I’m slightly confused by this conclusion that’s been drawn. Maybe we should say that “low-porosity” looks different with different hair textures. Because my boyfriend most DEFINITELY does not have high-porosity hair. He’s prone to build-up, heavy oils, creams and butters make his hair dry, gunky and un-refine his curl pattern. These are all unquestionable hallmarks of low-porosity hair. His hair texture is coarse so it can handle some heavish products but it becomes build-up extremely easily. Coarse low-porosity 4b-c hair is different than say my 2c fine low porosity hair. But it doesn’t mean that his hair isn’t low-porosity. The actual texture of the hair strand matters just as much as porosity. Porosity looks different for different hair textures. If you need heat to get your hair to absorb product…it means it’s low-porosity. If your cuticles were open it wouldn’t require heat to lift the cuticles. It’s also a misconception that low-porosity hair isn’t dry. Low porosity hair can be just as dry as high-porosity hair. Low porosity hair holds onto water easier BUT it struggles to absorb water from the environment. High porosity hair loses water easier but it also absorbs water much easier. If you’re not properly moisturizing low-porosity hair with humectants it’ll feel dry very quickly. All hair requires moisture the same. High porosity hair can feel soft and moist. Low porosity hair can feel coarse and dry. It’s all about HOW you’re caring for it. And texture & porosity are the metrics you use to determine the best way to care for it

@serenity2010sh

Жыл бұрын

Yes! This makes way more sense then the video. She states some facts but contradicts herself sometime. It kinda makes me mad because she's trying to debunk low porosity hair when some people really have it and she can confuse people who do with misinformation.

@TreyBtw

Жыл бұрын

yea, it doesn’t matter how clean my hair is. it takes forever to dry and it’s really good at holding moisture. when i overdo with products my hair is worse off vs when i treat like it’s low porosity

@TreyBtw

Жыл бұрын

and kinda like you’re saying it’s not 1 size fits all. our porosity might not be as low but even on the black hair examples they don’t all look as raised as that last example on the far right

@blueismylove3128

9 ай бұрын

​@@TreyBtwExactly. I'm confused why the conclusion is "black people can't have low porosity" vs "black people have more variety in porosity". Some of the pictures she shows are literally low porosity.

@ivyfeenix

8 ай бұрын

Agreed

honestly so grateful for this video. There is just so much misinformation in the natural hair community and it drives me nuts because influencers and the hair industry are just there to exploit these insecurities for profit. I just wish black hair education was the driving force instead of making money at our expense. It really frustrates me but seeing you do this is really encouraging. Thank you. xx

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly! There needs to be more emphasis on research in development in black haircare the same way other textures have! I’m glad it was helpful and thank you for this🤍🤍🤍

@cfoster6804

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@CreativePower.

2 жыл бұрын

You can always do your own research and share it with others. You don't have to wait for someone to give you information that you can get yourself.

@semoneg2826

Жыл бұрын

This is the reason I follow selective people.....I might listen to a video but don't take everything as doctrine

@merondejene422

Жыл бұрын

Yea that was what I was wondering I am ethiopian and we don’t actually have the same hair texture it’s kinda softer for eg mine than most African and I was confused to say high how about that

ITS OFFICIAL! I’ll be filming a part 2.0 of this video with a deep dive into the research papers I used to get here! A lot of you have been asking and skeptical about this video, my next video will clarify absolutely ALL of your questions! Stay tuned loves 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

I can't lie the title of your video made me side eye and even after reading the comments agreeing I was still skeptical but I'm now half way through your video and the the penny has dropped haha this definitely makes a lot of sense! Why would low porosity hair need to be re-moisturised throughout the week if its key characteristic is locking-in moisture once it's added, so glad I watched this!!!

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Haha thank you!! I was skeptical myself when doing the research definitely took me a while to get my head around it all glad it helped xx

@nethaniapierre8149

Жыл бұрын

Well my low porosity hair doesn't need to be re moisturized throughout the week sooo🤣🤣 I'm skeptical about this I'm not gonna lie lol.

@AuntieSenSen

Жыл бұрын

@@nethaniapierre8149 exactly. People of the diaspora have all different textures. I’m AA/Caribbean and my hair is definitely low porosity. I hardly ever moisturize my hair in between washes.

@nethaniapierre8149

Жыл бұрын

@@AuntieSenSen Agreed 👍🏾💯 I'm Haitian.

@court8640

Жыл бұрын

@@AuntieSenSen thats when genetics come into play. So you most definitely can be low porosity bc of your genetics.

Keep people delusional, they'll get confused. Keep people informed, they'll think you're a hater. Let them learn their lesson, they'll learn from what you already said and genuinely claim they didn't learn from you.

This confirmed a lot for me! I did the water test and based off the description I thought I was low porosity. I ended up coming across a video that’s said “you may not be low porosity, you may just have product buildup & need to clarify”. When I clarified I found that my hair acted very differently! Then I began thinking I may just have medium porosity, until just this past weekend when I let my hair air dry with no product & saw just how fast it dried. This video further confirmed my assumptions! Thank you!

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Wow I’m glad to hear it! Yes it’s so crazy how quickly our hair actually dries with no product hopefully it helps xx

@blackmoongoddess12

Жыл бұрын

OMG!!!! I'm in the same boat, I also did the water test years ago and it stayed at the top so I thought I was "low porosity" but recently my hair has been extremely dry throughout the years so I went back to the basics and started back researching low/high porosity hair and BAM!!!!! I saw a video and ALL the signs represented that I have high porosity hair.. 1) Soaks up water easily 2)Dries quickly (in air dry phase) 3) Dries quickly after moisturizering 4) Get a single strand of your hair,start from end to root rubbing your fingers in-between the strand and if you feel little bulbs on the strand that's another sign of high porosity hair.

@m.j.parker

Жыл бұрын

@@blackmoongoddess12 literally same!! I used to think my hair strand was smooth, but I feel the ridges now!

@sasquelle

Жыл бұрын

I did the water test just now. some of the strands are on the surface, some are in the middle and some of them are below/ So I am very confused also

@blackmoongoddess12

Жыл бұрын

@@sasquelle hmm 🤔 I recently did the water test again and my hair stayed at the top AGAIN lol It could be the water....I live in Phoenix and found out that the water here is extremely hard which is very bad on my high porosity hair but when I lived down south my hair would stay moisturized for days because the water is much softer😭 I hope that helps hon!

Part 2 of this video is out now. More in depth analysis into the sources it’s abit heavy on the science than this one so there’s that! Thank you all for the loveeee 🤍 BLACK PEOPLE CANT HAVE LOW POROSITY HAIR Pt.2! | The science behind african hair cuticles kzread.info/dash/bejne/aY5n1KWOaZrYgc4.html

Thank you for this because i was so confused. Every thing i read made it sound like i had low porosity hair (the test) but i actually saw my own hair under a microscope in highschool science class, and i saw my hair follicle looked like a high porosity follicle next to a white persons hair which looked like low porosity. This provided a lot of clarity

As a natural hairstylist, I don't agree. I have clients that have different hair porosity. As black people we have different hair textures, it's not a one size fit all. Because of our kinks, curls and coils the natural oils our scalp produces do not travel down the shaft of our hair strands and that results in our hair being dry. The straighter your hair is, the easier it is to maintain. When I get I silk press I don't need to moisture my hair as often because my natural oils do that for me and my hair stays soft without using much of anything.The minute I do too much, my hair reverts. When my hair is not straight I have to use products to retain moisture as the oils only travel but so far. There are also different things that can change your hair porosity like lightening and coloring your hair. The best thing to do is to learn what your hair likes and stick to a simple hair routine with little to no manipulation, but that's just my opinion.

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it’s definitely a spectrum, there is no one size fits all necessarily. but there’s a difference between greasy and moisturised the sebum we produce coats the hair strand for protection it’s not a moisturiser. Straight hair plays a big role in sebum retention but a black person with straight hair can go weeks without washing yet a Caucasian/Asian with straight hair can only last a few days max. before it getting extremely greasy. The difference here is the smoothness of the surface of the hair, same with relaxed hair the texture is straight yet it is very dry (relaxers increase porosity even more) so I agree texture plays a huge role but not as much as we think& also silk pressed hair is very dry, just because it feels on the surface nourished doesn’t mean it’s not dry, that’s why our hair naturally wants to revert back by sucking moisture from the atmosphere/products & yes simple routine is KEY!👑

@semoneg2826

Жыл бұрын

So true our hair behave differently because black pot hair are so diverse....I love the diversity.....however what works for you may not work for me

@happycamper91up71

Жыл бұрын

What you're describing is a diverse spectrum of very porous hair👀

@rashaetate310

Жыл бұрын

Same. I’ve been licensed for 13 years and this isn’t factual. Products don’t know what color you are. Not all bald people have kinky hair and not all white peoples have straight hair. All porosity means is the ability for moisture to absorbed.

@LadyDia_1

Жыл бұрын

Wow hair stylist with a license from a few months in a hair styling program want accept scientific facts from a scientist lol be careful who you let in your hair. 🤦🏽‍♀️

This information makes so much sense. I know some may disagree but if you feel your hair is very low porosity then treat it as such. It’s like when I told my doctor that chocolate breaks out my skin. He said there is no science base on chocolate causing acne. However, if you break out after eating chocolate, don’t eat it.

You’re exactly right. This is what I was trying to explain to my sister. My hair is coily when soaking wet, but as soon as I squeeze the water out, the curls start to frizz and about an hour later if I don’t put gel in it, it turns into a giant frizz ball or “Afro”. The reason our hair is so dry is because it’s high porosity, hydration is what brings out our coils and curls, but our hair doesn’t hold onto the water, leaving it dry and frizzy. The reason why European hair appears to dry quicker and absorb water easier is because it’s so thin, they barely have any hair compared to us. But their hair holds onto hydration much better because most of them have low porosity. Asian hair is similar, but their hair is much thicker of course.

@blue-ck9ns

27 күн бұрын

I’ll also state that one thing that can temporarily change the porosity of your hair is the products that you’re using and specifically the ingredients in those products. For example, If you have gel in your hair, it makes your hair hold onto hydration longer, so your hair will take a longer time to dry. This does not mean you have low porosity hair.

@naturalnadinee

26 күн бұрын

Literally this! my hair would take 2 days to air dry if i put thick products and gel in - I used to think i was very low porosity until i realised the same with no product our hair does not hold onto water at all! which is partially why we need the products in the first place!xxx

Was literally searching for products to use on low porosity and hair and came across this video because it caught my eye. And honestly the things you are pointing out make a lot of sense. I look forward to watching part 2 of this for more information.

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video hun and hope it helps in your natural hair journey!🤍🤍

Very interesting video. I was glued from beginning to end lol. I love how you used scientific research to back up your views on porosity. Makes me rethink my whole hair care routine. Thank for this valuable information.

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m so glad it made sense cause I never know if I just sound like im talking jibberish!🤣

@hairsolutionschile7296

Жыл бұрын

@@naturalnadinee you were perfect 🤌🏻 thank you so much. New subscriber 💯

Thanks for the video. What you're saying makes perfect sense. I think the reason you are getting so much pushback is that BW have been saturated with this concept of high/low porosity as a result of social media. On the surface, it made sense because our hair can be so different. No matter what I do to my daughter's hair it looks dry the day after wash day. However, my hair retains moisture longer but will dry out quickly if I wear it in a twist out or wash and go. In comparison, most Asians and Caucasians don't add moisture because they don't need it as it weighs their hair down. So basically, we need to approach our hair care in a totally different way. Problem is where do we start, as many of us are already confused as to the best method to care for our hair. With your background and knowledge, you should consider developing a new system...🙃

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Oh absolutely! I think we really want answers in regards to our hair and we’re willing to a lot into a box that didn’t make all the way sense… I’m glad you enjoyed the video 🤍🤍🤍

Wow..for my whole natural hair journey, I thought I was low porosity due to the strand test and the idea that low porosity = dry hair. But I recently came across a tiktok of someone explaining high porosity and felt like those were more of the characteristics of my hair. I had to revisit this whole porosity thing and came across your video which confirmed my suspicion and all this false information going around in the hair community. Really hope that now understanding that my hair is high porosity, I can properly take care of my hair

I have been Natural since 2008 and I have always used youtube to decide how to care for my hair. I remember when the porosity theory was introduced there was A LOT OF PUSHBACK. Women were saying the same thing Nadine is say but in a less scientific way. It just didn't make sense but somehow or community became convinced. Makes you wonder about programming, marketing etc. Anyway great video !

Finally this makes sense! I watched so many videos and read so many articles on porosity trying to figure it out and it never made sense to me for many reason you just explained.

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!🤍🤍

Never heard this before and it was truly eye opening. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise and perspective with us!

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!🤍

Excellent information! The more I watch these videos, the more I am inclined to listen largely to the scientific experts, like yourself!

Well damn. This is so informative and makes so much sense! I have been spinning with the low, normal, high porosity stuff. Thank you for taking the time to present the information.

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Sometimes I feel like I raced ahead and didn’t explain properly! Thank you🤍🤍

I've been spending a lot of time trying to understand this whole porosity thing, and I've just come across your video... your are the first person talking about porosity with some evidence. Thanks a lot !

@naturalnadinee

11 ай бұрын

You’re welcome x

This makes so much sense! Thank you so much for sharing this. I just found your page and have already learned a lot!

🤯 This is absolutely game changing information right here! I always knew I was high porosity just because the way my hair behaves and always wondered what was wrong with my hair because most black women were claiming low porosity. Turns out I was normal all along.😁 I just got the Chi Enviro Smoothing treatment almost a week ago and so far I am absolutely loving it! It's basically a semi permanent cuticle sealer (wears off in about 4 months). Just doing this has had a very positive impact on the the breakage, dryness, and excessive tangles I was having. I am experiencing what it's like to have low porosity hair. I guess I'll fake it 'til I make it.🤭 This is something for people to look into if they don't want to be bothered with applying products regularly to achieve this. There's lots of videos on KZread about smoothing treatments. Just 2-3 treatments should keep you covered all year. Also, Chi is not the only smoothing treatment out there. Avlon and Design Essentials both make one. This treatment should be a staple in black salons but I'm guessing because it's more time consuming is why we don't see it too often. Excellent video, subscribed!

@CreativePower.

2 жыл бұрын

Society has made you believe you should have low porosity hair. NO! it's better to have high porosity because that's your hairs protection from the environment. People of color have the most protection. Just like your skin. It's melanin is it's protection. Ppl wake up.

@semoneg2826

Жыл бұрын

It also have normal porosity hair which no one talks about

@keekssss

Жыл бұрын

You definitely cannot do a wash and go and leave the house with wet hair for the first 2-4 weeks after the chi enviro treatment unless you wanna walk around smelling like rotten egg and sewage water.

@hairsolutionschile7296

Жыл бұрын

Do they finish the treatment with a flat iron? If so, I had something similar done, but it only worked the first time for me. I even surpassed my length plateau and I loved it so much. It gave me the hair I've always dreamed of, but the second and third time I got it done, I didn't get the same results. I brokenheartedly went back to fully natural. The heat damage just wasn't worth it 🤕 I have no clue why the treatment stopped working and I haven't been able to get an answer from hairstylists in my area when I bring it up 🤷🏻‍♀️

I actually accept this I receive this information it all makes sense!! I think there is a spectrum in each category however we are in that category

This was very informative. Thank you. I noticed a lot of people are pretty defensive in the comments. I have a theory about why that may be the case. Good hair vs bad hair is a deep issue in the black community. Bad hair is supposedly very tightly coiled, dry, short, and don’t be dark skin with all those characteristics too. Good hair is supposedly silky, loose curls, long, and often attributed to one’s blackness being diluted in some way. We’ve continued to add criteria to each side, and porosity is just one of the newer criteria to use to place our hair into categories of good or bad instead of just appreciating it for what it is. I think the people that are defensive about possibly/likely having high porosity hair have some internalized bias or colorism/texturism to work through. High porosity hair is often improperly associated with damaged, bad hair. Not many people know you can actually be born with high porosity hair. And it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s damaged.

@naturalnadinee

5 ай бұрын

Omg so well said!! I high porosity doesn’t mean damaged by any means it just means it’s high porosity our hair is going to flourish regardless xxx

Oh my goodness! Thank you so so much for THIS. I did that water test and my hair floated on top for hours so then I thought OK, it must be low porosity. But, I was also very convinced my hair was high porosity by the way it behaved. ie loses moisture very easily and loves protein. So now I get it. It ALL makes sense. You are awesome! 👍🏽❤️😍 BTW, loving your hair ❤️

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

Yesss that hair porosity test needs to go in the bin! Glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful🥺❤️ & thank you ❤️❤️

@uberhaute_naturalz84

2 жыл бұрын

The best crude test I've done and has given me accurate results so far is clarifying my hair with shampoo and then leaving it to air dry after blotting with my T-shirt. It dried within 2 hours which made me realise that I'm medium to high porosity.

Finally! Thank you, all the misinformation spreading via KZread and social media is frightening and sad. Always knew I had high porosity very fine hair but the natural hair community would say I’m low porosity.

@naturalnadinee

6 ай бұрын

Thank you girl! Glad it helped xxx

Totally agree with you. Great job explaining! Thank you very much! 😊

Makes sense, finding the right products and more importantly using them in the right manner, thanks love!

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Yess for sure using them correctly! Thank you 🤍🤍🤍

@semoneg2826

Жыл бұрын

Many people don't read instructions on products lol

I’m Puerto Rican and I knew this intuitively. You NAILED IT!!!!!

This is the video natural hair KZread has needed for years.

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

It may be too late I fear!😭😭

This makes a lot of sense. I appreciate you taking the time to break this down for us. If you ever develop your own product line, I will certainly without a doubt purchase from you because there is literally a science behind everything with our bodies, hair, skin, nails, etc. I plan to look into ways to balance the PH in my hair/scalp. I really appreciate you for this. Thank you again for sharing! 💕

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! We definitely deserve more science & research based haircare!xx

Makes sense! Thank you for providing scientific facts and visual support for your claim.

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🤍🤍

Very informative and it makes sense .going to check out part 2. Thank you soo much for sharing your knowledge

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Yeahh I feel like Part 2 makes everything come full circle😭 thank you babe🤍🤍

@TheFearlessBabe

Жыл бұрын

@@naturalnadinee So why does my hair not allow certain oils in. Even if it’s in a product, my hair will still be dry compared to the same exact product with a different oil. I used Cantù coconut oil and it wouldn’t hydrate my hair, but I used the same product with argon and it melted in.

@TheFearlessBabe

Жыл бұрын

@@naturalnadinee Also I have to use heat to condition my hair or there’s no difference. It literally feels like nothing changed lol

What I got from this was that because a majority* of Afro hair is delicate, compared to other ethnicities its more prone to have raised cuticles thus most Afro textures are prone to high porosity. While those whose hair is less damaged have less raised cuticles thus lower porosity... HENCE the spectrum and how not one size fits all...thus a percentage of black people do in fact have low porosity hair 🤔 myself included as I tick all characteristics....so... full circle huh. Including the fact that I rarely have to moisturise my hair in fact the only time I moisturise my hair is washday which is once a month... *majority: i.e. not all

@cleopatra7396

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!!! I was over here writing a whole essay about qualifying words like, how hard is it to say "most" instead of "all" or "You might not have low porosity hair"? And especially when it comes to research I always wonder the details of the participants in the study. Did they really get the full range and variety of afro texture hair? How many people were a part of the study? You have black women making whole KZread videos and rants about whether a certain person is really x y or z hair type or not. Our hair is not a monolith and it is not that simple. My hair is a mixture of fine and coarse with varying sizes of tight coils and I am also a true low porosity gal and do not have to re-moisturize my hair again until wash day. If I moisturize and seal properly, it stays moisturized. Also, while afro hair CAN be delicate, there are plenty of natural ladies out there with super thick, hard to break strands as well. I am just over blanket statements. I'm tired of the typing system, the circle system, scientific studies, and whatever else someone comes up with to try and categorize black people's hair with. There are way more types than any chart or scientific study can name. And porosity is a spectrum AND you have have more than one porosity on the same head. I have extremely tight coils but my hair hangs when it's wet, and it doesn't shrink up much at all when it dries (even with no product). What study does that fit into? People, at the end of the day just need to learn their hair, how it behaves, how to best retain moisture and do what works for them to reach their hair goals. Most things aren't one size fits all and that is certainly true for black hair. Think about it this way, I have been natural for ages and have watched tons of natural hair videos and read natural hair blogs and follow natural hair bloggers and in the past 20+ years I have only found ONE person who I could call my hair twin and we would be fraternal hair twins at that.

@lawsome2068

Жыл бұрын

@@cleopatra7396 THANK YOU AS WELL! Thank you so much, I wrote the og comment while knowing none of these viewers would even care and they would just eat this up the way they eat everything up they're spewed at never taking the time to spot the video makers logical fallacies nor even think about the characteristics listed of low porosity hair to see if their hair fits those categories. The Lady is very misleading and is on a whole 'since me and this percentage of black people are like this, even though the experiment did not even begin to cover the many different types of Afro hair. Then EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ARE LIKE THIS which obviously is not true . (also off topic/maybe petty: a study for criminal detection ? Even though as a community we aren't focused on in studies this annoyed me (you're telling me the only study for black hair porosity isn't only extremely limited but one based on criminal detection? (And yes I know they tested other races) but stil dang. Sorry for the rant lol.

@lawsome2068

Жыл бұрын

@@cleopatra7396 plus a black lady I can name off the top of my head with low porosity hair (in alignment with the characteristics she stated) which can't be disputed is someone such as ebonyscurly.

@nethaniapierre8149

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SIS THANK YOU. And I have low porosity hair. I don't have to re moisturize throughout the week because it doesn't need it. This info not good for BW who has low porosity hair like noooo.

@FineNaturalHairandFaith

Жыл бұрын

@@lawsome2068 THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW, shocking information, but as a new natural it makes so much sense, I have to moisturize my hair every other day or sometimes every day and I am here thinking something is wrong with my hair why its not retaining moisture for even 2-3 days ....wow wow. this information is really food for thought. thank you. I'm about to watch Part 2

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Wow really glad you enjoyed and found it helpful hopefully it can help you navigate your hair journey!🤍🤍🤍

@serenity2010sh

Жыл бұрын

You are definitely low porosity. I was high porosity when I had a perm my hair will drink up product but now that I'm natural it won't absorb unless I use warm water to open up the hair shaft.

@blue-ck9ns

27 күн бұрын

You need to use a gel. Gel makes our hair hold onto water longer.

If I’m not low porosity I feel like there has to be another language we can use to define what our hair type is when it comes to it takin in/out moisture. I have friends that need to use cream every other day, while some of us only need to 2/3 times a month. I don’t think I have low porosity in a global way enough to compare it to another race, but I do think some of us do need less moisture then others in the black community

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

So true! High porosity is definitely a spectrum, I compared with other races because porosity is race specific xx

@uchihafatima7190

Жыл бұрын

@@naturalnadinee so do you have a better way I could say thta? or is it just saying that I have low high porosity hair?

@chas1989

Жыл бұрын

I agree. We need a new naming system. I thought my hair was low porosity but looking back it makes no sense🤦🏽‍♀️

@serenity2010sh

Жыл бұрын

@@naturalnadinee I'm black but my mother is mixed race. My hair is low porosity. I will say I'm 25% Irish or less.

@Macmaniaaa

Жыл бұрын

I think we can still use the terms low-high porosity as a way of describing our hair, but only as related to black hair. If we’re looking at porosity in a broader sense (across races) then the system is less helpful and confusing. So for example in a broader sense a black person would be high porosity as compared to an Asian person, but in a more confined and less broad perspective, that same black person would be low porosity as compared to another black person

This video helped me so much... I felt so insecure for like more than a year thinking my hair was low porosity after doing that water and hair test. trying to change the products I used, knowing my family and friends had such healthy hair and would shame me for my “low porosity” hair. Thanks so much, I’ve learnt so much ❤ New subscriber, and you showed evidence spoke facts🙂

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Thank you hun & welcome I’m glad it acc made sense 😭🤍

I’m so happy I’ve found you, I literally am in the process of this porosity test and my hair has been floating on top of the water for hours, yet I’ve always been told I was low porosity smh.. every product I usually buy is low porosity so now I know. Thanks this makes so much sense now, I appreciate the information..

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!🤍🤍

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Also I love your name🤣

EVERY BLACK WOMAN NEEDS TO WATCH YOUR VIDEO! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS! AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, SMART AND AN ELOQUENT SPEAKER!! Much love 💕 🎀💖💕💗😇

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

Awww 🥺🥺 eloquent speaker that is actually so nice! Thank you so much 🤍🤍🤍

WOW THANX FOR THIS VIDEO..THIS NEEDS TO BE VIRAL!

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!🤍

I think you are expressing everything I’ve been feeling about the natural hair community. For years I’ve been confused and thinking I’m the only black person with high porosity since everyone else claims they have low porosity hair. When they wash their hair I can tell the hair repels water because of heavy products. Thank you for further information. I was using the LOCO (distilled water, light oil, cream, heavy oil or pomade) method to moisturize my hair which has worked for me. But I still need to do better at keeping my hair moisturized. I’m going to go back to acv rinses and attempt to use aloe and a little more protein to see if that works.

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Honestly I feel you! I also thought I was low porosity at one point until I further understood why my hair behaves a certain way and did the research. Yes ACV rinses and low PH products will be your best friend for moisture retention and the more you train your hair to retain moisture the easier it will get over time hope it all starts to work! Xxxx

Now I know why my Asian (non Indian) hair extensions last the longest ! There hair is invincible!

This makes so much sense...Thanks for the info!

I've just started my true hair journey to get my curls poppin. I've watched so many videos and couldn't really figure out if my hair was high or low porosity. This has helped tremendously.

I have been so confused for so many years. So thank you so much for sharing the facts!😍

You are most definitely on to something...I'm fully invested in your explanation on porosity.

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Part 2 explains the science a bit better too xx

Also, please do a video on tips for caring for high porosity hair. Thanks!

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

Will do!🤍

You did such an amazing job explaining this!!! Excellent video!!!

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!😭 It’s difficult to include all the bits in but I’m glad you enjoyed

Thank you for pointing this out. Especially the product use. I been trying to tell friends this for years.

Thank you for making this video. I was convinced this whole time that I have low porosity hair

Wow, this video was so informative. I've never even been interested in this porosity contest naturalistas usually have. I never even cared to find out what it even means to have low/high porosity hair. I've always just focused on growing healthy hair and finding or even making my own products in my kitchen that work for my hair, acv being one of those products. Honestly I don't even like putting oil in my hair cause it always feels so weighed down and somehow dries up very quickly as opposed to when I don't put oil in it. I will oil my scalp every now and then if I feel I need to, but I don't generally use oil on my hair shaft. Thank you, you've answered questions I never even knew I had. 🌹

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Thank you hun! I’m glad you found it helpful 🤍🤍

Thank you so much for this video. I learned a WHOLE lot from it. I always knew my hair was high porosity. I have to use 3 things to help my hair stay moist after I wash it; spray bottle with water, oil my scalp once a week, use a moisturizing lotion or cream and hair grease alone the shaft and ends of my hair to keep it from breaking off. My hair is extremely dry. I am in my late 50's and use henna and indigo to dye my hair and that is very drying also.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!🙏🏽❣️🙏🏽❣️This makes so much sense! I've been so confused until I came across your video!!😍❣️😍❣️😍

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Aww thank you! Glad it helped 🤍

Boom. Makes so much freakin sense! 👏👏👏👏 And I taught middle school science and yes DENSITY is what determines whether something will float or sink like👏 you 👏 said 👏 density and buoyancy

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I don’t know where it came from that it determines porosity 😭 x thanks hun 🤍

This was so informative, and it makes so much sense. Thank you.

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🤍🤍

You had me hooked in the first 10 secs ❤😂 great video thank you

OMG! Super helpful info. Thanks for explaining. This video should be viral and mandatory for all naturals. As a logical science-minded person, this porosity issue FINALLY makes sense.

Wow!!! Thank you so much, this makes more sense now.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I think what is important is if fellow naturalistas are able to understand how their hair retains moisture to serve as a basis for the types of products (thick or liquidy and in-between) that will help them with hair length retention, strength and resilience. I think describing porosity high, low and in between helps to identify that for many who have not yet cracked the code for their hair. Although I have 2 sisters (same parents), how our hair retains moisture are each very different. Water sits on my hair during a wash unless I squeeze/press it in and so does heavy thick cremes. As children our mother used the same heavy products on all 3 of our heads, my 2 sisters hair thrived with waist length hair and mine did not. However, as an adult, once I understood more about my hair in that it is indeed low porosity and figured out how to get and keep moisture in with lighter products like aloe vera and peppermint oil, it started to finally thrive.

@aishataviator

Жыл бұрын

@Trinity M I think when you compare low porosity for straight hair versus curly hair is where you lose me. If you check out webmd description of low porosity the site does not delineate between straight hair vs curly hair the criteria to make the determination is the float test and the spray test to determine if and how well the strand of hair in question absorbs water. If you can point to the scientific reference that makes the distinction in only associating low porosity with straight hair let me know. There are other KZreadrs like power in your curls and others who have given solid advice on products for low po’s like me. So just bc this does not apply to you does not mean that it can’t possibly apply to others

We honestly need more people like you: educated black female scientists who are not out to con the black natural hair community! This is amazing info! I kept testing my hair and sometimes it would sink and sometimes it would swim and I was honestly about to lose my mind… Omg. I knew something wasn’t right.

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Wow thank you so much 🥺🤍 glad it helped somebodyyyy

@divestedkonservativekarame4269

8 ай бұрын

​@@naturalnadineemy hair stays swimming.

@naturalnadinee

8 ай бұрын

@@divestedkonservativekarame4269 sponges also float in water but are great at absorbing it because something floating in water has nothing to do with its porosity but it’s density xx

Best freaking video on KZread hands down!!! Definitely subscribing❤❤❤

@naturalnadinee

5 ай бұрын

Thank you girl! More to come🤍🤍

How do you only have 2k views? This should be viral

I loved this video! I hope you continue to do educational videos about Black hair. Perhaps, do one on silicones in Black hair---so many people say no silicones at all, but I would love to hear a chemical engineer perspective.

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

Wow yes! I will have to because there can definitely be place for silicones!! Thank you🤍

@uberhaute_naturalz84

2 жыл бұрын

Lab muffin, Afope Atoyebi and Curly Chemistry all have a video on silicone and nothing is wrong if you use silicone. Just clarify your hair often.💖

@uberhaute_naturalz84

2 жыл бұрын

@@naturalnadinee thanks for this video, sis💖💖

I am so grateful. I thought l was low based on other hair videos but what you said made so much sense. Thank you so much...

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Aww thanks I’m glad it helped xx

Awesome information!!! Edit: I did the strand test and my hair at first floated, then sunk, then floated again! 😂😂😂 Our hair is porous.

Your information is and eye opener. Thanks for the information. I will write back when I need more answers.

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! & no problem 🤍

Omfl thank you so much for this video. I've been thinking about this porosity crap too much and what products would work for me. Subbed!

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! & yes it can be so confusing xx

This is what I don’t understand. My mother and aunts and I’m sure their mothers knew nothing about low or high porosity hair. As little girls, my mother and aunts used homemade items to shampoo their hair and no conditioner. They probably used hair oil made from animal fat, maybe lard. When y mother got married and a little hair products began to be more available, not much, they used that. She, my aunts and they washed our hair once a month, comb and braided our hair in ponytails and air dried out hair overnight, and pressed our hair the next day. Didn’t know anything about a blow dryer. She used V-O5 shampoo on my hair because it was cheap and it was available. Never used conditioner. She used Blue Bergamot to oil my scalp. My mother, aunts, there daughters and myself all had long hair. My mother and her sister could sit on her hair. When I grew up and took over my hair care, I begin using special products, conditioners, blow drying… relaxers and I noticed I started having issues with my hair. I moved from Indiana where it was humid, and lived to Colorado where it’s extremely dry. I had major issues with dryness. I oiled my hair one day, and the next day, it was dry as if I never liked my scalp. I get chapped lips, my skin is always dry no matter what you apply. I drink 8-13 cups of water! I was told by a hair care professional to get a relaxer. Nothing worked and nothing has worked. I have been living in Colorado for over 40 years and no change. My point is, while things were so simple when I was a little girl and alone it’s my moms hair in doing just a simple hair wash and hair beautiful long and thick hair. Everything is so complicated now. Too many products and so much advice concerning everything and lot of disagreements. Just my opinion!! But it does make sense to wash the hair using clarifying shampoo and test for porosity without any hair products makes perfect sense to really know for sure! 🤦🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️😜🤪 😞☹️😖😩

Such a well done and informative video. Thank you so much!

I'm black but my mom is black and Irish so I have low porosity hair.

This channel is a goldmine...I am surprised it hasn't blown up yet! I recently learned about water damage and how your hair shouldn't be wet for more than an hour--so I learned this whole drying process of how you should hold your blow dryer 9 cm away from your head and only blow dry your hair for 1 minute at a time and give it 1 minute to rest and repeat, but the whole time I was thinking about this I noticed it was a study done in Korea and given how different Korean and Black hair is I was wondering you if you had any insight on water damage and air-drying vs. blow drying. I found out what it's called: "hygral fatigue" I think.

@naturalnadinee

9 ай бұрын

Hey hun & thank you so much! And I mentioned this in another video I will always blow dry, not only does wet hair give hygral fatigue, wet hair is also weak and prone to damage, drying your hair as quickly as possible is always best in my opinion and research does back this up. If people fear heat damage or excessive dryness from blow drying then they can always use lower heat xxx

@Mungbeansoup85

9 ай бұрын

Okay great thanks for the response. I am currently binging your videos so I am sure I will see this one soon!@@naturalnadinee

Thanks for sharing. Makes sense how relaxing can really wreck the hair and make it even drier.

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

100% I think heat training or being a Straight haired natural is a much better alternative, relaxers almost strip all the cuticle layers and leave hair cortex exposed in some areas xxx

Thank you soooooo much for clarifying hair porosity.

I am a Chemical Engineer, and sincerely this is the best I have ever heard about our African hair. Now this makes sense., keep up the good work sis.

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Omg Yass love that! Thank you so much!🤍🤍

@semoneg2826

Жыл бұрын

The thing is African hair is very diverse because of mix genes what works for you may not work for me. We have Afro kinky Africans to curly African hair type

You've just saved me from spending £££ on low porosity products. I thought id finally found the secret to what was holding my hair back but i was skeptical because there is no way my hair has anything in common with caucasian hair. Thank you so much for this ❤

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad! && right! That was the lightbulb moment for me nothing similar to Caucasian hair at all xx

Wow! This video has changed the way I see my hair. All this time I've been thinking I had low porosity hair, what a waste. Now, I will treat my hair as high porosity all the time going forward and buy my hair products accordingly. Thank you so much for sharing. 🙂

Wow thank you so much for this!!!☺️

Thank you for this video. I was just about to buy some Shea Moisture low porosity products and then saw your video. Also, I did google the difference between low and high porosity hair and yes what you are saying is so true for me and my hair which is 4C. Not speaking for anyone else, but after this video and doing my own research definitely believe that my hair is High porosity. It will absorb products or moisture quickly but does not retain it cause then the next day or couple days it is dry, hard, rough, can't even get a comb thru if I tried not manageable at all. I have to like re-wet it and condition it all over just to be able to style it, so thanks a lot!

@serenity2010sh

Жыл бұрын

Your hair is high porosity. It's low porosity hair (like mine) that cant absorb product unless I use warm water to open up the hair shaft. This is true for all low porous haired people. Since your hair is high porous it will take product easily but won't keep it unless you water train it or use a good moisturiser.

You helped so many of us lost ones boo keep it up! Now I know where to look, thank you!

Never understood the water test so I honestly gave up learning my porosity. It took me sitting there and realizing that I have open cultiles (hence the frizz and constant dryness of the scalp) Your video is so informative. Thank you

this entire video is so helpful ive learned so much things i didnt know

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad 🤍🤍

I could hug you. You clarified 50 years of poor quality information

Oh wow. Why they put us all in box like that lol. Black people have all different kind of textures. Do you think they mis-identify races at times? Seems like authorities have a baseline of what would be seen as the typical type of hair for certain races, which is understandable I guess. Because I have much more curly frizzy hair than my siblings; one has straighter wavy hair, doesn't really get frizzy at all. Also, LOVE the science terms!!! Helped me with the understanding a lot I didn't know about my hair and others. Can't wait to pass your channel on to others, thank you!!

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

Difference in textures exist in all races. They put us in that one box because all black peooles hair looks like this under a microscope. I would say it’s easier to mismatch identity of an Asian/Caucasian that it would be for a blacks person even then I’ve never heard it happen because the differences are very obvious. Frizz doesn’t really have much to do with it, all hair porosities can be prone to frizz regardless of race, && thank you!🤍

@missyjayjay1

2 жыл бұрын

@@naturalnadinee Ohhh okay. Just so I’m not confused, even a black person with a different hair texture (straight, wavy, curly) it would still show that person is black?

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

100% it’s very obvious to see racial specific differences regardless if the person has 3A hair or 4c hair

@semoneg2826

Жыл бұрын

@@missyjayjay1 Yes the person is still black but they have mixed genes hair...

I literally found this video, after wondering if i was high porosity after all. Then your video popped up. Now i know thank you!

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🤍🤍🤍

So glad I found your channel... I could literally cry ❣😭

@beans1998

Жыл бұрын

p.s. you're STUNNING and your wash n gos at the end of the video are the best i've ever seen no joke 🥲

As a nurse, I believe in scientific research. You have enlightened me to do even more research. Thank you for sharing. ♥️

I believe you sis. I was never sure of my porosity. No complaints over here.

14:45, I'm dying, when you clapped your hands, I felt that! 😂

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Hahah I’m such a drama Queen🤣🤣🤣

These are facts! This video needs to go viral😱😱😱

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Aww thank you! I feel like I didn’t explain it as well looking back but we move!🤍

@chas1989

Жыл бұрын

@@naturalnadinee nah you explain it so well. Keep this information coming😁

Great video! Thank you for the information😊

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🤍🤍🤍

You did an excellent job explaining hair. Can you please provide some recommendations on best way to help hair grow and keep it healthy.

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you && yes I can 🤍

This video is priceless. Very valuable info,,,Thank u so much

This is so helpful, hope u post more videos so I can do better because this journey is do confusing

This makes so much sense! I thought I had low porosity hair. Now the question is how the heck do I get my hair to maintain moisture? 🧐

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Girl me too!! I explain more in this video how to help your hair retain moisture better kzread.info/dash/bejne/m2atpZRrZNSWe6Q.html

@serenity2010sh

Жыл бұрын

Try using warm/hot water to open your hair shaft this will help absorb more product. If you believe your hair is really low porous.

Subscribed. Everything you said was sounded factual and motivated by emotion

@naturalnadinee

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for saying emotion not anger 😭😭 people keep saying I’m angry, I’m just passionate welcome to the gang!🤍🤍🤍

This made SO much sense!! Do you think you could make a video expanding on it in the style of Sarah Ingle or Efik Zara? With added cinematography and graphics to better sell your points. I can't wait to watch your next video on this subject. Edit: Is there a way I could temporarily seal my cuticles without damaging or changing my curl pattern?

@naturalnadinee

Жыл бұрын

Yess I’ve decided to do that so it flows better 😭🤣 I honestly didn’t think this video would get as much attention as it didn’t thank you for the tip 🤍🤍 && yes I have a video on how to seal your hair cuticle xxx

@blueorchid5971

Жыл бұрын

@@naturalnadinee Yay I'm going to watch right away! Can't wait.

Thank you!!! I love the intelligence and the science! It makes sense. Could you recommend us some creams and gels or products?

@naturalnadinee

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And honestly it’s difficult to recommend what will work for someone else but I will do a video of a breakdown of different products that work well! 🤍

I doubted you at first but that equilibrium bit explained it all

Good information! Thanks for sharing.