All You Need to Know About Hair Texture

Your hair texture doesn’t depend on whether your locks are curly, straight or frizzy. Fine, medium, coarse or thick hair exists in all these categories. So where does your hair’s texture come from? It’s all down to the actual circumference of the hair shaft—thick hair has the largest, while thin has the smallest. The circumference of the shaft comes from the actual size of the hair follicle lodged in our scalp; larger follicles produce thicker hair, while, you guessed it, small follicles make thinner hair. However, all is not lost—someone with very fine hair can have a lot of it and appear to have a truly thick mane!

You can also have different textures in the same head of hair—some can be thicker on the crown of the head and thinner along your neckline.
While we all dream of having thick, voluminous hair, the reality is that even thick hair has its drawbacks. It can be more resistant to treatments, such as coloring or perms, and more difficult to style.
Fine hair, meanwhile, is likely to be overly susceptible to processing and more easily damaged, but will hold styling products well.

No matter what your hair texture, using a quality shampoo, conditioner and mask (listen to your hair stylist’s recommendations!) and eating right will give you the healthiest head of hair possible.

For those of you who still despair about having thin hair, try this home-made hair mask* once a week to give your hair a bit more volume.

Blend 5 parts olive oil to 1 part patchouli essential oil and 1.5 parts palmarose essential oil. Apply one hour prior to shampooing.

*Courtesy of Secrets de Beauté au Naturel, Flammarion