Pre-Poo for Low Porosity Hair: What It Actually Does (and When to Skip It)
My own hair is high porosity and bleached, so a pre-poo earns its place in my routine. But I watched the low porosity readers in my community get handed the exact same advice I follow, as if a pre-shampoo oil would help their hair drink in moisture it was supposedly starved for. That advice does […]
How to Grow Low Porosity Hair: Length Retention That Actually Works
If you have low porosity hair and feel like it is stuck at the same length, I want to start with some good news that goes against most of the advice online: low porosity hair is usually the healthier, less damaged end of the spectrum, and it grows at the same rate as anyone else’s. […]
Best Shampoo for Low Porosity Hair: How to Pick One That Truly Cleans
Your hair feels coated. Product sits on top instead of sinking in, it takes forever to get fully wet and forever to dry, and somehow it can feel greasy at the roots and dry on the ends at the same time. If that is you, you have probably been told you have low porosity hair […]
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 […]
Penetrating Oils for Low Porosity Hair: What Actually Works
Water beads up on your hair instead of soaking in. Products seem to sit on the surface for hours, your hair takes forever to get fully wet, and it can feel coated and dry at the same time. That is the daily reality of low porosity hair, and it is why so much advice points […]
Protein-Free Deep Conditioners for Curly Hair: The Honest Guide (Low and High Porosity)
If you have low porosity hair, you have almost certainly been told you need protein-free products. It is repeated on nearly every page that ranks for this search, on product labels, and across every forum: low porosity hair is “protein-sensitive,” so protein-free is a requirement. It is not. That is the single most brainwashed idea […]
17 Best Conditioners for Low Porosity Hair (Hint: Your Hair Is Not Moisture-Resistant)
If you have low porosity hair, you have probably been taught to treat it like a fortress: cuticles “sealed shut,” moisture that cannot get in, conditioners that need heat, steam, or special penetrating ingredients to break through. Here is the truth that changes how you shop: low porosity hair is not moisture-resistant hair. It is […]
Ingredients to Avoid for Low Porosity Hair: Myths vs. What Actually Matters
You have seen the infographics. Two smiling cartoon women, two columns, low porosity on one side and high porosity on the other, each with its own tidy list of oils to use and oils to avoid. I am going to ask you to unlearn most of it. I wrote the original version of this post […]
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 […]