What is Coily mean?

Coily hair is a type of curly hair that is super voluminous. Also known as Type 4, coily hair refers to strands that form tight curls in a zig-zag pattern from the scalp. To answer your earlier question on coily vs kinky hair, coily hair is also sometimes referred to as kinky hair.
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What does coily hair look like?

Coily hair, commonly referred to as Afro-textured or kinky hair, is naturally very dry and spongy in texture and can be soft and fine or coarse and wiry. Strands form very tight, small curls of zig-zags right from the scalp and are prone to major shrinkage.
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What's the difference between Coily and Curly?

The difference between curly and coily is coily hair has more defined ringlets, increased volume, and often, fuller body. Curly hair ranges from formed curls to looser ringlets. There are various hair care options for both coily and curly hair.
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What causes coily hair?

Coily hair has strong hooks at the end of the follicle (bulb), which keeps it from growing at an angle. In some cases, hormones and certain medications can change the texture of the hair, making it grow in a different way than originally formed.
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What is Type 4 coily hair?

Type 4 coily hair is fine and thin or wiry and coarse, with densely packed coils. Coily hair may seem robust, but it's actually the most fragile hair texture because it has the fewest cuticle layers to protect it from dryness. Its top concerns are maintaining moisture, avoiding tangles and counteracting shrinkage.
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Find Out Your True Hair Type with This Simple Test



How do I know my hair type?

How To Determine Your Hair Type?
  1. Straight Hair. If your hair falls flat from the roots to the tips, you have straight hair. ...
  2. Wavy Hair. Wavy hair lies between straight and curly. ...
  3. Curly Hair. Check if your hair strands have an 'S' pattern. ...
  4. Coily Hair. Coily hair follows a 'z' pattern.
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Is 4c hair curly or Coily?

Since it's the highest on the list of type 4 textures, you may have already guessed that 4c hair is the most coily and dense of all. The hair growth of 4c hair expands horizontally and doesn't fall downward until it gets very, very long.
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Why is African hair Coily?

Follicles that are more oval in shape cause curlier hair to grow. Very tightly coiled hair is due to the nearly flat, ribbon-like structure of their follicles. This hair texture is very common in people of African ancestry. Not only is African hair often coiled, it also has a unique texture.
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What does type 4 hair look like?

At a glance, type 4 hair appears as a mass of tight coils brimming with vitality. This hair type comes with a spongy hair texture that can feel soft and fine or rough and coarse, depending on individual hair thickness.
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What type of hair do you need for coils?

Finger coils work on all-natural hair types. So, no matter if you're a 2C or a 4C girl, you can achieve wonderful results. Also, if your curl pattern tends to different in one section or your hair type is a 3B, but you have one section that is 4B, it's totally fine!
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What can I put in my coily hair?

Oils and butter are great to lock in already existing moisture but do not provide new moisture to the hair follicle. Therefore, we recommend using a water-based moisturizer and then shea butter, murumuru butter, or extra virgin oil to lock in the moisture.
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What are the 4 types of hair?

The bottom line

Type 1 hair is straight. Type 2 is best described as wavy. Type 3 hair is curly, and type 4 is coily. You may have different curl patterns on different parts of your head.
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Are coils curls?

Coils are different from curls because they are much tighter and shaped differently. Type 4A features tight, thin, bouncy coils. The coils are S-shaped but with a much smaller circumference than type 3.
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How often should you wash coily hair?

Loose and classic curls can lather up two to four times a week. Coily curl types can co-wash weekly, and deep cleanse with shampoo once a month. Tight curls fall somewhere in between – shampoo or co-wash every few days to a week. A good rule of thumb: If your curls feel dry, try washing less frequently.
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Is African hair 4c?

The types of afro hair that are there they generally come in the 4A-4C category. Afros are a great way of making life difficult but beautiful. Afro hair types have a different kind of routine and a rather lengthy one! The best way to understand your hair texture from different hair textures is to follow the hair chart.
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Is my hair 4c or 4b?

4c hair type has the tightest curl pattern of all the curly hair types. Strands are formed in tight, springy, ringlets. 4c hair tends to clump more at the ends and is even more prone to shrinkage than 4b hair. According to CURLS, 4c hair can shrink up to 75% of its length!
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What are the C's of hair?

The 3 C's of Curly Hair

The 3-step curly girl method revolves around cleansing, conditioning, and then curling, all with great products.
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Which race has the best hair?

Caucasian, Asian and Indian hair samples were put to the test for the World's Best Hair study. Their results put an end to any splitting of hairs over the issue: in terms of health, the Indian hair is the best, topping other ethnic groups on all four counts.
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What race has the thickest hair?

In most cases, ethnicity has been classified into three groups: African, Asian and Caucasian. It has been reported that Asian hair is generally straight and is the thickest, while its cross-section is the most round-shaped among these three.
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What ethnicity has black hair?

Black hair is most common in Asia and Africa. Though this characteristic can also be seen in people of Southern Europe it is less common. People of Celtic heritage in Ireland with such traits are sometimes known as the "Black Irish". Hair is naturally reflective, so black hair is not completely dark in bright light.
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What does a 4c hair look like?

Type 4c. 4c hair is the queen of thick, bold afros. From afar, 4c hair looks like a thick fro, but if you look closely, you'll notice very tight, small springs or coils on each strand. Coils are pretty different from curls.
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What does Type 4B hair look like?

Type 4B: Instead of coiling or curling, you have hair that bends in sharp angles. They look quite a bit like the letter Z. The curl is tighter and far less defined, having the circumference of an ink pen. The strands range from wiry and coarse to fine and thin.
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What is 3C type hair?

3C hair is made up of well-defined, tight corkscrews or coils with lots of strands densely packed together. Their circumference is the size of a pencil or straw. 3C curls have a fine to medium texture. This curl type is prone to dryness, tangles, and lack of curl definition.
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Which type of hair grows fastest?

A 2005 study in the journal International Journal of Dermatology also found a difference among races in the rate of hair growth. For example, Asian hair grows the fastest, while African hair grows the slowest.
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