by Ayana Aden | Apr 10, 2021 | Curl / Texture Type
If you have Type 4a natural hair, you already know that it takes more than just a deep conditioner for your coils to stay hydrated. Type 4 hair in general needs a little more TLC to keep the coils hydrated and happy, and this rings true for 4a hair. 4a natural hair...
by Ayana Aden | Mar 14, 2021 | Curl / Texture Type
Fine Type 4 natural hair just doesn’t get enough attention. This hair type has a unique issue with breakage. Firstly, Type 4 natural hair experiences more breakage than other curl type because of the angularity of curls and coils. This doesn’t mean that Type 4...
by Ayana Aden | Feb 24, 2021 | Curl / Texture Type
Type 3 hair, out of all of the curl textures, has the most diversity across its spectrum. From loose, S-shaped ringlets to corkscrew curls, it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly where you fall within the Type 3 range. Curl density and width also varies within the...
by Ayana Aden | Aug 1, 2020 | Curl / Texture Type
4b natural hair suffers from “forgotten middle child” syndrome. It’s distinctly different from its 4a and 4c counterparts yet is quite often looked over. To be clear, 4b hair is distinctly different from 4a and 4c hair. In fact, it’s unique Z-shaped...
by Ayana Aden | Nov 10, 2019 | Curl / Texture Type, Natural Hair Growth
There are a lot of misconceptions around learning how to grow 4c natural hair. Through racist and often subliminal messaging, we’ve been conditioned to think that 4c natural hair is “tough”, “rough”, “tangled”,...
by Ayana Aden | Jun 22, 2019 | Curl / Texture Type, Natural Hair Growth
If you have Type 4 hair, there’s a very nasty stigma that you’ve had to live with. This stigma is rooted in anti-black and racist rhetoric, and is a direct product of colonization and white supremacy. The message is this: that Type 4 hair is “hard”,...
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