You know back in the day ( im 46) you didn't hear about porosity....either your hair maintained moisture or it didn't...if it didn't you tried other methods..hair care was simple....wash it....not even condition it and put some blue magic on that thang and baby you were in there....my hair was long... healthy.... thick/dense and it was just simple
Right! Like you said, sometimes I think about how we didn't even have conditioner as kids! It's wild to think about that now. But my hair was still always waist length or longer and full and healthy through pressing and later, relaxers. Fortunately it still is with my $6 shampoos and conditioners from the drugstore/grocery store . That's not very luxurious, but I'm hesitant to spend extra time and money on expensive protein treatments, deep conditioners, etc. because so many people seem to have bad experiences with them. I'll admit that I do find low porosity hair very interesting to see when I watch hair videos and the hair never really seems to get wet while it's being washed and looks like its already been dried right afterwards. It's like a magic trick! And to read/hear that the benefit of that is that it actually stays well moisturized for long periods of time just makes that even better.
I'm 43 and my hair has never been healthy or thick. Using only hair grease just dried my hair out and I got zero good advice from black cosmetologists. My hair was the longest and strongest when I kept chemicals and black cosmetologists out of my head. I have black trichologists and they are on point for everything.
@@marleyhill34 My grandmother always took care of my hair and with no chemicals. My grandmother had hair down her back and she always air dried after washing her hair.... used grease after washing and rolled her hair with the pink sponge rollers(throw back) and that's how she did it. My grandmother didn't even have gray hair and she never dyed it. I guess it worked for many but not everyone...also, all her sisters was the same... beautiful long healthy hair using simple practices and no chemicals....they had no alopecia...no other scalp issues..it's was great
@@kbm4409 I don't use chemicals but I need to shampoo weekly, deep condition weekly and moisture dailyand keep everything but prescriptions and shampoo off my scalp. It's simple but i cant just grease it, set it and forget about it. My mom didn't even teach me to wrap my hair at night.
@@marleyhill34 well I understand that....my grandma didn't use a bonnet but she had that nifthy scarf no matter what but the funny thing is my hair was never covered. It didn't cause a problem then but now if that bonnet falls off my hair is in trouble..I have to moisturize at least twice a week but I didn't use to need that but maybe once a week...hair changes as we age and previous hair practices....
So many people have excessive build up because of all the polyquats, cationic surfactants, oils and butter etc. they are using without clarifying their hair properly but they attribute it to low porosity
Facts!!! Once I got more comfortable and knowledgeable about my hair porosity was not a major factor in how I cared for it. I just adjusted products to fit how my hair felt and reacted day to day. Great video!!
I never cared to pay attention to it. Its another trend to follow to make people think they need to focus on it for healthy hair. My hair gets wet just fine and retains moisture just fine. No at home test needed.
Because you have normal hair. Lol! The easiest hair type to take care of. Lol! I do not have normal hair, or normal scalp and it is a complete challenge to keep my hair healthy. My mom does nothing but put hair grease in her hair and wash once a month and it stays pristine. I would be in scalp pain and my hair would break off to bald in 4 weeks. My mom doesn't have any edges though and I have all my edges.
I’m so over it all I’m natural and went back to old school techniques and products meaning wash condition with creme of nature, hair Mayo for pre poo tension blow out with heat protectant and leave in and blue magic, done.I’m over it the gurus, the overpriced products everyone please just do what works for YOU.
Thanks Narada. I think many of us bought into that way back in the day because we just didn't know Now, I cringe when I hear the terms protein sensitive or porosity. I just wash and condition and style my hair. I no longer have a million products. I couldn't tell you what the newest product is on the market.
Thanks for the insight. That's how I address if it dry after a day are two. I moisturize.. I address my hair according what it needs. If I don't need to moisturize. I dont.
It probably wouldn’t have mattered much to me when I was younger and my hair was relaxed. But now that I went natural, got older & then colored my hair, while simultaneously also going through different health issues, and my hair thinned out a lot, it matters. It explains so much about why certain products never worked for me, & it was usually always the really thick products and/or the ones with silicones. They just sat on top of my hair without being absorbed and made it look dull like it needed washing. I also can’t layer products because they won’t work and just stay on my hair, weighing it down.
Omgg thank you!! I've been natural for 8 months and along my journey of just trying to get informed on certain things I can say the whole porosity convo is draining as hell it's TO MUCH.! 😫 BUT GREAT ADVICE YOU ARE ONE of the VERY FEW I take seriously when looking for info on natural hair care ❤ you make it sooo much less complicated
Finding out my hair was low porosity, dramatically influenced my hair journey. My hair never flourished or grew the way it has before that point. While on my journey however, I still had to learn what worked for MY hair because there are low porosity girlies on UA-cam that rave about products that my hair absolutely despises lol. With 20 years of trial and error, cutting my hair bald 3 times, and the introduction of products that were not available prior I've learned, My hair does not like: Silicones Shea Butter Coconut Oil Avocado Oil Direct Protein My hair loves: Deep Conditioning w/ Heat Leave- In Conditioning w/ Heat Quarterly Protein Treatments w/ Amino Acids Only Apricot Oil Sweet Almond Oil Granted, I wear my hair in protective styles or curly 98% of the time but, without the knowledge of porosity I know I would not be at this point. I have been purchasing products to experiment with straight styles as of recently though. I got my curly hair routine down to a tee, so I am attempting to do the same with straight styling.
As a professional I completely feel you! I’m a licensed Nail Tech and your porosity education issue is pretty much the same as people wanting to argue with us about Dip powder, claiming that it’s not acrylic (it IS). It’s ridiculous.
The more I got into my natural hair journey, the more I didn’t focus on porosity. My focus is hydration and moisture, knowing when my ends need to be dusted, and when I need a protein treatment. Very simple. 🥰🥰
5:23 I think you should emphasize that it determines HOW FAST your hair absorbs solutions cause people really do believe you can't get low porosity absorb water unless it's warm water/ steam.😅
If you truly followed BCG to a T they are even more complicated. They urge people to know the 10 essential elements of their hair which includes porosity, surface texture, texture, density, elasticity,.etc. in order to choose the right products for your hair type. The only simple thing about their system is washing your hair every 7-10 days.
Thank you for this video. Some folks over complicate things. A simple haircare routine is better and healthier for my hair. Over the years, I have wrecked my hair, following incorrect advice on some UA-cam channels. Using all these different products, trying to get my hair to look like the woman in the photo. Knowing good and he'll well, that my curl pattern is different and could never achieve that look. I've learned my lesson. Less is more for me. And I'm accepting and embracing what I have. My hair can do what it wants.😊
I'm going to eventually schedule with you because I have Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's diesease. I need a professional consultation on my hair and how to care for it. Question: How do I prep my hair before coming since I used the Apoghee products before? I wanna make sure your not affected and enough time has passed before scheduling with you to be sure products arent still there. I was a nurse so I understand allergies well and wanted to protect your health. Thank you
I agree - I don’t think porosity helps most people. The weirdest thing is ppl claiming low porosity that think that means damage 😖 (so wrong). They have no clue what porosity means or how to apply it to haircare.
I have naturally high porosity hair and every black stylist would tell me that I damaged it or that I wasn't caring for it. I started doing my own hair and going to non-black Aveda stylists. I have to moisturise my hair every day. I have to steam my scalp every day. I have to apply a light protein mist every day. This information came from my black trichologists and a white Aveda stylist with pink hair. Lol!
@@marleyhill34 hi, I also have naturally highly porous hair. My hair is dry within an hour after washing (it can’t hold water or moisture that well on its own). I have to use protein deep conditioners, reconstructor treatments and diluted vinegar (to detangle/final rinse/etc) regularly. These things help my hair so much
Well , the understanding that I got was that most mother Africa hair is high porosity which means it has thin little cuticles therefore is weaker than say Asian who have the lowest porosity and strong hair
Yeah I have “low porosity” hair and my hair loves moisture and keratin and protein. For whatever reason my hair retains growth with them. I don’t believe in it you just have to learn your hair and find someone who is passionate enough to inform you of the correct treatments and product for your hair.
What's the name of the paddle brush that you use. Also, keep up the amazing work. I learn from you every time I watch you. Stay blessed and healthy ✝️🙏🛐🕊️
You can theorize or conceptualize these terms, but we are still figuring it out through trial and error 😂 My high porosity hair makes my locs dry quicker.
I take everything people say on the internet with a pinch of salt. I've been a follower of Narada since back in the day when he had hair on his scalp and be flat ironing it in his bedroom. Lol! However, Narada has never seen how my hair and scalp behaves......I wish I could leave a flat twist style in my hair for two weeks like his clients......Not my scalp ...I would be in too much pain. My trichologists told me to moisturise my hair daily which is something that the majority of people with black hair do not have to do. It's incredibly rare....which is why I had to go to a black trichologist clinic. My hair never grew as a child.....My mother left it alone in cornrows but she never moisturised it enough. ( bless her she was full-time working mom as a 24/7 shift nurse) She would braid it every week but she would only put grease on it....not even some pink oil lotion. I think she viewed my hair as hard to manage in comparison to hers. Then my aunt and friends convinced her to get my hair braided too tight, kiddie perms and curly permed...... Lol! the damage!!
I have been natural for over ten years and not 1 time did i bother to check my porosity😅 it's either my likes a product or it doesn't...... its rocket science like the natural hair community tries to make it look like😂
I use to think I had low porosity but what I learned is I wasn't clarifying enough and I was using the oils and butters! So my hair wasnt getting clean enough and it took a while to get wet because I had all this thick coating on my hair. Now I clarify once a month and my hair LOVES water now.
I knew it didn’t matter. I felt like I was absorbing myself in these topics that I ended up forgetting that my hair was already in a great state with my normal hair regime.
The more I got into my natural hair journey, the more I didn’t focus on porosity. My focus is hydration and moisture, knowing when my ends need to be dusted, and when I need a protein treatment. Very simple. 🥰🥰
You know back in the day ( im 46) you didn't hear about porosity....either your hair maintained moisture or it didn't...if it didn't you tried other methods..hair care was simple....wash it....not even condition it and put some blue magic on that thang and baby you were in there....my hair was long... healthy.... thick/dense and it was just simple
Right! Like you said, sometimes I think about how we didn't even have conditioner as kids! It's wild to think about that now. But my hair was still always waist length or longer and full and healthy through pressing and later, relaxers.
Fortunately it still is with my $6 shampoos and conditioners from the drugstore/grocery store . That's not very luxurious, but I'm hesitant to spend extra time and money on expensive protein treatments, deep conditioners, etc. because so many people seem to have bad experiences with them.
I'll admit that I do find low porosity hair very interesting to see when I watch hair videos and the hair never really seems to get wet while it's being washed and looks like its already been dried right afterwards. It's like a magic trick! And to read/hear that the benefit of that is that it actually stays well moisturized for long periods of time just makes that even better.
I'm 43 and my hair has never been healthy or thick. Using only hair grease just dried my hair out and I got zero good advice from black cosmetologists. My hair was the longest and strongest when I kept chemicals and black cosmetologists out of my head. I have black trichologists and they are on point for everything.
@@marleyhill34 My grandmother always took care of my hair and with no chemicals. My grandmother had hair down her back and she always air dried after washing her hair.... used grease after washing and rolled her hair with the pink sponge rollers(throw back) and that's how she did it. My grandmother didn't even have gray hair and she never dyed it. I guess it worked for many but not everyone...also, all her sisters was the same... beautiful long healthy hair using simple practices and no chemicals....they had no alopecia...no other scalp issues..it's was great
@@kbm4409 I don't use chemicals but I need to shampoo weekly, deep condition weekly and moisture dailyand keep everything but prescriptions and shampoo off my scalp. It's simple but i cant just grease it, set it and forget about it. My mom didn't even teach me to wrap my hair at night.
@@marleyhill34 well I understand that....my grandma didn't use a bonnet but she had that nifthy scarf no matter what but the funny thing is my hair was never covered. It didn't cause a problem then but now if that bonnet falls off my hair is in trouble..I have to moisturize at least twice a week but I didn't use to need that but maybe once a week...hair changes as we age and previous hair practices....
So many people have excessive build up because of all the polyquats, cationic surfactants, oils and butter etc. they are using without clarifying their hair properly but they attribute it to low porosity
Agreeee
Bingo! That’s the main reason most claim to have low porosity.
@@LeekedBeats exactly!
Thank youuuu, I was like okay so nobody has normal porosity now????
Right
People don’t seem to know about normal density either. It’s either thin or thick
You got people pulling a strand of hair in water to see if it’ll float or sink lmaooo
Never checked my porosity 1 day in my life..... hair still thriving😂
Like 🧐🧐🧐
Facts!!! Once I got more comfortable and knowledgeable about my hair porosity was not a major factor in how I cared for it. I just adjusted products to fit how my hair felt and reacted day to day.
Great video!!
Exactly!!
I never cared to pay attention to it. Its another trend to follow to make people think they need to focus on it for healthy hair. My hair gets wet just fine and retains moisture just fine. No at home test needed.
That part! I don't even know the porosity of my hair. As long as I'm keeping my moisture/protein balance, I'm good.
@@EVTD79 exactly, thats all i worry about and its working.
Because you have normal hair. Lol! The easiest hair type to take care of. Lol! I do not have normal hair, or normal scalp and it is a complete challenge to keep my hair healthy. My mom does nothing but put hair grease in her hair and wash once a month and it stays pristine. I would be in scalp pain and my hair would break off to bald in 4 weeks. My mom doesn't have any edges though and I have all my edges.
I’m so over it all I’m natural and went back to old school techniques and products meaning wash condition with creme of nature, hair Mayo for pre poo tension blow out with heat protectant and leave in and blue magic, done.I’m over it the gurus, the overpriced products everyone please just do what works for YOU.
Thanks Narada. I think many of us bought into that way back in the day because we just didn't know Now, I cringe when I hear the terms protein sensitive or porosity. I just wash and condition and style my hair. I no longer have a million products. I couldn't tell you what the newest product is on the market.
To this day I don't know what my hair type or porosity is. I just wash, moisturize and keep it moving. 🤷♀
Thanks for the insight. That's how I address if it dry after a day are two. I moisturize.. I address my hair according what it needs. If I don't need to moisturize. I dont.
It probably wouldn’t have mattered much to me when I was younger and my hair was relaxed. But now that I went natural, got older & then colored my hair, while simultaneously also going through different health issues, and my hair thinned out a lot, it matters. It explains so much about why certain products never worked for me, & it was usually always the really thick products and/or the ones with silicones. They just sat on top of my hair without being absorbed and made it look dull like it needed washing. I also can’t layer products because they won’t work and just stay on my hair, weighing it down.
Omgg thank you!! I've been natural for 8 months and along my journey of just trying to get informed on certain things I can say the whole porosity convo is draining as hell it's TO MUCH.! 😫 BUT GREAT ADVICE YOU ARE ONE of the VERY FEW I take seriously when looking for info on natural hair care ❤ you make it sooo much less complicated
Finding out my hair was low porosity, dramatically influenced my hair journey. My hair never flourished or grew the way it has before that point. While on my journey however, I still had to learn what worked for MY hair because there are low porosity girlies on UA-cam that rave about products that my hair absolutely despises lol. With 20 years of trial and error, cutting my hair bald 3 times, and the introduction of products that were not available prior I've learned,
My hair does not like:
Silicones
Shea Butter
Coconut Oil
Avocado Oil
Direct Protein
My hair loves:
Deep Conditioning w/ Heat
Leave- In Conditioning w/ Heat
Quarterly Protein Treatments w/ Amino Acids Only
Apricot Oil
Sweet Almond Oil
Granted, I wear my hair in protective styles or curly 98% of the time but, without the knowledge of porosity I know I would not be at this point. I have been purchasing products to experiment with straight styles as of recently though. I got my curly hair routine down to a tee, so I am attempting to do the same with straight styling.
You are so right! This video should be the inspirational quote of the day or everyday!! Thank you, thank you 😊
As a professional I completely feel you! I’m a licensed Nail Tech and your porosity education issue is pretty much the same as people wanting to argue with us about Dip powder, claiming that it’s not acrylic (it IS). It’s ridiculous.
The more I got into my natural hair journey, the more I didn’t focus on porosity. My focus is hydration and moisture, knowing when my ends need to be dusted, and when I need a protein treatment. Very simple. 🥰🥰
Thank you saved a lot of time confusion and headaches. I love your channel. You keep it straightforward and real ❤💫✨
Thank you for this!
5:23 I think you should emphasize that it determines HOW FAST your hair absorbs solutions cause people really do believe you can't get low porosity absorb water unless it's warm water/ steam.😅
That’s one thing I still agree with the BGC ladies about. We have overcomplicated a lot.
Hair care for me is complicated but that has been my journey.
If you truly followed BCG to a T they are even more complicated. They urge people to know the 10 essential elements of their hair which includes porosity, surface texture, texture, density, elasticity,.etc. in order to choose the right products for your hair type. The only simple thing about their system is washing your hair every 7-10 days.
@@smokeyfan I don't disagree with that at all. I was only referring to them saying that we don't need to worry about our porosity ("one thing").
Thank you for this video. Some folks over complicate things. A simple haircare routine is better and healthier for my hair. Over the years, I have wrecked my hair, following incorrect advice on some UA-cam channels. Using all these different products, trying to get my hair to look like the woman in the photo. Knowing good and he'll well, that my curl pattern is different and could never achieve that look. I've learned my lesson. Less is more for me. And I'm accepting and embracing what I have. My hair can do what it wants.😊
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS THANK U!❤
Well said and bravo 👏🏾 Narada
I'm going to eventually schedule with you because I have Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's diesease. I need a professional consultation on my hair and how to care for it. Question: How do I prep my hair before coming since I used the Apoghee products before? I wanna make sure your not affected and enough time has passed before scheduling with you to be sure products arent still there. I was a nurse so I understand allergies well and wanted to protect your health. Thank you
Just stop use immediately and I should be fine. Thank you for your consideration for my condition
I agree - I don’t think porosity helps most people. The weirdest thing is ppl claiming low porosity that think that means damage 😖 (so wrong). They have no clue what porosity means or how to apply it to haircare.
I have naturally high porosity hair and every black stylist would tell me that I damaged it or that I wasn't caring for it. I started doing my own hair and going to non-black Aveda stylists. I have to moisturise my hair every day. I have to steam my scalp every day. I have to apply a light protein mist every day. This information came from my black trichologists and a white Aveda stylist with pink hair. Lol!
@@marleyhill34 hi, I also have naturally highly porous hair. My hair is dry within an hour after washing (it can’t hold water or moisture that well on its own). I have to use protein deep conditioners, reconstructor treatments and diluted vinegar (to detangle/final rinse/etc) regularly. These things help my hair so much
@@Virtuenow I can't use vinegar or any home DIYs. The trichologists banned me from them due to the effect on my scalp.
@@marleyhill34 hope it gets better 🙏🏾
@@marleyhill34 maybe try Shea moisture high porosity hair mask. It has been excellent for me for detangling & conditioning.
That is wonderful to know...Thank You frfr
Normal porosity and proud ✊🏾
Well , the understanding that I got was that most mother Africa hair is high porosity which means it has thin little cuticles therefore is weaker than say Asian who have the lowest porosity and strong hair
Ugh yes to that last part!! They want you to tell them everything they should know about THEIR hair 😂😂😂 huh??
Yeah I have “low porosity” hair and my hair loves moisture and keratin and protein. For whatever reason my hair retains growth with them. I don’t believe in it you just have to learn your hair and find someone who is passionate enough to inform you of the correct treatments and product for your hair.
Thanks for this information.
Makes sense...thank u
What's the name of the paddle brush that you use. Also, keep up the amazing work. I learn from you every time I watch you. Stay blessed and healthy ✝️🙏🛐🕊️
Exactly,, just wash it! That's my hair, it just needs a little. Thank you, Narada!! ❤❤❤
Hello I seen your video about the Henna on your hand. My son can’t get it either it called G6PD it a rare blood type❤
5:35 6:40 I tell people this on the naturalhair subreddit and they act like I'm speaking a foreign language
You can theorize or conceptualize these terms, but we are still figuring it out through trial and error 😂 My high porosity hair makes my locs dry quicker.
I'll take your advice over some jackleg "influencer" any day! You are a licensed cosmetologist! Following you since around 2010-2011.
I take everything people say on the internet with a pinch of salt. I've been a follower of Narada since back in the day when he had hair on his scalp and be flat ironing it in his bedroom. Lol! However, Narada has never seen how my hair and scalp behaves......I wish I could leave a flat twist style in my hair for two weeks like his clients......Not my scalp ...I would be in too much pain. My trichologists told me to moisturise my hair daily which is something that the majority of people with black hair do not have to do. It's incredibly rare....which is why I had to go to a black trichologist clinic. My hair never grew as a child.....My mother left it alone in cornrows but she never moisturised it enough. ( bless her she was full-time working mom as a 24/7 shift nurse) She would braid it every week but she would only put grease on it....not even some pink oil lotion. I think she viewed my hair as hard to manage in comparison to hers. Then my aunt and friends convinced her to get my hair braided too tight, kiddie perms and curly permed...... Lol! the damage!!
I have been natural for over ten years and not 1 time did i bother to check my porosity😅 it's either my likes a product or it doesn't...... its rocket science like the natural hair community tries to make it look like😂
I still don't know what porosity hair is lol 😅😅😅
Hey sir. Did you delete the video breaking down everything that happened with the BGC fiasco?
@@lashandalemua2192 no it's a live so that might be why you can't find it. Look for the downfall of black girl curls and it should come up
So hair porosity doesn’t affect silk presses? My hair can never stay straight even when done by professionals
@@XxMercuriiXx there's multiple factors to that. Condition of hair, texture of hair, porosity, if there is damage present. Etc.
Sure has gotten outta hand it’s very misleading Yeah cause u keep it simple 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I use to think I had low porosity but what I learned is I wasn't clarifying enough and I was using the oils and butters! So my hair wasnt getting clean enough and it took a while to get wet because I had all this thick coating on my hair. Now I clarify once a month and my hair LOVES water now.
I have low porosity hair and it remains dry no matter what I do. 😢
Maybe it's high porosity then
This has nothing to do with the video but your beard locs look so nice. 🤎😍
Listen we come every video just to look at those beard locs. Lol!
I knew it didn’t matter. I felt like I was absorbing myself in these topics that I ended up forgetting that my hair was already in a great state with my normal hair regime.
The more I got into my natural hair journey, the more I didn’t focus on porosity. My focus is hydration and moisture, knowing when my ends need to be dusted, and when I need a protein treatment. Very simple. 🥰🥰
Does the protein treatment decrease porosity ?