What Low Porosity Hair LOOKS Like
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Hey guys! In today’s video, I’m showing what low porosity hair looks like. Hope this video helps anyone who needs a bit of help on their hair journey!
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Pin this so people can see! A good example of high porosity would be Jaelen Mitchell/ Natural Reign on RUclips. Other low porosity people to watch are @Bri Hall and @Kimberly Cherrell
AtChantersHouse yess I love and watch all of them!
True . Soaks water so easily. Bri I think needs warm water . I thinkk . Might be wrong. .
I watch @itsmeDashaB for High Porosity hair
This is so helpful. Thanks
yess jaelen
Black women make me so proud. We've come so far, figured so much out about ourselves through our own research, own science and experimentation, and plain old simple trial and error. No one took our hand and guided us, or gave us the key to our knowledge. But here we are speaking on lopo hair and the reasoning behind it. Look how far we've come. I love us for real. Lol 🖤💕🖤💕
Yes, this! So proud!
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So true and so beautiful! Hate to think how much more knowledge we would have of ourselves had our ancestors been forced to loose their history/identities due to the slave trade...😔 imagine the knowledge✨ But we’re getting their!
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You are the FIRST person to actually do what was needed, SHOW us not tell us. Much appreciated. If you have friends with normal and high porosity, we would appreciate repeating this video but with 3 of you showing us the difference. Thanks again for this!
Exactly my thoughts as well. Would love to see that video!
I saw the curl ninja show a video too
Stephanie and Dennis America posted a video like this a year ago. Very similar title if you are interested!
Yes! I ain’t no damn scientist! SHOW ME. Shoot..
The fact that you enlightened an entire community with a 4 minute video👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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My hair is low porosity & if it weren’t for this video I probably wouldn’t have known. All these other videos I watched made it so difficult to figure out & those stupid tests never helped me much.
warm water helps dont do a cold rinse it actually makes your hair frizzier
baby girl Not for low porosity
@baby girl then you don't have low porosity hair girl
baby girl No one should be using hot water, but low porosity gals must use warm water. It helps open the hair shaft...
Often us LP gals are also protein sensitive... I have to carefully check ingredients... For this reason, I cannot use coconut oil because it acts like a protein. Makes my hair look like 🌾🏜🍂 aka Tumbleweed
That makes so much sense on why my hair doesn’t get weighed down while I’m washing it in the shower
i’ve known my hair is low porosity for a while but now i need to know how to moisturize and protect it properly.
Use warm/hot water. I also like to put my deep conditioner on and then wrap it in my hot heads cap and sit under a hood or get one of those portable hoods to attach to your blow dryer and just let it go for 15 mins so the heat can open the strands of hair and let the moisture through. Then I rinse in warm/hot water, apply a leave in, a lotion, and a sealant. Plus I water my hair with a homemade rejuvenating spray, daily (my hair is 4c lopo and loves to be watered like a plant apparently. Lol.) This routine has been helping me stay moisturized. Hope this helps even a little.
I always deep condition and I heat my products before I apply them. Do not put your products in the microwave lol ....I put some water in a microwave safe bowl and heat the water for about 5 to 8 minutes. Then I put my products in the water for about 5-8 minutes. I apply them to my hair using the LCO method. HUGE difference from when I didn’t heat my products before applying them #GameChanger
@@MsFavored01 and @tannerranner thanks for sharing your tips!
Thanks ladies! I did this as a kid but stopped and ruined my hair with heat all through middle and high school
Use a warm, water based moisturizer. You’ll know it’s more water based if it runs down your hand when you lift up a quarter sized amount.
Nice & simple explanation of low porosity hair. Love science-based explantations!
Thank you ❤️ and me too!
I was natural for about 4 years before i learned this and now i’m 8 years natural and i’ve noticed how much healthier and longer my hair has gotten. Definitely an important thing to study when researching going natural.
When I was younger my cousins used to roast me and say my hair was bullet proof you could dunk my head in the water and the inside of my ponytail would be bone dry
Glorimar Martinez 😂😂✊🏾
That ain’t shit my boy can go under water in a pool and will come out with his hair completely dry
Do a video on how to moisturize low porosity hair
Wow. Can we share this video with everyone instead of the stupid test that always left me with inconclusive results
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Lol! Cut your hair and put it in a cup of water lol
Make sure you heat your styling products before applying them, and I’ve also found that my hair was better moisturized when I used the LCO method instead of the LOC method.
Thanks for not shouting at us when speaking, the clear and to the point real world explanation was indeed well done-
This video was 4 mins and answered like 50 questions i had... thank you thank you thank you thank you!! I was trying to figure out why my hair always looked puffy whenever it was wet and i thought maybe it was damaged but now I kno.... You’re a blessing 👏🏽
Yesssss thank you !!! My hair is definitely low porosity. Moisturizing my hair drives me crazy !!!!!! But I’m learning lol
Keeping it simple 😊. I think I've always known but when you watch so many videos on this topic, it's easy to get confused. Thanks for the straight to the point video. It's much appreciated.
Illustrations...well chosen illustrations will always drive home the main point. Thank you for this. I now know the type of hair I have. Low porosity. Now, the question is which products are best for my hair.
Good video. That’s why I rinse my hair with water for at least 4 minutes before cleansing my hair. I also do the LCO method and try to stay away from protein treatments. I thought I needed protein because of trying to have a moisture/protein balance. Well after using protein my hair starting breaking...so I found out low porosity hair is also protein sensitive... and my hair hates coconut oil. Just about all brands have some type of coconut oil in their products. Go figure. Anyway, I use henna as my protein which is no way near as harsh and a protein mask...at least for my hair anyway. I’ve been using henna for over 15 years. I use henna once a month and moisture for the rest of the month. It’s a weird balance but I think that’s what works for me...at least for now. I also noticed I can’t leave most moisture masks in my hair overnight it makes my hair look like a wet noodle. Hope this helps someone with the same issues.
This is a great visual. I'm sure it helped a lot of people. Very creative!
The lie is that we cannot grow long healthy hair or even just healthy hair in general. This is the truth though, we all have similar issues and different ones all together. Find a way that works for you and don’t fall into the lie. This video was so informative; I always wonder what to do with my husbands hair and you’ve helped me with that. Thank you and continue what you’re doing! 😘
That last minute of this video explained everything I was unsure about. I’ve read so many articles and watched other videos on RUclips that still left me confused. I know now that this isn’t hair. I would love to see other people try this with different porosity levels.
My hair does all of this. The way I found out was by taking strain of my hair and I put it in a cup of water. It just sat there at the top and floated 😆.
I've wanted to do this but I'm confused about how to actually do it. Does the hair have to be stripped of all product? I feel like if hair that has been styled already and put into water, the product may interfere with the results.
@@giftd18 clean, no product is guess.
My hair did the same thing. It just floated . And it would only sink if i pushed the strand into the water.
haVoc Witta Capital V It has to be clean.
@@miinxxx lopo
I love that you soaked your hair to show us. I HAVE to wash my hair while showering, bc the humidity & constant flow of water on my hair is what makes the true curl pattern come out and it’s takes at least 10mins of being in that environment before I feel that it is a good time to put the shampoo and conditioner on. With low porosity you can definitely FEEL the difference. it’s better for us to have a long lasting protective style bc it’s hard to “refresh” or add more moisture midweek without wetting and messing up the set styles like wash and go’s or twist outs. Simply because you can’t just slap on product ... it’ll literally just sit there & have a reverse effect. (At least in my experience)
Finally! A Low Porosity video that actually shows the struggle. 😍 New Subbie! Thank you
Now I get it😳👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💥❣️❤️💕🎊🎉💓I thought I had low porosity hair but visually now that I see your explanation, I do not bc when I put water in my hair it soaks it up❣️I always said I had a rainforest in my hair👏🏽👏🏽❣️💥❤️🎊🎉Thank you for the visuals hun❤️❣️💥👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🎉💓😍🥰😘
This video was extremely helpful. I've done all types of tests and gotten different results, now I know for sure I'm low porosity. Thanks
I knew mine was low por, but dang, This is literally what my hair does. Heat is it's best friend
I have been natural since 2014 and this is the simplest video on porosity that I've ever seen.
Do you know anyone or someone who can do one like this that is what High porosity hair looks like?so u can compare and figure out my porosity?
isnatchedyourwigoff chile I may have an example of someone with normal porosity, but not high porosity
Yeah
You can also do the porosity test. Take a strand of hair and set it on top of some water in a bowl or cup. Let it sit for a couple of hours. If your stays on top it’s low, if it sinks it’s high porosity meaning it absorbs water easily
Tiana Michelle Please do normal. I think I’m normal.
Mimi Brown That test is faulty for many reasons. Here’s a few: There’s no set temperature for that test and everybody’s doing it in different temperatures, you have to consider buildup, some people are dropping the hair into the cup of water and some people are pushing the hair under the water to see if it will soak up enough water to stay afloat. There’s more too...and nobody can find the original guide for this. The finger test is faulty too.
Best explanation I've ever seen. I am definitely low porosity. Thank you so much. New subbie
God bless you 😭 I’m so happy I’m crying. Finally VISUALS! Im subscribing because of this alone.
Thank you for explaining this to me. This means my hair is high porosity. My hair just absorb the water and shrinks.
My hair shrinks too....I always thought that I was low porosity....like water will just sit on my hair and it does take it some time to get wet, but it definitely does NOT expand. It shrinks up. That's odd. Now I'M confused...and I don't like that. 😑
So..I don’t have low porosity..I’ve either got normal or high...thank you for this, now I only have to find two videos just like this demonstrating normal and high 🤦♀️😭
Right! 😭👍🏾
I have high porosity hair in the back and normal in the front. My hair in the back becomes completely straight when wet. My hair in the front maintains a loose curl pattern, but looks saturated. Also I have type 4 hair so its not due to have a looser curl pattern. Hope this helps :)
I've suspected for a while now that my hair was not low porosity because products and water absorb quickly into my hair, this video definitely confirmed that for me. Thanks for this to the point and very informative video!
From my years of trying to figure out the porosity of my hair, I’ve finally found that I have low porosity hair! I swear other channels with just make a 20 minute video seeming like a lecture just to leave me confused and unsure😩 thank you!
Ruthie Tho same though
THIS WAS THE BEST VIDEO ON LOW POROSITY I HAVE EVER SEEN! IT WAS EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND STRAIGHT TO THE POINT! THANK YOU!
Thank you for showing others what low porosity looks like. Examples like these help those who are still struggling to understand their hair and it gives very clear, real-time application of what we're hearing from multiple people on this subject. You've also inspired a few others to do the same which is awesome!
I found out I had low porosity hair from the "float" test. It helped me to figure out which products and oils work better for my hair (grapeseed & jojoba work for me but coconut oil does not). And I do the LCO method instead of LOC because my hair retains moisture better that way.
Thank you so much for this!!! I absolutely love this!!! My porosity is on the full spectrum. My hair is primarily 4b/c, with 4a around the back and front perimeter. My 4b/c is low to medium porosity. My 4a areas are medium to high porosity. The 4a areas quickly absorb water, and can easily experience hygral fatigue on wash day. The 4b/c section take a while to become fully saturated with water. It also prefers heat when deep conditioning. I no longer do a cool rinse at the end of wash day, because this makes the lower porosity areas feel stiff and dry. My 4b/c are loves moisture with a little bit of protein, while the 4a areas love protein and a little moisture. As a result, my hair loves products that have a good moisture and protein balance. It’s taken me a long time to finally learn this about my hair’s true porosity, but learning and truly understanding it has been a key game changer in my hair regimen.🌺♥️
Marie Keïta what conditioner do you use and how to do moisture your hair
Zoeyw1 Hi there! This is a hard question for me to answer because my regimen consists of 100% ayurvedic herbs and all natural diy ingredients. I make all of my own diy concoctions/treatments. Whatever product you choose to use, just make sure to pay close attention to it’s ingredient list. The cleaner and more natural the ingredients are, the better it is for your hair. Be careful of products that claim to be natural, but yet contain a bunch of fillers and unnecessary ingredients.
I use the LOC/LCO/LO method to moisturize my hair. I keep it really simple by using 3 diy ingredients. I start off by using my moisturizing and strengthening herbal tea leave-in conditioning spritz. Followed by my Ayurvedic infused oil, and finally, seal with my whipped butter. I focus the whipped butter primarily on my ends. I hope this helped.🌺♥️
Thank you for breaking this down in simple terms, also you and your hair are so beautiful 🌹
That was literally the easiest way someone explained high and low porosity! I have watched a million videos and was still clueless. Thank you for the break down boo!
All these years! This is the BEST video out there!
I already knew I was lopo, but because of your demonstrations besides placing a strand of hair in a cup you gained a follower. Awesome demonstrations❤
Literally the best video I’ve seen explaining this and you did it without going on and on about water in a glass and dropping in strands lol bravo.
I’m so glad you put this video out here. It took me years to come to terms with the fact that I had low porosity hair. Your demonstration is a sure-fire way to know if you have low porosity hair without caking your head with products that don’t absorb.
You did such a wonderful job of explaining the concept of low porosity hair in a clear and concise manner, and cudos for actually giving a demonstration. I love it!!
This video was EVERYTHING! So glad this came up on my feed. Thank you! Your other vids are also super informative!
🙄🙄🙄 thank you for showing! Lawd ppl talk about this without giving a good example to actually SEE the difference. Luckily I figured it out for myself but I watched this anyways lol.
Thank you so much for this! No matter how many videos I watched I was still left not knowing if I was low prosity or not until now. Thank you!
Very useful! It's possible to have low porosity hair that gets wet fast if you have fine hair though
So cool I took have low porosity hair I've been natural for about 6 years and my hair has always been shoulder length I have been listening to so many people who claim they too have the same hair but that's not true I truly have low porosity hair.
This video was really helpful. I just had a friend ask how does she figure out porosity & I told her do the water test but NOW, I can just refer to this! Thank you for getting right to the point 😭
Low porosity hair is cool. My friend has it on the extreme hair and it was super fun doing her hair
You're absolutely right, i noticed exactly the same with my LoPo hair and water. Water sits on top, Water rolls down, hair gets bigger, unless i take longer to drench but even so it doesn't get that curly flat.
Round of applause for the fact your skin & hair are perfect
Thank you for making this short, sweet and to the point. I've never seen it put this way or shown this way. Secures my observations for my 2 kids. One is high and one is low. Wild how they works but their textures look the same. His long locks drip water like crazy and hers just eats it up and I can spray and spray and it just seems to soak it all up. Thank you!
The second explanation was probably the best way to explain it in my opinion. That’s pretty much the easiest way for someone to self analyze their own hair. I now understand that I DONT have low porosity hair
Thank you so much for this video! I never understood why when I’m trying to soak my hair with water or actually gets poofy. I knew I had low porosity hair but couldn’t understand this phenomenon. Thank you for sharing.
I remember when I found out I had low porosity hair, I used to say that I had a built in poncho because my hair took forever to get fully saturated with water. And with the second description of knowing that you have low porosity, that was one thing I always was curious about , why does when I’m washing my hair does it always get so big and there’s hardly any definition. I’ve got it all figured out now but mannnn its a process.
asia rolle not a “built in poncho” awww! ☺️☺️💕 so thankful for these videos. Learning a lot!
this is the most easy-to-understand explanation I've seen on RUclips & I've watched A LOT!
you confirmed exactly what I'd been confused about . my hair reacts the same exact way as yours when wet in these ways .. now let me go look at tips for low porosity hair
girl you just make me understand even more. I wasn’t taking the time to really pay attention to my hair for awhile, but today was wash day & as I was washing my hair I finally noticed something... that being that my hair takes FOREVER to get drenched with water. I noticed that my curls wouldn’t activate right away and that i ended up having to keep my head underneath the water longer... but this is the first video i’ve seen that really just locked that in for me! thanks girl! 🤗
thanks Tiana. I ran across this video by accident and I think this is one of the only new things I learned today! ♥️ so simply explained..
My hair has always soaked in moisture like a sponge. I have high porosity hair for sure
This video was so good...I actually have really high porosity hair naturally....i can wet my hair and no water will run out 😂😂but it gets dry really fast so it sucks but I think it's really cool that you came up with such a thoughtful video🥰
I’ve watched so many videos and done so much research on low and high porosity hair and this 4 minute video is the only video I found 100% helpful thank you ❤️
Thank you for this video... I can confirm now that my daughter has low porosity hair. If you haven’t already please do videos showing how you care for your hair and products you use. Thank you.
Afro hair is a enigma and i love it queens
i loved this! short & straight to the point. she gave proper visual examples & for that i’m grateful.
That last point was really handy! My hair starts off puffy when dry but as soon as water hits it, it instantly clings to my face and back haha. This was good to know thanks!
Very informative. I love how you gave visual representations. I've been so confused about the whole porosity situation. I never noticed the small beads of water that sit on my hair. As I was watching your video, I sprayed my hair and it did just that. Tysm!
I 95% knew I was low, but this video made me 100% sure. Thank you for showing and keeping it to the point.
Low porosity here and I understand the struggle . I really need to buy hooded hair steamer . I’ve been using a clothing steamer lol . It works but it’s not the most convenient thing to use . And yes my hair thrives with indirect heat otherwise nothing is penetrating 😩.
Oh I have NEVER seen it explained like this. This is brilliant, thank you!
Great explanation! Simple and to the point, great for those of us that are visual learners. Than You 😊
Thank you for this video. Seeing your demonstration has made this topic so much easier to understand. I now see what the mist sitting on your hair looked like. I tried the strand test in the cup of water which did not work. The first time the hair sank to the bottom. I took it out, let it dry, and it floated the whole day on top of the water. Which confused me because it sank the first time then floated the second time.
My hair is very coarse and low porosity, I loved your simple explanation of this concept!
This is a great video. I randomly thought yesterday that I still didn’t know if my hair was low or high porosity and you explained it in 4 minutes. Thank you
Hands down no one has explained this better than you 😎😎 thank you for this
Wow! I knew I was low porosity but seeing these examples really comfirmed it. I always wondered why my hair was so BIG when it was wet versus kinda lacking in volume when it finally dries
Completely unrelated, but girl I love your arms! They are so nice and toned.
Could you do a video on the best leave ins for low porosity hair? Xx
It would be too short of a video 😂 I only use Kinky Curly Knot today. Other than that, leave ins tend to be too heavy for my hair
Tiana Michelle Do u find that porosity and hair type have a connection. I have low porosity (thanks to ur video🙌🏾👏🏾👍🏾) and 4C. I need help with Tutti (my hairs’ name😂🤣)
This was super helpful because I was starting to question my porosity . Thank you
Thank you ! From your first example I was able to find out that I’m low porosity ... I’ve always wondered why water didn’t soak into my hair . This helps a lot
I have low porosity hair and I must must must use my warm hands or the warm water in the shower to properly moisturize/wet my hair before applying any products.
Thank you so much!!! I finally have a clear understanding to thi low/ high porosity hair thanks to you. My hair look and reacts just like yours so I finally know I have low porosity hair.
I'm a new cubbie after stumbling on this amazing video.
Oh my goodness! Thank you for this video. It made everything make sense!! My hair is definitely low porosity. I can wear it all day long and the water sits there. Now I need binge your videos for more tips. Thanks again! 👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
😮 My hair is definitely low porosity! I could never really figure out how to tell but your video made it very clear. Thank you sis!
Howdy Tiana🤠, thank you for explaining to me WHY my hair repels/expands with water; indirect heat is a MUST for me to penetrate/maintain my hydrated curls! xoxo
This was the most helpful video or info Ive ever seen on this topic!! Im def team low porosity. Thank you for the visual demonstration!!!! Im a visual learner.
My hair is pin straight but cannot accept moisture unless i wash my hair in warm to hot water. Any time i use room temp to cold, my hair feels so brittle and dry! I found that twisting my hair when it's a little damp helps keep it moisturized. Im sure there's more products to use on damp hair, i wonder what they could be!
I just came across your video. 👏👏👏. Thank you for your explanation on low porosity and the visual. By far, this is the best explanation and visual that I've seen to date.
This was awesome! Like you said, I have heard it explained and read about it and knew what my own hair did, but just wasn't for some reason positive or maybe more so that I didn't feel qualified to know....but yea, my hair does the puff thing and before that my hair is like duck feathers, where the outside looks as if it's wet, but it's just big and if you pick up that very top layer, the hair is totally dry. So I need to look at different ways of deep conditioning I guess to help with the moisture my hair needs.
Thanks so much for this!!! :)
I have been on my journey sis... YHIS VIDEO IZZZZZ THEEE BESST,,,
Best low porosity example so far... never seen it like that
when she sprayed the water on her hair I was like WHOA. That really shocked me and had got me thinking a lot about my hair
Manes by mell did a scientific yet basic video explaining . In short, porosity is a scale of 5 (1 low 5 high.) Curly virgin hair starts off low porosity. 1 is unrealistic, untouched by even the sun. Most virgin hair is a 2, you can usually comb through this with just a lot of water. 3 is usually some sort of altering has been done, dyes, relaxers, etc. 4 is severely damaged and needs extreme care to avoid breaking off. 5 is rare as well and the hair will literally be falling out with no chance of repair.
THANK YOU FOR THIS, I've been trying to figure out my hair's porosity for YEARS, now I know!!
Thank you so much for this. I needed this visual to end the confusion and finally realize which porosity type i have!
Thank you! Been clueless for many years lol years I tell you. And especially since my hair has been acting up in the past yr, this gives me clarity