Very Dry or Coarse Hair

Very dry hair can be from over processing from chemical treatments and/ or over exposure to the elements. The first signs of dry hair can be an unusual amount of tangles when combing out wet hair. Dry hair can also be dull and lifeless, hair color and perms don't hold and in severe cases there can be breakage, usually around the face and nape (neck) area.

Coarse hair is a type of hair that people are born with, hair cannot become coarse with chemical treatments, and it is usually curly or wavy, thick in mass and can have a lack of luster like dry hair. The texture is rough, which makes it feel like it's in need of a tremendous amount of conditioner all the time.

Normal Hair with Dry Ends

This hair type is for the most part healthy, but probably in need of a good trim and a better quality product maintenance plan to get rid of the dry ends for good! Hair usually has a nice sheen from the scalp to the mid shaft, but tends to be dull on the ends.

For colored hair, the best sign for dry ends is when the ends fad to a lighter shade within a few weeks after a color service. And for permed hair, the curl is firm everywhere but on the ends. This hair type is probably the most common, because most of us are doing some type of chemical treatment to update our look….and why wouldn't we?

Normal hair

Normal hair is hair that is usually, what we call “virgin” hair, in the business, meaning it has never been touched by a chemical service. But normal hair doesn't always mean that, it can just be really strong hair that holds up well to the elements and has been properly maintained with frequent cuts and the use of quality products. In a lot of cases normal hair can go several days without having to be shampooed, because there is no oily build up from the scalp or extensive dryness on the ends. Normal hair can be fine, thin, straight or curly; it's all about the integrity of the hair.

Thin, Fine or Oily Hair (also for flat lifeless hair)

Thin and fine hair can be two different hair types or one in the same. What I mean by this is that thin hair is separate from fine hair, but you can have fine hair that is thin or thinning.

Fine hair is a description of the hair strand itself; the diameter of the strand is narrow. Fine hair in a lot of cases is missing the Medulla, the inner most layer of the three layers in the hair strand, making it sometimes difficult to perm and/or color the hair successfully. You most certainly can have thick fine hair; the amount of fine hair you have varies in each person.

Thin or thinning hair is most likely going to be fine hair, but in all cases, not a lot of hair per square inch. Unfortunately, you can usually see the scalp or a hint of it, anyway.

Oily hair refers to the condition of the scalp. The excretion of oily sebum from the scalp coats the hair and then creates this oily, wet look, at the root area. Oily scalp usually occurs in adolescent years and tends to dissipate going into adulthood, but there always is the exception. With an oily scalp, it is best to shampoo daily, to help keep the hair follicle clear of sebum build up.