Hair Characteristics for Hair Care
EN (English) Hair Characteristics and Types 1. Curl-pattern (1-straight , 2-wavy, 3-curly-coily, 4-kinky-coily) : How your hair looks like? Important for hair manipulation (work in sections, detangling process, approriate tools) and products choice (based on ingredients and their importance or concentration in a given product). 2. Density (Low/Light/Sparse, medium, High/Heavy/Full) : How much hair do you have? Tests: 1. Do you see your scalp without having to manipulate your hair? 2. Bun size (<2inches, 2-4 inches, >4inches) ? Important for product texture choice. Accordingly, one can choose light (low density), thick (high density) or a mix of light and thick products. 3. Width (Thin/Fine/Small, medium, Thick/Large/Coarse) : How large is your hair strand? Tests: 1. Take a hair strand an compare it to half of the width of a thread (<, =, >). 2. Take a hair strand and put it in front of a light. If you can't see the strand then your hair is fin...