Big chop! Rihanna reveals her short hair

When ESSENCE’s March/April cover star Beyoncé launched Cécred hair care products, she debunked the parable that ladies who wear wigs do not have healthy hair. “That’s bullshit because it’s nobody’s business.” – she said on Instagram. However, as soon as Rihanna announced Fenty Hair and sported an upside-down blonde pixie-style hairstyle, fans still wondered whether the Bajan billionaire’s latest hairstyle was also a wig.

Just a few days later, a Fenty Hair ad showed her hair stylist shampoos his fairy, fueling the discussion, further blurring the road between wig and reality. “I’d say that is essentially the most iconic hair era for me [is] definitely a short black fairy” Rihanna tells ESSENCE at her Fenty Hair event in Los Angeles. It seems that the wonder mogul’s 2008 reinvention of the Disturbia hairstyle was a subtle begin to her shortest look yet: a giant chop!

Ditching her suburban bleached hairstyle for natural curls, Rihanna kept the honey color she rocked this yr (as seen on the covers of Vogue China and Perfect magazines). We can attribute the rare look to her legendary hairstylist Yusef Williams (paired with pink makeup by Priscilla Ono and a neutral manicure), her curly cut was styled with Fenty Beauty Homecurl Curl Defining Cream, Gelly gel with strong holdAND A controlling variety of edge control that thickens hair.

She’s been hiding her chops for who knows how long (last week, her viral “retired” moment was accompanied by a downward braid) wigs and weaves remain within the Fenty Hair founder’s vocabulary to today. “I wear different weaves,” says Rihanna, referring to how often she modifies the look of her hair. In short, we are able to expect the mogul to make use of her latest hair care brand to maintain her locks healthy, whether that is straightening them or keeping them hidden under stylish braids, wigs, and sewn-in stitches.