It may be the year of Cardi B, but the current cover star of Rolling Stone magazine isn’t above using whatever means necessary to get her glam on.

Cardi B’s stylist uses a clothing iron to straighten her hair. (Photo: Instagram/Cardi B)

The 25-year-old rapper has quickly become known for her amazing and transformative looks, gaining attention for her style during New York Fashion Week, for her nails by the Bronx’s Jenny Sui, and for her vastly changing hair looks, thanks to a seemingly endless trove of wigs.

But above all, the Harlem native knows how to rock her long, straight locks like no other. And when she showed up to a hotel without a proper straightening iron on Tuesday night, that didn’t stop her from getting the look just right.

In a series of videos on her Instagram story, Cardi showed fans the familiar yet slightly questionable tool that she used to put the finishing touches on her long sleek ‘do: an iron. For clothes.

“So I need to f***ing flat iron my hair, but I don’t have a flat iron, so we just gonna use this,” she said as her makeup artist Jazzmin Jordan ran the iron against the lengthy locks of Cardi’s wig.

Jordan is heard chuckling in the beginning of the clip, seemingly out of nervousness that she might ruin her client’s hair. When Cardi asks if they can turn the heat up on the iron, the stylist quickly says no, probably out of precaution. However, the technique isn’t new, and has in fact been used for centuries.

Before the straightening irons that we know today became regularly used in the 1990s, women would often turn to clothing irons to flatten their hair — a look that was sought after at the same time that curling hair was becoming popular.

While the curling iron was invented by Marcel Grateau in 1872, the straightening iron didn’t even appear in the form of a patent until 1893, from one Ada Harris. According to Racked, the woman from Indianapolis explained the purpose of her product within its patent, saying that she intended it as a “service to colored people in straightening their hair.” But in the 100 years until her idea fully came to fruition, women looking to try the straight style used the same technique as Cardi.

Luckily, the star doesn’t have to worry about damaging her actual hair here. For the rest of us, there are a number of tutorials out there that safely demonstrate the tried and true technique.

Cardi B is currently facing a civil trial over an alleged assault and is making efforts to ensure that her financial status, including her net worth, is not brought up during the proceedings.

The rapper has been sued by a female security guard, Emani Ellis, who claims Cardi assaulted her in 2018.

Ellis, who was working at a medical building as a security guard at the time, alleges that she asked Cardi for a photo, which Cardi declined.

According to Ellis, Cardi then attacked her, striking her in the head, face, and body. Ellis also claims that Cardi spat on her and used racial slurs.

According to Ellis’ lawsuit, Cardi used “multiple profanities and racial slurs against [Ellis] who is African American,” Radar reported.

Cardi, however, denies all allegations and has requested that any talk of her past altercations, including the one with Nicki Minaj, be banned from the trial.

She argues that such incidents are unrelated to the case at hand.

Cardi stated that any testimony pertaining to other alleged acts, “which occurred at different times and places and involved other people and circumstances should be excluded because, by law, such evidence cannot show that Defendant acted similarly on this single occasion with Plaintiff.”

The rapper’s lawyer stressed, “What may have happened between Defendant and others at different times and locations and under other circumstances has nothing whatsoever to do with the single 60-90 second incident alleged by Plaintiff on February 24, 2018.”

Furthermore, Cardi has asked the court to exclude any discussion of her financial condition unless punitive damages are being considered. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Cardi’s fortune is estimated at $80 million.

The trial is scheduled to begin on Feb. 1 in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Background of the Alleged Assault

The alleged assault took place in 2018 when Cardi B was four months pregnant with her daughter, Kulture. Ellis says she approached Cardi with a phone, to take a picture of the rapper. Cardi asked her to stop, not wanting images of herself at the doctor’s office to be circulated before she had publicly revealed her pregnancy, a source told TMZ.

An argument ensued, and Ellis claimed that Cardi assaulted her, spat on her, and used racial slurs. But witnesses offered a different account, stating that while the two did argue, the altercation did not turn physical, and no racial slurs were used.

Ellis also alleged that Cardi used her celebrity status to have her fired from her job. A representative for the medical building explained that Ellis’ termination was based on recommendations from Cardi’s doctor and a patient coordinator, who believed that Ellis had violated Cardi’s privacy.

Ellis is demanding unspecified damages from Cardi, who has denied all allegations of wrongdoing.

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