It Took 40 Extensions to Accomplish Lizzo’s Rapunzel Ponytail

Lizzo is asking valid as hell! The singer took to Instagram on February 24 to portion photos from her yard photo shoot aptly titled “NEW L.ZO MAGAZINE PRESENTS: 100% THAT B-TCH.” 

Within the sequence of spirited photographs, Lizzo is rocking an insanely lengthy ponytail. “It took 40 extension to produce,” Shelby Swain, Lizzo’s hairstylist, tells Stylish. “It had to be 9 feet. I sold a bunch of ponytail extensions in assorted forms of hair to get the quiz.” 

The ponytail, which became once held together by a mere 4 hair ties, became once strung together with wire and then connected to the singer’s head. “We had to maintain it your total time on story of it became once lengthy and dragging. It took two folk to maintain it up,” says Swain, who became once the Inventive Director for your total shoot. “It below no cases touched the bottom. I didn’t need it to get dirty. There became once a leap rope jam going on at one level although!” 

For the shoot, Lizzo wore a blue denim skirt and matching denim bando with silky purple undergarments peaking thru. But it’s the bling that basically takes center stage. The Juice singer wore a gold grill, a gold chain, enormous title formed ring and 100% That Bitch earrings. The total attire were sourced from local designers. 

As for the muse, Swain says the shoot became once impressed portion by boredom. “In a plague, I admire vital beyond regular time to be ingenious and be free. Lizzo has constantly spoken to me about trying to step out and make extra shoots to narrate their have praises her hair. So eventually I became once like, ‘Hiya, you wanna make a shoot at my condominium?’ She came to visit and I had world’s ready for her,” says Swain, the Beyonce of BabyHair.

The replacement half of the muse came from none as a substitute of David CLachapelle. “I needed fashion, gold, diamond, blinged out vibe. I started pondering of David Lachapelle’s documentary Rize—It became once giving me that basically feel.” 

Whereas the photographs, which admire been taken by Bonnie Nichoalds, are extremely authentic, the photos weren’t desire on a attach. Moderately, it became once a yard photoshoot at Swain’s dwelling. 

Lizzo posted any other sequence of photography on February 25, wearing a Gucci bustier. But we’re here to repeat you this isn’t the final you’ll be seeing of the impromptu shoot. In accordance to Swain, the crew whipped up 5 looks in total so cease tuned for what we are able to only have confidence are extra iconic looks. 

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