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High Porosity Hair Explained: Best Products, Routine & Ingredients

Before and after of my high porosity hair: damaged, frizzy curls on the left and restored, defined, shiny curls on the right after consistent condition-focused care.

For years, many of us in the curly hair community leaned on observation, trial, and shared experience to make sense of our hair. We learned to test our porosity by dropping a strand in a glass of water, sorted ourselves into low, medium, or high, and then chased the products that were supposed to match […]

Best Gels for High Porosity Hair: What Actually Stops Frizz

Before and after of high porosity curls, frizzy and undefined on the left, defined with less frizz on the right after styling with gel.

My high porosity hair can look perfectly defined when I leave the house and turn into a frizzy halo the moment I hit humidity. The advice I kept hearing was to pile on heavier products to seal the moisture in and block the humidity out, but that mostly left my curls coated and still frizzy. […]