Your Hair Type and What It Means

Thick hair, typically means the hair is abundant and dense, with a greater number of individual hair strands per square inch of scalp. This type of hair can appear fuller and more voluminous, and each strand might be coarser or thicker in diameter than thin hair.

Soft hair is characterised by its smooth, silky texture and pleasant feel to the touch. Soft hair sometimes needs more product to give it more grip as it can be harder to keep the style in place all day.

Key Characteristics Of Thick Hair

1. Density: High number of hair strands in a given area, leading to a fuller appearance.
2. Volume: The hair looks and feels more voluminous due to its density and possibly the thickness of each strand.
3. Resilience: Thick hair can often handle more styling and stress, such as heat and products, without breaking as easily as thin hair.
4. Appearance: It tends to look fuller and less likely to show the scalp through the hair.

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Products

Your thick and soft hair will look its best when washed with nourishing and smoothing formulas. You’re lucky when it comes to styling products as your hair will benefit from the texture of salt sprays and texture tonics, but it can also look great slicked back with high-shine pomades.

Take a look at some of our favourite products for thick and soft hair below.

Shampoo and Conditioner

For soft hair like yours, you want a nourishing shampoo with formulas that add grip but won’t weigh your hair down.

Pre-Style

Pre-styling is the first step in styling your hair. You will generally add a pre-styler to damp hair.

Style

As your hair is soft, you will need products with hold such as pastes and pomades that won’t weigh the hair down.