4a/b
@DejaVu2. It looks 3c/b to me as well. Your hair is gorgeous! I understand exactly how you feel. There will never be a fro for me either I will add, there will never be beautiful braidouts, twistouts, etc. as my hair slips out of any type of braid/twist.
Is there a need to roll your eyes? You know you can go blind from that.
Stop projecting your own hair insecurities onto me, please. If you think there is no way a type 3 girl can envy type 4 hair, that's your problem.
I bet I wouldn't be attacked like this if my hair was type 4.
Damn
Peace out.
But even if you know your hairtype, that doesn't mean that your hair will behave or even look like theirs. The best way to find out how to get similar results as someone is through physically looking at their pictures, and trying it out. Knowing your hairtype is not a shortcut that will magically open up the natural hair floodgates to all of the hidden secrets of styling your hair.
The people from whom I learned the most from don't even have hair that looks like mine. But we share the same porosity and strand size which helped me more than trying to base my regimen off of how my hair behaved when it was bone dry without any product.
I say you are 3b. Very pretty hair also. You should be able to get some good hair tips from Wavezncurlz and BostonMaria.
ETA: Here are the hairtyping threads for 3b and 3b/3c by the way.
http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=476352&highlight=3b
http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=476752&highlight=3b
I picked "I see the entire type 3 family up your hurrr".
And @DejaVu2, I completely feel your pain about the twist-out / braid-out disasters. Although my curls are 3c/4a and my hair is thinner in density, I have the same issue. It's either wash-n-go or straight for me (or my trusty bun). Anything else takes multiple products, cajoling and an act of Congress to get my hair to act right.