OH she worked at THEE best Salon in Bklyn ladies! IDALIAS SALON on Washington Ave. Look em up you WON’T be disappointed!!

P.S. URSULA YOU GO GIRL WITH YOUR TALENT AND YOU EVEN KEEP YOUR OWN HAIR LOOKING HAWT!! HEY.

LOL@74 ISN’T UR HAIR STYLIST NO MORE

Oh and ladies Ursula was working at the HOTTEST Salon in BKLYN! Idalias Salon, Look em up, you WON’T be disappointed!!!

Real talk- Tianna, you murdered the interview ma. Very relevant questions with great visuals. Mami, YOU’RE A ROCKSTAR!!!!!!!!!

All those hairstyles are sexy, I say if you are fierce and confident….ROCK IT! As a fashion major I’m all for trendsetting. Fashion and hair are very personal things.

P.S. Could be wrong, but I remember Toni Braxton and Anita Baker first making the short cut sexy and Jennifer Aniston with the bob when she was on Friends.

@ 3….That’s exactly what I did. I had my stylist sew-in a full head of weave, and he chopped that up into a real nice bob. It’s actually making me want to go ahead and cut my real hair.

It’s always good to experiment with weave if you’re not sure what you want to change as far as hair goes. Because if you don’t like, just take it out. It’s wayyyy better than doing something to your natural hair, hating it, and having to wait til it grows back out.

@ 18-
I’m feeling you but sooo many typos in what you said, lol.
All fads are recycled. I love Kelis but she didn’t have the clout to make everyone turn on their heels and copy the short bob like Rihanna has.

Tocarra looks like a bobble head anyway and that short hair doesn’t help her. Everyone else looks gorgeous with their cuts. Halle inspired me to chop my hair off in 1990 but I finally grew it back a couple of years ago because it is high maintenance. I have thick coarse hair so between relaxing and trimming constantly, my beauty bills were crazy.

The haircuts are nice. I have already cut my hair shortlike 2years ago when Kelis first did it and my hair was very long. Now I’m letting it grown back and I might cut it again a few years down the line or not depending on how I feel. If you’re undecided then you should try a short wig first and see how you like the look on you.

never ever go back to long hair again! I’ve been rocking a short hairstyle for more than 10 years now. I was inspired by Tony Braxton and Halle Berry when they had short hair.

Short hair is my thing, I get compliments every day. I use black henna rinses to keep my hair black. I would like to know which hairdye Ursula is using for Rihanna’s hair.

Kelis Started the trend NOT Rih Rih sorry!

Thanks for this post, CL! I have short hair, and I’ve always wondered what products celebs like Rhianna and Keyshia use! I’m heading to the nearest salon / store to cop these products now — especially that flat iron!

I LUV the short look…I decided to chop all mine off alil while ago. I cut off like 5 inches, but it was so worth it because my hair is much more manageable than ever and looks healthier. I’ve also noticed that my hair grows back much quicker than normally.=]

I’ve been rockin short hair for over 5 years I love it. It’s my signature style!!! I do advise that before you cut be prepared to be commited to going to get it done!! And find a good stylist, who knows how to cut and take care of your hair.

Ursula is from Brooklyn U.S.A babe! She’s doing an excellent job with Riri’s hair. She’s doing big things!! Very innovative. She has reinvented the bob!

@ 38 Kelis obviously didn’t invent short hair. There were others who rocked that hairstyle before her as it became their signature look (i.e Nia Long, Halle Berry).

However, Kelis was the first to make a drastic transition from long hair to short AND make it hot. After her first cut, she cut it again, which is exactly what RiRi did…after the fact.

I just wanted to bring up the fact that Kelis is a major trendsetter but not many people are aware of that as she is not constantly in the lime light like the other celebs are.

I just recently cut off my almost waist length hair gradually i started from the waist to the mid back, then the shoulder’s and now to my nape of the neck and am loving it!!!!! folks say i appear 10years younger and it is soooo convienent i wrap at night sometime and shack hair in the morning and out the door i go looking fly!!!!

i just cut my hair and i luv it

oops i meant shake the hair….hahahahahaha

i wouldnt mind ha cuttin my hair sh*t..ill probaly get it cut like kelis tho

Don’t believe that hype about short hair being the new look. Men love hair, I’d never take advice on hair from women. Take it from a man’s opinion, not what a stylist who is trying to sell her client look, so she can get more clients, or notoriety. JMO

SORRY SHORT HAIR ISN’T FOR EVERYONE.PLUS IF SOME OF Y’ALL WANNA EXPERIMENT WITH SHORT HAIR STYLE, I SUGGEST YOU GET A WEAVE AND CUT IT,COZ I’LL BE DAMNED IF I CUT MY GOD GIVEN LONG HAIR FOR THIS MESS. PLUS MAJORITY OF THOSE CELEBS DID NOT CUT THEIR REAL HAIR, IT’S ALL WEAVE PEOPLE. WEAVES CAN BE ROCKED SHORT AND LONG!!

I have short hair, inspired by Ms. Halle. I get tons of compliments from men and women. The men think its sexy, and the women thinks its fly. I have been rocking it for 6 years. I am a bit tired of it. So, I am growing my hair back. But, it is the sexist, head turning hairstyle, ever. Believe you me, if this doesn’t work out, I am going back short!!!

My stylist in DC uses FHI Hot Sauce on my hair. It’s a great product!! I guess I have to get up on that Bed Head!

I think Monica did some of these styles long before they rocked it and is still rocking it it without recognition. I think Mo rocked it best.

I want to do a short hair cut, but i have naturally curly hair and I never see that type of hair in short hairstyles.

n I love the short do’s but there is matinance since I workout at least 4 days a
week. If you can’t afford to get your hair done every week and you excercise short hair isn;t worth it.

Im too scared to cut my hair cuz i dont know if i will look good with short hair

I remember seeing alot of chicks all over the city with short asymetrical cuts after Kelis cut her hair like 4 yrs ago. I haven’t really noticed regular chicks copying the Rihanna’s hair. This cut was already “over” when Rihanna got it last year.

The new cut for the summer seems to be the mushroom with the bangs. Kelis, Katie Holmes, Ursula and models in fashion mags all seem to be doing that look now. Trends change so much and as soon as people jump on it it’s passed.

#104

Katie Holmes copied Victoria Beckham.

To the ladies that want to have these short styles without cutting their hair, buy a wig. Today’s wigs are no longer looking like our grandma’s.. They have the short chic cuts out there. You can have Rihanna’s cut in electric blue lol.

I have been a fan of short cut for over a decade, these are nothing new at all. Started with Anita,then Halle and Toni and now…

@ 97…that’s true. But you can always tell whether or not they did the big chop on their own hair because their edges and nape are shaved and tapered like Rihanna and Keyshia’s. But celebs like Mary always rock the short wigs, which isn’t bad either.

I really want to cut my hair like Rih’s, but I have a frickin dome, it isn’t super huge, but it’s still big enough for me to wonder if a cut that short will suit me. lmao

Rihanna is gorgeous with this new cut (and let’s just face it, it’s very much the Kelis cut) but I liked her best with the assymetrical bob she had in the “Umbrella” video. It just made her look futuristic. But I dig the fact that she’s wearing her natural hair… Still, it’s definitely the Kelis cut…right down to the moderations and crazy etchings in her fade.

@108 you don’t think Rihanna has a big dome? That’s one of our features. embrace what you have. You never know. Rihanna has a big forehead and long strong face, that’s what makes this cut pop.

lol @ 110 true…and the funny thing is, I have a big forehead too. Maybe I will try it, I’ve already done the asymetrical cut, and the “rocker-type” chopped up bob too. I might just take the plunge, I always wanted to since the Kelis “Bossy” video.

this is a very good post!!

I love and im so tired of the long weave…im seriouly bored with it
I had short hair before and grew it out to put weave in and im done…

cant wait to cut it like rihannas

aww yeah Ursula is bomb!! she got skils 4 real!

Well I am a client and dear friend of ursula and she is fabulous when it comes to doing hair not only does she style to fit your face but when you leave her chair you have a whole new attitude and confidence that you may not have had before big ups to the best hair stylist in the world!!!

Sometimes I fall into the zone of wanting long hair again, but when my hair was down my back I looked like an old lady and I acted like one too!!!! Now that it’s short, I feel so funky and fly all of the time, and it is so versatile. Some days I am rocking the Halle Berry cap cut, and some days it’s sticking straight up, and other days I flip the bangs.. I just love it. It has totally changed my attitude too! But you gotta be comfortable with yourself and not stuck on hair. Too many women hide behind their hair. Well some of them need to! LOL!!!!

Ursula is my stylist and she is the BOMB!!!!

Jahaira….But the question is…does she still do hair in BK at times, or is she traveling? I want her to put her hands on me!!!!! My hubby is from BK and I would love to visit the shop this summer!

Like #18 said, Im crediting Kelis to be the first r&B lady to rock that short hair, NOT COPY CAT RIHANNA….no way in hell is Rihanna or her hairstyler being original, she and Rihanna was influenced by Kelis, Victoria Beckham and 80’s genre of music to have their hair like that so dont be crediting anyone including Rihanna and that stylist for ‘inventing’ or first to rock it cuz Rihanna didnt!!
Yalll stupid and need to be aware of these things damnnnn!

For the ladies who are thinking about going short but arent sure, you can always get a weave cut into a super short do and see if you like it. Test drive the new look, If you find that the short do is not for you, you can always take your weave out and you won’t lose your current length! no feelings hurt, no regrets…I think that’s what I’mma do

Toni, Halle, Monica……all rocked it before the “millenium” lol.

So please leave the RiRi/Kelis beef alone

ppl stop talking about Kelis, the reason why ppl were not checking for kelis hair ,she’s a d-lister it takes a-lister to start trend. Rihanna is an A-lister.. the vogue dance were in a long time but no one took notice until Madonna did it. thats how it goes I don’t want to here about fefe dobson or kelis they both got drop by their record company . that means they ‘re not relevant.

I’m with 108…I think my head is too large to rock the short do.

I had short hair back in the gap and I think it has the same maintenance issues as long hair…. probably even more. Bcuz when short hair gets nappy (oh boy!) you have to relax your edges often.

…….fierce is right fo rhi rhi and keisha …. who the hell wants chrisettes hair straight up alien

@ MALCOM

Thank you….i think your the only one making any sense.

@ #122 aka TJACK25

If thats you in you avatar i think a slightly longer version of the bob would suit you

*in your*

I love short hair on certain people. I have very very long thick hair and I cut in back in 02 but honestly, I love long hair. If I didn’t have naturally long hair I would cut it off again.

RIRI is really cute to me now.

Hands down when Eva rockshort hair she smacks them all down

Yeah, short hair is alot of maintaince. That’s why I love wigs. People think you don’t have to do much, and that’s where you go wrong. When did black people start caring about A-list and D-list?? Youngins… Blacks are all D-listers in Hollywood. But in the hood, you are an A-lister. If ya’ll keep talking about Rihanna like she is a god, your gonna get your little hearts broken.Because in 3 years it’s gonna be Rihanna who? This girl just started to step her game up. That happens with more money. If you wanna go there with the hair, Kelis was not the first. When Kelis was milk shaking it up, chicks had that “bossy” cut, I know I did. I guess it’s an NYC thing. Short hair is not new in the music business. Salt N Pepa brought the asymmetrical cut to hip hop . T-boz put the funk in short hair because it was blond. Fantasia took it to another level with the spikes. But before SNP,T-Boz,Toni,Halle, Fantasia or Kelis, there was Bernadette Cooper. She rocked I don’t want to say how long. But she rocked it…With all this being said…I LOVE BEING BLACK! Paris H and them are arguing who was the first to bring hair extention to their neck of the woods lol.

for me, i dont look good in short hair at all. some girls can pull it off and it looks way better on them than long hair does. I dont really like short hair though. That boy short cut everyone seems to be getting makes you look like your 30 and a lesbian. lol. it dont matter if you look damn good in short hair but when you got it cut like that you’re going to look like a lesbian and your 30 years old!

Love Rihanna’s styl(ist), but props go to Kelis for being the originator. If Kelis had the same mainstream musical success and consistant publicity as Rihanna has had in recent months, it would be much more obvious that Kelis’ style is genuinely her own.

@130 lol@ being 30. I hope your 1 years old because you will be 30 before you know it. Well pray that you make it to be 30. Thirty is not old sweetie. With my short cut I’m always ID or being stared down by some young HS girl or boy. I was saying the same things a few years ago. LOL.

KELIS OWNS RIHANNA’S LOOK.
PHAGS FACE IT!
KELIS IS A ICON!
AND TO THE RETARD WHO SAID KELIS GOT DROP, SHE HATED JIVE AND SHE WANTED TO LEAVE.
KELIS WILL CONTINUE TO SET TRENDS WITH EACH ALBUM.
RIHANNA HAS NO STYLE HONEY, THANKS FOR HER STYLIST!
KELIS GOT THESE LITTLE GIRLS WANTING TO BE HER ITS RIDICULOUS!
KELIS IS DAT BITCH AND YALL IN-DENIAL PPL CAN KEEP TALKING ISH BECAUSE IT DOESNT MATTER.
SHE WAS THE FIRST CHICK TO CUT HER AND DYED IT BLACK BECAUSE EVERY R&B HOE WAS ROCKING LONG BLONDE HAIR LOOKING ALL COOKIE-CUTTER AND SHIT.
END OF DISCUSSION, CONCRETELOOP NEEDS 2 GIVE PROPS 2 THE CHICK WHO BROUGHT THE CUT BACK AND STOP RIDING RIHANNA’S STINKY CLIT.

I like so many other people on this post am so glad you did this. I was expecting to see some really cute summer cuts in my new Essence mag but they totally missed the bar on this one. Anyway, I too am strongly considering cutting my hair into a bob currently my hair is around bra strap length. But I LUV LUV LUV the long in the front short in the back bob, I had the bomb cut my freshman year in college…this chick in the dorms only charged $10 for the cut and it was perfect! To this day I still haven’t found anyone who cuts that good! Where can I find this Ursula? or a stylist that can really cut some hair! That is the challenge for me, trying to find someone that can do a great job…Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated! I live in NYC

I’ve always loved short hair. I got my hair cut just like Ri Ri’s bob. I absolutely love the short hair she’s rockin now. I love how all these stars are going short. It looks so much better than weave. Work it ladies!

WOW Fantasia looks awful

Jahaira is she really your stylist?

If so is she still in the New York area? Does she have a contact #?

I would love for her to cut my hair! I need a new look!

ok these blinking gifs are beginning to get on my nerves. do you guys seriously need to use them on EVERY other picture??? i mean sheesh!

anyway.. i love short hair. so much cuter and definitely cheaper to maintain than long ass weaves

Black Women, please stop cutting your hair following fads!

Even the bible states “a woman’s glory is in her hair”.

love this article…i cut my hair like RiRi’s back in april n i love it n get so many compliments…its also so easy to manage and maintain.

I used to have hair past my shoulders(which is a HUGE accomplishment in the Black community). However, I didnt feel happy and didnt feel like it fit my personality. I felt like I only kept the hair because people(black&white) were amazed that a BLACK girl had HAIR DOWN HER BACK. So when I graduated highschool, going into college. I cut it up my EARS!!!!! and I LOVE IT!!!! The best decision I ever made. Its easy to get ready, I can always wear it down and its really taken away from my baby-doll look. I feel really edged up!! now I am going to rinse it into a Golden Brown(the sun has already my hair anyway) But I CANT WAIT. BIG UPS TO: Ursula,Rihanna, Tia Mowry and Tocara. U ALL LOOK LOVELY&FIT/lol

A woman’s glory is in her hair, that means she must maintain it. Keep it washed and comb. It doesn’t have anything to do with length. Some of ya’ll crack me up. Black chicks are so catty when it comes down to hair. The ones the screams, She wears weaves are the funny ones. And the ones who keep committing about how long their hair is, this last commit just blew me away. Slave mentality at it’s best. What you should praise is the versatility and style we bring to the head game. And how we were taught to hate ourselves because of our natural course hair. The thread was meant to show us in a different light, and that we could be beautiful women no matter what length,texture, real or fake our hair is. We are always dividing ourselfs. And the Koreans are still getting all our money.

I got my hair cut off right beofre my grad pictures. The stylist cut off WAY too much and i cried the whole weekend watching the Pope’s funeral on T.V., for my hair not neccearily the Pope R.I.P., NE WAYZ i could never cut my hair off again, i think i’d have a brreakdown.

I only liked few and I wish that Toni Braxton and Halle Berry go back to wearing their hair short again. Because we all know that both of them don’t look right with weave in their hair.

shorter hair really isz betta ive had short kute style since like may o7 thou nd i was inspired by da kelis cut wit short on one side lonqa on da otha i wanna qrow it out inta a asymmetrical bob wit chinese banqsz buh now da short hair isz really instyle wit mo betta choicesz den eva b4 dat i MIGHT keep it buh juss chanqe up da short style nd not let it qrow too mcuh juss yet

i like her hair rihanna is goin to be in a new movie called mama black widow with mos def kerry washington cant wait now we can see if shes a better actor than beyonce

I THINK SHORT HAIR IS SO CUTE!
I WRAPPED MY HAIR THE OTHER DAY AND LEFT A LIL OUT ON THE SIDE, JUST TO SEE HOW IT WOULD LOOK SHORT AND IT DID NOT LOOK RIGHT ON ME, LOL! I LOVE MY HAIR, IT IS JUST GROWING AND GROWING AND IM NEVER WEARING WEAVE AGAIN!

rihanna has a new movie role im happy 4 her

Yes Ms. She-ra she is my stylist hit me up on myspace.com/tanagie or jahairaf@optonline.net and I will give you the info and yes she’s in NY

Who in the flying hell cares who originated the styles? tsk. Anywho, ladies follow your own trends. lets not all go out and get a Rihanna or Keyshia ‘do. Individuality is hugely at stake. What makes us all beautiful are our differences: skin tones, hair lengths, hair textures, ethnicities, etc. Why the hell does everyone want to look alike or achieve this certain look? What’s hot is what YOU rock and what YOU like. Who cares if your hair is 5 cms long or down your back. But those that choose to rock one of these styles, rock on!