Jill Scott Is Au Natural Fab On The October Cover Of Essence

September 5th, 2012 - By Brande Victorian

Source: Vibe Vixen

“Black is beautiful” is right when it comes to Jill Scott’s image on the cover of the October issue of Essence. The Philly native of many talents sat down with the mag to talk about her new tv movie, her new hairstyle (love it!), and her new philosophy on men, but most importantly how everything she does is just about being herself.

“This is the simplest form of myself,” she told writer Lola Ogunnaike in the interview. “”I look in the mirror and it’s like, ‘Hey, there you go. What’s up, girl?’ For me, hair is an accoutrement. Hair is jewelry. It’s an accessory. Tomorrow I may want a wig down to my butt and I’m gonna rock it, and the next day I may want a big Afro and I’m gonna rock that too.”

Jill is definitely no stranger to Essence covers, typically snagging one per year it seems — and rocking a different look each time — but as the magazine points out, “Jill Scott has much to be excited about these days.”

“After a tumultuous few years that saw the end of her first marriage, a broken engagement to her son’s father, an acrimonious split from her longtime record label Hidden Beach and the abrupt end of her HBO series The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, life is looking up for the singer. She’s a mother and a maverick; she’s starring in a TV movie — Lifetime’s all-Black revamp of the 1980’s classic Steel Magnolias — and she’s still packing in crowds on tour. Here, the soulful songstress—rocking a close-cropped natural for the October issue cover—talks to ESSENCE about “the lights coming on” after turning 40, finding her stride… and what’s next on the horizon.”

Go head Jilly from Philly! What do you think of her cover look?

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  • nycplayboy78

    And she is looking good as all get out :)

    Keep up the good work Jill :)

    Love the natural look :)

  • Chanda

    Essence has it in for Jill Scott and Mary J, but Jill you look good. Guess she’s our natural-haired darling again. I don’t know if I can do the big chop maybe a little chop though.

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  • http://www.sistavoyage.com/ ChakaKhanian

    Now Jill Scott is one of those who is the definition of longevity in this business. She looks fab with her twa!

  • gracie

    Gotta love herr….

  • Yvette

    Go ahead with your bad self Ms. Jilly from Philly! It is so obvious that she is comfortable in her own skin, and she is right that the lights do come on after turning 40. I know it did for me!

  • bluekissess

    One day I will rock my hair like that. Hopefully I have a nice shaped head

  • Na Na

    I looove Jill Scott. I was working at a radio station in Chicago in 2010 on the morning show and Jill came in a 5:50 in the morning with THE most radiant glow and aura I have ever seen on a person. She was so polite and her spirit just felt good. Go Jilly form Philly! I love this girl.