel" of different textures.

Fine hair has the smallest circumference. Fine hair can be so soft and silky that it can actually feel like feathers. Unless it has been chemically altered to damage the cuticle, fine hair reflects light the best of the three textures. When it is healthy, fine hair will often have a natural megawatt shine. Fine hair generally has a much thinner cortex than other hair textures and generally does not contain the inner medulla like other hair textures. Usually only the cortex and cuticle are present in fine hair which adds to it fragility.

Medium hair is the most common type of texture. Medium textured hair is neither super soft nor rough to the touch. Medium hair has lots of body and bounce and usually holds either a blow-dry shape or any type of set very well. It has the most styling flexibility of the three types. Although most medium textured hair usually contains the medulla, cortex and cuticle structural layers, there are exceptions.

Coarse hair has the largest circumference. Coarse hair can feel heavy and rough. Exceptionally coarse hair may feel a little like horse hair to the touch. The outside layers of coarse hair are often overlapped at the scales and raised from the shaft. It holds many styles with ease but can look wild and bushy with the wrong cut or style. It almost always contains three distinct layers known as the medulla, cortex and cuticle.

Wiry Hair which has a very hard, glassy finish as a result of the way that the cuticle scales lie flat against the hair shaft. Wiry hair can also be coarse, medium or fine and usually contains all three structural layers.

I do not have any real way of measuring my hair, but in terms of behavior, it's heavy and rough and bushy. I could still be wrong, but for purposes of knowing how to treat it, I'd say I'd be better off saying it was coarse and treating it that way. Definitely it's a spectrum not a solid divider -- my brother's hair is much, MUCH coarser than mine is -- but if I expected my hair to behave like M or F hair it would be unhappy. For instance, my mother has the same curl pattern I do, down to the uncooperative canopy, but her hair is much finer and behaves much differently and has very different needs.

The kinkyness occurs everywhere, not just in shed hairs. Isn't shedding a result of hair reaching the end of its growth and resting period, rather than mechanical damage?

[earthnut]

From that pic, your hair looks coarse, yes. The closest we have to actually measuring our hair microns is to compare them to something with known microns, like toothbrush bristles. :) It's hard to tell from just looking at a lock of hair.

[holothuroidea]

Here's close ups of my ends. I call it "feather hair." My hair is finer than my baby's, in other words super-duper-fine.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/holothuroidea/SAM_1277.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/holothuroidea/SAM_1278.jpg

[brave]

From that pic, your hair looks coarse, yes. The closest we have to actually measuring our hair microns is to compare them to something with known microns, like toothbrush bristles. :) It's hard to tell from just looking at a lock of hair.

I was kind of surprised in this thread how similar it all looks actually. I think you get a better idea almost from being either far away or obviously very close up. But it's fun to see different hair.

[schweedie]

Brave, yeah, I do tend to go with F/M - I'm certain it isn't coarse, at least, so that seems like the best option!

Earthnut and PolarCathy, I love those close-ups! I wsh my camera could take pictures like that. After seeing that I had to take a picture with a toothbrush bristle to compare:

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/IMG_2425.jpg

I think that strand is fairly representative of my hair, and from what I can gather it looks medium-ish.

[Vampyria]

The photos are huge and I just can't resize them. :(

ETA: I found a way to do it anyway. ;)

http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p496/Lilith513/khf.jpg?t=1342472999

http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p496/Lilith513/DSC_7611_4763.jpg?t=1342473139

http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p496/Lilith513/DSC_7620_4771.jpg?t=1342465710

I think my hair is between medium and coarse. The canopy is coarser and the under-layer is a bit finer, lighter in color and softer, but still a bit stiff. Most of my hair feels pretty wiry most of the time.

[brave]

The photos are huge and I just can't resize them. :(

Link them? :)

[SoulOfTheSea]

Alright, I'll play. :)

This is a pretty accurate shot of what my hair color looks like out in the natural sunlight. (Although this was taken indoor next to a fluorescent lamp.)

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=8340&pictureid=117360

[vanillabones]

Here's close ups of my ends. I call it "feather hair." My hair is finer than my baby's, in other words super-duper-fine.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/holothuroidea/SAM_1277.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/holothuroidea/SAM_1278.jpg
We are hair twinnies :o

[HumanBean]

This is the best close up I could get. The blue is a toothbrush strand, the bottom wool carpet strand (it's white and curly, so blends in to the background) , my hair in the middle.

Medium, right? The lower pic is a bunch of my shed hairs.

http://i.imgur.com/VDCiw.png

http://i.imgur.com/Os350.jpg

[spirals]

Finally I'm getting around to this. It looks 2 shades darker than it really is. It's really medium golden brown, like exactly what's on the hair color boxes, lol. http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/4604/070921222711.jpg

[jojo]

Here's close ups of my ends. I call it "feather hair." My hair is finer than my baby's, in other words super-duper-fine.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/holothuroidea/SAM_1277.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/holothuroidea/SAM_1278.jpg

What a great idea for a thread! Holothuroidea your hair looks the exact same fineness as mine. I've been looking at some of the thick strands, wow in ever knew hair could be that thick. mines got a " use all your old bit of dc and oil in a SMT:D" at the moment marinating but I will post if I remember after, but yep your a baby fine hair like me, it actually looks like my hair!:cheese:

[smrider]

A better close-up than I posted previously:http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8423/7592314020_d5db4182a4_d.jpg

Edited to Add: I have about 25% (and growing) coarse hair, 70% medium and 5% fine (around my temples only).

[jojo]

This is the best close up I could get. The blue is a toothbrush strand, the bottom wool carpet strand (it's white and curly, so blends in to the background) , my hair in the middle.

Medium, right? The lower pic is a bunch of my shed hairs.

http://i.imgur.com/VDCiw.png

http://i.imgur.com/Os350.jpg

I could sew clothes with that, my what thick hair you have, my greys are like this wish all my hair was though.....one day when I'm a. Old lady with silver hair I will get my wish!:)

[ratgirldjh]

These are my best pics with my phone camera.

http://i.imgur.com/RJ6Wq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/y7Ybv.jpg

I'm guess F/M?

[jojo]

Ok here's mine it's only 50% dry but the ends show just how fine my strands are, I need 5 hairs rolled between my finger and thumb to even feel them!
http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s366/joanna-eglin/82b4c9ae.jpg

Eta it's actually quite hard photographing your hair close up!

[sakuraemily]

i wish I could find my memory card

[Lucky_Lucy]

Here's mine, a few months ago. Well it's wavy here, I guess those were sock curls? And wow it looks so red!! I hope I can get to that colour!
http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy54/amai_lucia/DSCN1550.jpg
I'm pretty sure I'm an M. ^ ^

[Oksana]

This was way harder than I thought since my hair refuses to show up against anything but black!

This is next to a toothbrush bristle:

http://i50.tinypic.com/10eps9f.jpg

This is next to sewing cotton:

http://i46.tinypic.com/1qlfte.jpg

And a loose hair:

http://i49.tinypic.com/157iwkj.jpg

I would say I'm an F.

[SoulOfTheSea]

After seeing everyone else's close ups, I'm starting to second guess my hair texture. @_@

[brave]

This was way harder than I thought since my hair refuses to show up against anything but black!

This is next to a toothbrush bristle:

http://i50.tinypic.com/10eps9f.jpg

This is next to sewing cotton:

http://i46.tinypic.com/1qlfte.jpg

And a loose hair:

http://i49.tinypic.com/157iwkj.jpg

I would say I'm an F.
It's so light and shiny and sparkly!

[CurlyCurves]

I like this thread! Love seeing other people's hair up close.

Okay, here's mine (sorry for the huge pics, they're from FB);

A single strand;

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/264231_2255634550770_5662357_n.jpg

Close up curl pattern;

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8281/7598277304_dc80e29fd3.jpg

Close up texture;

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/250795_4232235444557_299105830_n.jpg

[TiffanieJean]

http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q501/Vicarious-Me/Colorcloseup.jpg

Color Close up

http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q501/Vicarious-Me/Levis2ndB-Day058.jpg
Braid :bluebiggr

[CurlyCurves]

http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt212/OMGPwnies101/closeupbunch.jpghttp://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt212/OMGPwnies101/DSC03313.jpghttp://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt212/OMGPwnies101/DSC03311.jpghttp://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt212/OMGPwnies101/DSC03314.jpg






http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/IMG_2381.jpg

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/IMG_2388.jpg

This was a shed hair that I had to take a picture of - I can't say exactly where the change happened, but the first few inches and the last few inches were drastically different. (The light part is at the root and the dark is the end.)

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/Bild10.png

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/Bild20.png

You two have such amazing hair :agape: :thud:

[CurlyCurves]

http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q501/Vicarious-Me/Colorcloseup.jpg

Color Close up

http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/q501/Vicarious-Me/Levis2ndB-Day058.jpg
Braid :bluebiggr

:agape: the colour. The shine. The health :thud:

[CurlyCurves]

Like this dude. Don't bother going into nice swoops and curls, just wrinkle your way along the entire strand. Thanks.


:rollin::rollin:

[earthnut]

With all the other pictures of medium hairs next to toothbrush bristles, I changed my designation to F/M. :)

[brave]

This article (http://scienceyhairblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/is-your-hair-fine-medium-or-coarse-how.html) has to be the most thorough test of hair coarseness I've come across, at least that is practical for the average person who can't measure in microns (alas!). I haven't done it yet, largely from laziness and also from lacking a measuring stick.

[CurlyCurves]

You guys inspired me to take this picture. They're both shed hairs.

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/406352_4364379788083_1337686307_n.jpg

[Vampyria]

CurlyCurves, you hair is so shiny, my curls (when I had them) never looked that pretty.

TiffanieJean, I love the color! :)

[DarkSky]

My hair is mainly fine with some medium. Here are the measurements:

Front and sides
0.0015 in = 38microns= Fine

Nape of neck
0.002 in = 51 microns = Fine

Top/Back
0.003 in = 76 microns = Medium

Below is a great blog post about hair thickness from my favourite hair blogger. I always assumed I had course hair until I read this... and now I know why my hair loves protein from time to time.

http://scienceyhairblog.blogspot.ca/2012/06/is-your-hair-fine-medium-or-coarse-how.html


Here are my pics:

Wet Curls
http://images29.fotki.com/v310/photos/8/1965328/10831023/IMG_7235375x500-vi.jpg

Dry hair end of the day loose waves (under layer)
http://images58.fotki.com/v513/photos/8/1965328/10831023/LooseWavesunderneath_smal-vi.jpg

[misspurdy06]

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x223/misspurd06/Picture404.jpg

Root to tip:

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x223/misspurd06/Picture399.jpg

Tooth brush bristle:

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x223/misspurd06/Picture400.jpg

[jojo]

This was way harder than I thought since my hair refuses to show up against anything but black!

This is next to a toothbrush bristle:

http://i50.tinypic.com/10eps9f.jpg

This is next to sewing cotton:

http://i46.tinypic.com/1qlfte.jpg

And a loose hair:

http://i49.tinypic.com/157iwkj.jpg

I would say I'm an F.

Your hair is a finey like mine :cheese:

[Dovetail]

Oh, my gracious! What a GORGEOUS color!!! I'm melting with envy!

:o thank you so much! I love my natural color. I always want to dye it, but then Im afraid it wouldnt grow back the same. Ive died it before, but that was years ago. Hehe sometimes I want it lighter too, but I really love where its at. Thank you for the compliment ^.^ makin me blush!


Everyone has such lovely hair! Its so neat to see the individual curly strands, they remind me of slinkies :cheese:

Ill try to get an individual strand shot too! I donno how it'll turn out though.

[misspurdy06]

I'm loving this thread! Close-ups of hair is one of my favourite things. :D ejking2, your hair definitely looks like F to me, which confuses me about my own texture. I can never tell whether mine is fine or medium or just a mix of both.

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/IMG_2381.jpg

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/IMG_2388.jpg

This was a shed hair that I had to take a picture of - I can't say exactly where the change happened, but the first few inches and the last few inches were drastically different. (The light part is at the root and the dark is the end.)

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/Bild10.png

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k626/growingmyhair/Bild20.png
Do you have well water or color depositing hair care products?

[schweedie]

CurlyCurves, thank you! :blossom:


Do you have well water or color depositing hair care products?
Do you mean in regard to the weird shed hair that changed colour/texture? I know we have or at least used to have rather hard water here, but not well water, no. And nope, no colour depositing products except one cassia treatment a month or so ago. Most of my shed hairs don't look like that - it's only happened a couple of times, but I find them amusing! :)

[CurlyCurves]

More texture shots :) most recent. From last night after doing an Aphogee treatment and following up with lots of moisture :)

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/548203_4365232569402_500093588_n.jpg

And this is from this morning

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/599789_4368960342594_1376356541_n.jpg


CurlyCurves, you hair is so shiny, my curls (when I had them) never looked that pretty.


Thank you ^_^ how was the health of your hair then? When my hair was unhealthy, I never had the shine or the curl pattern. It was just disgusting, and I thought I'd never have my childhood hair again.

[earthnut]

CurlyCurves, thank you! :blossom:


Do you mean in regard to the weird shed hair that changed colour/texture? I know we have or at least used to have rather hard water here, but not well water, no. And nope, no colour depositing products except one cassia treatment a month or so ago. Most of my shed hairs don't look like that - it's only happened a couple of times, but I find them amusing! :)

I have hairs that go from dark brown to white to dark brown again. Hair can be a funny thing!

[bunnylake]

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww228/dandelionghost/photo3.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww228/dandelionghost/photo.jpg
My frizzies D:


http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww228/dandelionghost/photo2.jpg

[kam.pearson]

http://i45.tinypic.com/jhu8nn.jpg

Here's mine, you can see my many colors lol

[kam.pearson]

Wow that's massive! Sorry girls!

[DarkSky]

More texture shots :) most recent. From last night after doing an Aphogee treatment and following up with lots of moisture :)

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/548203_4365232569402_500093588_n.jpg



CUrlyCurves you have the most amazing shiny curls!!! WOW!!!

[Kaelee]

Wet and oiled :D

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a133/Danmara/001-40.jpg

[brave]

Your hair looks super-soft. I love the hairsticks too :) Goes great with the color.

[schweedie]

I have hairs that go from dark brown to white to dark brown again. Hair can be a funny thing!
I think I've come across that once or twice, too. A funny thing indeed!

[MissCoco]

Another close-up picture of hair texture, from 2010:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=5629&pictureid=73464
Kind of low-quality, but it's the only one I've got! I'll be sure to upload a better one when I can.

[maria_asa]

I love close-ups. Here are mine:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/maria_asa/IMG_0902_red.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/maria_asa/IMG_0898_red.jpg

Compared with normal sewing cotton:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/maria_asa/IMG_0908_red.jpg

I also measured my hairs and they come in at around 40microns which just confirms that I indeed have fine hair.

[Vampyria]

Thank you ^_^ how was the health of your hair then? When my hair was unhealthy, I never had the shine or the curl pattern. It was just disgusting, and I thought I'd never have my childhood hair again.

I didn't know how to handle curls back then, so it was never 100% healthy, and it was very coarse also.

[Rish]

I am not sure why but my hair in the last photos appears redder, I think the camera wasn't able to pick it up right as to me in the sun my hair was dark brown with copper highlights, but the camera seemed to pick up the copper highlights and apply it to all my hair.. Weird..

http://www.kylielangton.com.au/photos/random/hair/IMG_3722.JPG

http://www.kylielangton.com.au/photos/random/hair/IMG_3749.JPG

http://www.kylielangton.com.au/photos/random/hair/IMG_3745.JPG

[Kayla Nyx]

ohh! ill play along :D Everyone has such pretty hair. well, here are mine.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-S_wgIBzMwzc/UBIqEOUleGI/AAAAAAAAASY/aTwxA3rJOxU/s512/2012-07-26_22-52-39_232.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zyTp8ZI3qxg/UBIqbyDIlYI/AAAAAAAAASg/WETZgVr1WQk/s512/2012-07-27_00-42-07_377.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HcdJeUj1TUw/UBItw7wVISI/AAAAAAAAASw/sN8oC00UAho/s800/2012-07-27_00-56-48_790.jpg

[Ligeia_13]

http://i45.tinypic.com/2ic2n36.jpg

I'm...medium? Probably.

[gracenotes]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7tlt52xBx1r5rpqqo1_500.jpg
This was my texture last summer. I've hennaed since then though, and have lost most of the wave.

[Elessaelle]

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/5589/dsc0408x.jpg

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9397/dsc0421fe.jpg

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/2595/dsc0413w.jpg

The last one is compared to sewing cotton... I think i have fine hair :)

[Helix]

So I tried taking some close ups of my 4b curls after I'd washed my hair and quickly realized that they can't be captured on the automatic setting of my point and shoot camera. The few that I did manage to capture in focus were pretty cool - they're so tiny it's amazeballs :pinktongue:.

What settings/modes do you all use to take close ups of your hair or really small objects? Any other tips/camera tricks are welcome.

For now, here's a close-up of my braid-out/braidwaves, (not my natural texture). I'll post pics of my coilies once I figure out how to capture them:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y97/racheru/Picture006-3.jpg

I'm pretty sure my hair is fine but I could be wrong. Can barely make out the individual flyaway strands unless light is reflecting off of them.

[girlcat36]

Here is my hair next to piece of sewing thread and a dime:

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd63/girlcat36/LHC%20pictures/054-2.jpg

You can barely see it.

I consider it baby fine or ultra fine.

[Greenfire]

I have what my hairdresser termed extremely fine hair. While it's super soft when it's in good shape, and very silky, I have a very thin braid when I have it long enough to braid. When I get highlights, the people cutting the foil curse because they need a lot more, and have to pull very fine strands out to do, because my hair is SO fine that I probably have 4 times the number of hairs on my head than some other people do. Downside, is that it is very fragile, and again, the thickest ponytail I can get is pretty thin. It's in really bad shape right now, but I haven't cut it, and am hoping that I can get by with just trims for a while until it grows out, no more highlighting...

The first picture is two of my hairs beside a toothbrush piece. It's really hard to take a picture, but I tried to get one of how many hairs twisted together was the same width as the toothbrush and it was 5, eyeballing, 4 or 6 depending on what hair I picked out... some of it is minisculely smaller than the other.. I think!

The second picture is a close up, but sadly, the shadow on the hair is hard to distinguish from the hair itself, so it actually appears double thick, If you can zoom it, you'll be able to see where the shadow comes away. The third and fourth photos are what my hair looks like all together. I have a LOT of hair.... but it's just too fine to make anything spectacular with!

http://imgur.com/a/P9rjJ

[Greenfire]

I have what my hairdresser termed extremely fine hair. While it's super soft when it's in good shape, and very silky, I have a very thin braid when I have it long enough to braid. When I get highlights, the people cutting the foil curse because they need a lot more, and have to pull very fine strands out to do, because my hair is SO fine that I probably have 4 times the number of hairs on my head than some other people do. Downside, is that it is very fragile, and again, the thickest ponytail I can get is pretty thin. It's in really bad shape right now, but I haven't cut it, and am hoping that I can get by with just trims for a while until it grows out, no more highlighting...

The first picture is two of my hairs beside a toothbrush piece. It's really hard to take a picture, but I tried to get one of how many hairs twisted together was the same width as the toothbrush and it was 5, eyeballing, 4 or 6 depending on what hair I picked out... some of it is minisculely smaller than the other.. I think!

The second picture is a close up, but sadly, the shadow on the hair is hard to distinguish from the hair itself, so it actually appears double thick, If you can zoom it, you'll be able to see where the shadow comes away. The third and fourth photos are what my hair looks like all together. I have a LOT of hair.... but it's just too fine to make anything spectacular with!

http://imgur.com/a/P9rjJ

I don't seem to have the ability to post pictures yet, so I'll link it instead. http://imgur.com/a/P9rjJ

Sorry for the double post if a mod can fix for me? I couldn't see the edit button.

[littlestarface]

Heres mine close up of the length of the hair. Im a M for sure,,though I wish I was a C:(

http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/5050/107oy.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/805/107oy.jpg/)

[KhiraLi]

Here's a close-up on my texture. I've looked at some random strands in a microscope and they seem to be somewhere between 50-75 uM so F/M. Hopefully next week one of our better resolution microscopes are free for use and then I can determine the exact measurement.

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/novalii/IMG_0668b.jpg

[brave]

Here's a close-up on my texture. I've looked at some random strands in a microscope and they seem to be somewhere between 50-75 uM so F/M. Hopefully next week one of our better resolution microscopes are free for use and then I can determine the exact measurement.

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/novalii/IMG_0668b.jpg

Wow, your hair looks so silky! Color me envious.

[sharonluvscats]

KhiraLi, *gasp* Love your hair. It's time for me to go back to the Hair Jealousy thread. ;)

[LadyLongLocks]

A wide tooth Scunci comb and a bun held with a claw clip.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i172/JJJLonghair/LHC%20Forum%20pix%20for%20linking/closeupcomb4lhc.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i172/JJJLonghair/LHC%20Forum%20pix%20for%20linking/closeup4lhc.jpg

[jacqueline101]

Mine is a mixed bunch of hairs.

[JesusFreak88]

Here is my hair. I am definitely a fine haired gal, my hair disappears against basically any surface. The fist pic is all my hair and the second is showing just the ends.
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/375681_10150985065768741_790247628_n.jpg
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/575946_10150985001618741_849636648_n.jpg

[Tia2010]

I consider my hair a Fine/Medium

Here is a close up of the texture (It's Manic Panic-ed here, so darker than usual)

http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j468/Tiablueeyez/Hair%20journey/4d42a754.jpg

Here are the ends: excuse the white fuzzies from my robe....

http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j468/Tiablueeyez/Hair%20journey/abfbefa4.jpg


And a close up of the ends:

http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j468/Tiablueeyez/Hair%20journey/89092fbb.jpg

[Falcore]

Here's a close-up on my texture. I've looked at some random strands in a microscope and they seem to be somewhere between 50-75 uM so F/M. Hopefully next week one of our better resolution microscopes are free for use and then I can determine the exact measurement.

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/novalii/IMG_0668b.jpg

Wow your hair looks sooo soft! Beautiful.

[KhiraLi]

Wow, your hair looks so silky! Color me envious.


KhiraLi, *gasp* Love your hair. It's time for me to go back to the Hair Jealousy thread. ;)


Wow your hair looks sooo soft! Beautiful.

Thankyou! :flowers: It is very soft one minute or so after I comb it but it really doesn't stay like that for long. Hopefully however, that is something that will change now that I joined LHC. So far I've noticed that SMT's makes a big difference :D

[loveisdivine]

I just took a couple of pics of my ends. I'm having an "oh crap my ends are hidiously covered in white dots" day. What do you guys think? You cant see them as much in the pic, but trust me they are there! Aslong as there not really noticeable I dont mind too much, cos my hairs still growing and is looking shinier than ever. Just dont want other people to notice them.

http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o369/loveisdivine_photos/F37F7835-C84F-44D4-9F64-78097D985783-22692-000016A350BC035D.jpg

http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o369/loveisdivine_photos/1799F436-D42C-43B3-B156-C036C8975475-22692-000016A34AAF2742.jpg

Theres such a colour difference in different lights.

[CurlyCurves]

Ooo, I do love this thread. So much beautiful hair.

Here's another contribution from me;

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/581128_4504567612691_941398735_n.jpg

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/533248_4514468060196_994767946_n.jpg

[CurlyCurves]

CUrlyCurves you have the most amazing shiny curls!!! WOW!!!

Thank you so much, it is much appreciated :o

[CurlyCurves]

I didn't know how to handle curls back then, so it was never 100% healthy, and it was very coarse also.

I understand..

[fiðrildi]

Hi, I thought I might bring this thread back! Lately I am having trouble trying to decide if my hair is F/M, or just F. Actually, my hair is a mix of different textures (and colours!), and my mum always called it "fine", so I did... but watching other people's hair made me rethink about it! I don't have a microscope, so I can't measure microns :p

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa41/PAJAROTRISTE/2.png

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa41/PAJAROTRISTE/3-1.png

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa41/PAJAROTRISTE/SAM_0320.jpg

any one knows? :rolleyes:

[MINAKO]

Top of my head in the morning after LOC the night before and lose topknot.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m32/shimi88/10367584_10202361090335703_9181968256236817868_n_z ps2e16c9f4.jpg (http://s100.photobucket.com/user/shimi88/media/10367584_10202361090335703_9181968256236817868_n_z ps2e16c9f4.jpg.html)

Fine and wavy vs. coarse and wurly.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m32/shimi88/1486808_10201920768767939_543659021_n_zpsaaa99277. jpg (http://s100.photobucket.com/user/shimi88/media/1486808_10201920768767939_543659021_n_zpsaaa99277. jpg.html)

[Nadine <3]

My avatar. I had braid waves.
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5195/14066652324_80486a6fbf_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nr2gEm)1 (https://flic.kr/p/nr2gEm) by Marie Photography 92 (https://www.flickr.com/people/39901375@N02/), on Flickr
Hair closer to my scalp
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2899/14062988361_6cc8372fd2_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nqGuuz)2 (https://flic.kr/p/nqGuuz) by Marie Photography 92 (https://www.flickr.com/people/39901375@N02/), on Flickr
The whole shebang.
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5478/14109276626_d0f7c83be7_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nuMJo7)jnfdusgjiehre 103 (https://flic.kr/p/nuMJo7) by Marie Photography 92 (https://www.flickr.com/people/39901375@N02/), on Flickr

[CremeTron]

Today:

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh483/CremeTron/e4c5d588-8917-49bc-a7e7-6067872143ce_zps52e16b28.jpg (http://s1248.photobucket.com/user/CremeTron/media/e4c5d588-8917-49bc-a7e7-6067872143ce_zps52e16b28.jpg.html)


At the time I joined LHC and you can tell- what a frizzy mess!
V V V V V

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh483/CremeTron/2014-03-11215829_zpsa4dc376a.jpg (http://s1248.photobucket.com/user/CremeTron/media/2014-03-11215829_zpsa4dc376a.jpg.html)

[Duchess Fuzzy Buns]

My curly q's :) (hope I do this image posting thing right)
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo37/lauren_alia/1400869602391.jpg (http://s359.photobucket.com/user/lauren_alia/media/1400869602391.jpg.html)

[lapushka]

My curly q's :) (hope I do this image posting thing right)
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo37/lauren_alia/1400869602391.jpg (http://s359.photobucket.com/user/lauren_alia/media/1400869602391.jpg.html)

Very pretty! :)

[silverthread]

1c/F/ii - and lots of silvery-gray.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11155&d=1400976945

[luluj]

Close up, as the sun is going down.

http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x374/lulubell58/4262543f5c30cf0066e5922ef56b73f2_zpsd9c79f2c.jpg

[silverthread]

Luluj, you give me hair envy:o

[Crystawni]

Mine's "fairly" fine to "just" fine, with many (natural) colours.

http://i.imgur.com/LyITjKL.jpg

And closer:

http://i.imgur.com/DLtFzig.jpg

With browns, golds and whites (unbrushed):

http://i.imgur.com/edsz8k7.jpg

And the sides with what's hidden beneath (unbrushed):

http://i.imgur.com/mQdnzQf.jpg

[Wosie]

luluj, your hair looks beautiful (as it always does!) and I love that heart hair clip (I have a thing for hearts... and silver). :crush:

Crystawni} Gold and silver in such a magnificent mix. :thud: Did you take the pictures during the evening sunlight?

[Crystawni]

Yup, Wosie! Ta (and I'm with you on the hearts!)! All but the last pic were about 40 mins before sunset. Apparently my hair gets a real reddy/gold tinge in the sunlight and these pics were very close up, so showed some of its many colours. (Being a tawny, my hair changes with the light.)

[Duchess Fuzzy Buns]

Very pretty!
Thank you lapushka! :o

[luluj]

Luluj, you give me hair envy:o

Oh my, thanks so much, silver thread! :flowers:

Your own silvers are very lovely! :crush:


luluj, your hair looks beautiful (as it always does!) and I love that heart hair clip (I have a thing for hearts... and silver). :crush:

Thank-you, Wosie! :flower:

I love the little heart clip, too. I'm pretty partial to silver, also. :pinktongue:

[C_Bookworm]

Hoping to get this thread active again! I love seeing all the different textures/colors.

I'm 1c/2a/F/iii

http://i.imgur.com/ioIt9Vr.jpg

Crystawni, I'm in awe of all the colors in your hair. Gorgeous!