Recent Examples on the WebHair Type Generally speaking, hair glosses are suitable for the vast majority of hair types, regardless of strand porosity, thickness, color, or pattern.—Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024 Those with high porosity hair can swap this in for their regular conditioner, while people with medium to low porosity can opt to use this as a treatment when their hair needs some extra love.—Kayla Greaves, Vogue, 3 May 2024 The porosity of your hair also influences how your hair will respond to certain products.—Janell Hickman-Kirby, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024 This is a medium-weight option that allows for air porosity and good drainage, which all add up to creating those strong roots.—Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2023 That’s significant because the porosity of snowflakes makes their density much lower than the ice by itself, in same case up to 90 percent less dense.—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2024 For my high porosity hair, however, the water would absorb quicker than the comb snapping through my knots– usually resulting in uncontrollable tears.—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 17 Nov. 2023 European painting is part of an ongoing project to define Europe, which includes trade and colonialism, military expansion, intellectual foment, and a great deal of cultural porosity.—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024 Exactly why osteoclasts began misbehaving and inducing excessive porosity remained unknown, but the researchers suspected cell senescence played a role.—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
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