Hair Types & Textures
This hair type is characterized by tight zig-zag coils and is often described as kinky/coily hair.
What is 4C hair?
This thick treatment is left on the hair for 20-30 minutes to restore moisture.
What is a deep conditioner?
This two-strand style is commonly worn to promote length retention.
What are twists/ mini twists?
This 1960s-70s hairstyle became a symbol of Black pride and resistance.
What is an Afro?
True or False: Trimming your ends makes your hair grow faster.
What is false?
This term refers to the hair’s ability to stretch and return to its original shape without breaking.
What is elasticity?
The “L” in the LOC method stands for this.
What is liquid?
This hairstyle involves looping pre-braided or pre-twisted hair through cornrows.
What are crochet braids?
Enslaved Africans sometimes used braided patterns to secretly communicate this.
What are escape routes or maps?
Despite popular belief this factor–not braids or oils– determines the rate of hair growth.
What is genetics?
This hair property refers to how much hair a person has per square inch of their scalp.
What is hair density?
This product helps restore protein balance to hair after chemical or heat damage.
What is a protein treatment?
This loc formation method allows the hair to naturally loc over time without manipulation tools.
What are freeform locs?
This early 20th-century entrepreneur built a haircare empire catering to black women and became one of America’s first self-made female millionaires.
Who is Madam C. J. Walker?
This belief says that shedding is always a sign of damage, despite the fact that losing this many hairs per day is considered normal.
What is 50-100 hairs per day?
This hair property refers to your hair’s ability to absorb moisture.
What is hair porosity?
This oil, derived from the Caribbean, is known for promoting hair thickness and growth.
What is Jamaican Black Castor Oil?
This complication can occur when extensions are installed too tightly at the hairline, leading to thinning edges.
What is traction alopecia?
This hairstyle was banned in some schools and workplaces prior to ani-discrimination laws.
What are locs?
This widely shared claim says “4C hair doesn’t grow,” despite the fact that all hair grows at an average rate of about this per month.
What is about half an inch per month?
These three categories compare the thickness of one strand of hair.
What are fine, medium, and coarse?
This humectant ingredient attracts moisture from the air into the hair.
What is glycerin?
This hairstyle uses thread wrapped tightly around hair sections to stretch and protect strands.
What is African threading?
This 2022 federal bill aimed to prohibit hair discrimination nationwide.
What is the CROWN Act?
One widely shared advice says that protective styles alone grow hair, ignoring the importance of this foundational factor.
What is scalp health?