You may have heard your natural hair friends say they have a 4a or 3b hair texture. They're referring to the Andre Walker hair classification system. Andre Walker, better known as Oprah's hairstylist, shared this system in his book Andre Talks Hair. It's normal for you to have multiple hair textures, the front of my scalp is more 3b but the rest is 3c. There are 4 basic hair types that are broken into subsections for specific texture patterns. Here's a summary of the texture chart:
Type 1 - Straight hair - Difficult to hold curls
1a - fine and thin; 1b - more volume than 1a; 1c - bone straight, thick
Type 2 - Wavy Hair - S patterns
2a - slight wave, thin and fine; 2b medium wave; 2c whirly wave, thicker hair texture
2a 
2b 
2c
Type 3 - Curly Hair - Defined curl patterns ranging from loose to tight curls, soft and fine in texture.
3a - loose curl S pattern; 3b - spiral curl, bouncy ringlets; 3c - coily curl, thick curls in corkscrews
3a 
3b 
3c
Type 4 - Kinky Hair - Appears wiry or coarse, densely packed together.
4a - coily springy S pattern; 4b - coily crimp Z pattern; 4c - most tightly coiled similar to 4b
4a 
4b 
4c
Yours in Hairlove,
Nelly Naturally
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