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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 […]

Curl Cream for High Porosity Hair: Key Ingredients to Look For

Curl Cream for High Porosity Hair: Key Ingredients to Look For, shown over a side view of long, defined brown curls with golden highlights and a small curl-cream jar icon.

Leave-ins are the non-negotiable in my high porosity routine, but a curl cream is what I reach for when I want more: more conditioning, more definition, and a more polished, pulled-together result. It is my somewhere-special-to-be product. Leaving it out still works, but the cream is the step that takes my curls from good to […]