👩🏾‍🦱 AFRO 👩🏾‍🦱

This coming May, I will face another choice: whether or not to dye my hair, and if so, what color.

Since the start of this year—still during my hair dye break that began in May 2025—I have been studying my hair more closely.

I feel like I do this every year around this time—maybe it’s becoming a bit of a yearly ritual for me.

I seem to have 3c/4a/4b hair (which can vary depending on the type and amount of product I use) with 50-80% shrinkage. I have fine strands but a high hair density.

Because of this, my hair can look quite compact when styled with products, but it looks voluminous after being stretched out, and my natural hair color seems very dark brown. The undyed sections have a higher density than my dyed ends.