Hair Porosity 101 & 3 Easy Hair Porosity Tests! | BiancaReneeToday

What is HAIR POROSITY? Why is it important? Why do I have frizz? What products will work for MY hair?? These are all questions that I answer in this video! Learn if you have Low, Normal or Hight Porosity Hair!

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[missbxng]

I wish I could have someone just come & do a hair analysis on me... I start thinking I know my hair but then I don't & feel unsure. The struggle.

[ness]

"Say it out loud"
Me: "i don't know"

[xeygvyq]

I'm really baffled rn honestly I feel like I have both 😂

[shae]

Hair porosity is a great tool to use to determine what techniques to use on your hair. Porosity is literally a measure of how porous a thing is. When you think of pores, you think of holes. The strand test is useful because it is a quick way to see how water passes through the “holes” or open cuticles of your hair stand. So if your hair strand takes on the water and goes to the bottom of the cup, it is highly porous, or high porosity. If it floats it has low porosity because the cuticle is not open or porous. Damaged or chemically treated hair is typically highly porous because the processing causes it to damage the cuticle. Although, some folks have naturally highly porous hair, even when it is not damaged. Most naturals will find that their hair is low porosity, this can be a good thing, it means the cuticle is intact and the hair is strong. This can be a bad thing because it can make it hard for nutrients to penetrate the strand. In order for your products to penetrate a low porosity head of hair, you have to manipulate the cuticle with heat. Very simple concept. So unless you are dcing with heat, that product is just sitting there and never really penetrating the strand. For this reason low porosity gals tend to get product build up which can cause breakage. Another thing to consider when doing the strand test: water has a property called viscosity. That means the surface of the water likes to “stick” to itself. So when you do a single strand test, the strand may not be heavy enough to pass through the surface of the water and will seem to float. Do not mistake this for low porosity hair, simply give the strand a gentle push past the surface of the water and then see what it does.

[boobobmaloo]

Hair will float because of surface tension. If you want to use the hair floating as a method for porosity detection, you need to push the hair down past the surface and see if it floats back up.

[breannamoore]

You can have high porosity hair without damage. It can actually be just your hair! I was born this way man.

[Olivia-wxeu]

I have high porosity. Last week I tried to deep condition, my hair looked amazing the next day, the day after my hair went to being a dry Sahara desert.... sigh

[type_Kizuna]

Tip for the water test
Poke your hair a little bit until it gets under water. Because if you don't do anything then the water tension will prevent the hair from sinking.
:)

[rueh]

Lmao when she described low porosity I was like oh okay maybe and then she went on to high porosity and I was like “wait, switch!” 😂😂

[trinity_eden]

Low like if u have low porosity hair like me

[uniquekeeling]

Where my high hair porosity gang at ??

[destinythomas]

“Ain’t nobody got a hooded dryer just lying around!” 😂😂😂

[lisanelson]

this is so why I love this channel! this video just made me understand why my braids never stay weeks and the roots are just full of frizz!!!! high porosity hair is definitely my hair type! thanks Bianca

[kelees]

I always thought I had low porosity hair. Just did the water glass test and my strand shriveled up and hit the bottom of the glass in seconds!😭 15 years natural and I’ve been wrong all this time! Thanks for the informative video. 👍🏾

[videofan]

I grew up with a hooded dryer in my house, lol.

[jessicaw]

Low porosity. And Moisture's Low Porosity line is sent from the GAWDZ themselves. Hallelujah! I feel like I'm waking up to Willow Smith's "Whip My Hair" every day since purchasing this line. 3c/3b ON FLEEK! Yas!! I can't keep my hands out of my hair.

[cyntreese]

I'm in the transitioning stage and still doing my homework, this helped me alot. Thanks

[ladymimi]

So my hair floats, has beads when I spray, takes a long time to get fully wet, and it's thick. But it has a bumpy texture and tangles easily so what am I???

[alexxdaye]

This was the BEST explanation of Hair porosity~ Now I actually know what I'm working with! High Porosity all day! Thanks for the info Sis!!! Your Beautiful!

[autumndreams]

I am so excited I
found you! you are adorable and informative! I have a 13 year old biracial daughter who had super soft curls until she began hitting puberty a few years ago. she has refused to wear her hair down since because unfortunately we do not live in a diverse area and she does not like the attention her hair gets. I have tried so many product lines over the years and watched videos and read blogs to no real change...my daughter recently has wanted to start wearing her hair down and natural but it is a mess from years of wearing it in a tight bun day & night. we do use the shea moisture line and do apple cider vinegar rinses...after watching some videos recently, I believe she may have protein overload and i believe she has low porosity hair. I have tried to instill in her that her natural hair is beautiful and I want her to feel proud of who she is and love herself. if you have any advice for us, I would be grateful! I am going to have her watch some of your videos too!