I’ve spent my whole life with straight hair. Even with heat and hairspray, my hair would struggle to hold curls. However, I recently noticed a few curls after washing my hair and I think my hair is changing (maybe due to hormonal changes) and so I’m trying to figure out if my hair is now wavy/curly. 

The picture on the left is natural hair, no products and air dried. It’s not sleek the way it used to be and definitely feels a little more frizzy and looks kind of puffy when I brush it out. 

Routine:

For my shampoo, I use Pantene miracle moisture boost. 

The middle one has a dime sized amount of Garnier pure clean styling gel. I rubbed it between my hands and ran them down my hair (damp, not soaking wet). Then I scrunched and diffused until dry. 

The picture on the right is with Pantene soft curls shaping mousse. I added about a golf ball sized amount to soaking wet hair, combed it through with my finger, scrunched and diffused until dry. 

It’s hard to see in the pictures but I feel like my hair looked curlier with mousse than gel but the mousse made it look greasy. 

I’ve also tried Pantene wave and curl defining hydrating crème but that just makes my hair soft without really defining any of the waves/curls. 

I use a satin pillowcase, no bonnet. Wash my hair everyday because it’s super oily! 

My question is, how do I know if I’m creating waves and curls because of the products or if my hair has actually changed?



Trying to figure out if I actually have curly hair