Is this just a braid-out?

[QBOE2001]

That's what my wash and go looks like now that my hair has grown. I don't like the look on me so I gave up on wash and goes. However, I could get the same look when it was shorter by banding the top portion closest to the roots ( I would do this in the winter because my hair shrinks so much and it would make it easier to detangle on wash days).

 

[AimWard]

My wash and go's that are turned into twist outs look sorta like this. Basically day one I wash and go. At night I twist my hair into 6 or 8 twists, wrap with a scarf and fluff in the morning. As the days go by, my hair stretches more and more.

 

[FlowerHair]

It looks like it's her natural curl pattern, but it might be copied with a braid out?

 

[Curlykale]

it looks exactly like my hair! as usual I don't have pictures because I am lazy lol but: I apply a thick conditioner and a gel or butter on damp hair and I make 6 braids. I twist the final inch of each braid. I remove them when my hair is 80% dry and shake my head upside down 2 times without touching it. The conditioner and butter or gel keep my curls clumped and frizz free. I call it an "almost wash and go" because it is stretched. but the 20% wet hair allows for my natural curl pattern to shrink very lightly while it is getting 100% dry, so it looks more natural than a braidout. the thicker the conditioner I leave in (i.e. AO honeysuckle rose), the more clumping I get.

It could also be that she has air dried her hair in a ponytail with a scrunchie and removed it when her hair was 70% or 80% dry / shaken her head upside down. I do the whole braiding to keep my hair detangled.

third option: she could have stretched her roots with a diffuser.

 

[NikStarrr]

It looks to me lika a WnG--the waves are so small. My WnG's wave all the way down then curl at the very end. You could achieve this look with a braidout though.

 

[davisbr88]

Thanks for all of the responses ladies!
I'm loving the pics
I doubt my hair will be heavy enough to look like that regardless of how long it is. I am going to do a braidout this weekend and see if I can get something similar.