In reality, they simply have access to the best hair extensions money can buy.
Here are some celebrities who are completely unrecognizable without hair extensions.
However, arguably her most famous look was born out of necessity.
The pop star’s signature ponytail is long, voluminous, and pin straight.
Her natural tresses, on the other hand, are as bouncy and curly as can be.
“My real hair which is the humungous curly, curly poof so few people get to see it.
“The curls are definitely something that I don’t bring around much.”
Hailey Bieber
Few celebrities pull off a short bob quite like Hailey Bieber.
“My hair was really long as a teenager,” she dished toRefinery29in 2022.
Now I’m trying to grow it out, but it’s taken a long time.”
No extensions," she wrote.
“We wanted it to touch the floor.
“12 bundles does sound like a lot, but your hair is thinner when it’s longer.”
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez is all about rocking long locks.
And when she’s in pop star mode?
In the 2024 Netflix flick “Atlas,” Lopez showcased a totally different look.
For the movie, she ditched the extensions and just let her hair do its thing.
“I love my natural curly hair,” she toldRemezcla.
“It’s for everybody because I’ve worn every kind of hair,” she toldInStyle.
“I wanted it to be all-inclusive, that’s my fan-base.
And it’s not only Black women who are wearing installs,everybodywears installs.”
Henson has been candid as can be about her long-term love affair with extensions, wigs, and weaves.
She’s also all about celebrating her natural hair and taking care of it as best as possible.
“I’ve always loved my hair.
Her locks would look super curly and bouncy.
Just add extensions!”
It is hardly a complaint though, with Gomez thoroughly enjoying the experience of clip-ons.
“I felt like a character in a way.”
“When I started modeling, people wanted me more blonde.
I just started getting blonder and blonder and blonder,” she toldAllurein 2013.
In a separate chat withPeople, she noted that staying blonde requires a decent amount of upkeep.
“Every five weeks I have to get my roots done,” she said.
Though maintaining extensions and blonde roots can take some work, Klum’s day-to-day haircare is pretty simple.
The supermodel also noted that she appreciates when her hair looks naturally messy.
Unfortunately, wearing extensions all throughout her career wreaked havoc on her natural hair.
“Extensions are OK but not on a full-time basis,” Afro hair specialist Joy Miller toldThe Guardian.
“Even if she started wearing wigs, the pressure on the hairline might be too much.”
As she put it simply, “If I want to do it, I do it.”
Of course, she certainly doesn’tneedextensions.
In 2018, Campbell shared a selfie that showed her natural hair in cornrows.
And duh, she looked as beautiful as ever.
Around that same time, Jenner was stepping into her own as a member of the Kardashian-Jenner empire.
And I was like, ‘Whoa.’
I realized what an influence I had,” she toldHarper’s Bazaar.
“It’s the straight hair I wished for every day in junior high.
But just as I was coming to terms with loving my curls, they’ve left me.
hey pray for their safe return.”
I’m not complaining, I like it."
I’ve had almost every texture, color, length, from weaves to braids to natural."
Beyond red carpets and grand openings, Rihanna knows the value of giving her hair time to breathe.
“She doesn’t always have to be that badass, pushing the envelope with a short cut.
Katy Perry
Katy Perry’s hair has evolvedover and over again, right alongside her music career.
Perry knows her ‘do gets noticed; as she once toldE!
News, “People have really strong feelings about my hair.
For years they have.”
And so, she continues to keep fans on the edge of their seats and awaiting her next switch-up.
Underneath all that fake hair lie Perry’s natural golden locks.
And once upon a time, she even chopped those locks off.
“Everything is more fun with short hair!”
she declared toW magazinein 2017.
“I can just get up and go.”
“The truth is Gwen’s hair has a career too.
It has to entertain, it has to perform,” he quipped.
As she once said of her hair toET, “Nothing here is me.
Everything is fake.”
Hair extensions are something that Teigen has not only wholeheartedly embraced, but helped destigmatize to some degree.
“I used to have to sign confidentiality agreements when applying extensions,” she toldVogue.
“The breaking point in my career came when Chrissy lost an extension.
She started posting about it and it opened the conversation.”
It goes without saying, but this look was far longer than Teigen’s used to.
Vanessa Hudgens
Vanessa Hudgens has been killing the extensions game for years.
It’s almost the foundation of how you want to be treated,” she once toldPopSugar.
Talk about an epic moment.
To picture her with waves would be a whole other ballgame.
“This ponytail causes me stress.
“With medications and stuff, it can make your hair fall out.
So I had extensions put in for Haley to hide any of that loss,” Hyland said.
IT’S NOT A PERM.
IT’S JUST MY HAIR.”
Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox doesn’t disappoint when it comes to boldly playing around with hair.
“For me, every day is about celebrating what’s in the mirror.
about A-listers and their hair.
“The real trick to having gorgeous hair is quantity,” she wrote.
The Met Gala gives celebrities a chance to experiment with new looks and bold styles.
Kaling has certainly taken that to heart.
And you guessed it she wore long extensions for the family’s annual soiree.
Throughout the 2010s, Jessie gave a variety of hues from grays to blues a spin.
Jessie’s hair is far more textured than her signature straight locks will have people believe.
Wigs, however, have been her all-time favorite go-to for the simple reason that their convenience is unmatched.
Amy Schumer
Tragically, Amy Schumer has faced serious struggleswith her hair throughout her life.
“It’s been my big secret.
I have so much shame about it.”
And while some Hollywood veterans still avoid opening up about extensions, Schumer isn’t one of them.
Rather, she has instead spoken passionately about extensions being a lifesaver.
“I’m lucky that extensions have become so normalized.
That’s just how it works in the business,” she told Stern.
I wanted to show the real me and I wanted to show the raw me.”
“How can I say this without tearing up?”
And while her va-va-voom model hair looks are absolutely legendary, we wholeheartedly dig the natural approach, too.
Lindsay Lohan
Former child star Lindsay Lohan has been all about waist-long extensions for years.
Long wavy locks became her go-to hairstyle; it’s almost impossible to picture her without a flowing mane.
In 2021, the “Quantico” star launched her own affordable haircare line called Anomaly.
From formal events to magazine covers, Jonas has indulged her interest in extensions on many occasions.
She added, “You should never ‘what if’ in your life.
If you feel like you want bangs, do it, just don’t cut them yourself.
Get a professional to do it.
But you know what girl?
You have one life, live it.”
“I do love that it’s trending and looks so beautiful and is like a fashion statement.
Bella Hadid
Bella Hadid needs little introduction as a bona fide style icon.
It was a refreshing change from the typically short hairstyles she usually wears.
“She really works hard and she studies,” her stylist Evanie Frausto toldVogue.
And Aguilera has her longtime friend, stylist, and hair extensions specialist Priscilla Valles to thank for it.
“I’ve never seen anything like her creative vision, but she’s also found a balance.
Christina always was on the edgier side; now there’s a softness to her edge.”
It’s way different than long hair.
It’s crazy but…
I’m obsessed,” she said on her Instagram Stories (viaAllure).
“I have not stuck a hair bow in my hair for two years now …
I literally was like, ‘I don’t want to wear it today.’
And my mom was like, ‘OK, so don’t.’
And I was like, ‘Alright.
That feels right,'” she said on the"JoJo Siwa Now"podcast.
For instance, in 2020 she debuted long blonde tresses that she playfully coordinated to her poodle’s fur.
Khloe Kardashian
Khloe Kardashian is another star who is loud and proud about wearing hair extensions.
“A girl needs variety and I need to dress up all my different hairstyles and personalities.
So to me, it makes sense.”
“She literally tried to talk me out of it because she was nervous that I was too emotional.
I made her cut it, and I love it,” Kardashian toldRefinery29.
However, Spears has had a bit of a fraught journey with her artificially enhanced tresses.
“Backstage at the VMAs that night, nothing was going right.
Long, straight, cascading locks are without question the natural brunette’s signature look.
