POROSITY TEST MISTAKES PEOPLE MAKE + HOW TO TEST YOUR POROSITY PROPERLY

DISCLAIMER: The float test will not determine your porosity, Take it from me, a professional hairstylist. In this video, I explain how to determine your curly hair porosity based on a new perspective proven by professional hair and colour specialists in the industry. So, SAVE YOUR WATER FOR DRINKING - not for testing your hairs porosity, grab your popcorn and notebooks and let's GRADE the porosity of your hair together.

I personally have porosity grade 4 / 3, and in this video, I will also share how I determined my bleached curly hairs porosity + how I care for my high porosity curls.

See you next Tuesday, but in the meantime here are some additional helpful videos to help you manage high porosity curls:

🎥How I care for my curls before and after bleach:

🎥How to tell if your curls need Protein or Moisture:

🎥Curly Hair Cut Tips:

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[ManesByMell]

In this video i talk about the different "Grades" and severity of porosity levels. Heat and Chemicals are not the only things that can increase your porosity over time. Environmental factors like pollution and the sun affect porosity, as well as excessive shampooing and brushing your hair dry. Remember that porosity means the ability to absorb moisture, and although the higher porosity the hair, the more holes like a sponge your strands have. They will absorb moisture but also not be able to hold it in. Next week's video will be extremely important because I will explain what to do to your hair to maintain an even porosity, how to treat your porosity, and what do do to seal in moisture. Stay tuned I have so much information to share with you all! New video out next Tuesday!

[fernandes]

I didn't know people could detangle their hair without a conditoner. Can you imagine 😅

[Sara_Smiles_]

Oh my gosh, when you started describing level 5 porosity hair I legit felt like I was gonna throw up! I kept touching my hair and whispering “I’ll never do that to you baby!”

[CaityRaindrop]

1. Hasn't dyed hair in 8 years (never bleached)
2. Hasn't straightened in 6 (takes too long)
3. Air dried until recently getting a blow dryer (always used on cold and so far used twice)
4. Went outside maybe under 20 times in the last 2 years due to deep anxiety and depression

Moma i think my hairs a born again virgin

[Kristina]

Most people who have been told by influencers and curly groups that they have low porosity hair do not, they actually have normal to high porosity hair. These people also think that having low porosity is good, it is NOT good people.
If you dunk your hair in a pool and come back up and it's still dry that means you have low porosity. If it comes up wet you do not have low porosity.
Low porosity hair is extremely hard to hold moisture and it also dries fast. High porosity hair gets wet faster and dries slow (and if it sticks to your head when wet you do not have low porosity). Low porosity hair DOES NOT dry slow at all.
Also, there is naturally high porosity hair AND damaged high porosity. Natural high porosity is just fine, damaged high porosity is what Mel is talking about in this video.
BUT if you bring ANY of this up in curly girl FB groups you will be kicked out and messaged with a nasty paragraph about how wrong and terrible you are. If you DARE suggest to people in curly girl gorups on FB that they don't have low porosity hair, then you literally get kicked out of the group. These FB groups used to be wonderful but now they are a hot mess filled with nazi curl people who think they know every single thing about everything and they will not accept anything different. These groups encourage you to buy massive amounts of products and turn people into product junkies. They also teach you everything wrong and most things they teach you are the opposite. The curly girl product companies are making tons of money off this false information, making products for low and high porosity and these products are TERRIBLE and so wrong.
Rant over.
Everyone reading this have a wonderful day.

[hristinabelchevski]

Omg omg omg omg omg Guess who’s seeing you tomorrow Guys I’m literally in heaven right now cause I just booked an apt with MEL ! #blessed🙌

[NormaEs]

I have a "virgin hair" yet my hair is super frizzy.

[katrinametzler]

Mell, first off, you were born to do this. 👊🏻 Second, could you talk about the best oils for different types of hair; jojoba, argan, black castor, etc?

[djamila]

I think you are the best person to explain the porosity of hair. I had to watch the video twice to understand properly but now I know my porosity thanks to you. Thank you. I recommend this video to all my sisters

[donahome]

Can you make a video about how to choose haircut for curly hair

[InfoLunix]

Finally someone speaking FACTS instead of MYTHS about this subject!
My hair is currently at grade 2 because I went natural 10 months ago and I don't use heat anymore.

[thalyavalentin]

I always learn so much watching your videos! This was super helpful bc I never knew how to tell the porosity in my own hair

[mycents]

Porosity isn't only about styling damage, btw. My daughter in elementary school had high porosity hair in great condition. It's just her hair type. It has to be cared for with different products and care but it's very normal as long as you keep it properly nourished.

[Daybara]

Some Girls with hijabs have like the prettiest hair. I remember this girl from school she showed me her hair was so beautiful and shiny and healthy!!! It’s protected from the sun I guess

[Kristina]

PEOPLE calm down. I see soooo many questions about what to do and how to do it and how you know if [insert here] etc etc etc. Please remember that the entire purpose of CGM is to love our hair and to simplify everything, not make it complicated. Stop complicating everything. Stop worrying about every little detail. Just balance out moisture and protein with your daily products and you will be OK.
This is why I stopped participating is most of the curly groups. Everyone complicates every single thing and makes me hate my hair all over again. So I just simply everything and I love my hair. LOVE LOVE LOVE my hair.
So calm down. Love your hair. Make it simple. Stop the complications. Love your hair and stop making it a hot complicated mess all over again.
Thanks and much love.

[lorrainelogsdon]

This is hands down the most informative of the MANY videos I have watched on the subject. I’ll definitely be looking at her other videos for more great information.

[maxinel]

Wow makes sense! According to the water in a glass test I am low porosity. But many internet searches say low porosity doesn’t like protein. But my hair loves it. I was so confused but this video definitely made sense.

[raysarlie]

My ‘trusted’ and ‘experienced’ hairdresser bleached my dark brown (5) hair by making me sit in the sun with bleach all over previously bleached hair and without olaplex even after I requested/begged her to.... the result was exactly a grade 5 porosity :( my full and thick hair broke off day by day and it felt like dried glue strands. It left me with basically half my head of hair forcing me to cut it from waist length to armpit length. It’s been 3 years later, all natural styling and care and a definite change of hairdresser who actually cares about my hair. The fullness is returning slowly with great care and the right products for the remaining damage. My hair is almost back to waist length again and I’ve been using all these tips on this channel to assist with my 2B/2C curl/wave type. Thank you Mell!! ❤️❤️

[jmangum]

The dramatic background music when you were talking about grade 5 hair was on point. It set a perfect tone in understanding how grade 5 hair is no goody. Thanks for this video. I always thought that dying my hair ( to cover greys) might effect my hair porosity cuz it would appear different in texture and it felt different. Never really knew for sure. That is until now that u broke it down. 🤗

[madeline]

This video has been really popular lately and there's a lot of questions and confusion in the comments. Maybe it would be good to do an update on this video. As it is a trending topic again, and people don't get it