How To Tell If Your “Straight” Hair is Actually Wavy WITHOUT Products

[bes]

When I do this, despite using the same product and method every time, sometimes it dries really wavy, sometimes it dries straight, and sometimes half and half. So I'm really confused 😭

[someone.-wzrt]

This is how I realized... ✨My straight hair will always be straight✨
::D

[annaschorn]

I always just thought I had really unruly, straight hair. But I just now realized that when my hair is long, its easier to see the waves. Also I never noticed that my grandma has pretty wavy hair as well. So does my mom, but you can't see it because her hair is so short.

[hannahlamborghini]

underneath my straight hair is waves, but on top, its just frizzy straight :/

[laurengrace]

Also if you brush it while it’s wet and just let it sit.. and your hair curls on its own you definitely have wavy or curly hair.

[TheCinderellaPrincess]

I love that the natural hair movement has given people the incentive to explore their hair types. It’s beautiful!!

[saccharineisnothoney]

This also depends on hair length. I have medium short hair with layers so it's a little harder for me to tell.
In my opinion, a good way to tell is to look at your hair after you've been sweaty, in the rain, or you haven't washed in a while. For me, my small baby hairs will look like ringlets and my hair will have lumps. My sister's hair will stay the same after words though.
I say this because for me, my hair is very dense and letting it air dry like this won't show the texture.

If this doesn't work, look at pictures of your hair as a kid. I can see my hair forming waves and ringlets as a child, I also hated brushing it because it would look like a mess.

Hair is weird and is never the same. Some days it'll look straight, other days it'll look like frizzy messy curls/waves. You can't expect it to look the same every day! Much love to you guys who are trying to understand their hair! (PS the whole4c, 3a, 2b type of chart isn't a good thing to base your hair off of. Hair isn't even all around the head and that chart isn't accurate to science or your environment either. Trial and error is your best bet, keep consistency to see results)

[itskindofafunnystory...]

Honestly I just don't brush my hair period. It dries in perfect waves like that.

[Sarah.Riedel]

Okay I am very confused. I have _never_ curled, permed, or heat styled my hair. I was born with super straight, fine cornsilk blonde hair. Recently, as in the last 5-10 years or so (I just turned 40), have noticed that it has become markedly "less straight" and more unruly, more difficult to keep it looking sleek which should in theory be easy for my hair type, and I also notice very defined waves when my hair is _wet_ - as an experiment I simply towel-dried them and left them overnight. The waves were still there the next day, although nowhere *near* as bouncy and defined as this video. However, whenever I try to style my hair wavy, the style falls out within a few hours because my hair just cannot hold a style.

So, essentially my hair is "too straight" to be wavy but "too wavy" to be straight. 😭

[missdube]

your hair is gorgeous.
also, thanks for making a straight to the point video, i will definitely try your technique.

[ghostie_]

Oh my god.. I had long hair, the longest I've ever had it. But it was frizzy and flat, and I hated it, so I got a pixie cut. I always thought it was straight, but now I'm not too sure. I'm going to grow it out now and try some things out. Thanks for your videos!

[sarlenawilhaanensen]

Had pin straight 1A hair for almost my entire life. Then in the past 2 years my hair has started to change. I stopped using heat on it, stopped coloring it and have been taking care of it for the past 3-4 years but only in the past 3 months has it DRASTICALLY changed. I have full on waves now when I put in my leave in conditioner and scrunch my hair it actually stays wavy, and even when I don’t scrunch I’ve noticed that the underneath section of hair towards the base of my neck is totally wavy. My hair is in the process of becoming wavy, and I believe it is due to aging—my hormones are changing and it’s impacted my hair. My mom used to be a hair stylist and said she thinks this is true. I am very excited!!! 😍

[NoTmiA]

My hair would need two days to air dry ain’t no way💀

[gangbanger]

My hair is naturally wavy and I hate it, I would really prefer naturally straight or amazing curls, but in between isn’t the best for me.

[Reyisgne]

My hair dries with some super curly like my moms beautiful curls and some is straight and some is wavy like i dont know what to do because i dont want to ruin my hair by constantly straightening or curling it, but then i brush my hair out and i look like simba so🙂

[Sidera]

I'm glad I discovered your channel! I recently discovered my "wave" bc I had to go "low poo" and no hair dryer due to a scalp infection, and it turned out regular shampoos were smoothing/weighting down my fine, thin hair. It turns out I have 2a on one side of my head and 2b on the other.

I have been trying to research WAVY hair, but most of the info I find is for curls 2c or 3 and higher, so this channel having specifically WAVY info is great! Some of the curly advice is meant for ringlets or thicker, coarser hair. Waves are fickle!

I'm still at the beginning of my journey bc I am hypersensitive to most hair products, so I am on the hunt for curl creams, gels, and mousse.

Thank you for this info! Your hair looks amazing!

[parshati]

You are blessed with naturally beautiful hair 🙂

[ariaa]

you can also tell when your using conditioner this may not be for everyone but my waves definitely show when I’m putting my conditioner in my hair.

[autumnewg]

omg stoppp I’ve been trying to find a video like this for so long because I’ve thought I’ve had curly hair for a long time but my mom won’t believe me and it runs in my family thank you so much

[LemCatOfficial]

Thank you! I have wavy hair, but now it is so long I thought the weight pulled the pattern out! It sounds silly, but it is so long that it's very heavy! Turns out I probably just need to change to lightweight products -- maybe Maui's lightweight? Giving it a try soon!