I’ve put together 5 Easy Ways to Test your hairs Porosity levels. The last time I tested mine, I had High Porosity relaxed hair. So having gone natural, I was curious to find out if anything had changed and used these 5 tests for the first time to find out. Of course, I was happy to discover that I now have Normal Porosity Hair 🙌🏾 (which I also suspected) Anyway, let me know if you guys have used any of these tests to check yours and if not, give a few of them a try. Hope you find it useful 😊
This gave me a very good idea but do you know the specific correlation between how long it takes to dry with the relation to porosity? (i.e how many minutes?) Also with running your finger towards your hair. I’m not sure if the smoothness or texture is rough or broken. Hard to tell, any tips?
LOVE IT!!! straight to the point! Some of these videos they are talking entirely to much before they ever get to the point... THANK YOU for getting to the point!
@@almeidareis I just gave up and said I'm high porosity lol smh..I bought a wholeeeeee bunch of different products and I will just see what works best. I have noticed that my hair lovessss camille rose line
Manes by Mell has a video that explains hair porosity a bit better. She actually says some of these tests don’t work or are inaccurate in determining hair porosity. She also explains how hair stylists don’t actually look at levels but rather “grade” hair porosity on a scale from 1-5. I’m not sure if her video will help you understand your hair any better but I actually found it very useful. Manes by Mell...the girl knows hair. Haha
For the third test to actually work, you have to break the surface tension of the water by pushing it down. If it floats back up, it’s low. If it sinks, it’s high. The temp of the water may also affect the porosity, try it with room temp, hot and cold water.
I am late to the game of taking care of my hair and I wanna say I am loving it so far. Watching all these different videos and different perspectives I am learning a lot. P.S. I think I have low porosity hair lol
Thank you. I was wondering, since my hair stayed on top for about an hour, but as soon as i dunked it a little, it just went down to the bottom immediately
I appreciate the half dozen different ways to test hair porosity since I always feel like doing only one type of test is super unreliable. I'll do all these next time I wash my hair ... thanks!
Sometimes I feel as though I have high porosity hair, sometimes I think I have low 😂 my hair does not dry fast, but in terms of adding moisture it doesn’t stay hydrated, even with oils. I think it’s best that I try out products to see how they serve my hair.
Thanks to your video I've learned I have low/normal porosity hair. Thank you. Now it'll be easier for me to find which products work best on my hair to give me amazing results for my 4C hair.
After going through all hair channels on how to check for hair porosity yours is extremely helpful and informative. I did all the 5 tests and it seems I have a combination of normal to high fine porosity 2a, 2b and 2c hair. This video helped me to understand my hair which has a mind of its own. I actually did the tests twice; after using a clarifying shampoo and deep conditioning. I've been natural 2 going 3 years and so far it has been a challenge getting to learn and understand my hair. #HealthyAfro Thank you again.
Thank you so much for this video and all of the valid points that explains the differences in hair porosity. I have a mixture of high and low. My roots are low and my ends are high. I'm guessing it's time for a trim 😁 and again, thank you! 💕
May I recommend you to try and do one of your test differently please.. The water test: What you will find if you look at your hair with a flashlight is... When you first placed your hair into the water your hair is resting on air.. Which means the test is inconclusive.. Because I know my hair gets very dry like the rest of my body.. I tried it that way first.. Then I did it this way.. I pushed my hair underneath the surface of the water.. And my hair sank drop dead at the bottom and never up to the surface not once... I know you understand me by know.. The choice is up to you to try this test again if you want..
Still a little confused. My hair gets wet quickly and dries quickly but hair products sit on my strands for ages. My hair is smooth when I run my fingers up the strands. Also, my hair floats in the water test even if I push it down it floats back up. I have fine strands.
Yeah, sounds like your results are a mixture of them all. I know you said products sit on your hair, but does your hair feel moisturised after? and how long does the moisture last?
Healthy Afro Hair good question and thank you for replying. My hair feels moisturised afterwards , but by the next day it feels dry and I have to moisturise agsin in the morning and the evening. I keep doing this until the next wash day. If I do GHE. This helps a lot and I only have to moisturise once a day if I do this. My hair is hard work.
Thanks much for this video! Always thought I had high porosity hair cause my hair takes long to dry but turns out it's low porosity 3/5.Very informative
When I put one hair on water, it stays on top but when I push it, it go on the bottom. Also moisturizer don’t stay long I’m my hair (like 1 hour) but my hair don’t feel grumpy. And my hair Don’t Dry before my body.😭😭
Same about the water test, but out the shower the top dries a bit but the body of it is still soaking. Also my hair takes ages to dry, but I do use a good amount of product and it holds the moisture, so idk 🤦♀️
I don't know anymore tbh. I followed a high porosity regimen for everything for a long time because my cuticles are bumpy (I think lol I really don't know anymore) and I struggled to keep moisture in my hair because it would soak up whatever touched. But now my hair shafts are still bumpy but hair products just sit there and water doesn't soak as easily anymore.
Hi. I have done the floating test. when I put my hair into the water it floats. but if I push it down one time it stays under the water. My hair is really dry and frizzy, I also face a lot of tangles after washing my hair. I have fine and wavy hair. My hair gets wet fast ( if I use my hands it took 7-10 seconds to get wet in the shower). it also dries very fast. I mean after washing my hair it dries within 2 and a half hours. what type of porosity I have? please help me.
have you found your porosity type? Cos mine’s like this too. Just placing the hair on the water, it’s definitely gonna float because of the surface tension. For me, I push the hair into the water and it sinks but about 2mins later, it starts to float and when I look at the hair carefully, I can see some bubbles around each strand. So I’m guessing I’m either normal porosity or low..(simply based on the water bubbles I notice around my hair strains in the cup). But my hair is super frizzy and it dries fast...and just spraying my hair about 3 times will get water dripping from my hair...(so that means I’m probably high porosity) and with all the videos I’ve watched, I’m now confused as hell🤣🤣
I confused 😰😰… My hair gets wet quickly but dries slowly … my hair products sit on my hair makes it greasy but still not moisturizing … my hair is not smooth when i run my fingers up the strands…also my hair floats in the water test even i push it down it floats back up and i have fine strands😞
Hi. I have multi mixed race hair & it gradually goes from wavy in front to poodle-like consistency in back. So my question is, do these tests apply to to all hair types or black hair exclusively & where does my hair fit in? TY Nancy
Sorry I would like to clarify for the 4th step. How long would you give to judge whether it is high or low porosity hair because when I apply moisturiser on my hair it would sit for a while, then after 15-20 min or less it start to feel dry and begins to shrink really quickly if I have not stretched my hair out of course (as in straight out of the bathroom hair).
please help.. i did the test 3 times. the first time i got high, second time i got low and third time i got low. *BUT* i have the terms that apply to high porosity... sooo what porosity hair do i have??
Hello I just finished watching your video I’m guessing my son has low porosity hair , is it okay to put rice water in his hair? I know some kids hair doesn’t react well with the rice water & some does ,
This video contains excellent information that is very helpful and easily actionable. I enjoyed it so much I will be sharing the link to this video in an upcoming post to my audience. Thanks so much for continuing to share such wonderful content!
It can be a little confusing, but hair porosity can vary in different areas of the head. But from what you said, it sounds like you have high porosity.
I am still a little confused, could you please help me? My hair sinks right to the bottom, when I do the water test. But when I spray water on in with a water bottle the water just sits on the hair strand. But in general my hair is really dry on the ends, it tends to tangle easily & get split ends, I can put oil on it everyday without it getting greasy. But then it feels smooth when I run my fingers up the strands. (I have curly hair) Thank you! ☺️
Hey, sounds like you have a combination of different porosity levels which is completely normal. So I wouldn’t worry about it too much. The main thing is just finding a way to keep your hair moisturised.
Thank you for this, going to try all of these today.. For the longest I did not know my hair was curly, I had straight THICK frizz free hair as a child, but as I aged it became frizzy and hard to handle. No matter how much I moisturized it was still a frizzy mess. I did some research and noticed when wet it had a slight curl forming at the bottoms, so I started treating it as curly hair and it's doing much better the for a few hours after I wash and condition/dry.. However by the end of the night I have a Top/side section that starts to lose it's curl and starts frizzing out again.. My hair takes a good while to get completely drenched in the shower, and it takes hours to completely dry. I'm thinking I have low Porosity hair on the top of my head and normal underneath. The hair underneath gets a lot less frizzy and feels a lot smoother and moisturized than the hair on top, as well as keeps it's curl.. Some days top layer feels extremely dry/rough and like straw.. No matter how much I condition it just doesn't seem to help the top layer.. It's quite frustrating.
I’m still very unsure because my hair gets wet right away and dries quickly (high porosity signs) but products just sit on my hair and also the water test they stayed afloat (low porosity signs)
Excuse me I have a question. So I did the test, some of my hair sink to the bottom , some of my hair stays on top. I did this test multiple times and keep getting some strains of hair that float and some that stay on top. It’s about an even 50/50. What is my Hair Prosody?
What does it mean if when I put the conditioner or moisturizer on that it just sits on my hair like I can still see it it doesn’t mix in or anything . Especially on my ends .
Strands test my hair feel really rough meaning high porosity but in the float test my hair sung when I pushes it down and floated up to the surface only very few stayed down meaning in general low porosity, so what test is more accurate the strand test or float test
I have a question: will your results be different for the wet test if your hair is full of oil? (Oil repels water so isn’t possible that may cause a few different results, no?)
May hair takes forever to dry. Its actually a couple hours for it to completely dry all the way through underneath, even though it's very fine. So I guess that would be high porosity hair??
I did not wait to see if my body would dry fast or not 😩 lol I waited for 2 mins and said oh hell no this gonna take at least 20 min! So I dried my body off! According to the tests tho I have high and low porosity levels!
I’ve put together 5 Easy Ways to Test your hairs Porosity levels. The last time I tested mine, I had High Porosity relaxed hair. So having gone natural, I was curious to find out if anything had changed and used these 5 tests for the first time to find out. Of course, I was happy to discover that I now have Normal Porosity Hair 🙌🏾 (which I also suspected) Anyway, let me know if you guys have used any of these tests to check yours and if not, give a few of them a try. Hope you find it useful 😊
How fast if fast two seconds minute ?
the problem i find is what is a long time to dry. when saying long or short i have nothing to reference as a normal time.
This gave me a very good idea but do you know the specific correlation between how long it takes to dry with the relation to porosity? (i.e how many minutes?)
Also with running your finger towards your hair. I’m not sure if the smoothness or texture is rough or broken. Hard to tell, any tips?
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I’m so glad I’m not the only one completely lost on these porosity tests.
Did it help at all?
Healthy Afro Hair yes it was very clear!
@@gabriellaagyarko4154 omg same
Omg girl you’re not
@@wul09 If it dries faster, if it sucks water fast, if your hair float = High porosity.. What's so hard to understand..? lol
LOVE IT!!! straight to the point! Some of these videos they are talking entirely to much before they ever get to the point... THANK YOU for getting to the point!
You’re very welcome! 😁
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I’m your 333rd like, also so true
You just said a word🙌🏾. 30 mins to tell you two useful sentences.
Exactly
No matter how much videos I watch on hair porosity I can never figure mine out and I’ve done the tests
Maybe you have normal porosity hair.
@edline *** me toooooo..I have characteristics of both low and high so I'm lost
Same for me...my hair floats but all the other characteristics are of a high porosity hair...so who knows
@@almeidareis I just gave up and said I'm high porosity lol smh..I bought a wholeeeeee bunch of different products and I will just see what works best. I have noticed that my hair lovessss camille rose line
Manes by Mell has a video that explains hair porosity a bit better. She actually says some of these tests don’t work or are inaccurate in determining hair porosity. She also explains how hair stylists don’t actually look at levels but rather “grade” hair porosity on a scale from 1-5. I’m not sure if her video will help you understand your hair any better but I actually found it very useful. Manes by Mell...the girl knows hair. Haha
For the third test to actually work, you have to break the surface tension of the water by pushing it down. If it floats back up, it’s low. If it sinks, it’s high. The temp of the water may also affect the porosity, try it with room temp, hot and cold water.
My hair strands half sink and half float 🥴
I did with hot water it floated I pushed the hair strand down it didn't float back up I also did it with the cold water and it did the same thing
And you have to get rid of the oils as oils are water repellent
@@Blank1767 that means it’s norm
@Ifunanya Agbodzie you should try it on clean product free hair, if you haven’t yet
The day I learned my hair porosity I will be genius
You have the thoroughness and patience of a scientist ^_^
Haha...I like that, thanks! 😁
Not at all! I am a scientist and I cringe at how these “tests” are done and how the results are interpreted.
I am late to the game of taking care of my hair and I wanna say I am loving it so far. Watching all these different videos and different perspectives I am learning a lot. P.S. I think I have low porosity hair lol
Omg this video helped SO much! Clear, concrete and straight to the point! Thank you so much 😊
You’re very welcome! Glad it was useful 🤗
Yes thanks for this video
Clear, clean, no loud music
Love it
Thanks Queen
Ahhh…you’re very welcome 😄
My hair get different results for each on :(
Then it’s possible you have a variety of porosity levels throughout your head.
Healthy Afro Hair yes thanks I just tried it and my hair grew an inch already! 😭❤️🙌🏽🙌🏽
@@canelaxgames9831 if you dont mind me asking, which one did you try ? im having the same issue
Watch a video by Manes by Mell. She explains hair porosity by grades 1-5. I found it to be easier to understand & more accurate.
Perhaps
Your accent is beautiful 😍 and I’m definitely going to try this so I can know how to properly use rice water to grow my hair
Thank you 😊 Yes, give it a try.
1:45 for this test you’ll need to submerge the hair underwater first because it’ll stay up due to surface tension if you just drop it in
Thank you. I was wondering, since my hair stayed on top for about an hour, but as soon as i dunked it a little, it just went down to the bottom immediately
Thank you! I did it right away because I'm smart 😆
@@lyleea does that mean I have high porosity hair?
I appreciate the half dozen different ways to test hair porosity since I always feel like doing only one type of test is super unreliable. I'll do all these next time I wash my hair ... thanks!
You’re very welcome! Glad it was useful ☺️
Sometimes I feel as though I have high porosity hair, sometimes I think I have low 😂 my hair does not dry fast, but in terms of adding moisture it doesn’t stay hydrated, even with oils. I think it’s best that I try out products to see how they serve my hair.
Sounds like you have low porosity
That’s me tooo
Thanks to your video I've learned I have low/normal porosity hair. Thank you. Now it'll be easier for me to find which products work best on my hair to give me amazing results for my 4C hair.
Ahhh...that’s great 🙌🏾 thanks for letting me know.
After going through all hair channels on how to check for hair porosity yours is extremely helpful and informative. I did all the 5 tests and it seems I have a combination of normal to high fine porosity 2a, 2b and 2c hair. This video helped me to understand my hair which has a mind of its own. I actually did the tests twice; after using a clarifying shampoo and deep conditioning. I've been natural 2 going 3 years and so far it has been a challenge getting to learn and understand my hair. #HealthyAfro Thank you again.
Thanks, it’s great to know my video was beneficial to you and you’re very welcome 😊
How do you find out what kinda curls you have?
Am going to try this just now. I have just done my big chop about 15 minutes ago and am not sure how I feel
Thank You!! I did all 5 tests and all came out as Low Porosity !! Now i can buy products depending on my hair !!!
Thank you so much for this video and all of the valid points that explains the differences in hair porosity. I have a mixture of high and low. My roots are low and my ends are high. I'm guessing it's time for a trim 😁 and again, thank you! 💕
You’re very welcome! I’m glad you found it useful 💕💕
@@HealthyAfroHair 💕💎
Thanks for this. Love that it's quick, easy to understand and practical. Will definitely try these.
You’re welcome! Glad to hear it.
Yes ma’am thank you for the info 💞💞💞💞
You’re welcome! 💕💕
May I recommend you to try and do one of your test differently please..
The water test:
What you will find if you look at your hair with a flashlight is... When you first placed your hair into the water your hair is resting on air.. Which means the test is inconclusive.. Because I know my hair gets very dry like the rest of my body..
I tried it that way first.. Then I did it this way.. I pushed my hair underneath the surface of the water.. And my hair sank drop dead at the bottom and never up to the surface not once...
I know you understand me by know..
The choice is up to you to try this test again if you want..
Very helpful my good sis!!
Good to hear! ☺️
Soooooo helpful omg the one video that helped me👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Wonderful! Clear, quick and to the point! 😊
Thanks! 🤗
Thank you so much for this video and all the explanations ❤❤❤
You’re very welcome 🤗❤️
Love This & Your Accent 😍😍 Thank You I Finally Figured It Out
Ah...good to hear and thank you ❤️
Very clear and concise......thank you
Thanks so much for clearing the confusion, so which is good or better?
You’re welcome! Normal porosity is the most desired level.
Thank you for getting straight to the point.
No worries 😁
I just want to say for those who don't have Low porosity hair you're blessed
Still a little confused. My hair gets wet quickly and dries quickly but hair products sit on my strands for ages. My hair is smooth when I run my fingers up the strands. Also, my hair floats in the water test even if I push it down it floats back up. I have fine strands.
Yeah, sounds like your results are a mixture of them all. I know you said products sit on your hair, but does your hair feel moisturised after? and how long does the moisture last?
Healthy Afro Hair good question and thank you for replying. My hair feels moisturised afterwards , but by the next day it feels dry and I have to moisturise agsin in the morning and the evening. I keep doing this until the next wash day. If I do GHE. This helps a lot and I only have to moisturise once a day if I do this. My hair is hard work.
If the moisture lasts all day, that’s a good thing, so I wouldn’t worry too much. As mentioned in my video, the tests are just rough estimates.
Healthy Afro Hair thank you.
I have the same thing
Water and moisterizer absorbs in my hair fairly quickly, but my strands feel smooth with no ridges
Best explanation. Great job 👏🏽
Love this...best hair porosity video I have seen.
Wow...thanks so much ☺️
This is the best porosity hair explanation I have seen
Wow...thanks so much 🤗
Thanks much for this video! Always thought I had high porosity hair cause my hair takes long to dry but turns out it's low porosity 3/5.Very informative
You’re welcome! Glad it was useful 🤗
When I put one hair on water, it stays on top but when I push it, it go on the bottom. Also moisturizer don’t stay long I’m my hair (like 1 hour) but my hair don’t feel grumpy. And my hair Don’t Dry before my body.😭😭
Omg same 😭
Same about the water test, but out the shower the top dries a bit but the body of it is still soaking. Also my hair takes ages to dry, but I do use a good amount of product and it holds the moisture, so idk 🤦♀️
Me too😭😭😭 I'm lost🥲
SAME WHAT SHOULD I DO
Quarantined and forced to grow my afro got me learning so much about my hair..this is dope!!
That’s great 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
This video is good explanation and ways to determine your hair porosity levels outside of the float test.
Thank you!
So clear usefull and informative.
Thanks a lot.
From Maputo ❤
I’m glad to hear that and you’re very welcome! 💛
I have high porosity hair. It just dries even while I’m trying to style it and ends up looking sooo frizzy. :(
So glad to see this❤️❤️
Great 🤗
Also: Thank you for this! I've always been curious. My hair is extremely high porosity lol. 🥺
You’re very welcome! 😊
Super helpful, thanks
Hi @healthyafrohair when you talked about the hair and the body test. Do you mean the drops of water drying up before the body drys up? Thanks
Wow thanks, very helpful!
Great...you’re welcome!
I don't know anymore tbh. I followed a high porosity regimen for everything for a long time because my cuticles are bumpy (I think lol I really don't know anymore) and I struggled to keep moisture in my hair because it would soak up whatever touched. But now my hair shafts are still bumpy but hair products just sit there and water doesn't soak as easily anymore.
Very informative and helpful video sista! Like it! this very important video especially when you start a hair journey thanks for sharing
Good to hear and you’re welcome! Yeah, it definitely helps when it comes to selecting products for your hair and ensuring they work in the best way.
thank you for those tips.long over due.till you.so informative!!!
You’re welcome! Glad you found it useful.
This was so helpful and informative thank youuu ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Good to hear and you’re very welcome 🤗❤️
I'll come back to this when I'm ready to test mine! Thanks for showing us all the ways to test porosity!
No problem, you’re welcome!
Thanks to the tips, actually I don't know my hair porosity so I'm going to use this technique to know my porosity💕
You’re welcome! I hope it helps 😊💕
I think my hair is normal to medium low porosity after bath body dry first and after bath 2-3 hrs saturated time and floated hair in water
This is tough one cause my hair dries really quick (high porosity) but my hair floats . (Low porosity)... i need help
It’s possible to have a variety of porosity levels throughout your hair, so it’s likely to be both.
Welp that settles it, I have low porosity hair. Thank you for all of these, very helpful!
This is an excellent informative video! Thank you!
Thanks so much and you’re welcome ☺️
Hi. I have done the floating test. when I put my hair into the water it floats. but if I push it down one time it stays under the water. My hair is really dry and frizzy, I also face a lot of tangles after washing my hair. I have fine and wavy hair. My hair gets wet fast ( if I use my hands it took 7-10 seconds to get wet in the shower). it also dries very fast. I mean after washing my hair it dries within 2 and a half hours. what type of porosity I have? please help me.
have you found your porosity type? Cos mine’s like this too. Just placing the hair on the water, it’s definitely gonna float because of the surface tension. For me, I push the hair into the water and it sinks but about 2mins later, it starts to float and when I look at the hair carefully, I can see some bubbles around each strand. So I’m guessing I’m either normal porosity or low..(simply based on the water bubbles I notice around my hair strains in the cup). But my hair is super frizzy and it dries fast...and just spraying my hair about 3 times will get water dripping from my hair...(so that means I’m probably high porosity) and with all the videos I’ve watched, I’m now confused as hell🤣🤣
I confused 😰😰… My hair gets wet quickly but dries slowly … my hair products sit on my hair makes it greasy but still not moisturizing … my hair is not smooth when i run my fingers up the strands…also my hair floats in the water test even i push it down it floats back up and i have fine strands😞
Sounds like you have a combination of both low & high porosity hair.
I feel like there is more to it then high or low porosity. I think if it was that simple it would be more clear.
Hi. I have multi mixed race hair & it gradually goes from wavy in front to poodle-like consistency in back. So my question is, do these tests apply to to all hair types or black hair exclusively & where does my hair fit in? TY Nancy
In Test Number 5 with Moisture, what exactly means „ Short space time“ referring to high porosity hair like how many days is that ?
Glad the video was clear and concise
Thank you so much! God bless :)
You’re very welcome ☺️
This was so helpful
Excellent video
Thank you!
Sorry I would like to clarify for the 4th step. How long would you give to judge whether it is high or low porosity hair because when I apply moisturiser on my hair it would sit for a while, then after 15-20 min or less it start to feel dry and begins to shrink really quickly if I have not stretched my hair out of course (as in straight out of the bathroom hair).
That sounds like low porosity hair, because the moisture isn’t penetrating into your strands and is still dry.
Ok so my hair is bumpy when I go throw it but w the water in the cup my hair sits there what do I have?🤷🏽♀️
high and low porosity
don't believe the water float test
please help.. i did the test 3 times. the first time i got high, second time i got low and third time i got low. *BUT* i have the terms that apply to high porosity... sooo what porosity hair do i have??
Hannah Miller ,mine went down to the bottom of the glass after an hour I found it floating on top ,maybe try living it in water for a long time
In this heat I’m not sure which dried first
Hello I just finished watching your video I’m guessing my son has low porosity hair , is it okay to put rice water in his hair? I know some kids hair doesn’t react well with the rice water & some does ,
This video contains excellent information that is very helpful and easily actionable. I enjoyed it so much I will be sharing the link to this video in an upcoming post to my audience. Thanks so much for continuing to share such wonderful content!
Awww...thanks so much and you’re very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, please feel free to share it with others 😊
I am still confused. My hair takes up water and loses it very fast. But when I put it in water, it floats (I left it for about 10 mins or so)
It can be a little confusing, but hair porosity can vary in different areas of the head. But from what you said, it sounds like you have high porosity.
Has anyone ever experienced your hair NOT floating after 15 min? It seems like everyone hair floats
What does your hair do?
My hair instantly falls to the bottom
@@HealthyAfroHair stays above the hole time
Of course it will float we are talking about hair. I mean if i am not wrong
So do you want it to be high or low ? And what do you do to make it right
Great informative video! Thank you!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! 💕
I am still a little confused, could you please help me? My hair sinks right to the bottom, when I do the water test. But when I spray water on in with a water bottle the water just sits on the hair strand. But in general my hair is really dry on the ends, it tends to tangle easily & get split ends, I can put oil on it everyday without it getting greasy. But then it feels smooth when I run my fingers up the strands. (I have curly hair)
Thank you! ☺️
Hey, sounds like you have a combination of different porosity levels which is completely normal. So I wouldn’t worry about it too much. The main thing is just finding a way to keep your hair moisturised.
Thank you for this, going to try all of these today.. For the longest I did not know my hair was curly, I had straight THICK frizz free hair as a child, but as I aged it became frizzy and hard to handle. No matter how much I moisturized it was still a frizzy mess. I did some research and noticed when wet it had a slight curl forming at the bottoms, so I started treating it as curly hair and it's doing much better the for a few hours after I wash and condition/dry.. However by the end of the night I have a Top/side section that starts to lose it's curl and starts frizzing out again.. My hair takes a good while to get completely drenched in the shower, and it takes hours to completely dry. I'm thinking I have low Porosity hair on the top of my head and normal underneath. The hair underneath gets a lot less frizzy and feels a lot smoother and moisturized than the hair on top, as well as keeps it's curl.. Some days top layer feels extremely dry/rough and like straw.. No matter how much I condition it just doesn't seem to help the top layer.. It's quite frustrating.
I am going to try this test
My hair floats at the top but when I push it down it sinks fast and when I feel
My strands up and down it’s rough and bumpy
I’m still very unsure because my hair gets wet right away and dries quickly (high porosity signs) but products just sit on my hair and also the water test they stayed afloat (low porosity signs)
It’s possible to have a combination of porosity levels, so it’s probably both.
Excuse me I have a question.
So I did the test, some of my hair sink to the bottom , some of my hair stays on top. I did this test multiple times and keep getting some strains of hair that float and some that stay on top. It’s about an even 50/50. What is my Hair Prosody?
Yes, but what does it all mean???
If low, what should I do or don’t do??
If high??
If normal??
For the 1st test. How do we mesure if the time is passed is long, short or normal? 🤔
Sooooo... 2 of my strands floated on top... 2 of them foated in the middle and two of them sank to the bottom. Great... just great.
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So if I have a mix of low and high porosity hair what would be the best way to moisturize?
I finally know my hair porosity! 🎉
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What does it mean if when I put the conditioner or moisturizer on that it just sits on my hair like I can still see it it doesn’t mix in or anything . Especially on my ends .
Strands test my hair feel really rough meaning high porosity but in the float test my hair sung when I pushes it down and floated up to the surface only very few stayed down meaning in general low porosity, so what test is more accurate the strand test or float test
For the first test how much time do you mean a long time and short time
Hello ladies and gentlemen. What hair products shall I use since my afro is soft and normal to high in prorosity?
I have a question: will your results be different for the wet test if your hair is full of oil? (Oil repels water so isn’t possible that may cause a few different results, no?)
May hair takes forever to dry. Its actually a couple hours for it to completely dry all the way through underneath, even though it's very fine. So I guess that would be high porosity hair??
Hi! My hair tends to dry very quickly and gets frizzy quickly after applying a moisturizer, is this high porosity?
Hey, yes it sounds like your hair is more porous on the ends.
And pls if my hair is flow on middle it's nomal then wht type of hair ihave pls answer me
The front of my hair is high porosity whilst the back is low 😭
What a combination ay?! 😄
Yesss ! But the back is high and the front is low
Same😭
Same here but my back is high and my front is low. I don’t see anyone talking about having two hair porosity
my hair take times to get dry from wet..what porosity is that?thanks for ur answer
I did not wait to see if my body would dry fast or not 😩 lol I waited for 2 mins and said oh hell no this gonna take at least 20 min! So I dried my body off! According to the tests tho I have high and low porosity levels!
Yes, that particular test is too long 😆 Glad it helped you figure it out though.
Awesome video thank you 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
You’re welcome 😊
If you put your hair in water then you push it down does it still determine your hair porosity or your suppose to keep it floating