YOUR HAIR TEXTURE

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Understanding your hair texture and curl pattern is the first step towards knowing which products and styles work best for you. Is your hair straight, wavy, curly, or tightly coiled? For more in-depth information about hair textures and curl patterns, check out Diane Da Costa’s book Textured Tresses.

Let’s begin by first understanding what “texture” is, then you will be better able to identify your own hair’s texture. Webster’s Dictionary offer three definition’s of texture.

The surface or look or feel of something.
The basic makeup of a surface.
Distinctive or identifying characteristics.
Texture is quite simply what you can see and feel! It is the actual straightness or curliness of the hair’s surface, as well as the softness or coarseness of the hair.