Those of us with tight coils are very familiar with the care and maintenance of 4C hair. It's the tightest curl type out there — and is often categorized as the most difficult to look after.

4C hair is the ‘coiliest’ hair texture – made up of hair strands that have a very tight zig-zag pattern. This hair type does not have a defined curl pattern – the pattern has to be defined ...

A looser type 4 — 4A — is still super tight, but can be defined with a curl cream, says Sims, while 4B and 4C are the coiliest styles and traditionally set weekly with rods or curlers ...

No two curl patterns are the same ... that everyone falls in line somewhere on the below spectrum of hair types, from 1a-4c. “Identifying your hair type is like a GPS towards ‘healthy hair ...

For the first time in my life, I decided to up my braid game and opted for french curls, and they are my absolut favourite.