Are you a curly or a wavy?

I never thought I was a curly or a wavy when I first started caring properly for my hair. I just thought I was a “frizzy!” That’s a thing, right? Wrong! 

It wasn’t until I was months down the road that, even though my hair was getting curls by the way I processed it, I was actually a wavy girl. You’ll see me use the term “curly girl” a lot when I generally speak about the process I’ve been through because I read a lot about the curly girl method and I use curly girl approved products. But, I am a wavy girl. 

It didn’t truly hit me until months down the road. So, let me spare you the trouble I went through and say that making your wave/curl type priority in this process is key! I found this article to be very helpful and realized I have 2B wavy hair, not curly hair. Understand your curl type is based on how your hair looks before you do anything or add anything to it, not after!

For comparison sake: after styling with products vs before styling with products.

Had I looked at my “after styling” hair (photo on the left), I would have easily considered my hair in the 3 “curly” type. I was new to the process, remember. Today, I would never even say I’m a 3! No way! I’m a 2 wavy girl all the way! 

I’m reading the article I referenced above, and as I noted in this article, I found out the gel I was using was far too heavy for my wavy hair! Through a lot of trial an error, I found two gels I really like. Cantu Flexible Hold Styling Gel and DevaCurl Supreme Defining Gel. I bought Cantu first since it was the same brand as the heavy gel. I liked it quite a bit. But, DevaCurl was very different. It made my waves feel nice and fluffy! There was no hard cast to it (more on that in another post). But, because there was no hard cast, I wasn’t sure if it was working the way it needed to. Remember, I was using a super heavy, super cast-y gel before this! The longer I go through this process, though, the more I tend to lean to those gels that don’t have a cast. Now, if I can just stop using too much of it, things should work out fine! 

If you’re starting to make changes to your hair and you’re looking for a little guidance, please subscribe to my blog and follow along. Next stop: the curly girl method! 

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