Best of FM: Hairstylist Nikki Nelms
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4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
It’s impossible to listen to Nikki Nelms share her story and not be inspired! The celebrity hairstylist—who’s worked with Beyoncé, Bjork, Janelle Monáe, and others—explains why she doesn’t need mood boards to create hair magic and never “looks to the side” for her ideas. She talks about how she got her start styling hair, the surprising tools and accessories in her kit, how she continues to innovate, and some of her favorite products, including the most hydrating shampoo and candles she can’t get enough of.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to fat mascara. I'm Jen Sullivan. I'm so glad you're here. So if you happen to |
| 0:12.8 | click on this episode, it's Friday, and you haven't yet listened to the Wednesday episode, |
| 0:17.6 | please go back. Just scroll a tiny bit back and click on our naughty and |
| 0:22.4 | nice special of 2024. It was so much fun putting it together for you. And we had such a blast. |
| 0:27.4 | You have to listen to that before you listen to this. But as we said, we are doing a bit of |
| 0:31.7 | some of our best episodes, some things we love this year. Next week, we're going to do the top |
| 0:35.8 | interview of the year. According to you, you all voted. But today, what I have for you is a best of FM. And just as a |
| 0:42.0 | reminder, we're going to be back in the new year on January 8th with all new news episodes. But for |
| 0:46.5 | now, this best of designation doesn't go to everybody. But Nikki Nelms is absolutely worthy, so she's a hairstylist. And she's worked with everybody from Yara Shahidi and Solange to Janelle Monet. |
| 0:59.0 | And her creativity knows no bounds. |
| 1:00.9 | In fact, as you listen to this interview, which was originally recorded in 2020, |
| 1:04.8 | I want you to take from it creative inspiration to go into the new year with. |
| 1:07.8 | Like, this is the person to take it from. |
| 1:09.5 | As she says, when she's thinking about how she approaches new work, creativity, a new job, |
| 1:14.9 | whatever it is, she doesn't ever look to the side. |
| 1:18.0 | She doesn't look at what other people are doing. |
| 1:19.4 | She just looks forward. |
| 1:20.5 | And I love that energy. |
| 1:21.6 | And I want us all to bring that into 2025. |
| 1:23.8 | So we're going to play that interview for you now. And we'll be back on Wednesday with another special guest then, too. |
| 1:30.9 | All right, let's get into it. |
| 1:36.9 | Thank you for coming, Nikki. |
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