Hair Filler Is the Secret Behind Most Celebrity Bobs

Between Barbiecore style and skunk stripe hair, it’s clear that the post-lockdown beauty vibe is go big or go home—hence, the rise in super-long mermaid hair extensions, and subsequent surge in perfectly blunt bobs. The two styles may seem like opposites, but for celebrity stylists, the long-then-short-then-long lifestyle is just another day’s work…of installing hair extensions. ‘To go from long hair to short and back the next day, celebrities braid their hair, and glue weft extensions onto the braids, leaving just their natural hairline out,’ celebrity hairstylist Marc Mena says of the temporary ‘faux bob.