100 Hair Makeovers on Oprah Today

[Isis]

They will be doing black hair also. Will you be watching?
Oprah's Show Info

 

[MJ]

I'm looking at the before and after pics.

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Sooo... In general, they chopped of the long-haired folks' hair and put weaves on the ones with short hair . Man, I feel sad for the black women whose hair got chopped (especially since they could have gotten a good wig for the same effect)erplexed.

I like these though

 

[AwesomelyNappy]

i didn't know about it til just now. i think i might give it a little peak!!

 

[Twisties]

only catching the tail end of this. i hope to catch the repeat!

 

[tatje]

I'm at work. I get of at 5 so I am going to miss it. Let me know how it goes. I have a feeling they will be doing a lot of chopping and lots of soccer mom looks/ posh look. Let me know if I'm wrong.

 

[AwesomelyNappy]

I'm looking at the before and after pics.

Sooo... The chop of the long hair folks' hair and put weaves on the one with short hair

sounds like they are using Tyra's makeover formula from ANTM....

 

[asubeauty]

I'm looking at the before and after pics.

Sooo... The chop of the long hair folks' hair and put weaves on the one with short hair

I always wonder if the ppl with weaves feel as if they didn't really get a makeover when they take the weave out.


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They are talking about how black women don't like to cut their hair... they are calling it a 'cultural' thing.

 

[prospurr4]

They will be doing black hair also. Will you be watching?
Oprah's Show Info

Yes, I just happen to be at home today, so I'll be watching. Thanks for the reminder, Isis.

 

[SEMO]

I always wonder if the ppl with weaves feel as if they didn't really get a makeover when they take the weave out.


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They are talking about how black women don't like to cut their hair... they are calling it a 'cultural' thing.

I always wondered the same thing. I think giving somebody a weave on a makeover for a special event they're going to is one thing. But to put a weave on somebody to show them how their everyday look should be seems unrealistic. Why not show them how to make their own hair look flyy?

I'll watch at least some of the show. It should be coming on 5 minutes.

 

[glamazon386]

I didn't watch it but I'm looking at the website. I'm not impressed. There are a few black ladies that they just did something with their own hair. A few got their hair cut and a few got weaves. It was pretty even but they looked like quick jobs. Not as polished as I would think for a celebrity hairdresser.

 

[Twisties]

I always wondered the same thing. I think giving somebody a weave on a makeover for a special event they're going to is one thing. But to put a weave on somebody to show them how their everyday look should be seems unrealistic. Why not show them how to make their own hair look flyy?

I'll watch at least some of the show. It should be coming on 5 minutes.

This never really seems to happen for black women on make-over shows. I am thinking of the show "How Do I Look?" and they always do a weave if short or definitely a relaxer if naturalerplexed.

 

[SEMO]

The show just started where I am and I think that it's funny that Oprah is having a show called "the great American haircut makeover" (or something like that) and yet her own hair is long.

 

[Isis]

Oprah just cut off 9 inches of Hillary Swank's hair! Actually, it looks very nice!

 

[SEMO]

I can't believe Oprah, I know she hasn't cared since she turned 50, but she said "I can feel some great sex coming" after the guy who got his haircut came out and his girlfriend saw him . He did look much better .

 

[Isis]

The black woman who got her BSL hair cut very short didn't seem to get as big of an applause as the black women who went from their own short hair to a longer weave. Her husband loved her cut and approved of it ahead of time, so that was very good. Her cut was beautiful too.

 

[ladybug71]

The show just started where I am and I think that it's funny that Oprah is having a show called "the great American haircut makeover" (or something like that) and yet her own hair is long.

I was JUST thinking the same. Errrbody getting haircuts and whatnot, but Oprah isn't jumping on the bandwagon. She is keeping her long curls!

 

[basketballbabe03]

I'm looking at the before and after pics.

[fixed typos]

Sooo... In general, they chopped of the long-haired folks' hair and put weaves on the ones with short hair . Man, I feel sad for the black women whose hair got chopped (especially since they could have gotten a good wig for the same effect)erplexed.

Maybe it's just me, but I also noticed that everyone had straight hairstyles. People that had curly (ie 3b and beyond) had their hair straightened. What's up with that? They could have at least accentuated their curls or something.

 

[AwesomelyNappy]

IS that Oprah's real hair?

She mentioned that it took her 15 years to grow it that long, but sometimes... it just dont look real. I've always assumed that it was a weave or some manner of wig.

it looks good either way... and if its not hers, we all know she has more than enough money to make it as realistic as possible.

 

[Dogmd]

I'm at work. I get of at 5 so I am going to miss it. Let me know how it goes. I have a feeling they will be doing a lot of chopping and lots of soccer mom looks/ posh look. Let me know if I'm wrong.

Lots of POSH going on!!

 

[glamazon386]

IS that Oprah's real hair?

She mentioned that it took her 15 years to grow it that long, but sometimes... it just dont look real. I've always assumed that it was a weave or some manner of wig.

it looks good either way... and if its not hers, we all know she has more than enough money to make it as realistic as possible.

Sometimes she wears her hair and sometimes she doesnt.

 

[AwesomelyNappy]

Sometimes she wears her hair and sometimes she doesnt.

Thats what I was thinking too... I just cant tell when it's real or when it has any help (which means her stylist are doing a good thing)

 

[glamazon386]

Thats what I was thinking too... I just cant tell when it's real or when it has any help (which means her stylist are doing a good thing)

I haven't been watching lately so IDK what styles she's been wearing but if the color changes more than likely it's a wig or a weave. Like when she was wearing those brown curls for a while. They kind of came to her chin.

I've also caught on days when she had her own hair out and straight but her viewers don't really like it like that. I remember she had got a fresh perm once and had wore it pulled back for a few days. And people wrote into the show about it saying they didn't like it. And then she had brought it up on the show one day and said they relaxed her hair but were in a time crunch that day and didn't have time to do anything else to it. By the time she brought it up on the show, she had another hair style by then. I also caught it that day when she was talking about the ponytail. I think she only wears her own hair out when she has a fresh relaxer.

 

[Reinventing21]

O.K. I must be the only one so annoyed by the first five minutes of the Oprah show today that I couldn't watch the rest. erplexed

For me the first five min were like this: White girl in chair swinging hair talking about how she chopped off her hair, and how six months later, she says "As you can see it's REALLY LONG again." Then Oprah saying, "Ya'll (as in white people) can do that." Then the white girl saying , " I bet if you straightened your hair, it would be this long," and Oprah saying, "Naw, you don't understand, ..." Then me turning off the t.v. so as to not to endure another "Our hair doesn't grow like that" spiel. Between Oprah's views on hair growth and Tyra's take on weaves, it's no wonder LHCF women are gawked at like something from another planet! (BTW I love them both, just differ in my views on hair)

Maybe I jumped the gun, but I am tired of hearing about it, esp. since I sincerely believe that type 3/4 (esp 4) people have varying growth rates just like everyone else - some people's hair do grow faster and some slower. Straight hair does not automatically equal fast growth nor does hair growth get progressively slower the curlier the hair.

One day I believe that all hair types will have the products, tools, and knowledge necessary to be stunningly beautiful.

 

[Isis]

Maybe it's just me, but I also noticed that everyone had straight hairstyles. People that had curly (ie 3b and beyond) had their hair straightened. What's up with that? They could have at least accentuated their curls or something.

I noticed this also. Is straight hair in style right now? I think loose curls and waves are this season. Maybe it was just easier and faster to do the straight styles since they did 100 makeovers in 48 hours.

 

[Isis]

O.K. I must be the only one so annoyed by the first five minutes of the Oprah show today that I couldn't watch the rest. erplexed

For me the first five min were like this: White girl in chair swinging hair talking about how she chopped off her hair, and how six months later, she says "As you can see it's REALLY LONG again." Then Oprah saying, "Ya'll (as in white people) can do that." Then the white girl saying , " I bet if you straightened your hair, it would be this long," and Oprah saying, "Naw, you don't understand, ..." Then me turning off the t.v. so as to not to endure another "Our hair doesn't grow like that" spiel. Between Oprah's views on hair growth and Tyra's take on weaves, it's no wonder LHCF women are gawked at like something from another planet! (BTW I love them both, just differ in my views on hair)

Maybe I jumped the gun, but I am tired of hearing about it, esp. since I sincerely believe that type 3/4 (esp 4) people have varying growth rates just like everyone else - some people's hair do grow faster and some slower. Straight hair does not automatically equal fast growth nor does hair growth get progressively slower the curlier the hair.

One day I believe that all hair types will have the products, tools, and knowledge necessary to be stunningly beautiful.

I did start to wonder when the show first started out. Actually, all white women's hair does not grow as fast as Hillary Swank said hers does and perhaps that needed to be made clear also. All in all, it was a pretty interesting show and many of the results were amazing (including the guy).