High Porosity Hair Explained: Best Products, Routine & Ingredients
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 […]
How to Moisturize Low Porosity Hair: What Actually Works
Look up the most common low porosity hair problems and two come up far more than the rest: product that builds up on the surface, and hair that takes what feels like forever to dry. Those are the real core issues. The complaints people mention most, that their hair will not stay moisturized or that […]
Hair Porosity Guide: What Low and High Porosity Hair Really Mean
For years, many of us in the curly hair community treated porosity as one of the most important things we could learn about our hair. We took float tests, hunted for low-porosity routines, bought products marketed for high-porosity hair, and tried to explain nearly every problem through the lens of porosity. We were not completely […]
Low Porosity Hair: Products, Ingredients & Care Tips
If you have low porosity hair, you have heard the rules. Your hair does not absorb moisture. Products just sit on top. You need special products, warm water, steam, and a cabinet full of moisture. Here is what nobody told me: most of that is solving the wrong problem. I accepted those explanations for years […]
Physical Hair Properties Explained: Hair Density, Diameter, Ellipticity, Porosity
Understanding the unique properties of your hair is the key to effective hair care. Your hair possesses distinct characteristics that significantly influence their health and appearance. Taking this into account is the first step towards proper hair care. The physical properties of hair, such as its curl type, density, ellipticity, diameter, and porosity, collectively shape […]