Lord, some of y'all sound simple as hell talking about Black hair. Bey's natural hair is arm pit/bra strap length -- this is what it looks like under her wigs:
Most of the time she wears really expensive custom lace fronts -- during a lot of the IASF era, she wore mostly her real hair with some extensions for volume.
My Mama has had every kind of weave known to man -- sew ins, prontos, half wigs, braids, full weaves with lace closures, etc -- for as long as I can remember, so I can pretty much point out anything. I'm calling a wig on this; seriously doubt she cut her hair. She probably has her hair braided super low underneath a short lace wig simply because I can't see any natural scalp -- that part looks exactly like the part on her wavy tour wig. I think it's cute on her, tho.