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J Lo Hair Flip Before Super Bowl Half Bowl Show


If you haven't taken the time to watch Shakira and Jennifer Lopez's Super Bowl halftime show yet, take a break from what you're doing and go watch it. Finished? Good. Now let's talk about J Lo's hair, since his voluminous waist-length curls were essentially the third headliner of the series, and we couldn't stop staring.

Talk to vogueLopez's hairstylist, Chris Appleton, explained how he got her hair perfect ahead of Sunday night's performance. "(First), I curl the hair with a small one-inch flat iron to get a really solid base. Then I brush it out and put it back with a curling iron two inches higher," Appleton said. vogue. He also explained that the success of Lopez's hair for this particular performance was in the "bounce," saying that "as she moves, the hair moves (too)." To complete the look, Appleton placed clips at the roots, then blew her hair into place with a blast of cool air from the hair dryer. Appleton also revealed that the biggest challenge with this aspect was overcoming Miami's high humidity, saying vogue prepped Lopez's hair with ColorWow Dream Coat Hair Serum ($28), though she admitted that no product is foolproof.

But before the show, of course, there were rehearsals, and if you think J Lo's perfect hair comes without training, well, you're wrong. Just before Lopez took the stage to perform her biggest hits with Shakira, someone on the floor took a quick video of Lopez practicing her signature hair flip, just as Appleton was trying to do a last-minute touch-up. Of course, his hair was perfect everywhere, and honestly, that's the only energy we plan to carry into 2020.