How Can My Hair Be Straight & Curly At The Same Time?
- Posted on 25 July, 2019
- Easy Hairstyles
- By Anonymous
Is it normal to have curly and straight hair at the same time? If you’re worried about your hair or curl pattern then you’re not alone. This is one of my most frequently asked questions and I see curly girls asking this question online a lot too.
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Why did my hair change from straight to curly?
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Christina xx
Either I'm Christina from Harriman's comm, and today's video is all about reassuring you that it's totally normal to have a mix of different curl patterns in your hair. It'S the question: I get asked all the time and it's something I deal with a lot as well, because I have a really different mix of curls in my head. I also used to have straight hair, which became curly when I was a teen, so I've really dealt with my hair changing from straight to curly and how it's changed since then, as well. Whatever type of curl you have, no one ever has a uniform curl pattern. Nobody I mean that when I say no to curls are the same. I really mean it even across your own head of hair, so whether your hair is just starting to change from straight to curly all you're, finding that your curls are opening up and becoming more waves instead, there's lots of ways to help blend them together and that It'S incredibly normal. I want to show you a photo of one of my readers who this is actually her hair. She has completely straight and completely curly hair at the same time, and that's probably one of the most extreme, but I used to have hair like that. As well, the underneath part of my hair was super straight and it was much curly at the top. Now I find that my hair is sort of more waves on the top, particularly around my face, because I get a lot of environmental damage from brushing and from the Sun. So that tends to be a bit frizzy err at the front and I get better curls right underneath where nobody sees them. Of course, that's always the weight right, but whatever max mix of curls that you have on your hair, it's normal. There are ways to try and blend them in together and that you can help blend them together, but just embrace them. I think as well. It'S nothing wrong to have a different mix of curls, and once you realize that you'll notice that everybody else does too the simplest way to blend in any waves in with your curls is with a curling wand. I'Ve done that at the front of my hair, just mixing in a few curls that actually you can see some of my hair is actually naturally curly err. Some and I've just used a small curling wand. I use one that's 19 mil, but any sort of small one, that's about the same size of your curls - can help blend in any straighter sections in with the rest of your curls. Alternatively, if you don't want to use heat, you can, when your hair is wet. Actually, you can start to identify those sections that you know don't curl as well and just focus on them when you're drying and I like to add in a little bit more curl cream and and by sort of helping them along. Instead of helping that curl to form when your hair is wet, you're, more likely to get a more uniform result when your hair is dry but, like I said before, don't sweat it once you notice that you have a mix of curls across your hair. You'Ll start to see that everybody else does as well and that it's totally normal when my hair started to change, I noticed that patches of my hair would curl more than others, and I also know from the way I dry my hair, I always tilt to the Left side that this right side of my head is a little bit straighter, simply because it's drying against mine, like it's being stretched out as I'm drying it. So it might be the way that you're actually styling your hair. It could just be the shape of your hair and it's quite normal for our curls to change. They say: hair changes every 7 years and that sort of growth cycle, but it might be 7 years it might be sooner or later. For you there's lots of theories. Ins that affect our hair and maybe like hormone changes. Medication at your general health as well, so lots of these things will impact on your hair and your and the health of your hair and the shape of your curls, too I'll link below to my curl routine and to my tips on how to restyle your curls. As well, to get better second day, hair that all blends in together, but just realize that you it's okay, it's super normal to have a mix of different curls and don't let it worry. You too much. Thank you so much for watching and if you're here. It'S still at the end of the video. I really appreciate it if you like this video, please hit the thumbs up and subscribe to my channel and hit the notification, so you'll be the first to see my next video over on hee romance comm. I'Ve got lots of tips and tutorials and I look forward to seeing you in my next video bye
Comments
wtf: My hair is so frustrating, its wavy, curly, and straight all at the same time. The under layers are super straight and the top of my right side is super curly and my left side is wavy. I feel like my hair looks like a really bad perm sometimes. I’ve been doing the curly girl method for two years now so I know it’s not damage, but it’s still so frustrating when it doesn’t curl uniformly.
Mariangel Romero: My hair is literally half straight and half curly. My right side is almost total straight, there is just a hint of waviness BUT my left side has the most pressed curls you can see. I love how my curly hair looks but I hate to see the contrast between straight and super curly so I always would iron it, these quarantine days I just let the m be to see what happens.
Kahle Tobias: I never know what my waves/curls will do until I wake up in the morning it’s like waking up to a new style every day.
Left Brain Liz: I had straight hair until I went curly in my mid-20s. My curliest hair is sadly underneath the layer of chaotic stringy waves
teriaki chicken: I dont know if anybody else’s hair is like this butt... I’m growing my hair out and I’m noticing that my hairline/top of my head are wavy or straight depending on the day and underneath/ around the back of my head and my sideburns I have really curly hair. I’m curious if my hair will get curlier as it gets longer or not?
miss october: I have a wide range of curl patterns, too. Most of my hair is 2c & 3a, but I have some 2b waves, a small chunk underneath that is almost completely straight, and a few tighter curls (maybe 3b/c) hiding behind my ears.
Ni Na: Hi I'm 13 years old and my hair just started to get curly... I wanted to ask how long does it takes until it gets completely curly?
Lexi S: the outer layer of my hair is straight and the under part is curly. i can’t get the top layer curly
mali mravcic: MY roots are super flat/straight!! And the rest is curly/wavy!! I heard I have to get layers to help out with the volume/flatness of my hair! But this video helped me a lot, thank you! :)
Nadira Chaoui: My hair used to be straight too and when I turned about 12 it went super frizzy and then when I was 15 it started to get defined curls/waves but also some straight sections. So confusing
Jessie F: i’ve started trying to embrace my natural waves, i have really wavy/ curls underneath and at the front but at the back it’s like straight with a slight wave at the bottom so it just looks frizzy and weird. anyone know any tips to help get these parts curly?
Ksenia Swampland: My biggest issue with my hair is how unpredictable it is, one day it may be curly, usually when freshly washed, but then another it dries almost straight with tiny waves at the bottom. The next day even if it was curly before it gets flat and almost straight too. It’s very confusing and somehow people don’t react to it well ranging from “where are your curls? Why did you straighten them” (lol I didn’t) to “why would you say your hair is curly when it’s slightly wavy at best?”. All of this happens on the days when my hair chooses to be straighter. I wish I could make it look more consistent, but I really don’t want to wash it every day.
Konstantina Ts.: Wow! Your hair has grown so much and it is so beautiful! I have baby fine, curly hair since the day I was born and I can assure you that every day my hair is completely different. Sometimes it is curlier, sometimes it is more on the wavy side. I think it depends on the weather and the temperature, it gets straighter if I put it in a ponytail or a bun. Crazy curly hair!!!
Traci Creel: Thank you so much for revealing that you add a bit of curl with a wand every once in a while. I occasionally feel like a curly failure since my hair never looks uniform. Love your videos!
Anathema Device: My hair looks almost exactly like that photo of your client! It's so straight underneath that I normally just get an undercut.
Brydie Norris: The underneath of my hair is really really curly/wavy and the top of it is completely straight, it’s so annoying and weird
Christina Mota: My hair is straighter on top and curly in the inside. It’s so annoying :( I also never know what to do with my hair in the morning because my hair looks crazy but Ik it’s not really good to brush it
Ava Stenger: my hair started turning fizzy when i was nine and I didn’t start treating like curly/wavy hair until i have 14. the year before it was very similar to your hair type though. but over the summer, i started to let my hair grow out and i also got highlights and then a few months ago i got a balayage. my hair is also is pretty long and i’m thinking of getting a bob length hair cut and thinking about letting my natural hair grow back. do have any suggestions?
KateM: I was stick straight my whole life until 30’s. I thought I was the only one! Now I’m curly
NO ONE: I had extremely straight hair until i was like 7-8. My hair had a lot of volume and it was super shiny. Then it became kinda wavy but the left top of my hair was wavy and the right top was flat and i hade like wide waves not small cute ones and the top of my head would get incredibly frizzy. A little but of wind outisde and was enough to make me look like the wicked witch of the west. Fast forward a couple of years (16-17years old) my hair is like Hagrid in Harry Potter. I could keep it a week without washing it and it wouldnt show. Fast forward now (im 20) and my hair is a NIGHTMARE. Flat and frizzy on top, wavy in the middle and curly like mother witch in Rapunzel at the ends. In all these years i have used a hair straightner like twice a year and i would blow dry my hair only in winter. So never used any heating tools. Yet my hair changed. Now i have been putting a little bit of argan oil in my hair after i wash them because it said it works for frizzy hair but it didnt much . I also blow dry my hair with a difuser and wake up everyday with my hair being completly differemt from when i went to bed
Yailee: When I was a baby my hair was curly and then as I grew up I always brushed my hair since that is what I was taught so my hair was always wavy idk if this is considered hair damage but about 9 months ago I started transitioning my hair to it’s curly form again but the bottom and on the top of my hair is straight,the front parts and some under parts are curly, hidden and on the back mix of wavy and straight it is so frustrating I wish my hair was just one curly texture
Lazy Overthinker: I was so happy to find you. I had photos when I was young that my hair is so sleeky straight until around 8-9 years my hair started to grow curly. I don’t like curly hair cause it’s hard to style and it doesn’t go well with the shape of my face. I look freaking horrible and it’s not good with my self esteem. Been having my hair straightened for 8 years now but I wanted to go all natural and keep it curly. Issue though is it’s a little frizzy and it’s so curly on top. I have a huge forehead and I wanna make it look small by having fringe but doesn’t go well with curly hair. :(
Aliya Huet: I have a mix of waves/straight/curls myself. Once I cut my hair very into a short bob, I noticed it so much more because it would make the length uneven haha
Rhiannon's birds: Do you have any advice for those of us with really thin hair? My scalp shows through my hair and the waves on top don't seem to disguise it much. :-/
Isabelle: i have the opposite.. i have curly and wavy hair at the bottom of my head and the rest is super straight i really dont understand why my hair is doing that♀️
ExcuseMeUm....: 0:55 OMG YES I thought I was the only one! Huge relief! I guess my hair is extreme
El Trae: I'm 14yrs old (boy) and my medium length hair just got really wavy in the front, but extremely flat everywhere else. I tried finger coiling and it works on the front part, but doesn't help on the straight part. What should I do?
Hege4318: My hair is mostly curly in the front and straight in the back, a bit annoying btw my hair started to get curls (from completely straight) when I was 28 (4*7)
Angelica Puente: My hair is curly and wavy in the sides and straight in the back. The underneath of my sides are straight and the underneath of my back side is wavy. Does anyone know if it will grow to be a bit more even w time.
Lara Pritchard: I honestly don’t know what to do with my hair. I never thought about why my hair was so thick, knotty and frizzy but eventually realised underneath I had ringlet cuts but on top is just a frizzing mess that’s slightly wavy. No matter what I do to it, how I dry it or how I wear it to bed, nothing works. And then people tell me to just brush it when if I do that you can no longer see my face. Sorry for the rant but if anyone has hair like me and knows what to to with it pls help me
TrashCanBees: How long did it take your hair to change from straight to curly? Mine had been curly when I was a kid and then completely straightened for about 10 years, but right around when I started high school it began to get wavy. But it started to straighten back out when my health was bad for a while and now that that's getting better, and I've changed what products I use to ones suited for my actual hair type it seems to be waving more and more. I'm somewhere between 2a and 2b right now but I wonder if it's not actually done changing yet
Mara: My hair only curls nicely and becomes voluminous when it's humid outside I've tried spraying my hair with water once it's dry when there's good weather, still, the results are not as good.. Does anyone have an idea what to do to cause the same amount of curl naturally when it's not humid outside?
chelsea petro: When I was younger my hair was straight. But then I started straightening it more bc I wanted my hair to be super pin straight and now the front of my hair has like little waves and then there’s a dent in my hair and the rest is straight. I believe my hair is heat damaged because it had crinkly waves and it’s frizzy and is how I get it back to being healthy bc the front is wavy then theirs a big dent and the rest is straight. Pls help
Acacia: I can give my underneath hairs some texture with gel, but no curls or waves. It's impossible. They're too straight and coarse to be manipulated when wet. Only the top third/fourth of my hair is curly. They literally spiral and fold back on themselves while the bottom half is straight and right now I'm trying to grow out my curled layers and chop the underneath layers regularly to try and hide the imbalance. It's SO frustrating now that I'm no longer treating my hair. I want to keep it natural, but I don't know if I can even make this work once my hair is long.
Ar14h: My hair was straight until 17, I’m 20 now and have straight hair at the back but curly/wavy everywhere else. My roots however are straight, it’s just curly from the bottom.
444kira: I shaved my head since my hair was so frizzy and dry from heat damage, it’s almost going to be a year that I shaved my head and my hair is almost at my shoulders but only the front of my hair is curly while the back is a mixture of straight and semi wavy hair idk what to do and it’s so frustrating because sometimes I force the front of my hair to be straight since the rest of my head doesn’t curl. I hate that I didn’t know that I had curly hair since I’ve always had straight thick hair but I got really insecure with change so I kept straightening it and when I started doing the CGM it weighed down my hair and I lost a lot of my curls so that’s why I decided to shave my head but I see no difference:(
Afiaith Art: I don't know how to describe my hair, I have heaps of hair which is Straight, wavy, and some extra fine curls in the middle. I live in a place where humidity is always high and it gets out of control or wild. Any tips on how to take care of this hair?
KEVITA master-brew kombucha 505: My hair kinda looks like the picture you showed in the beginning I wish my hair was curly all the way!
Ella Soles: My hair is just transitioning from straight to curly. There are so many curls underneath my straight hair which is on the top. I can’t wait for this change to be over lol
Freya Mamamia: my hair is exactly like your readers. extremely straight and curly. im asian and everyone in my family has straight and luscious hair. i feel crazy and have no idea how to style it. i wish the curly was on the bottom so that its easier to conceal. sadly, my curls are where my bangs and crown of the hair is and thats it. i walk around looking like its a pile of frizz since the curly part is so thin. its been like this for years and i wish my body would just chose one :( someone give me suggestions please
Mik G: My biggest issue is that I sleep with my hair wet, at the moment I've been braiding it before bed but I'm not sure if that's what I should be doing, or if it will affect my natural curl when I wear it down the next day.
S W: Most of my hair is straight with slight kink, then suddenly I get one side of hair that is curly with a straight bit over the top of it, I’m at a loss what to do with my hair, it’s a lot dryer too, I’m 49 xxx
Carol Taylor: Hi, can you give any advice as to finishing, sometimes I get fly away’s even after a good cast/condition. The rest of my hair looks shiny and amazing but then these “frizzy bits” wondered if you recommend a finishing spray?
Leí La: My hair is curly on both sides in the front and completely straight in the back and I can’t get the back to become curly any advice what to do with it?
Sonia: What if your hair is like baby hair, wavy at the back and dead straight at the front (up to the ears) & on top. No mixing throughout, just straight out separate. Is there any styling tips?
Brooklynn Miller: My hair is kind of super different all around my head. The bottom was just cut off but it was very full slightly curly and non-frizzy. The middle of my hair is kind of like that but not as full and big kind of frizzy. The top is slightly wavy but it tries to be straight and very frizzy. But the hair next to my ears has the most beautiful curls I've ever seen and I wish my whole hair would be like that.
chelsea petro: My hair was straight but I wanted it to be more straight so I flat ironed it everyday. My hair has not but the same. Now it’s dry frizzy and the front is like kinda wavy and some is straight and idk what to do
yobishishot: The back part of my hair is completely wavy but the front two parts are always straight and idk what to do anymore
Priti Kumari Tiwary: Oh god u r totally my answer... I hv spent too much time in thinking that what is going on with my hair... My front hair, mostly where bangs are, and my rest of hair ,back hairs, are soft wavy ... My whole college life i struggled and thought my front hair is damaged...and also my hair is thinning up front and it looks like i m getting bald in future days ...so i have to have bangs otherwise i look bald... If anyone has similar issues plz tell me about .. And if any suggestion.. U will help a frustrated person
Avery Atkinson: About an inch of the hair around my face is way curlier than the rest (3a) but the sides and back tend to be about a 2b or even 2a
furbaby: someone help me out: My dad had coily wirey hair just like african american hair( but he’s puerto rican and mexican ) My mom is native american so she has fine straight hair I have wirey hair where it’s straight on the top layer but 2b/2c wavey on the layer underneath. And it’s super poofy. Idk what to call my hair or how to make it all wavy. I usually just say my hair is wavy but let me know any advice cause i’m a little confused
Qylie Minneiah Chan: Half of my hair is wavy and half is straight. The bottom layer of my hair is really straight and the top layer is kinda wavy. In my family everybody has straight hair and I have been taught to hate it.
Rosa!: My hair is straight all the way down until the last few centimetres where i have literal rings, i think it looks really unique
Boba bubble tea: My hair is straight in some parts and wavy in other parts and it is very frizzy. It got like that during puberty. I don't know if it's because I'm mixed or if my hair is just an idiot.
Kerri Javorka: I have the opposite! My hair is curly on top and straighter underneath. Makes me crazy!
Primadonna Queen: It's really strange because the front of my hair is really defined 3a curls, but the back is 2a/2b. Is it because my hair is still transitioning? It's frustrating.
999: My hair is curly when it’s medium but when I get layers my short er hairs are almost straight and my super long hair is wavy and flat and I just hope I’m not loosing my natural fluffy / curly hair
Annelise: The top of my hair is straight and wavy, and the bottom/underneath is curly and wavy. It looks awful and like a rats nest. I don't understand how all of these people are like "On the 30th day of my routine!" and have GORGEOUS curls. I have been trying this method for 3 months and despite the fact that I have gotten my hair cut and layered so the top doesn't weigh down, spent HOURS on my hair and spent hundreds of dollars, nothing is working. If anyone else used to have this issue please let me know how to fix it.
Journey Aliifua: My hair is mostly curly, but there is noticeably straight on the sides of my head.
Mandalorian: Today I washed my hair like always.But the thing is,now its straight,wavy and curly at the same time.I acually have a Superman curl
Jazmyn Jackson: My hair is mostly curly, then I have straight hair at the bottom, and my hair stylists cuts it when it is wet, so when it dries it looks like I am wearing a curly wig over straight hair as my brother says
Ashlee Slavey: My hair has 3a curls on the underneath and then 2c mix with it, then it starts to go to 2b and then at the top it’s 2a and then 1a mixed with it
Baylei Vorce: I have curls under and straight hair or barely wavy hair on top. I just want my curls to pop lol
N. Kr: The top of my hair is wavy and dry and frizzy and the bottom is silky smooth and straight. It didn’t used to be like that but I could manage it until now. Now my new growth is wavier not super wavy but it won’t straighten no matter how much heat I use
Linda Wonesch: YES! I have exact hair like on picture 0:55 and I just can’t make the straight section curl I hate that cause my under layer is really curly on my left side of head and on the right the same but not that much and the top layer is just straight and parts are bit wavy please someone help me out I really don’t know how to get the top to be more curled ✋
SERGIO SANCHEZ.R: a man here, I do my hair with a curtain style and its kind weird. but it doesnt matter I love my hair
C Priet: I don’t know if I should treat my hair like straight hair or curly hair because the bottom layer is curly and the top layer is straight with a subtle wave and if I treat my hair like curly hair it tangles like crazy but if I treat it like straight hair it frizzes up. Any tips? I NEED HELP! (I’m 13 if that helps)
Janet's Planet: I love the front of your hair today! Did you take a piece of hair from the other side and place it across your forehead? It's almost like a bang effect. I want to do that too!
Sophie Detorie: my hair is curly underneath, wavy around my face and in the middle, and straight on top how do I take care of it? i can't put curl or straight product, and it doesn't straighten or curl very well. any tips?
teddie_bearbear :): i had very curly hair when i was younger like 3 years old my hair was like an afro now its wavy/curly bruh
Deetztea123: I'm a dude and its sometimes straight sometimes curly but mines also changed during puberty
Sara Ramsis: my hair the same strand, is wavy on top and super straight as you go down, does this mean is damaged ?
ok: I’m a guy and my hairs curly everywhere but on the top left so when I grow my hair out it won’t lay down on the left and when it does it’s almost fully straight
Ophi Mikaelson: I used to have very curly hair and now they are only curly after i shower and then they get very wavy/straight. I'm so frustrated :(
Mad Pooper 420: My hair is curly in the front straight underneath and barely wavy in the back ♀️
Boba bubble tea: The left side of my head is straight and kinda frizzy except for the front which is very mildly wavy and then the right side of my head is really wavy in the front almost curly and then it kinda just turns into mild waves as my hair goes around my head. What the heck?
Asian Jim: my hair is straight on top and curly underneath
Laryssa Cunha: I have a problem with my curly hair. When I tie it for a while and take it out it becomes straight. Can anyone help?
Nicole Langford: That viewer sent photo is my hair exactly. My hair is pretty wavy and curly on top and all the underneatht are straight
mel: i hate my hair so much it’s so heat damaged so there are straight parts but also ringlets in some areas. i’m literally sitting on the floor crying from how much i hate it
beep boop: the top layer of my hair is straight and the underneath layer is curly so I end up with this bulge of hair underneath with straight hair laying over it, it looks terrible lol.
Elle Marteeny: Hi my hair goes straight ar the ends it will have a nice ringlets form then it just goes completely straight.
Jasmine Chaleunsinh: So I kinda same problem.... My hair is fine but is straight in the front and wavy in the back, people always ask me if I curled my hair and stop half way! But I would really like to know how to take care of my hair. Treat it as straight hair, wavy hair, or both. I’m southeast Asian (mom Filipino- the wavy/curl genes and dad Thai, Laos, and Vietnamese- straight hair)? And how do I take care of them?
Farooqui Mahboob: I have 70 percent curli hair when I keep going more long looking very bad I want my hair straight can you give advice to me about how I can do my hair straight ❤️
i: Help!!! My hair is straight blonde and on the top I have tons of curls growing in and they stick out badly and it’s every tons of curls
Derrick Jennifer Watkins: Your hair looks so pretty!
Jaime Rellergert: I have had straight hair until after kids. Then the underneath started to wave. Now it’s all wavy except for the crown.. I’m trying to wear it curly but the crown always looks stringy
bobbi: My outside hair is straight but the inside is curly its so weird
Amaris: the photo looks exactly like my hair sometimes i wonder if i can perm that part
TenderToad: I always brush my hair after my shower not knowing how to treat my hair
Chino: Just the front bit of my bangs the bit over my forehead curls up and they get all frizzy and shit while the hair right next to it is sleek af
Monkey Butt: My hair is curly on top but it’s straight on the sides and the back even tho i got no perm
Fcking Lies: Just what I needed.
hamad alkaabi: Me a guy here trying to see what’s wrong with my hair
Hoejack Borseman: I have wavy on top, Curly at front and straight hair at the back and sides
LetsBeHonest: When I sleep after styling my hair, my curls end up huge in the morning after waking up. Grrr
Hermine Nazari: Your hair color is beautiful! I love your sweet face
mariam: the back of my head is super wavy and then the front is straight
LetsBeHonest: I like the comb over look
twoguys chillininahottub: left oart of my head closerr to my face is super straight and i cant cutl it and the right side is curly so i have to straighten the whole thing to look normal