I've always wondered why the LOIS system didn't take of like the other system. It's much more comprehensive and easier to understand.

I feel like I am in class🤓...Go ahead..break it down girl! 😊

I love how much effort you put into your hair experiments. It's so informative and helpful. ❤️ I used to think I was 4C, but it was perptually dry and high porosity after coloring last summer. Now that I take care of my hair, it went back to low porosity with a noticable curl pattern. I gave up trying to figure out my hair type. As long as it's healthy and growing, I'm happy with whatever I have.

I’m going to be honest...I HAD to view this one twice! Differentiating between Shine and Sheen & Cotton and Fuzz took me back to my Organic Chemistry classes...you get it the first time BUT you really GETZ it the second time you hear it✊🏾🤣

😳 This topic was such a challenge to research! The LOIS Hair Typing System isn't widely talked about and there aren't any visual aids and examples to look at. Most of the haircare forums that were around years ago are outdated and the data can no longer be accessed. So, of course, in true Toya fashion 🤓 I decided to nerd out and create a new and updated resource to help you out. I even have a PDF download for you to compare and test your own hair texture. I love what I do, and more importantly, I love helping you. 🥰 PDF: bit.ly/36u6dfr

This is the hair science we need!!! The dedication, the scientific rigor and the visuals...👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Im impressed that you did so much research, only just to fit it into less than 11 minutes! Your viewers and the algorithm will especially thank you for that! I have to take a day out and do this for myself and see my results. Job well done!

What you described about texture is exactly why I don’t bother with the ‘rules’ of hair porosity anymore. Both descriptions were too extreme and my hair was always missing something on either side of the spectrum.

Timely info. My hair has L’s and O’s on the same strand. Thank you for helping me to learn MY hair!

Great video girlie! I felt like I was in school... except I wasn’t ready and didn’t have a notepad 😂😂

Girl, this was legit research, much appreciated 😊 I don't usually recommend other ytubers but if you check out Greenbeauty's channel ( she is natural 4c sista as well) she did a similar thing to you and broke down the differences on the systems and if they are helpful and also agrees that the LOIS and Andre system are incomplete own their own. But I really like your video b/c you really explained everything in an easy to digest way and provided clear examples, made much easier to see the differences.

Still don’t know which one is me 😂😂😂 Dang .. I’m slow Really appreciate this video though Keep up the good work 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

The amount of work you put into this video has not gone unnoticed. Thank you!

THIS HELPED ME SO MUCH. I have never been able to find my hair type because it is more typical for type 3 hair to have 'o' curls whereas I have mostly, if not completely 's' curls. Also I would have never referred to my hair as silky because it has some frizz but now I know it can be silky and frizzy. Honestly, life saver! Thank you

Your porosity explanation was life changing. I always thought i had low porosity, but after watching this, I 100% do not. Water soaks through my hair very quickly!!! My hair is mostly medium to high. I def been buying the wrong product and following the wrong method of moisturizing 🤯🤯🤯. No wonder why my hair is ALWAYS dry after my hair completely dries. THANK YOU!!!

Ma’am, ma’am, ma’am, this video was literally THE 💣!!! Great job on this video. I have viewed many and this one is THE BEST one!!! Period!!!

This video is informative and entertaining. On the Andre Walker system, I am a mix of 4A predominantly and 3C. With the LOIS system, I am definitely an O pattern with fine strands and silky textured.

I'm mixed, hair is where I struggle the most. Thank you for this video!

My hair has a mix of so many things😩. Silky, spongy, fine strands, course strands, high frizz, kind of low frizz in the back, medium- low porosity, ends are a higher porosity. It’s hard to tell what my hair type is so I gave up.

This is so so so much more helpful than the basic hair typing system

These videos are incredibly high quality. I just want to let you know that I LOVE watching them!

Totally loved this! Love your energy and spirit. I've decided to just ignore typing and do what my hair appreciates. My hair hates coconut oil, gel and responds to simple water and a light leave in moisturizer. The back is curly, the top is wavy and wont curl, the sides are perfect coils and the very front is straight. I'm growing out a mohawk and hope to have a full on 70s fro by December.

I'm only 3 minutes in and this is already the most thorough and informative video I've ever seen on natural hair. Thank you!

It’s sooooo refreshing to see a youtuber with my exact hair type! And not to mention all of your videos are so well put together! I love your channel. I love it here 🥺.

this was a really cool video, i've never heard of the LOIS hair typing system and i think if i had this info at the start of my natural hair journey this would've been a great help. a few years in now and this is still very helpful

I have been asking KZfaqrs to do a video on cottony vs. spongy hair for months. Thank you for this!💕💖 I don't get consistent wash and goes because I have super thirsty hair and it's hard to get the right moisture balance that lasts for days.

What I learned: My hair's 4A/B with a patch of 3C in the back. My 4A hair is almost completely S shaped with the rare I or kinky straight strand, my 4B hair is O, S, or L depending on which part of my head it's from, and my 3C hair is S shaped too (sometimes it can almost confused it for 2A at some points). I'm torn between whether I have a cotton or spongy texture (learned somewhere that brown natural hair has a tendency to be drier and have less natural sheen than black or darker natural hair irregardless of how well moisturized it is, which for me is true, so it's hard to tell). Very little sheen or shine without oil both stretched and flat ironed. My hair strands are a mixture of course and fine. I have medium to high density (mostly medium).

This the best texture video I've ever seen. Imgonna go as far as to say the best ever! 1st place gold star way above average.

i pray that you NEVER stop making videos 😩 your videos are so informative and your personality is so fun!! and your hair is beautiful ❤️ ty so much for the work you put into your content

The amount of time and dedication you made into consolidating all the information out there on hair types, is obvious and greatly appreciated . I've found through my daughters hair that different part of their heads - like the front - have looser coils or waves then say the middle or back part. Also the length of their hair is a factor too. I've always thought they had 3C- 4B hair but definitely going to do a bit more testing with the guide that you made. New subscriber here 😏🤗.

I'm am bingeing your vids right now and this was the best and most thorough explanation for hair typing I've seen in the 7 years I've been natural.

Grest job as usual! Most important take away: No one, not even twins have the same hair type. The hair allover your head is your unique gift. Love it because it is your crown! Stay Golden Queen!

I had to come back and say thanks , you are good at explaining things

Love your energy, positive vibes and your hair! Thanks for the video. I have noticed that I had to switch up my products when my porosity changed. First time hearing about LOIS... I'm here for it!!!🙌🏾💓

I am O and a tight S people! Some people have told that my hair looks like ramen noodles lol 😂😂😂. I am really enjoying the content in your videos

Green beauty channel also talks about that through her own chart. Thank you

I’m transitioning and I’ve been relaxing for about the last 10 or 11 years of my life, it’s been 6 months since I decided to put the chemical down and I’ve been really nervous about getting to know my natural hair, the only thing I know is that I’m 4c, low porosity so this will really help me, I’m soo so soooooo happy you did this, thank you!

I cant even watch this video rn but imma go ahead and like it because I know I'm gonna love it when I do get time!!

this was super helpful, i’m trying to help me and my little sisters learn to properly take care of our hair and this certainly helped with figuring out how to type our hair! thank you!!

This hair typing system is soo much bette than the more widely known hair chart

Im new to her channel...but boy am I binge watching her videos for research 🙃. So infomative. Thank you!!

Most extremely thorough definition I've ever heard/ ever!!!! Thank you

Wow God bless u for what u are teaching us to know our natural hair, thanks 🙏 🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇

Thanks for this video the LOIS system is the missing piece that makes hair type less confusing. My hair seems to be the complete opposite of yours. I have s shaped, wiry, cotton hair. Your son's hair looks like my grandmothers texture and type, she had noticeable coils in her hair and it was very soft and fine. This is very interesting for the nerd in me🤓

I just love your voice. It's so calming and good for media. Random thought I know! Thanks for the information!

Thank you for this! I have seen this system everywhere but no one explains the different textures like spongy, wiry, etc. Appreciate the work you put into this video!

Your videos are always very informative, love them. I think this system is more accurate than the Andre Walker. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Haha, i have l.o.s, fine hair, and spongey texture, my grandmother, who is a hairstylist, told me I have 3 different kinds of hair and 5 layers of it, so this helped know what the heck was going on up there!

we have really similar hair types! I think yours is just a tad bit thicker :) hopefully after i treat my breakage it will just look as great as yours!

Thank you! I always preferred the LOIS system but I had a hard time differentiating spongy and cottony too.

Thank you for this. You put in so much work to simplify hair typing. I was struggling Soo much to get a clear understanding of hair typing.

This video was very informative and fun LaToya!! Thank you so much for sharing. Now I'm ready to download that .pdf file and learn more about my hair!

Well this did it! I’ve been watching you for about two weeks, but today I subscribed. The work you put into this video impressed me! Thank you for the content you presented!

I actually learned something new with this video

You have the best natural hair content. Thanks, very informative

One word "Concise". Guess I have to listen to this again though so I can totally get it. Subscribed too. Great work there

wow that clip of you wetting your hair is possibly the best explanation for porosity i've ever had. i could never understand it, but i've never seen someone try and wet low porosity hair before. I have no idea what texture my hair is though; I seem to have a lot of shine, my hair absorbs water pretty okay (i can't just stand under the shower and expect that to work, I have to ruffle my hair for 30 seconds or so to get it the whole way through but it doesn't really struggle), and I have a lot of frizz. Sounds like silky, but my hair strands are really thick? It explicitly says fine strands, so what gives?

Absolutely love this, thanks for all the time, research and effort you put in for this video. It’s so hard to determine exactly which box you fit in. You are soooo right and I think it’s safe to say that you may have more than one characteristic and go with the most dominant! I’m 4 years natural and still have ?’s and trying to figure things out!😩🤦🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️

Wow great info I haven’t heard of the LOIS hair typing. Great information as also. 🥰🥰 Thank you for sharing.

oooooKKKKK...cotton, O, S pattern, high to low porosity, fine/thin...oh and greying...love your videos Ms Ebony, i like that you're a scientist about it...❤️❤️❤️❤️....i can tell my daughter she has L & S, spongy, med porosity, coarse/medium hair...she also has very little shrinkage and complains because there is no coiling. basically her natural hair looks like she's already stretched it, i dunno what happened, she was born with head full of curls...Oiy!

Wow, this my first time learning about the LOIS hair typing system. Thanks for the info!

damn this was beautiful. So you are spongy. See my naked eye would have said cottony but I just got schooled! Subscribed

Great vid! I know I have mostly S with some O. My hair is medium porosity. My hair has high shine when its flat ironed professionally, and high sheen when it's curly with gels or pomades added. The sheen is low when its product free. Guess I have to study your chart to figure out my texture.

Amazing INFORMATIVE and overall joy to watch✨ Can’t wait for the next one 🤟🏾

This is informative, had to go back on some sections

I keep seeing people with type 3c label themselves 4a or 4a/4b like naptual85. Like if you have to pick your hair to death to create an afro its not kinky coily its curly.

Here from your blog post! Thank you for the information!

the work that went into this. i´m speechless! thank you so much!

Thank you so much for all of your research!

Thanks for this. I think this may free some naturals from the stigmas and negativity that has arisen within the Andre Walker system. My hair has os and s’s and I think it’s probably medium sized strands with some frizz. I’m not sure about the texture though. It’s definitely not silky but I’m not sure if it’s cottony, spongy or what. It does kinda shine but I have trouble with the whole sheen/shine. I may have to get one of my daughters to help me out. I did enjoy the video though. Thanks again!

A great video! Thanks! I'm for sure spongy and my hair has my O's than anything else. Great content ❤

Hi, This was very helpful. From this video, I know my hair is an O . I have strands that look like both of the strands you showed. Now to figure out the rest. thanks

The temperature of the water makes a HUGE difference in how well it is absorbed. I am low porosity if the water is cold or room temperature. If the water is warm to hot then it absorbs.

Once again you’ve done an amazing job of providing helpful information. Thank you so much!!!

I have found that the o and a pattern are the exact same. The s is a stretched out o pattern and whether or not the pattern is uniform throughout the strand changes depending on how it is prepared.

Thank you so much for taking your time, to explain so well! 🙏🏿 greetings from 🇮🇹

OMG what curl pattern is your son's? It's JUST like mine! I just chopped off my locs and I have about 2 inches of natural hair and I have both frizz and tiny curls all through my hair. It's about 50/50! My strands are O and S!

Never knew about this, great info. Thank you for the info.

I found that the Anthony Dickey Texture instructions were very helpful, for me...

Yeah the waves that dominate the centerfront part of my hair have always baffled me. Like my hair is definitely 3c, it's not in the 2s, but those are waves and not spirals. This is helpful.

Oooouuu this. This. I've been waiting for this one. Turn it up!

Excellent Video! You broke it down so clearly!

I feel like this is a better typing system and I wonder why it’s not talked about more. Based on this I have a fine cottony type O.

Love these videos! They’re so helpful and informative

Does anyone else just looove her voice?

Your videos boost my confidence because I have 4c hair and I relaxed it because I hated it. Now I want to go back natural because my hair is breaking. Can you give me some advice???

This was an awesome video. Very helpful, well-thought-out and informative. Thank you

What a great video! This definitely helped a lot and I will be using this to help understand my hair better! Thank you🥰

I LOVED this video! It helped me confirm that I do have cotton hair. Now I'm confused about my porosity because my hair absorbs water kinda quick but if I put too much water then it just sits on my hair 🤔 I do know my hair takes to products better when I have damp hair vs wet wet hair lmao. Idek if that makes any sense 🥴

Super helpful video. Have to try this. Thanks much

You explained this really good.

I still can't figure out between cottony & spongy for my hair. As my hair doesn't take forever to absorb water but it's not super slow either. I have high shine but I've never straighten my hair without product as it will break. So not sure if I truly have high shine when straighten 🤔

Great video Latoya!!!!! Thank you so much for doing this❤️❤️❤️

The ease of saturation is actually the hardest for me to determine! My hair is dense, so the whole volume of hair takes ages to get wet, but that doesn't necessarily mean the individual strands take long to soak up the water, right? I wish the water glass porosity test was actually accurate! It's too difficult to eliminate all other factors to purely test porosity, and I'm not consistent enough to accurately test the moisturizing power of products. Sometimes I add moisturizer on very wet hair, sometimes on damp, sometimes dry; sometimes I seal with oil, sometimes a butter, sometimes a pomade or a combination of them; sometimes the weather is windy and dry, sometimes it's hot and humid; sometimes I have the heating on in the house, sometimes I don't; sometimes I sleep with a satin scarf (various ones of varying quality and age), sometimes a SLap cap, sometimes a bonnet, usually a satin pillowcase, but not always, sometimes I keep my head covered all day long if I'm not going anywhere; I might air-dry in 6 big twists one week, in 10 tight braids another week, I might blow-dry; did I pre-poo, did I clarify, did I oil rinse, did I do some ayurvedic mask?; my hydration isn't always to standard, nor is my diet and exercise, my mood and motivation and habits... So, is it easy to wet my hair? I'm not sure. Does it take moisture readily? I dunno! Does it hold onto moisture well? Sometimes! So confusing!

Thank you!! you helped me figure out my hair type! This is a very informative video! Good job!!!

Wow....that was some really great information and thank you so much for doing the research ❤️😘👑 I appreciate that:)

This is such a helpful and informative video! Thank you ❤

I love this video. I think that I’m a combo of mostly O with a few L’s & S’s . Wow I actually have fine strands, I always thought I had coarse hair. I’m probably thready because when I was relaxed that mess had to be rinsed fast, and whenever I got it colored it would take color and bleach well. I think I have a little bit of cottoney too. 😂 You are a trooper. Side note a while ago you did a video we’re you mentioned clip ins helped your hair. I just wanted to say that I finally bought some clip ins thanks to you. I like how one bundle looks but I’m definitely buying another bundle.

Hoping to learn something new! Kimberly Cherrell sent me!

I like this video a lot. I do think this is a more objective and useful system then the one used bow, but can you do a video on why this even matter...like what now? How can this system help you care for or understand your hair. Thanks for the great content🤗