Determining your hair type will help you figure out how to style it more effectively.Understanding the different qualities of your hair is part of the hair type process.Your hair type can be used to recommend the best hair styles, colors, and styling products for you.
Step 1: Put your hair in the middle of the mirror.
Use your fingers or a comb to cut your hair.It should be separated into two sides.To keep it out of your way, it might be a good idea to pin down one of the sides.
Step 2: On one side of the part, hold a chunk of hair.
You can see the roots of your hair by moving the chunk around.If you have a good light in your bathroom, you can see your hair.You can have someone hold a lamp or flashlight above your head to give you more light.
Step 3: Take a look at your hair density.
The number of strands on your head is called your hair density.Look at your hair.How much of your hair can you see in a square inch?You can see how dense your hair is by looking at how much skin you have.If you don't see much hair growth, you have thick hair density.If you see some hair, you have medium density.Thin hair density is related to the amount of scalp you see.
Step 4: It's time to test another spot on your head.
Go through this process again.It's possible that your hair density is different at other spots on your head.A friend can help you look at the back of your head.You can see it better if they take a picture.
Step 5: You should wash your hair.
You should wash your hair using your regular regimen.You should wash your hair with a cleanser and conditioner.You can alter your results by choosing a time when you won't be exercising or sweating a lot.
Step 6: Allow your hair to dry.
The best way to dry your hair is by using a towel and air, since a hair dryer can change the way hair reacts.
Step 7: Cut a length of sewing thread.
A thicker thread is intended for sewing heavy-duty fabrics.
Step 8: Remove a strand of dry hair.
Rather than having it break in the middle, try to get the full strand.If you want to see how thick your hair is, choose a strand that is representative of your entire head of hair.The crown of your head is the best place to get the strand.No styling products should be in your hair.If you want to get the most authentic results, leave styling products out of your hair.
Step 9: The thread and hair strand should be placed side-by-side.
To see the hair strand and thread more clearly, use a sheet of white paper.
Step 10: The hair strand should be compared to the thread.
Use a magnifying glass or mirror to take a close look at your hair.Before you compare it to the thread, stretch it out a bit.It might be a good idea to tape down the strand and thread ends.Thin hair is caused by the hair strand being thinner than the thread piece.Medium hair texture can be found if your hair strand is the same thickness as the thread.You have thick hair if the hair strand is thicker than the thread.
Step 11: You should wash your hair.
You should wash your hair using your regular regimen.You should wash your hair with a cleanser and conditioner.All chemicals and products should be washed out of your hair.
Step 12: To dry your hair, use a towel.
If you want to gently squeeze your hair, use a clean t-shirt or microfiber towel.If you don't dry it too much, you may not be able to determine the porosity of your hair.
Step 13: You can feel your hair.
Take chunks of hair and feel them in your hands.It's a good idea to squeeze your hair.If your hair feels dry, it's because you don't have muchMoisture and you have low porosity.If your hair is wet but not sticky, you have a medium amount of moist hair.If your hair feels sticky, as if the water will take a long time to leave, then you have high porosity.There is a lot of water in your hair.
Step 14: Put your hair in a bowl of water.
Pull out a strand of hair and put it in the water.The hair strand won't touch the sides if the bowl is large.Look at the strand of hair.Medium porosity is indicated by a strand that sinks after a while.You have high porosity if the strand sinks to the bottom of the bowl quickly.
Step 15: Take your hair out on a different day.
If the weather is very humid, your hair may react differently than it would on a dry day.
Step 16: You should wash your hair.
You should wash your hair using your regular regimen.You should wash your hair with a cleanser and conditioner.You can alter your results by choosing a time when you won't be exercising or sweating a lot.
Step 17: Allow your hair to dry.
The best way to dry your hair is by using a towel and air, since a hair dryer can change the way hair reacts.Adding products to your hair can change your results.
Step 18: Allow your hair to sit overnight.
If you give your head and hair time, you will be able to check for oils.
Step 19: It's a good idea to check for oiliness.
Put a tissue on your head in the morning.Just a gentle press against your hair will suffice.Press it against your head.If there is oil on the tissue, you have oily hair.You have medium hair if you see a trace of oil on the tissue.If there is nothing on the tissue, you have dry hair.If there was no oil from one spot but a lot of oil on the other, you have combination hair.
Step 20: Take your hair out on a different day.
If the weather is very humid, your hair may react differently than it would on a dry day.
Step 21: Pull out a strand of hair.
A strand of towel dried hair will give you the best results.Rather than having it break in the middle, try to get the full strand.Your hair can have styling products in it.If you want to get the most authentic results, you should leave styling products out of your hair.
Step 22: The strand of hair needs to be stretched.
Pull the strand of hair with your hands.Allow it to be stretched gently.It will break too soon if it is stretched quickly.You want to see how long the strand of hair will last before it breaks.
Step 23: When you stretch out hair, watch what happens to it.
When it breaks, watch how it begins to stretch like a rubber band.When it is wet, elastic hair will stretch up to 50% of its original length before it snaps.You have high elasticity and strong hair if you stretch the strand a long way before it breaks.Medium elasticity can be achieved if you stretch the strand a bit before it snaps.If the strand breaks immediately when stretched, you have low elasticity and your hair may not be very strong.When the strand breaks, it may curl up.
Step 24: A strand of hair is on your head.
Different parts of your head may have different elasticity.If you want to pull a strand from the crown of your head first, try pulling it from behind your ear or the base of the skull.
Step 25: You need to wash your hair.
You should wash your hair using your regular regimen.You should wash your hair with a cleanser and conditioner.
Step 26: Allow your hair to dry.
The best way to dry your hair is by using a towel and air, since a hair dryer can change the way hair reacts.
Step 27: Determine the type of hair you have.
Oprah Winfrey's hairdresser created a system for determining hair type based on curl size and pattern.Straight to coily hair types are included.There is no curve in hair.Hair is wavy but not curly.Even when unstyled, the hair is curly with an S shape.The hair is coiled tightly and has a Z pattern.When released, it will return to its curled shape.There is a chance that type 4 hair will shrink up to 75% of its actual length.
Step 28: Find your hair type.
Take a look at the hair on your head.If you have curly hair, observe the thickness and pattern of the curl.The hair is categorized into four types and three subcategories per type.The hair is soft and can't hold a curl.Hair has more volume.The hair is coarse.The hair is coarse and resembles the letter S.There is a wave in the hair.The coarsest of this category is hair with thick waves.Curls are the same diameter as sidewalk chalk.Medium-sized Curls are the same diameter as a sharpie.Curls are the same diameter as a pencil.Curls are the same diameter as a needle.Curls look like the letter Z.It is difficult to define because it has a tight zigzag.
Step 29: You can compare your hair to the LOIS system.
The LOIS system takes strand texture and thickness into account.The strand of hair is compared to the letters L, O, Curl, and I.Hold the strand up with one hand.The strands of your hair look like the letters L, O, I and S.This hair has a zigzag pattern.Your strand resembles the letter O.Your strand is straight with no curves or waves, similar to the letter I.If this is the case, you should check a few strands of hair from all over your head to see if one of the letters is more dominant.