Hair Porosity Test on My 4C Natural Hair

 I came across the Hair Porosity section of one article and decided to test my 4c hair strands.

First lets start with the question of what is Hair Porosity? Porosity tells you how well your hair is able to absorb and hold moisture. It is affected by the flexible outer hair layer called the cuticle, which determines how easily moisture and oils pass in and out of your hair.This will assist you in find the right products to moisturize and style your hair. 

How can you test your Hair Porosity? 
The Float Test: Take a couple of strands of hair from your comb or brush and drop them into a bowl of water. Let them sit for 2-4 minutes. If your hair floats, you have low porosity. If it sinks, you have high porosity.

My Results:

I tested 5 strands of shed hair and 4 out of 5 of them sinked. The 1st strand took 2 minutes to sink and 3 sinked almost immediately. One strand sorta got caught on the fold in the cup and didn't sink. That may be the reason why it didn't sink. So this tells me I have HIGH Porosity 4C Hair Strands. 

So Now that I discovered I have high Porosity Hair, what do I do, what is it?  So many questions. 

According to various sites this is what they had to say:

High porosity hair can be one of the most challenging hair porosities. The upside of this hair type is how eagerly the hair absorbs moisture but the downside…it can lose moisture just as quickly as it gains it. 

Because highly porous hair can also lose moisture easily, it's important to use leave-in conditioners, moisturizers, and sealers. Layering these products will help your hair hold on to the moisture you're giving it. You can even follow up with a heavy hair butter to help fill the gaps in your damaged cuticles and further protect your hair from losing too much moisture.

What to do? Prevention is the best medicine when it comes to porosity problems. Use the right products for your hair.

• Avoid harsh surfactants and soaps. 
• Only comb tangles with a wide-toothed comb when hair is wet and saturated with conditioner.
• Protect your hair from the sun and the elements.
• Get regular trims.
• Treat your hair as gently as you would an expensive cashmere sweater!

If you already have a problem with high porosity, please make sure you have an excellent deep conditioning treatment available, preferably one that contains proteins. Use lots of conditioning and moisturizing products, especially those containing natural, plant-based oils. Avoid all of the sulfate-based surfactants and soap bars. Use a mildly acidic rinse regularly and avoid humectants. If possible, avoid the processes that created the high porosity, and get your hair trimmed regularly. These things should help restore your hair to a more manageable porosity level, but it will take time.

Protect your cuticle!

Small Update on My Natural Hair Journey :)

My Review: Whitenicious by Dencia

Alright, Aliright! Lets get to it! So far I have not came across any blogger reviews about this product called Whitenicious by Dencia so I feel the need to share my results. First let me clear things up... I LOVE MY SKIN COLOR! (Repeat 100 times if needed :) ) because I KNOW there is going to be one person who is like no no hold up she hate hates herself and blah blah blah... LOL.

Now that we have cleared that up...Lets get to it! Below are some questions I thought you were thinking.

If you love your skin color, why did you use it? Honestly I was just curious and I had a dark spot on the side of my face that I wanted to get rid of.

Did it get rid of the dark spot in 7 days? YES...wait it was actually the 8th day. It was grading fading over time and it seemed like on the 8th day it just magically disappeared!

Are you getting paid for this review? NO...really yall?  This chick is making alot of money from this product because celebrities are promoting it for her as per mediatakeout.com such as Sunday Carter so what does she need lil ole me for? Damn I went to find the link but its not popping up.

So if you used it on one spot on your face why does it look like you put it all over your face in the pictures above or below? LOL...wait for it...wait for it! Curiosity got the best of me... after it cleared up my spot in 8 days. I thought maybe it help to even my skin tone. However I didnt know it was going to look like this...damn! So I emailed Dencia today on the email provided on the website to see if its supposed to look like this. I guess I expect it to lighten everything at one time, lol. In the picture above can you see that dark area on my chin? That is my natural color! Yup I knowww right! LOL

Are you aware this may cause cancer? Really? Are you aware some of the shit we use on our skin and hair can cause cancer? I.E Relaxers....makeup. But for real yall I dont want cancer, lol. But I had to say it like that because ppl are really tripping on that like the relaxer isnt harmful for your hair.

Is the product moisturizing? Yes, I was surprised. However I do follow up with my own oil mix.

How many times a day do you use it? 3 times

Are you able to camouflage your face with makeup while the product lightens your face. Yes but my makeup looks patchy and crazy now because one area is dark and the other is light. Maybe if I was a professional with makeup I could.

Will you buy this product again? If she answers my question. :) However... this will not be a staple product that I will HAVE to buy. Like I said before I started using this for a dark spot.

Are you aware that this only temporary? Yes

Anything more? Yes I am hungry. Right now in Afghanistan its time for breakfast! So I will do another update at a later date. Meanwhile pray that my face doesnt rot off, lol.

Here are the details of Whitenicious by Dencia Dark Spot Review:
Whitenicious for Dark Spot Removal (by Dencia) is a moisturizing cream enriched from exquisite and powerful ingredients that also removes dark spots (from acne, hyper pigmentation, etc).  It contains vitamins C & E and provides a SPF of 15.  This product will nourish and refine skin, lighten dark spots, and smooth pores.  This product has been formulated for sensitive skin.  Use three (3) times daily for faster results.

How to: Easy Messy High Pony Tail on a Lace Wig with No Hair Out!

Yesssssssssssssss! I am popping out videos again. I am a lil bored! 

If you are like me you get tired of having to wear your lace wig down. This video is simply a fast and easy, effortless way to style your lace front wig or full lace wig into a high messy pony tail. Now I know some of you are crying about all those long "baby hairs" lol. But I happen to think they assist in making the wig look more natural. Yeah they could be a lil shorter but "aint nobody got time for that!" I wake up at 0300 every morning to ready for work, lol. Anyway I hope you enjoy the video :) Thanks for watching :)\

Beshe "Drew" Lace Front Wig Application with No Glue Review Video!

As promised here is the video review of the Drew Lace Front Wig by "Beshe." :)

Beshe Lace Front Wig - "Drew" Video Review (Coming Soon)

Dang, it seems like I am updating like every two months! :( I gots ta get better. I am sorry. But I found a new love and her name is Drew! Yup her name is Drew and she was created by this company called Beshe. She is soft and mimics natural hair and easy to style! Her price varies on different sites but I wouldn't pay over $35 for her. :)
Last night I decided to try it on to see if I should wear it when I go to Thailand and I fell in love. I wish I would have brought her in my favorite 1b/27 color but I wanted to wear some of my hair out in the front to see if I could pull it off with my 4 head, lol. So stay tuned for a YouTube video. I have to edit the clips and upload it. :)
 In the meantime here are some pictures in different lightening. I have to be careful about posting pictures because these Chinese folks be out to rob me fo my PEECHURS! They make me sick!

Updated: Here is the link to the video: My Video Review

How to Make Your Lace Wig Look Natural (Easy Way)

I know it has been a longgggg time since I have done a video. Here is a video on an updated way of how I have been making my scalp look natural on my full lace wigs. Bleaching the lace wigs was starting to take up too much of my time at night and then after bleaching I would have to style it. Too much time. So hopefully this way I have started doing it will help a "newbie"learn a easy way to make her lace wig look natural :)

29 Jan - 04 April Natural 4C Hair Growth!

Heyyyy yall! I know its been a while but I have been posting alot of updates on my natural hair over on my other blog: 4C-haircare . Here are some very small updates. I am loving how fast my hair is thickening and growing in. I can WAIT until I get a lil hang time! 

Natural Hair Update on my 4B/C Hair!

So I big-chopped on 02 Jan and today is 23 Feb. I know this picture is past due but if you will see from my posts below they are back-dated because I recently decided to do a "Natural Hair" blog. The picture below was taken on 11 February.

I decided not to do a comparison picture for this month because my hair was looking all kinds of difference lengths when I 1st cut it and I had some relaxed ends holding on for dear life. So it wouldn't make sense to do a comparison. Let the picture below be my starting picture for next months update. :)

How do I feel about being natural after 1 month, lol. My natural hair never seems to surprise me. I love the feel of my hair is sort of like a springy soft cotton feel. Though I am not ready to wear it out I believe I will be ready in 9-12 months after it gets a little longer.....maybe when it at least touches my ears "un-stretched."

Washing my hair is the funniest thing to do! I can comb straight through it and my curls will pop! Its so soft and there is hardly any shed hair as it was when I was relaxed.  Detangling is not bad at all. I can actually apply a product like theKinky Curly Knot Today Leave in Conditioner and it will let me comb through my hair with no issues. Wait I shouldn't say comb because the only styling tool I have been using is the good ole "afro pick!"

Beanstalk Hair Products Review!

I haven't tried a new product in a while! My best friend Tieron is in the process of starting his hair care line. The 1st product is Hair Vitamins. I have been testing them for two months now and I have to say I am shocked! I have some issues with the side of my head and since using them I see fuzz! YEAHHHH babbbbie! BUT as for the hair oil...that is still in production but I got my hands on some and I AM LOVING IT! SERIOUSLY I am feeling it. It softens my scalp and makes it feel moisturized like nothing! Oh and it quenches my dry hair! I will keep using it and keep you ladies posted.

Anyway today I sprayed my hair with some Aloe Vera Juice, applied the oil and applied some Kinky Curly Custard and my hair came out SO FREAKING pretty! My nonexistent curls POPPED! And my hair feels so SOFT! If you gals wanna try his products and show your support he is selling them on Amazon at this link: BeanStalk Hair Products

Eco Style Gel for Review for Defining Natural Curls

I applied it to dry hair…actually I applied A LOT to the ends and combed through the hair and appplied a little more, twirled it slightlty and let it bounce back.  I like it a lot and it’s so easy and REALLY defines  the curl.  Once my hair grows longer I can see this was being a staple product! The top right picture is once the hair dried and the bottom picture is when the product was applied on dry hair.

Review - Defining My Curls with Kinky Curly Curling Custard (1st Attempt)

17 Jan 2014 - Here are my little curlies after using Kinky Curly gel. Yesterday I twisted this section and took it down tonight and spritzed with some water and applied the Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie and the Kinky Curly Curling Custard natural gel and below are the results of the hair dried! I love it! I can't wait until my hair grows out!

My Wet Natural Hair Pictures (Clear)

As promised here are updated clear pictures of my 98% natural hair, lol. I now see I still have a couple of straggler ends that were hiding from me doing my killing spree of relaxed ends.  Why did I do it? I really wanted to see what my natural texture was at least one time in my life. Its hair it will grow back as long as I take good care of it. Since I wear lace wigs 100% of the time what was the point in me getting a relaxer?  I am still trying to figure out my texture. When wet my hair is springy...soft and when pulled and when the hair springs back its like a "S" shape....ummm I dunno... I think I need more length to determine it. But I am SOOOOO loving my hair! It seems to much easier ....OMG you have no idea. All you have to do it wet and everything falls in place. So here are my wet / no product 98% natural hair pictures.

Oh Snap! Braids4Grow is #teamnatural

U already knew it was coming! Lol this is something I have been wanting for a lonnnnng time! I have conqured long hair so its a new year and time for a change cause Lord knows my hair needed it! The relaxer was killing me! Now I am out on a mission to prove a few that I can grow my natural hair! I know the second picture is blurry but it was late at night when I big chopped. Once I remove my lace wig again I will have better pictures... And of course with my fo-head edited lol. Nawwww girl..
I am not about to embrace my 5 head lol! Well here is how my hair looked at the start of Jan 2013 compared to Jan 2014.

I plan to document my "Natural Hair Journey" over at my other blog: 4C Hair Care