A Hair Journey from The Look on IMO
Gloss Angeles
Kirbie Johnson and Sara Tan
4.8 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Glams, this week we're thrilled to share 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, our friend and Beauty Editor-at-Large of Cosmopolitan, Julee Wilson, leads a candid discussion between Michelle, her hairstylist Yene Damtew and Blackish actress Marsai Martin about their personal hair journeys, and and how Michelle’s hair evolution both mirrored and, for some, even inspired their own.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Glams. We are so excited and so honored to give you a special preview from one of our favorite shows, IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson. |
| 0:11.0 | In their new series, The Look, Our Queen, Michelle Obama is giving a candid and unfiltered look into how her fashion and beauty choices in and beyond the White House became a blueprint for |
| 0:21.4 | self-expression, inclusion, and cultural impact. You'll hear intimate conversations with glam |
| 0:26.5 | collaborators and legends like Jane Fonda, Nina Garcia, Bethann Hardison, Elaine Walter Roth, |
| 0:32.8 | and Jenna Lyons, and it pairs with her new book, The Look. And we're particularly excited about today's drop because it's the hair episode. |
| 0:40.3 | And it's moderated by one of our dear friends, Julie Wilson, beauty editor at large, cosmopolitan. |
| 0:46.8 | For many black women, hair is not optional. |
| 0:49.6 | It's a cultural inheritance, a political statement, and a lifelong journey. |
| 0:54.0 | Julie leads an honest conversation with Michelle, her stylist You Ney Damtu, and actor-producer |
| 0:59.4 | Marseille Martin about their personal hair stories and how Michelle's own evolution has |
| 1:03.9 | reflected and inspired theirs. |
| 1:06.0 | Here's the preview, and you can hear the full series by searching IMO with Michelle Obama |
| 1:10.7 | and Craig Robinson, wherever you can hear the full series by searching IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson wherever you listen. |
| 1:23.6 | Dude, this fashion is counted for at least one percentage approval waiting. |
| 1:28.7 | Right, right, right. |
| 1:29.8 | You know, this gown, you know, somebody. |
| 1:32.5 | Put some respect on the fact that me coming out here slaying and looking this good is helping our situation. |
| 1:39.8 | It's like, it's only value at it, dude. |
| 1:42.7 | It's only value at it. |
| 1:43.6 | Yeah. Your situation, too. It's only value at it, dude. It's only value at it. |
| 1:57.8 | Welcome to The Look, a special series on IMO. |
| 2:02.4 | The Look is also the name of Michelle Obama's beautiful new book, which is available for purchase now. I'm Julie Wilson, award-winning journalist and beauty editor at large at Cosmopolitan, |
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