First — look at your hair fully dry, freshly washed, no product. What shape do you see overall?

Mostly straight with a slight bend

Waves plus some actual ringlets

Tightly coiled or zig-zagged, no visible ringlet

Pick one strand and look at a single curl. What's it roughly the width of?

Almost no visible curl — a loose bend

A Sharpie marker (medium corkscrew)

A crochet needle or straw (very tight)

Too tight to measure without stretching

Stretch a section of your hair out and let it go. How much shorter does it look at rest vs. stretched?

More than 75% shorter — my hair looks way shorter than it is

Where does your curl actually start?

Pretty close to straight at the root, curl only near the ends

Mid-shaft — roots are looser, length is curlier

Curl pattern starts at the root and continues all the way down

How long does your hair take to air-dry after a wash, no product, no touching?

6+ hours or sometimes still damp the next day

What does your frizz look like at its worst?

Flyaways on top, but the pattern mostly stays

Halo frizz — fuzzy crown, defined ends

Pattern almost disappears into a fluffy cloud

Barely any frizz, just loses shape

How do your curls behave when you stretch one fully wet and release it?

Stays mostly straight — re-forms as it dries

Holds a wave or loose curl even wet

Snaps back into a visible ringlet fast

Looks almost straight wet, tight coil dry

Last one — when your hair clumps, what does one clump look like?

Barely clumps — mostly sits as individual pieces

Loose S-shapes grouped together

Dense clumps that read as one shape, not individual curls

Almost no individual curl visible — reads as texture

Curl Type Quiz

Eight short questions. A personalized profile at the end, 2a through 4c.
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Curl type tells you hair shape. Knowing it makes routines, products, and refresh methods way less guesswork. Ready to find out if you're wavy, curly, or coily?