Carrie Underwood has reworked earlier than our eyes since profitable “American Idol” in 2005, however some issues modified greater than others. Whereas Underwood could be unrecognizable with out her signature blond hair, the nation star’s locks have modified significantly within the texture division. Older readers will certainly keep in mind her curls from her “American Idol” days, which she has largely swapped for straight hair — with some unfastened seaside waves thrown in there typically.

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Underwood has sported totally different hairstyles over time, altering them in accordance with the instances. Keep in mind the side-swept bangs with layered hair of the late aughts? The “Jesus Take the Wheel” singer did not escape them. As a real Southerner, Underwood takes her hair severely. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, she struggled to take care of her tresses at house. Underwood embraced the makeup-free and pure hair look for so long as she may.

However six months into the pandemic, she masked up and went to get her hair completed for the primary time. “It has been 6 months since I’ve completed something to my hair,” she wrote on her Instagram Tales, exhibiting an image of herself with foils at a salon (through Individuals). Within the subsequent slide, she confirmed off the completed look, consisting of additional straight strands parted barely on the facet. She additionally gave a shoutout to her stylists for “making me really feel fairly.” Whereas there’s a lengthy distance between the curls she boasted early on in her profession and her now straight look, the reality is that Underwood’s pure is someplace within the center.

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On April 7, 2025, Carrie Underwood shared a video on Instagram to advertise a brand new episode of “American Idol” whereas additionally exhibiting off a mama sheep, Daisy, and her new lamb, Cuz (seen above). However some followers paid extra consideration to her pure hair. “Love these curls!!” Little Large City’s Kimberly Schlapman raved. Underwood wore her hair parted down the center, permitting gentle waves to tumble onto her shoulders. Whereas harking back to her “American Idol” days, Underwood’s hair is extra naturally wavy than curly.

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The truth is, she got here to remorse the look that launched her abilities to the world. “I are inclined to have a pure curl in my hair anyway, however not a complete lot. After I was in faculty I might put lots of product in my hair and power it to be curly. And I positively did that my first ‘Idol’ audition! I name it my ‘crunchy’ hair. That I would prefer to undo if I may,” she instructed HuffPost in 2015. 

The colour has remained largely the identical shade, although what we see is not her pure hair shade. “I am pure blonde, however I prefer it a couple of shades lighter,” she Redbook in 2013. Underwood has thought of altering her hair shade however by no means discovered the braveness to undergo with it. “I do not need to shock individuals — like if I dyed my hair brown, I do not need individuals [to] suppose I am turning darkish and critical,” she instructed Refinery29 in 2012.

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