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FLOTUS's hairstylist Johnny Wright shares with Huffington Post how his life changed when he agreed to work on an Essence shoot for Michelle Obama. In the video, he's very diplomatic about respecting the hairstylist-client vow of secrecy, but he does share that Obama's hair isn't chemically straightened and that she's going to be wearing a ponytail the whole month of August. Good to know that even the First Lady has lazy vacation hair days. [HuffPo]