Practical guides for every curl pattern, plus the product testing behind what we stock. Written in the UK, for UK water, weather and hair.
The bridge between curl typing and routine — float test, heat protocol, products that actually penetrate, and pattern-by-pattern guidance from...
2A is the loosest pattern on the chart: 25–30 mm waves, 10–15% shrinkage, often reads as straight. The honest definition...
2B is the middle of type 2: 18–25 mm S-waves starting mid-length. The canopy-frizz fix, the lightweight two-product routine, and...
3C is 5–8 mm corkscrew curls — type-3's tightest spring, sitting right on the 4A boundary. The 3C routine, products,...
2C sits between wavy and curly: 14–18 mm coils, 20–25% shrinkage. The midpoint routine, the lightweight cream and medium-hold gel...
4A, 4B and 4C kept distinct — coil diameter in millimetres, shrinkage by sub-pattern, the LOC vs LCO decision tree,...
3B coils are 6–10 mm wide — pencil-diameter, high-density, definition-forward. The Zenvy owner's manual: routine, products, and how to tell...
3A is 10–16 mm loose ringlets — defined enough to coil, loose enough to flatten. The 3A-specific routine, products, and...
ResearchFrom 2A loose waves to 4C tight coils — the complete curl type chart with millimetre diameters, an at-home test,...
The complete UK curl type guide. Identify your pattern across 2A–4C, understand wet vs dry pattern variation, learn why hormonal...
Test your hair porosity with the float, spray and slip tests. Decode the 5-grade scale, learn the porosity × curl...
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