12 Types of hair and how to style them
Did you know that hair typing can be much more specific? In fact, there are 12 types of hair, and you can identify yours based on the curl pattern, hair texture, and thickness of your strands. This comprehensible guide with a curl type chart will help you understand what type of hair you have. More than that, it will explain why your hair behaves this or that way and what you can do to bring out its natural beauty and strengths. Hair Type Chart with Different Types of Waves and Curls The universal hair typing system was developed by Andre Walker. It distinguishes between 12 hair types subdivided into 4 larger categories: Type 1: Straight hair. Straight hair that tends to be shiny, oily and almost unresponsive to common curling techniques. While it has three subcategories: 1A, 1B, and 1C, the differences between them does not call for different hair care routines, so these are often described together. Type 2: Wavy hair. Type 2 hair is the happy medium between stra...