Hair Type Guides

Long-form guides for people searching hair types, types of hair, and question-shaped queries. Each page links to the quiz, chart, and the twelve type hubs. For Type 4 moisture routines across several days, see the type 4 moisture blog article.

Pillar guides (how & what)

• What hair type do I have?

  Question-led walkthrough for people who want a fast answer, then proof from air-dry tests and comparison photos.

• How to determine your hair type

  Method-focused guide: lighting, product resets, timing, and how to avoid mislabeling damaged hair.

• Hair types & science (peer-reviewed sources)

  How lab studies measure curl and cross-section; curated DOI list including Proc. R. Soc. A, Sci. Rep., and Acc. Chem. Res.

Definitions, lists & curly/coily deep dives

• What are the different hair types?

  Every Andre Walker code listed with quick links to all twelve type pages and category hubs.

• What are the four types of hair?

  Straight, wavy, curly, and coily explained before you drill into A/B/C sub-types.

• What is type 3 hair?

  Curly family overview: how Type 3 differs from waves and coils, plus 3A–3C links.

• What is type 4 hair?

  Coily family overview, shrinkage, 4A–4C links, and moisture deep-dive on the blog.

• What type of curly hair do I have?

  Curly-only decision guide: 3A vs 3B vs 3C and the 2C border, with wash-day tests.

• What is the rarest hair type?

  Why educators usually name 1A, what rarity does not mean, and care when your code feels uncommon.

• What is the most common hair type?

  Why there is no honest single global answer—and how to use the chart anyway.

• Can you change your hair type?

  Genetics vs hormones, damage, chemicals, and realistic limits of training or products.