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Points: 3110 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: Jul 22 2007 at 11:24am
Originally posted by cSaint68 cSaint68 wrote:

Thanks for posting AfroGerman_Girl!!
 
I didn't know the 3b catagory had so many subtypes.  Based on this I would say I'm a 3b3/3a underneath.
 
 
Wow, you have such beautiful hair, so healthy-looking!Clap Yes, you look like a 3a or 3b1 in your avatar...
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Thanks for posting AfroGerman_Girl!!
 
I didn't know the 3b catagory had so many subtypes.  Based on this I would say I'm a 3b3/3a underneath.
 
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with your hair typing system it looks as though I'm 3b8, 3c, and 4a all mixed together. But moreso 3c.
 
3b9 looks looser than 3b8.
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I have decided to try and replicate the hair type chart that www.blendedbeauty.net used to have. For some reason they replaced it with a different chart, but I thought the old one was good. So I've triedto work from memory and replicate it as best as possible. I welcome any constructive criticism or suggestions for improvement!
 

Hair typing system by AfroGerman_girl (derived from the old hair typing system on www.blendedbeauty.net)

 
Type 1 – straight hair
Type 1 – Straight hair
 
Type 2a – big loose waves
 
Type 2b – smaller, tighter waves
 
Type 3a – big, loose curls
 

Type 3b – big cupid curls to small spiral curls

 

This group has up to 9 subtypes, categorized by size and tightness of curl

 


3b1

 

3b2

3b3
3b4
3b5
 
3b6
 
3b7
 
3b8
 
3b9
 
3c – small, tight corkscrew curls
 

4a – has a clearly visible curl and wave pattern that ranges from pen size curls to pen spring size coils

4b - has a tighter wave pattern and kinks of various size

 

Note: often you will find different curl types on the same head, so if your hair does not clearly fit into any of these categories, you have a combination of textures, which is common!

 

Also note that each hair type can be ranging from highly textured (i.e. coarse) to lowly textured (i.e. fine/silky).  

    

This is a good example of a loose curl that is highly textured.                                              



Edited by AfroGerman_Girl - Jul 31 2007 at 2:23pm
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