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Hair Anatomy: Understanding Your Hair
Every hair type is unique, and understanding the anatomy of your hair can help you keep it looking its best. Whether you have kinky, curly, or straight hair, each texture requires special attention to maintain health, shine, and volume. This guide will take you through the key elements of hair anatomy and offer tips on caring for your hair, ensuring it always looks and feels amazing.
Cuticle (Outer Layer)
How it affects our products:
Our Kinky Curly and Afro Curly products enhance natural texture, preserving cuticles to eliminate frizz effortlessly. Empower your hair journey with our moisture-retaining products that shield against damage. Embrace protective styles like our Kinky Straight Clip-Ins and Curly Bundles, designed to enhance your natural beauty while providing a voluminous look.
Cortex (Middle Layer)
How it affects our products:
Whether you’re using Kinky Curly Frontals or Curly Closures, these styles can handle heat styling and hair dye because of their strong, healthy cortex layer. However, remember always to protect your hair and avoid over-processing it. For longer-lasting styles, like our Kinky Straight Bundles, keep your cortex nourished with deep conditioning and protein treatments that support elasticity and strength
Medulla (Core)
How it affects our products:
Even if your natural hair has a fine texture without a medulla, our fuller products like Kinky Straight Closures and Afro Curly Clip-Ins give your hair the volume and density you're looking for.
Hair texture refers to the thickness or size of each hair strand. It’s not about how your hair feels but how wide or narrow each strand is. Knowing your hair texture helps you choose the right products and treatments to keep it healthy and looking its best.
Fine Hair
Fine hair strands are small and thin, which makes them more delicate. They can easily get damaged or weighed down by heavy products. If you have fine hair, you don’t need a lot of products because your hair can’t handle much weight. Too many layers of products will make it flat and limp.
What you need
To keep fine hair healthy and strong, deep conditioning is essential since it's more fragile. Protein treatments once a month can give your hair the extra strength it needs. Lighter oils like grapeseed or sunflower oil, or light butters like mango butter, will give your hair moisture without weighing it down.
Medium Hair
Medium hair strands are not too thin or thick. They are strong and elastic, so you can layer products without worrying about weighing them down. This hair type can handle more variety when it comes to styling and product use.
What you need
Use a light conditioner after every wash and deep condition weekly to keep hair soft and hydrated. Argan or jojoba oil seals in moisture without greasiness. Focus on applying to the ends. Protect your hair with heat protectants and avoid overusing hot tools to prevent damage. Apply lighter products like leave-in conditioners first, followed by creams or oils. Use protein treatments every 4-6 weeks to strengthen and prevent breakage.
Coarse Hair
Coarse hair strands are the thickest and strongest of all. Your hair can handle heavier products and doesn’t get weighed down easily, but it’s also prone to dryness. If you have coarse hair, it’s important to focus on keeping it moisturized to avoid breakage.
What you need
Use a light conditioner after every wash and deep condition weekly to keep hair soft and hydrated. Argan or jojoba oil seals in moisture without greasiness. Focus on applying to the ends. Protect your hair with heat protectants and avoid overusing hot tools to prevent damage. Apply lighter products like leave-in conditioners first, followed by creams or oils. Use protein treatments every 4-6 weeks to strengthen and prevent breakage.
Understanding the Hair Type System and Choosing the Right Products
Wavy Hair (Type 2)
Wavy hair has an "S" shape and tends to be more relaxed than curly hair. It can range from fine to coarse and is categorized into: 2A: Fine, barely-there waves, more straight at the roots and wavy at the ends. 2B: Defined waves with some frizz, a bit thicker than 2A. 2C: Thick, more defined waves that may have a few loose curls.
What you need
For wavy hair, lightweight products like the Kinky Straight Clip-Ins are perfect because they add volume and texture without weighing down the hair. A leave-in conditioner or lightweight oils can enhance the waves without making them too heavy.
Curly Hair (Type 3)
Curly hair forms spirals or ringlets and can be prone to dryness because the natural oils from the scalp have a harder time reaching the ends. It's categorized into: 3A: Loose, large curls with plenty of shine but prone to frizz. 3B: Tighter, springier curls, more volume but can also be frizzy. 3C: Very tight corkscrew curls, coarse, and prone to shrinkage.
What you need
Use a light conditioner after every wash and deep condition weekly to keep hair soft and hydrated. Argan or jojoba oil seals in moisture without greasiness. Focus on applying to the ends. Protect your hair with heat protectants and avoid overusing hot tools to prevent damage. Apply lighter products like leave-in conditioners first, followed by creams or oils. Use protein treatments every 4-6 weeks to strengthen and prevent breakage.
Kinky-Coily (Type 4) Hair
Coarse hair strands are the thickest and strongest of all. Your hair can handle heavier products and doesn’t get weighed down easily, but it’s also prone to dryness. If you have coarse hair, it’s important to focus on keeping it moisturized to avoid breakage.
What you need
Use a light conditioner after every wash and deep condition weekly to keep hair soft and hydrated. Argan or jojoba oil seals in moisture without greasiness. Focus on applying to the ends. Protect your hair with heat protectants and avoid overusing hot tools to prevent damage. Apply lighter products like leave-in conditioners first, followed by creams or oils. Use protein treatments every 4-6 weeks to strengthen and prevent breakage.
FAQs
Answers to common questions.
Yes! Our extensions, including Kinky Curly Bundles and Kinky Straight Clip-Ins, are heat- and dye-safe. Just be sure to use heat protectants and gentle coloring techniques to avoid damage.
To find the perfect match, identify your hair type first (wavy, curly, or coily). For tighter curls, the Kinky Curly Bundles or Kinky Curly Clip-Ins offer excellent texture matches, while Kinky Straight Clip-Ins or Curly Bundles are great for straighter or looser textures.
Wavy hair extensions, like Curly Bundles, have a looser, softer wave, curly extensions have defined curls, and coily extensions, like Kinky Curly Bundles, feature tighter curls with more volume and texture.
Use hydrating curl creams and lightweight oils to define curls and lock in moisture. The Kinky Curly Bundles and Curly Closures require regular hydration with deep conditioning treatments to keep the curls bouncy and full.
For fine or thinning hair, opt for lightweight clip-ins like the Kinky Straight Clip-Ins or Afro Curly Clip-Ins to add natural-looking volume without weighing down your strands.
For clip-ins like the Kinky Curly Clip-Ins, avoid frequent washing to preserve the texture and avoid excessive tangling. Store them properly after use and apply leave-in conditioners to maintain their natural look.
Fine hair is delicate, so lightweight extensions like Afro Curly Clip-Ins or Kinky Straight Clip-Ins are ideal. Avoid heavy styling products—opt for light oils like grapeseed oil to maintain volume without adding weight.
To reduce shedding and tangling, choose high-quality, ethically sourced hair like our Kinky Straight Bundles. Gently detangle using a wide-tooth comb and moisturize regularly to prevent dryness and breakage.
Ensure you moisturize your natural hair regularly and avoid using heavy oils that can cause buildup. For maintenance, use extensions like the Curly Frontal or Kinky Straight Frontals, which blend naturally while allowing your scalp to breathe.
We offer various lengths, from 14” to 24”, in products like the Havana Kinky Curly Bundle and Kinky Straight Bundles, giving you the flexibility to choose the perfect length and volume for your style.
