and 4’s have coily hair. “We basically took Andre Walker’s texture system but added the a, b, and c to better describe the texture’s tightness,” Breyer says. “A 3a curl pattern has a ...

Hair type refers to curl patterns, which are labeled in a range from straight 1A hair to tightly coiled 4C hair. The main difference between curly (3A, 3B, and 3C patterns) and coily (4A ...

Curly vs. coily hair To help you find the best conditioner for your needs, we've broken this guide down by curl type — curly (3A, 3B, and 3C type patterns) and coily (4A, 4B, and 4C type patterns).

Are you Type 1C or Type 3A? Knowing your type is ... “From here, each hair type generally has three subcategories based on the curl pattern and texture,” explains celebrity hairstylist Emilio ...