Hair Genius ft. Celebrity Hair Stylist Nikki Nelms
Naked Beauty
The Naked Beauty Podcast
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
“If you’re scared, now your hairstyle looks scared” — my guest the one and only Nikki Nelms dropping hair gems on this episode!
If you don’t know celebrity “Hair MacGyver” Nikki Nelms by now, you are in for a treat! Praised for styling the famous locks of Solange, Zoe Kravitz, and Janelle Monae, Nelms has established some of the most popular hair trends over the past decade. With features in every publication from Allure to Vogue, she has left the world in complete awe of just how beautiful black hair can be. Looking back on her journey, such success almost comes at no surprise. For as long as Nelms can remember, there was no plan A, B, or C. There was just hair. Tune in for an incredible discussion on the importance of embracing black beauty culture, working on Don’t Touch My Hair, and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm just trying to stay apart water, you know, to stay busy, stay working. |
| 0:05.0 | I was told me like, the key to this joint, the key to stay on top of things, |
| 0:10.0 | to treat everything like it's your first project, you know what I'm saying? |
| 0:13.2 | Like it's the first thing like I was in the intern. |
| 0:15.9 | That's how you try to treat things like, to stay hungry. |
| 0:19.3 | Hello, hello, it's Brooke DeGuard and you're listening to the Naked Beauty podcast. |
| 0:23.8 | Welcome back. Today's episode is with the Nicky Nelms. |
| 0:29.4 | She is also known as the Hair MacGyver, she does everyone's hair. |
| 0:34.4 | Like when I say everyone, I mean all of the most iconic women in beauty. |
| 0:39.6 | Think Salange, Zoe Kravitz, Janelle Monet, Kelly Roland, she's worked with Beyonce, Yara Shaheidi. |
| 0:48.4 | I could go on, but you get it. |
| 0:50.7 | She also does the most amazing and inventive hair looks I have ever seen. She's doing |
| 0:57.0 | clients for the Met Gala, her work's been profiled in vogue and a lore, and it's always just truly jaw-dropping. I have admired her work for so many years. |
| 1:07.6 | She's a brand ambassador for Maui moisture. So given this amazing background I was nervous to interview Nicky but she is so |
| 1:17.4 | chill so down to earth and relaxed and just cool that I was immediately like, okay, take a deep breath, this is going to be relaxed, this is going to be like talking to a friend. |
| 1:32.0 | I was so happy that Nicky could be on the podcast and one of the things that's really |
| 1:36.2 | interesting about Nicky, her talent is just beyond, but she doesn't meticulously mood board or outline everything she's going to do. She truly |
| 1:45.6 | has this innate talent and eye for hair. Really brilliant ideas just sort of |
| 1:51.4 | come to her, which is how you know you have something really special. |
| 1:56.8 | I hope you guys are as inspired as I was hearing from Nicki. |
| 2:00.7 | Also stay tuned to the end of the episode to hear my takeaways from our conversation. |
| 2:05.4 | One of my favorite parts of the interview is just asking her about the backstory behind these iconic |
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