Defining “Cool” Ft Recho Omondi

Naked Beauty

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Arts, Fashion & Beauty

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🗓️ 15 July 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

“To me the coolest people, the people that I'm inspired by, are people who are just 100% themselves.” - my guest, friend, and designer Recho Omondi on trying to define the intangible quality of coolness. I could speak to Recho for *hours* and this live episode, all about expression, is no exception. Listen to hear us discuss:

Developing a unique personal style
How moving around growing up influenced her sense of self
Finding your people on the internet (so important)
Why there’s power in not needing validation
Why Recho never cared if people liked what she liked
Getting into beauty later in life
Her hair story from bleach to braids
The phenomenon of plastic surgery
Tapping into self-confidence & trusting your intuition

Links/Resources:

My crochet faux locs I’m loving (discussed in the intro): https://www.instagram.com/p/BzwRDpyFUHB/
Cutting Room Floor Recho’s amazing podcast: https://rechoomondi.libsyn.com/
Our earlier episodes: Survival of the Fittest (2018), The Scam of Being Yourself (2017) which you can listen to on Apple or wherever you listen to Naked Beauty
Follow Recho: https://www.instagram.com/omndi/
Shop Omondi: https://www.rechoomondi.com/shop
Follow Me:https://www.instagram.com/brookedevard/
Join the community @nakedbeautyplanet & take screenshots while you’re listening & tag @nakedbeautyplanet, love to share when you’re listening :)

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0:00.0	Hey.
0:05.0	Hello, hello, it's Broodafard and you're listening to the naked beauty and
0:11.0	podcast.
0:12.0	Oh, so friendly. I'm going to be gone for 10 days. I'm so
0:22.1	excited. I'm going to be gone for 10 days. I'm so excited. I'm going to Portugal and Turkey.
0:25.2	It's going to be my first time in Portugal and I love Turkey so I'm so excited. It's going to be amazing.
0:30.1	I just got my crochet faux locks put in.
0:34.0	I feel like vacation starts when the vacation hair is put in,
0:38.0	at least for me, at least for me.
0:39.0	That's like when I'm like, okay, I'm ready, I have cowry shells in my hair,
0:42.0	I've got gold beads, I don't even know who I am anymore
0:45.2	but this is definitely not my corporate office look which I am living for this is
0:50.1	vacation time for me the best part about protective styling and
0:54.8	doing styles like this I just don't have to worry about my hair on vacation and
0:59.0	it means that I get to pack a lot lighter. With natural hair you just cannot stress that the
1:04.4	hotels are going to have the type of shampoo and conditioner that you need and you
1:08.6	can even trust especially if it's new countries you've never been to before
1:11.9	if the pharmacies on the ground are going to have the products that you need.
1:15.5	So you have to bring all of your own stuff, and if you're swimming, I mean the amount of products that I would have to bring if I was wearing my natural hair for this trip,
1:23.7	the amount of gel and conditioner and leave in, it would just be ridiculous.
1:27.7	So I mean, so I get to pack lighter and it's always nice to pack light.
1:31.3	I think it helps you to enjoy your vacation more. I feel like I've
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