How To Get The Best Hair Of Your Life With Coree Moreno
Naked Beauty
The Naked Beauty Podcast
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Coree Moreno is a renowned hair artist who regularly works on editorial and red-carpet events, including the MET Gala. Some of his impressive celebrity roster includes Zendaya, Queen Latifah, Natasha Lyonne, Lil Nas X, and more. But how did someone who began doing hair at 13 in PG County come to sculpt hair for Hollywood’s A-List? Coree grew up as a creative and inquisitive child who had a front-row seat to his mom’s hair rituals. Before graduating from high school, he was preparing to enroll in cosmetology school. Besides experimenting with colors and cuts on himself, he served prominent women from his community. Working with elite Black professionals in PG County provided Coree a foundation for working with chic women with very high standards, which he would build on in Hollywood. Coree’s expansion to L.A. was the result of a bold DM to the iconic Vernon François, stating his interest and availability to assist when the opportunity arises. The opportunity arose two weeks after he sent the DM, and he was assisting Vernon with Serena Williams’ hair on a W Magazine set.
When Coree describes how supportive his family was about his decision to pursue hair full-time and when he came out, it’s clear why he’s so confidently chased his dreams around the globe. During our chat, Coree talks about developing his artistic point of view over the past 18 years. We also discussed current hairstyle culture, and what he thinks about new hair rules and the changing relationships between clients and stylists. I couldn’t miss an opportunity to get Coree’s professional opinion on Black Girl Haircare 101, like the best edge styling products, the steps to a great silk press, fixing breakage, and his protective style hot takes. We got personal and explored how yoga changed his life, his favorite escapist video games, and why working with Lil Nas X was one of his most iconic creative assignments. Unbelievably, this is Coree’s first podcast interview, but with his breadth of knowledge and desire to pour into the next generation of stylists, we know it is the first of many.
Tune in as we discuss:
(5:00) His Mom’s 90s Beauty Practices
(5:20) Why Hairstylists Are Losing Recipes
(10:45) How A Cold DM to Vernon François Led Him To Assisiting In LA
(13:40) What He’s Learned Working With Talent On Set
(17:15) What Working With Queen Latifah Is Like
(23:29) Products & Tools To Lay Edges By Texture
(25:45) How To Fortify Your Silk Press
(29:33) Achieving A Press With One Pass
(30:55) Tips For Fixing Breakage
(34:16) How To Blend Stubborn Leave Out
(35:30) Best Protective Style For Growth
(37:45) Most Damaging Protective Style
(39:00) How To Protect Your Scalp In Braids
(40:05) A Hair Steam Trick When Wearing Synthetic Hair
(47:35) Why Yoga Has Been So Transformative Personally & Professionally
(58:31) When Coree Feels The Most Beautiful
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello, this is Brooke De Bard, and you're listening to the Naked Beauty Podcast. |
| 0:11.7 | And if you're with us here on YouTube, you are watching the Naked Beauty podcast. |
| 0:15.5 | I love when I get to be in studio with my guests. |
| 0:17.8 | Today on Naked Beauty, I am joined by someone whose talent you have absolutely |
| 0:21.9 | seen, even if you don't realize it. Corey Moreno is a true multi-hyphenate hair artist, |
| 0:28.0 | a natural hair expert, a visionary stylist, and the friend you want in your corner when you are |
| 0:32.6 | ready to transform. I've had the pleasure of experiencing Corey's magical hands myself, and he does it all. |
| 0:40.1 | Silk presses, curls, color, wigs, protective styling, editorial hair, red carpet glam, |
| 0:46.6 | and he approaches every texture with fluency, intention, and artistry. |
| 0:51.4 | You've seen his work on some of the most iconic women in the culture, Zendaya, |
| 0:56.3 | Queen Latifah, Jody Turner Smith, Natasha Leone, Chase Infinity, and Tiana Taylor. Corey's touch is unmistakable. |
| 1:04.6 | Software it needs to be in sculptural where it counts and always rooted in understanding the unique |
| 1:10.6 | relationship that we as women |
| 1:11.8 | have with our hair. Beyond the glam, he has a deep personal expertise because he has tested |
| 1:17.5 | techniques on himself, which we're going to get into. He's learned every texture in a very |
| 1:22.1 | hands-on way and has really built an incredible career for himself grounded in curiosity, skill, and just pure love of the craft. Corey, I'm so excited to have you here on Naked Beauty. I'm so excited to be here. Thank you so much for that introduction. I was over here gagging to myself. Just being like, wow, I've really done it all. Oh, wow. That's really special. Thank you, bro. Oh, my gosh. Well, I feel like I need to, like, start this conversation from the beginning of when we first met because I'll tell the audience from my perspective. We are at this very kind of fancy who's who of the beauty world event in New York City. It's the night of the Met Gala. We are at Mr. Chow's in Midtown, and they have collected all of the top makeup artists and hairstylists, |
| 2:05.9 | basically in the world, who have basically glammed everyone for the Met. |
| 2:09.5 | So it's like, after you've glammed everyone, we're all coming together to do this, like, |
| 2:12.7 | legendary dinner that happens every year. |
| 2:14.7 | And I see this beautiful young black man who has this like very |
| 2:20.7 | editorial mullet and like these incredible platform boots and just like this little like denim jacket |
| 2:27.1 | and like tiny little waist. And I'm like who is that? And I think I think it was Christy introduced |
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