Oprah’s 3.5 pound Afro is already creating big hair buzz for the cover of the upcoming issue of O magazine. The September hair issue goes on sale Tuesday, August 13, but Oprah’s glamorous look has already been unveiled.
Want to go behind the scenes of Oprah’s Afro cover look ? You can. Oprah’s longtime stylist Andre Walker dishes on the O magazine website.
Apparently, it wasn’t all that easy to find the right wig for Oprah — especially when the right one was a crazy Afro weighing 3.5 pounds. That’s about the same size as a small chihuahua, O magazine helpfully points out.
The stylist was having trouble finding The Lion King hair that could hold its own against Oprah’s outrageous curve-hugging orange dress. Walker said that Beyoncé stylist Kim Kimble ultimately offered a wig that Oprah could borrow.
Here’s a hair tip from Andre Walker that most of us can probably use, even if we don’t wear 3.5 pound chihuahuas on our head:
“Women with dry hair sometimes think less washing is better. But water is moisture…[D]ry hair needs big drinks.”
The photo shoot took place June 1 at Highline Stages in New York. The wig itself arrived in bubble wrap in a custom-made pink travel box complete with its own wig stand.
And the reaction to the new O cover?
People are loving the big hair. Admiring comments on Twitter include remarks like: “Hair, there, and everywhere — it’s a groovy look on Oprah,” “stunning,” and “glamorous.”
Important! The ESSENCE of GLAMOUR – Miss OPRAH giving us HAIR FOR DAYS! All other magazines left reeling. We give up. pic.twitter.com/8o1pqFiXEm
— Wonderland Magazine (@wonderlandmag) August 6, 2013
Diana Ross, eat your heart out. How cool is Oprah’s new magazine cover? Hair by Andre Walker http://t.co/mkpJFgluMa
— hji (@hji) August 6, 2013
“ @Oprah : Love this cover so much, I’m making it my new avatar. @O_Magazine pic.twitter.com/U9UTrNzI3r ” Awesome, takes big hair to a new level!
— Julie Dove (@juliedove) August 6, 2013
I think it would take more than a 3.5 pound chihuahua on my head to fix my hair. But the O magazine cover shoot offers a playful look inside Oprah’s Afro and how she got the huge hair.
[image by O, the Oprah magazine ]
