Understanding what wave or curl pattern to choose for your hair system can make all the difference in achieving a natural appearance.
At LaVivid, we offer many wave and curl options to meet your specific needs. 28mm to 30mm rod size waves are most popular and you can find them in our stock hair systems. For other wave or curl options, we can customize for you. You can choose from our wave/curl chart below, or you can send us your hair sample and we can customize the exact same curl pattern just for you.

Below you will find the details for each wave and curl pattern and how it looks on a real person. Please kindly note that the person is not wearing a hair system in the pictures. They are just for your reference.

Afro 3mm

The rod size for Afro is around 1/8 inch and the hair is a tight kink.

Medium Afro 4mm

3/16 inch rod size is a slightly looser afro kink-curl.

Tight Curl 10mm

It is in around 3/8 inch rod size, which are small curls.You can open it to 3/4 inch curl.

Medium Curl 12mm

1/2 inch rod size will open to approximately 1 inch curl.This can also be wave or curl depending on the direction it dries. Wet it and scrunch into curls or comb flat for a wave.

Tight Wave 20mm

3/4 inch rod size will open to approximately 1-1/2 inch wave.Remember, if this is cut shorter than two inches most of the curl will be gone.

Medium Wave 25mm

7/8 inch rod size will open to approximately 1-3/4 inch wave. This will be a light wave and is the most common wave used for most styles.

Body Wave 28mm

9/10 inch rod size will open to an approximately 2 inch wave, the light movement and body will remain.

Straight Hair

It is natural straight hair. It might bend after a night’s sleeping. After washing and slight styling, it will become straight again.

Except for the Afro and Medium Afro texture, curl patterns will always become looser gradually after several washings and wearing. It must be noted that for lighter hair, the curls may not hold their shape for as long as dark hair where the curls are naturally more sturdy.