2 besties see the same curl specialist… we did NOT expect to cry 😭 — Transcript

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1. 0:00You guys, today I'm turning her into me.
2. 0:04>> Okay, I'm going to look nothing like you
3. 0:06>> You don't know. Maybe maybe it'll turn
4. 0:08out like this.
5. 0:09>> that?
6. 0:10>> Hi you guys, I'm Noelle.
7. 0:11>> I'm Sophia.
8. 0:12>> And I've been a curly girl for 10 years.
9. 0:15>> And I've been trying to unearth my curly
10. 0:18girl potential for my whole life.
11. 0:21>> It took me literally years to fully
12. 0:24understand and embrace my natural
13. 0:27afro-textured hair, and it wasn't until
14. 0:29I met my girl Madison at L'Alena Salon,
15. 0:32where she helped me fully understand
16. 0:35what I'm working with here. Obviously,
17. 0:37this is the before, but
18. 0:38>> But if you look at her TikTok, you can
19. 0:40see Noelle has really mastered the art
20. 0:43of the curl.
21. 0:45>> Exactly.
22. 0:45>> Thanks, Madison.
23. 0:46>> So, today we are doing a joint bestie
24. 0:51curly girl cut, wash, and style, and we
25. 0:54are finally going to unearth
26. 0:58Sophia's curly girl potential.
27. 1:01>> What's under here?
28. 1:02>> What's under here?
29. 1:03>> What's in here?
30. 1:04>> Only Madison [music] can take this and
31. 1:07this and give you a princess.
32. 1:11>> Also, for context, it is 8:00 a.m. I did
33. 1:14drag her out 8:00 a.m. on a Wednesday to
34. 1:16get her hair done. So, she's already
35. 1:17turned me into her.
36. 1:19>> Hopefully, by the end of this
37. 1:20appointment, Sophia will not hate me.
38. 1:23>> [laughter]
39. 1:23>> And it'll all be worth it.
40. 1:24>> You're going to have to stay till the
41. 1:25end to see what exactly we can do with
42. 1:29this.
43. 1:30>> Cuz I really don't know. What if she
44. 1:32tells me I'm lying? She's like, "Girl,
45. 1:33your hair is straight."
46. 1:34>> Yeah, she gaslights you the entire time.
47. 1:36She's like, "I don't know what you're
48. 1:38talking about."
49. 1:38>> been gaslighting myself.
50. 1:40>> [gasps]
51. 1:40>> Well, I guess we'll have to find out.
52. 1:43>> she says.
53. 1:43>> Here we go, besties. Let's go.
54. 1:50>> [music]
55. 1:52>> Here we go, besties.
56. 1:54Here Here go.
57. 1:57>> Hi.
58. 1:59>> Good morning. Hi. Good morning. How are
59. 2:02you?
60. 2:03>> [music]
61. 2:03>> Okay. Good morning.
62. 2:04>> Good morning, Madison. It's so good to
63. 2:07see you.
64. 2:07>> It's good to see you, too. Your hair is
65. 2:09so long.
66. 2:10>> I know. I have so much less [music]
67. 2:12breakage now. I would exit the shower
68. 2:14with like, you know what I mean? And now
69. 2:16it's like, I get a little bit of, you
70. 2:18know, natural [music] breakage, but
71. 2:20>> Breakage is something that I feel like
72. 2:22we need to kind of learn [music]
73. 2:24to change the verbage on. A lot of hair
74. 2:26like yours, you have high density,
75. 2:29tighter curls, not washing it every
76. 2:31single day like straight hair.
77. 2:32>> [music]
78. 2:32>> You're not brushing it out, so it just
79. 2:34builds up. Our shedding and the hair
80. 2:36loss we have is just shedding. [music] I
81. 2:38always tell clients, you worried about
82. 2:39hair loss, save the hair, cuz that's the
83. 2:41biggest sign of if it's getting bigger,
84. 2:43let's go see a doctor. If [music] it's
85. 2:45getting smaller, staying the same, we
86. 2:46have nothing to really worry about.
87. 2:48>> Have you seen a difference in when I
88. 2:51first came in, which was about
89. 2:52>> 100%
90. 2:53>> a year, over a year ago?
91. 2:54>> A little over a year ago? 100%
92. 2:56>> Well, the fact that I can detangle you
93. 2:57like this, [music] like no problem, is a
94. 3:00huge factor.
95. 3:01>> Mhm.
96. 3:02>> It just feels softer. And you [music]
97. 3:04have definition that's lasting you
98. 3:06longer than just two days.
99. 3:09>> Right.
100. 3:09>> Cuz what day is this now?
101. 3:10>> Oh my god, I washed this on Saturday.
102. 3:13>> Okay. So, and this still looks good.
103. 3:16That's just the proof in the pudding of
104. 3:18like, okay, when you are consistent with
105. 3:20the things that you do at home, and
106. 3:22consistent with things here, [music]
107. 3:24your hair will grow. Your hair will get
108. 3:26better.
109. 3:26>> Right.
110. 3:27>> It's worth it. Cuz my hair looks good
111. 3:28and it feels good and I'm happy with it.
112. 3:30That's the main thing. [music]
113. 3:32I'm happy with my hair.
114. 3:34>> Amen to that. So, what are we doing
115. 3:38today?
116. 3:39>> So, are we trying to like keep length?
117. 3:41Are we trying to grow out a little bit
118. 3:43longer than this?
119. 3:44>> so. I mean, I've never pushed the bounds
120. 3:46of how far my hair can go in this state.
121. 3:49Like I By this point, [music] I would
122. 3:50have like straightened my hair so I can
123. 3:52be like, "Oh, length check." You know
124. 3:53what I mean? But now I want to see how
125. 3:55far can my curls go? What's the length
126. 3:58that we need
127. 3:58>> We can get you.
128. 3:59>> with not no heat and natural hair.
129. 4:01>> So then and that was kind of the vibe I
130. 4:03was sticking for today is where we just
131. 4:04like clean up the bottom. Really it's
132. 4:06just these crunchy ends and then just
133. 4:08really focus on bringing your shape back
134. 4:09up.
135. 4:10>> Yeah.
136. 4:10>> Cuz we're feeling heavy.
137. 4:11>> Yes.
138. 4:11>> We're getting a little heavy and that's
139. 4:13just what [music] happens with when we
140. 4:15are growing our hair out. This goes
141. 4:17faster than this. [music]
142. 4:18>> That's just all we really need to do
143. 4:19today is just bring
144. 4:20>> all this up.
145. 4:21>> Uh-huh.
146. 4:21>> And just clean up the length and [music]
147. 4:23it will honestly make it look longer.
148. 4:26>> The curls are lasting, but it we're just
149. 4:27so heavy and
150. 4:28>> Yeah, we're getting
151. 4:29>> Cuz it's going like this
152. 4:30>> Yep.
153. 4:30>> and then out.
154. 4:31>> Right.
155. 4:32>> But we want all around.
156. 4:33>> Exactly.
157. 4:34>> Okay, perfect.
158. 4:35>> I'm happy with that. Okay, let's do it.
159. 4:37>> Perfect.
160. 4:43>> It's so much hair.
161. 5:08Okay.
162. 5:08>> Okay.
163. 5:09>> Oh my god, the moment of truth.
164. 5:13I'm just kidding.
165. 5:14You're like, "Ew."
166. 5:15>> [laughter]
167. 5:17>> Oh, brother, this guy stinks.
168. 5:19>> Exactly.
169. 5:21>> It's beautiful. It's long.
170. 5:22>> No, it's so long.
171. 5:24>> For today, because we are like
172. 5:26transitioning.
173. 5:27>> Yeah.
174. 5:27>> We're trying out curly.
175. 5:29>> Yeah.
176. 5:29>> Seeing what we're feeling.
177. 5:30>> Yeah.
178. 5:30>> What is the main goal for today?
179. 5:32>> I think the main goal today is to return
180. 5:36it to its health, obviously, because
181. 5:38[music] I need a trim desperately, of
182. 5:40course. So my biggest issue with my hair
183. 5:43is definition.
184. 5:45>> Yes.
185. 5:45>> The frizz hasn't been bad since moving
186. 5:47to California, but I sleep on it,
187. 5:50everything's gone. Like it's just gone.
188. 5:52I want to wear it curly. I don't dislike
189. 5:54it curly. It's just
190. 5:56>> You don't know how
191. 5:57>> I don't know how.
192. 5:58>> Curls are just a learning curve, and
193. 5:59especially when you grow up in a world
194. 6:02that doesn't accept it, and you don't
195. 6:04have anyone in your life that's
196. 6:07embracing it, it's harder for you to
197. 6:09have the want to learn how to do it.
198. 6:12>> Yeah.
199. 6:12>> For a cut today, do we want to get rid
200. 6:15of some length or keep as much length or
201. 6:17just like take what needs to go so it
202. 6:18feels healthy?
203. 6:19>> It can go up to boob level. That's my
204. 6:22measurement.
205. 6:23>> Boob level.
206. 6:23>> That's very common. Drying curly kind of
207. 6:25like
208. 6:26>> Yeah.
209. 6:26>> Chest area.
210. 6:27>> Chest area.
211. 6:28>> Okay.
212. 6:28>> I do love a face-framing piece. I even
213. 6:30love a curtain bang moment. My hair,
214. 6:32because it's like wavy curly, naturally
215. 6:34wants to swoop. [music]
216. 6:36>> Yes. And I bet this piece up here, it's
217. 6:38probably looser than everything else.
218. 6:40>> The hairline is the most delicate area,
219. 6:42and it is also the area that we touch up
220. 6:44all the time. Typically, it'll have the
221. 6:46most heat damage.
222. 6:47>> Yeah.
223. 6:47>> Just keep that [music] in mind for
224. 6:48today.
225. 6:49>> It's usually anywhere from two to three
226. 6:51curl patterns on one head.
227. 6:52>> Yeah. You got great cheekbones.
228. 6:53>> So like I'm super down for something up
229. 6:56here, for like some shorter pieces.
230. 6:59>> My hair, as of right now, almost feels
231. 7:01like it has zero personality, if that
232. 7:04makes sense.
233. 7:05>> Cuz there's just no shape to it.
234. 7:06>> shape.
235. 7:07>> It's too long. Everything's just way too
236. 7:09long
237. 7:09>> Everything's too long, if but I think
238. 7:11I'm ready to like embrace it and have it
239. 7:14be more of a style point.
240. 7:16>> that.
241. 7:17>> Okay.
242. 7:17>> Especially for your curls, because you
243. 7:19are learning this, the easiest curly
244. 7:21style routine possible. Like
245. 7:23>> Effortless.
246. 7:23>> Literally effortless with that.
247. 7:24>> Okay. [music]
248. 7:24>> I'm leaving everything longer today
249. 7:26because it is my first time cutting your
250. 7:28hair. We always say this is like a first
251. 7:29date. I don't want you to ghost me, and
252. 7:32I don't want to scare you [laughter]
253. 7:32off.
254. 7:33>> Top of chest, drying curly, keep our
255. 7:35shape kind of more straight up and down,
256. 7:37[music] but there's still going to be
257. 7:37lots of movement. We're going to have
258. 7:39body and lift up here, and we're going
259. 7:41to aim for like cheekbones for our face
260. 7:44framing. I want you to start thinking
261. 7:46about like curly hair that you see on
262. 7:48anyone. Yeah. What about that do you
263. 7:51like? Really truly think about it so we
264. 7:53can customize your hairstyle.
265. 7:56>> Loving this.
266. 7:58>> Okay, that's it. We're ready to shampoo.
267. 8:00>> Let's do it.
268. 8:01>> come on back.
269. 8:16>> Oh, she's a little thicker than I was
270. 8:18thinking.
271. 8:18>> She's a little thick.
272. 8:19>> just like, I should have known better
273. 8:20than that.
274. 8:21>> The lower layer of my hair by the nape
275. 8:23of my neck is actually the most curly.
276. 8:26>> Mhm.
277. 8:26>> We don't see the bottom or the back, so
278. 8:29usually that is the healthiest or the
279. 8:31curliest because it hasn't been
280. 8:34affected.
281. 8:39>> What do you say to people who say
282. 8:41>> Your hair's not curly when it's wet, so
283. 8:44you don't have curly hair.
284. 8:45>> Oh, that's me. My hair's pin straight
285. 8:47when it's wet.
286. 8:48>> And that's the gag.
287. 8:49>> And period.
288. 8:50>> [music]
289. 8:50>> curls.
290. 8:51>> I say I'm sorry.
291. 8:54I say that's not fair.
292. 8:56>> Curls are spectrum.
293. 8:57>> It is a spectrum term. At the end of the
294. 8:59day
295. 9:00a curl is a curl, no matter what.
296. 9:02>> There's still an elitism to it.
297. 9:03>> Totally.
298. 9:04>> And an entitlement where it's like, your
299. 9:06hair's not curly enough, so you're not
300. 9:08really a curly hair girl.
301. 9:09>> Mhm.
302. 9:10>> Who?
303. 9:11>> It just stems a lot in my opinion from
304. 9:13like just like systematic racism and
305. 9:15just internalized racism and just
306. 9:17project it.
307. 9:18>> Totally.
308. 9:18>> Like a lot of projecting. [music]
309. 9:20>> You will never ever hear me tell a
310. 9:22client yeah.
311. 9:23>> You don't have straight, you don't have
312. 9:24curly hair. What are you doing here?
313. 9:25>> Yeah.
314. 9:26>> I'm sure this is the way non-binary
315. 9:28people feel. They're like, trying to fit
316. 9:29me into a box is like not helping any of
317. 9:31us. Like, I'm just going to live as me
318. 9:33and that's how it's going to go and
319. 9:35>> Curls are too big to be put into a box,
320. 9:37so stop. So stop trying to.
321. 9:39>> trying.
322. 9:42>> [music]
323. 9:56>> That's gorgeous. Look at that shape.
324. 9:59Beautiful.
325. 10:01Oh my goodness.
326. 10:03You guys, look at the difference here.
327. 10:05Shape
328. 10:07not shape.
329. 10:08Shape
330. 10:10not shape.
331. 10:12>> [music]
332. 10:27>> Oh.
333. 10:30Yeah, you need a shape.
334. 10:31>> Um this is the difference.
335. 10:33>> [music]
336. 10:33>> Insane.
337. 10:35>> How do you feel?
338. 10:36>> I feel amazing.
339. 10:37>> [laughter]
340. 10:44[music]
341. 10:54>> Okay Madison, what are your rules on
342. 10:56diffusing?
343. 10:57>> So the rules of diffusing kind of go
344. 10:59along with like products. What you want
345. 11:01your end result for your dry hair to be
346. 11:03dictate how you diffuse. So you want
347. 11:06really controlled defined curls, you're
348. 11:08just going to hover over lightly like
349. 11:10this when you're diffusing. If you want
350. 11:12really big voluminous hair, pump the
351. 11:14entire time. [music] You want some more
352. 11:17curl, like a little bit more bounce to
353. 11:19it, hover for like 5-10 minutes, [music]
354. 11:21get that crunch starting to form, then
355. 11:24you'll pump a couple times [music] until
356. 11:27you get a curl pattern that you're happy
357. 11:29with, and then you just hover the rest
358. 11:30of the way.
359. 11:31>> Sure.
360. 11:32Hover.
361. 11:33>> Good hover, girl.
362. 11:37>> [music]
363. 11:47[music]
364. 11:48>> I don't want to use a gel on you because
365. 11:49you're scared of gels, and that's the
366. 11:51only reason why. You can use other
367. 11:53products at home.
368. 11:54>> Yeah.
369. 11:54>> But we've used other products. We
370. 11:55haven't used a gel, so that's why I want
371. 11:57to use one on you today to show you that
372. 11:59it's not scary. [music]
373. 12:00>> Gels are friends.
374. 12:02>> Not foes.
375. 12:03>> Not foes. Advanced Climate Control
376. 12:05Featherlight Foam, this is the holy
377. 12:07trinity of products, in my opinion. It
378. 12:09fights frizz, gives beautiful
379. 12:11definition, and beautiful volume, all in
380. 12:14one product.
381. 12:15>> I'm actually very proud of myself cuz I
382. 12:17have been using a foam.
383. 12:19>> I love foams.
384. 12:19>> So
385. 12:20>> Foams are really creamy, and they're
386. 12:22really slippery.
387. 12:23>> And light.
388. 12:24>> And light. Because of how much [music]
389. 12:26hair you have, we need to use lighter
390. 12:28products. If something is too heavy, you
391. 12:30will get weighed down.
392. 12:31>> Exactly, yeah.
393. 12:34>> I always [music] start mid-lengths and
394. 12:35ends, raking it through, and then
395. 12:38whatever's left over, swipe on [music]
396. 12:39top. This is our primer.
397. 12:41>> What about leave-in conditioner?
398. 12:43>> This is it.
399. 12:44>> Oh.
400. 12:44>> So, no leave-in conditioner for you.
401. 12:46That's weighing you down.
402. 12:47>> What?
403. 12:54>> [music]
404. 12:55>> So, this is like after we finish styling
405. 12:56our hair, you're going to take our wet
406. 12:58towel, and you're going to look up and
407. 12:59back. You're going to shake your head.
408. 13:01Come from the bottom and come up, and
409. 13:04give that scr- squish.
410. 13:05>> Squish.
411. 13:06>> You want to hear that squish.
412. 13:07>> Yeah.
413. 13:08>> And this is helping bring out the curls
414. 13:10some more. It's also removing excess
415. 13:13water and products.
416. 13:18>> The colander!
417. 13:20>> Oh my god, it's happening.
418. 13:25The colander view wash, we're going to
419. 13:28this side and we're going to bring it up
420. 13:31and then hold it at the top a little bit
421. 13:34and [snorts] then we'll bring it down
422. 13:36>> [music]
423. 13:36>> and it just brings the curl out more
424. 13:39and helps activate it more without it
425. 13:42getting too frizzy.
426. 13:47Little hairspray.
427. 13:48>> I've also been scared of hairspray. I
428. 13:51love this stuff.
429. 13:52>> This is the one product you both can
430. 13:54use.
431. 13:56>> Love this one.
432. 13:57>> Yeah.
433. 13:58>> Love it.
434. 14:03>> [music]
435. 14:08[music]
436. 14:23>> And this is going to be your refresher.
437. 14:26>> Okay.
438. 14:26>> In the morning. Who is she? Botanical
439. 14:29Boost from Ouidad. This is one of my
440. 14:30favorite products.
441. 14:31>> [music]
442. 14:33>> I'm glad.
443. 14:34>> And it's so long.
444. 14:35>> And it's so
445. 14:35>> It's so really nice and long
446. 14:37>> Yeah.
447. 14:37>> and healthy.
448. 14:38>> Yeah. So good. Yeah.
449. 14:42Yeah, we're all done, Angel Kinks.
450. 14:44>> Thank you, magician. A magician.
451. 15:04>> [music]
452. 15:09>> First of all, can we just have a moment
453. 15:10for the curl?
454. 15:11>> Like what?
455. 15:12>> Ladies, the curls are curling.
456. 15:15>> I also didn't expect to get emotional on
457. 15:17your behalf, but it was just like this
458. 15:18is discovery.
459. 15:20>> discovery. in
460. 15:21>> world?
461. 15:22>> It's such
462. 15:22>> a cathartic moment and like seeing your
463. 15:24bestie go through that, I was just like,
464. 15:26"Oh my god." I say this about being a
465. 15:28woman is that it's almost like we're
466. 15:29born with a permanent condition that
467. 15:32needs to be treated. If you don't like
468. 15:35the hair that comes out of your head,
469. 15:37that almost feels like a permanent
470. 15:39condition that needs to be like [music]
471. 15:40treated for you to feel confident.
472. 15:43>> Exactly. And I think like the key
473. 15:45takeaways from this experience, number
474. 15:47one, there's no one way to be a curly
475. 15:49girl.
476. 15:49>> Yes. She's as much as a curly girl as I
477. 15:52am and labels, they are expansive and
478. 15:55they can mean many different types of
479. 15:57things.
480. 15:57>> Oh my god, we forgot to ask her what my
481. 15:58curl type is.
482. 15:59>> Oh, yeah.
483. 16:00>> I feel like it's 2B is what I've always
484. 16:02said, but
485. 16:03>> What do you guys think?
486. 16:05>> I think the second takeaway here is that
487. 16:07hair care is like skin care.
488. 16:09>> Yeah.
489. 16:10>> It's like taking care of your body. It's
490. 16:11like a daily effort and just because
491. 16:14something takes more effort doesn't mean
492. 16:16that it's not worthwhile, doesn't mean
493. 16:17that it's not natural. Doesn't
494. 16:18>> Right. All good relationships take love
495. 16:21and effort and time. So like why are we
496. 16:23not giving that to our hair?
497. 16:24>> Exactly. Embracing the fact that my hair
498. 16:27has the ability to do this is something
499. 16:29that I had to discover.
500. 16:30>> We really got to like retrain our inner
501. 16:33monologue and verbage so that we don't
502. 16:36just constantly [music] feel like crap
503. 16:37about ourselves.
504. 16:38>> Exactly. Excuse
505. 16:39>> Bless you.
506. 16:41>> Okay, and then Sophia, what's our last
507. 16:43takeaway? [music]
508. 16:44>> Our last lesson is gel is our friend,
509. 16:47not foe.
510. 16:50>> Yes, gel is great for certain hair types
511. 16:54and for certain desired outcomes or
512. 16:55styles, right? [music]
513. 16:57>> Need not be afraid.
514. 16:59>> Madison, thank you so much for teaching
515. 17:01us everything. I'm so glad that we got
516. 17:03to share even just a glimpse of her
517. 17:05expertise with you guys. Maybe you can
518. 17:07take a couple of these tips and tricks
519. 17:09and apply them to yourselves and see if
520. 17:11it helps you love and embrace your hair
521. 17:14the way that it is. It is a journey,
522. 17:16right? You're going to wake up tomorrow
523. 17:17and you might hate it. You might be
524. 17:18like, "Oh my god, my hair looks
525. 17:20terrible." That is the life of every
526. 17:22curly girl ever, but it's showing up
527. 17:24every single day and being like, "I'm
528. 17:26going to still take care of it. I'm
529. 17:27still going to give show it love."
530. 17:29>> So, what do you think, Sophia? Do you
531. 17:30think you're going to spend the rest of
532. 17:31the week with a curly
533. 17:33>> I mean, I'll keep it like this as long
534. 17:35as it'll have me.
535. 17:36>> Right. Should we do a challenge where we
536. 17:38wear my natural hair or maybe we flip?
537. 17:41>> Well, let us know if you think that we
538. 17:43should swap hair routines for a [music]
539. 17:45week and if you've watched this far in
540. 17:47the video, what should they comment?
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542. 17:50a coil emoji.
543. 17:51>> Yes, I think you're right.
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551. 18:03>> Yeah. But, thank you guys so much for
552. 18:05watching and we'll see you on the next
553. 18:08one.
554. 18:08>> on the next one.
555. 18:09>> Bye.