Honestly, the first time we heard the word Porosity was a couple of years ago, when we were working on the hairyum collection. We wanted to ensure our products worked well with different hair textures, and realized understanding hair porosity is vital to attaining healthy, moisturized hair.

Hair Porosity simply refers to your hair’s ability to absorb and retain moisture, oils, or chemicals like color.  Here are three ways to determine where your hair falls on the porosity spectrum: low, medium, or high.

Yes, you can do these tests even if you are not completely natural.

• The Float Test: Take a couple of strands of hair from your comb or brush and drop them into a bowl of water. Let them sit for 2-4 minutes. If your hair floats, you have low porosity. If it sinks, you have high porosity. If your hair sinks at a medium pace, not too fast or slow, you have medium/normal porosity hair.
• The Strand Test: Take a strand of hair and slide your fingers up the shaft (toward the scalp). If you feel little bumps along the way, this means that your cuticle is lifted and that you have high porosity. If your fingers slip smoothly, then you have low porosity hair.
• The Water Test: To determine your hair porosity level using water, spritz a small section of curls with water and watch how your hair reacts – does your hair absorb the water quickly (indicating high porosity) or does it remain on top (indicating a low porosity level).

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High Porosity:

High porosity hair has a difficult time holding onto moisture as it easily escapes the raised cuticles. It is important to avoid drying detergents and silicones that will make the issue worse.

Tips: Apple Cider Vinegar rinses work well on the hair as well as rich creams and butters. The hairyum coconut soufflé leave in conditioner works well and is a must for high porosity hair. Add our hairyum hair oil as a sealant for hair because moisture leaves so quickly. Aloe Vera gel or Aloe Vera juice will work to adjust the PH balance of your hair and seal in moisture.

High porosity hair often comes from heat or chemical damage.  When your hair is damaged, the cuticles raise up.  To repair hair, deep condition weekly with the hairyum blueberry deep conditioner.

Low Porosity: 

Typically much harder to moisturize since it is more difficult for moisture to penetrate the hair shaft. Low porosity hair thrives on moisture. Water is the best moisturizer. Every day give your hair some hydration. Humectants are your friends.

Tips: Use water based, liquid leave in moisturizers that will moisturize without heaviness. Rinse hair often and lightly seal with our coconut leave in soufflé and hairgrowth oil. Heaven, our hairgrowth oil is light, easy to absorb and does not weigh hair down. Light weight oils are ideal for low porosity hair.  Also, use a hair steamer to allow moisture to get in.

Medium Porosity: 

Medium porosity hair is easily moisturized and retains its moisture level well. You are very lucky if your hair fits in this category! Medium porosity hair allows moisture inside the cuticle easily, making hair less susceptible to breakage.

Tips: Use moisturizing conditioners, like hairyum pink sugar conditioner or our blueberry deep conditioner. Avoid leaving protein conditioners in the hair for more than 5-10 minutes as the protein will harden the hair when it is rinsed out. Add our hairyum hairgrowth oil to help seal your hair after conditioning.

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