A Hair Journey from The Look on IMO
Naked Beauty
The Naked Beauty Podcast
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Sharing an episode from IMO’s limited series The Look. In the series, Michelle Obama opens up for the first time about her journey as a defining force in style—both within and beyond the White House. Through candid, intimate conversations with the creative minds behind her hair, makeup, and wardrobe, she reveals how she and her team transformed the scrutiny of her public image into a celebration of self-expression, inclusion, and impact. For many Black women, caring about their hair isn’t a choice – it’s a cultural inheritance, a political statement, and a lifelong journey. In this episode, Julee Wilson, Beauty Editor-at-Large of Cosmopolitan, leads a candid discussion between Michelle, her hairstylist Yene Damtew, and Blackish actress Marsai Martin about their personal hair journeys, and how Michelle’s hair evolution both mirrored and, for some, even inspired their own.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello, it's Brooke DeVard and you're listening to The Naked Beauty Podcast, but this week I have |
| 0:05.4 | something special. I am sharing a new series from one of my favorite podcasts, IMO, with Michelle Obama and |
| 0:13.2 | Craig Robinson. You all know the podcast. IMO stands for in my opinion. It is such a refreshing, |
| 0:19.4 | candid, great podcast. and this series will especially be |
| 0:23.1 | interesting to the naked beauty audience. Michelle Obama, our forever first lady, is truly a |
| 0:29.5 | fashion icon. I can remember her looks from her time in the White House, and the beauty |
| 0:34.6 | looks lately have just been beyond. So in this series, you're going to hear |
| 0:38.9 | these really intimate conversations with her longtime beauty and fashion collaborators. Legendary women |
| 0:45.2 | like Jane Fonda, Nina Garcia, Beth Ann Hardison, who I just absolutely love, Elaine Walthoroth, |
| 0:52.3 | friend of the show, Jenna Lyons, friend of the show, among so |
| 0:55.8 | many others. She reveals how she and her team leveraged the scrutiny of her public image |
| 1:01.2 | to boldly celebrate self-expression, inclusion, and cultural impact. A companion to her book, |
| 1:07.8 | The Look celebrates an extraordinary legacy of authenticity and representation |
| 1:12.2 | that continues to permeate culture, politics, and fashion today. For many black women, |
| 1:17.9 | caring about their hair is not a choice. It's a cultural inheritance. It's a political |
| 1:22.7 | statement and a lifelong journey. In this episode you're about to hear Julie Wilson, another friend of |
| 1:28.0 | naked beauty, which I love for us. She's also, in addition to being a friend of naked beauty |
| 1:32.7 | and friend of mine, the beauty editor at large of Cosmopolitan, she leads a candid discussion |
| 1:38.2 | between Michelle and her hair stylist, Yenay Damtu, and blackish actress Marseille Martin, |
| 1:43.8 | about their personal hair journeys |
| 1:45.4 | and how Michelle's hair evolution both mirrored and, for some, even inspired their own. |
| 1:51.6 | Okay, here comes the preview. You can hear the look series by searching for IMO with Michelle |
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