Hair masks / products for different porosities (feel free to add)
since I've been seeing too many wonyoungism accounts and other ugc accounts not spreading the right info and getting educated about different porosities and their needs then advertising them to the wrong ppl, I feel like this is needed... š ps I also get blocked by loads of these accounts since they never want to admit that they're wrong and it's doing more harm to the ppl watching the video which isn't ideal
Hair porosities :
- low porosity (hair cuticles are tightly packed)
signs of low porosity hair:
- takes a long time to air dry (doesn't matter if its thick or thin hair)
- takes longer to get fully wet in shower
- water test (hair floats on top)
- hair becomes stiff or heavy if the product has a lot of protein or silicone
- difficult to be moisturised
- more prone to protein overload
- medium porosity (cuticles are neither too loose or too tight)
signs of medium porosity hair :
- neither high or low porosity signs (though it may be that it slightly leans towards one)
- water test (hair stays in middle)
- high porosity (cuticles are very loose and 'branched out')
signs of high porosity hair :
- moisture is easily absorbed but also easily lost
- doesn't work well with non silicone products
- requires protein and silicone in products to repair and lock in moisture
- water test (hair sinks)
- hair dries quicker when air drying
šš let's talk about viral products - shiseido tsubaki premium hair mask, shiseido fino hair mask and ichibaki/ichikami hair mask
tsubaki premium hair mask (gold) -> low/medium porosity
- lightweight
- no silicone
- little protein
these characteristics mean that its great for low porosity hair since there wouldn't be protein overload as well as a silicone layer build up causing the moisture to be blocked from reaching the core
ichikami premium hair mask (picture) -> medium/high porosity
- creamy consistency, not too thick or light
- has a small amount of silicone
- contains normal amount of protein
these characteristics mean that its great for medium/high porosity hair as it has the just right amount of product which wouldn't cause protein overload or too little moisture
fino hair mask (silver/red) -> high porosity
- very thick almost jelly like consistency
- contains silicone
- contains large amount of protein
these characteristics mean that its great for high/medium porosity hair as it moisturises it enough to the extent that even if high porosity hair loses moisture easily, it still won't be too dry