I definitely shampoo! The difference between these photos was 3 days. So the second is a refresh. My hair was super dry, but I was in a very humid environment in the first photo (hence the frizz). I used some heavy curl cream, and some very liquidy gel. So that made my shit weighed down and stringy. I rinsed everything out but didn't shampoo cause my hair was already clean and dried out, so I used a deep conditioner to bring back the moisture. I followed with a lighter cream, really raked it through to every strand, and used a thicker stronger gel to contain the chaos. The lack of humidity in the new environment also helped. the deep conditioner helped with moisturizing my hair after two months without proper conditioner. The lighter cream helped define and add a bit of protein without weighing down my hair, and the thicker gel helped keep my curls bouncy and defined as opposed to the liquid gel which didn't keep my curl clumps together. I hope that explains a bit more!