A sit down with Oscar James - Emmy award celebrity hairstylist

Ten minutes. That's all the time I was given to interview Emmy award winning celebrity hairstylist Oscar James. That was all I needed anyway. When two people with a love for  hair and hair extensions  have a sit down, honey that 10 minutes stretches out like an elastic band!
And so it was.
I was wearing the heck out of my Janet collection Reagon lace wig - and not in a good way.  This is the second time I was wearing Reagon and I decided to keep its 18-20 inch length.
Let me tell you, between product buildup, the wind and rain that day, I looked as though I rode to see Oscar in the back of a pick up truck. I was a hot mess and I knew it !
To make bad matters worse when I sat down with the man they call the hair mastermind, he leaned in close , pulled out a twig from my wig, showed it to me and that charming smile never left his face!!
"Just like a shoemaker pays attention to the shoes of the people he meets, I pay attention to the hair," he told me.
james loves it when a woman can strut her confident stuff because her hair. Whenever he meets a woman he also has in mind what hairstyle would suit her best.
He told me I was hiding my face with my long wig and that a short layered cut would better complement my features - particularly my high cheekbones.
"You'd be surprised!" James said. "Try it and be confident with it."
The man who  is responsible for Nicki Minaj's fierce  new wig with the black roots and the platinum ends , has had a love affair with hair since he was in high school. It was while still at high school  that the South Carolina-raised James pursued beauty. He graduated with a diploma and got his  cosmetology licence.
 James  immediately started working at salons and  found himself in the right industry circles. A friend introduced him to former Miss America and singer, actress Vanessa Williams and the rest, as they say, is HIStory!
James has styled the hair of Iman, Halle Berry (for the 72nd Academy Awards), Beyonce and Tyra Banks. In fact it was James who appeared on the Banks' talk show when she did the big reveal of her real hair.
James' Nicki Minaj wig has been the buzz of hair blogs and magazines alike . He told one magazine that he never did a platinum blonde hair with "super dark roots. But that he was happy that he did."
James, like me, is a big fan of hair extensions - particularly wigs.
"Wigs are accessories," he said, adding that he much prefers them to hair weaves since they can easily be taken off and styled away from the wearers head.
James has a lot of wigs he's working on at the moment and would next work with Jennifer Hudson;  but he doesn't seem ready to put out a wig line just yet - as is the norm with hairstylists and celebrities.
"I'm having fun" he said.

                                                      Hair mastermind  Oscar James

                                                     The new look he gave to Nicki Minaj

                                   Here he is on Tyra Banks'  show when she revealed her real hair.