Learn how to Do Michelle Obama’s Inauguration Curls at Residence — See Video

Even with the whole lot that occurred in the course of the January 20 inauguration — the swearing-in of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, two A-list superstar performances, and a slew of high-octane vogue moments — there was one query I heard excess of another: Who the hell did Michelle Obama‘s hair? The previous First Girl’s silky, bouncy curls had been the focal point throughout TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter, due to Yene Damtew. The hairstylist, who’s labored alongside the Obamas for fairly a while, simply revealed how she achieved the look, which, a lot to my shock, was achieved with a flatiron.

“Once more, thanks for the love & variety phrases immediately. This is a video to indicate how I obtain my signature, bouncy curls on a consumer at my salon,” Damtew captioned a video of herself styling a mannequin’s hair with a 1.25-inch flatiron. She locations sections of hair (which seem like about two or three inches broad) contained in the flatiron, holding the instrument parallel to the bottom as she twists it towards herself. Whereas she does this, she takes the size of hair hanging from the underside of the flatiron and loops it above and to the correct of the remainder of the hair.

The precise flatiron Damtew likes to make use of, as she later talked about on Twitter, has been discontinued. She did, nonetheless, hyperlink to the same one in the identical dimension: Sizzling Instruments Skilled Vast Plate Digital Salon Flat Iron for Decreased Frizz. After each part is curled, Damtew rakes her fingers by way of the whole lot, tousling it just a little bit for good measure. 

So, for those who’ve bought a flatiron at residence (and I do know you in all probability do), you may have First Girl-worthy hair, too. Simply you should definitely have a warmth protectant and a few shine-inducing merchandise on the prepared. 

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