You probably know whether your hair is 3C, 4A, 4B, or somewhere in between. But do you know how your hair handles water?

Curl type describes the shape of your hair and the twists, curls, or coils it makes as it grows. Porosity tells us something different. It helps us understand how your hair interacts with water.

That can tell us a lot about hair health, product choices, product layering, and even how we style our hair.

Your curl type tells us what your hair looks like. Porosity can tell us more about how your hair behaves.

And when you are trying to build a hair routine that actually works, that information matters.

Glycerin is in almost every moisturizing hair product, but most people don’t actually understand how it works. This breakdown explains what it is, how it’s made, and how to use it based on your environment.

If your hair feels dry, dull, or impossible to moisturize no matter what you try, hard water might be the real problem. In this post, we break down what hard water actually does to textured hair and how to protect your routine from mineral buildup.

Before we dive into all things Crowned, let’s start with the basics: the facts. These ten textured-hair myths have held us back for too long—let’s debunk them together.