Much like your skin, your hair can also have many different levels of moisture retention. This is referred to as porosity. Knowing your hairâs porosity will allow you to choose products that will result in the best outcomes. Before I learned about hair porosity, I would buy any product on sale that mentioned âcurly hairâ in the title and wonder why some days my hair wouldnât produce the results described on the bottle. If you have low porosity hair like I do, you may need to add a little extra moisture to ensure that your hair doesnât get super dry throughout the week. Hereâs how to determine your hairâs porosity: 1. Fill a glass with water 2. Place a strand of your clean hair in the water. 3. Watch to see how quickly it sinks to the bottom If your hair sinks quickly, you have high porosity hair because it quickly absorbs the water. However, if your hair floats at the top for some time before slowly sinking, you have low porosity hair because it takes a while to absorb the moisture. Ethnic Gals is a company that creates haircare boxes that are personalized for your hair porosity. I have been loving their deep conditioning mask that provides my hair with so much moisture. My low porosity box also included a hair steamer to open up my hair cuticles and allow for even more moisture to soak into my curls. Follow me on Instagram @diaryoftroubledskin for more đ
