Longer hair becomes "wash and wear" Shorter hair is softened and texturized.

You can have beautiful hair without a lot of work. It doesn’t matter if you keep your hair natural or you enhance the beauty God gave you. Whatever you do, it shouldn’t require too much effort. If you know your hair type, and work within it, styling your hair will be easy!

Types of Hair:
There are four distinct hair types, and if you know which type of hair you have, you can come up with the formula for your hair type to achieve the hair styles you want, easily. In order to find your exact hair type, you’ll need at least one inch of new hair growth.

Every strand of hair is composed of cuticle or fiber layers. If you look at a cross-section of hair under a microscope, you would see layers and layers of cuticles, sort of like the rings in a tree stump. Cuticles protect your hair shaft from the elements (and chemicals you apply). The more cuticles you have, the stronger your hair.

Straight Hair:
If your hair has absolutely no curl and no wave, you have straight hair. Your hair is very strong, tends to be oily, rather than dry. Straight hair can be fine and thin; medium-textured; and coarse. Straight, fine hair is very soft. It is hard to get this hair to do what you want. Medium-textured hair has lots of body, and coarse, straight hair is the hardest to curl or shape.

Wavy Hair:
This type of hair has an “S” curve to it. It lays flat against the scalp instead of standing away from the head, as curly hair does. Wavy hair can be fine and thin, medium-textured, or thick and coarse. Sometimes wavy hair can resist styling and have a tendency to frizz.

Curly Hair:
This hair has a definite “S” pattern and doesn’t lie flat against the head. It is not as shiny as straight or wavy hair because the hair doesn’t have a smooth surface for light to reflect off of. Humidity makes curly hair swell or become frizzy. Curly hair has a lot of body . The longer the hair, the more curl. Usually the crown of the head is the curliest section.

Kinky Hair:
This hair is very tightly coiled, and very fragile. It appears to be coarse, but is actually very fine, with tightly packed thin strands. The reason it is so fragile is because it has fewer cuticle layers than any other hair type, so it has less protection. Many people with kinky hair use chemical relaxers to make their hair easier to control. Kinky hair can be tightly coiled hair that when stretched has an “S” pattern, or that has a “Z” pattern. The “S” pattern has more moisture than the “Z” pattern.