"Who Is She Without Her Hair?" Ft Nia Pettitt

Naked Beauty

The Naked Beauty Podcast

Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

“I had a really unhealthy obsession with looking a certain way that just wasn’t possible 24/7” - my guest Nia Pettit, who’s only 21 but has had a following on social since she was 16. At 20 she freed herself of being preoccupied with her hair.

Self-love, natural hair journeys, bacne, being mixed race, international travel, baby hairs, veganism –– Nia and I talk about it all and I’m so blown away by her wisdom. I loved hearing how Nia’s self-perception, approach to beauty and the content she creates have evolved overtime. She shares the story behind her decision to cut off all of her hair, after years of her fro being what she was known for most: “hearing everyday that my hair was beautiful, I linked that with me being beautiful”.

She shares what it was like growing up mixed race in London (her dad is English and Mom is from Zimbabwe), early relaxer experiences (very relatable), and finding her voice. We get into hair typing drama (3C, 4C, etc.) and how she tailors her her self-care practice to her moods for example: a mud mask for bad weather. We talk about her diet, being more mindful of what she accepts from brands, the positive impact of leaving a bad relationship, skincare tips from Meghan Markle’s facialist & much more you’ll have to listen to experience.

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Products/Things Mentioned:

XONecole Story on Nia’s big chop

Her experience traveling through India (vlog)

BB Curl Gel Oil (for edges/baby hairs)

Elemis skincare (she loves)

& the Elemis Superfoods Facial Oil she uses for travel

Declore Skincare

Skimdo hair curl cream

Nichola Joss - her skin therapist (same as Megan Markle’s!), see her skin tips here

L’oreal Baby Lilac Mascara

Becca Cosmetics highlighter (an underrated fave)

Tropical Balm (her lip balm of choice)

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Follow Nia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/niathelight/

Follow Nia on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDyrbOso99RneLFtN7lVP9w

Follow Nia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/niathelight

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0:00.0	Hello,
0:03.0	it's Brooke Devard, and you're listening to the Naked Beauty
0:06.4	Podcast. I am so excited to share this episode with you guys.
0:09.8	I had a chance to sit down with Nia while she was in New York for a quick little stint.
0:16.1	She's usually based in London.
0:17.2	I actually met her there.
0:18.9	She is so full of light on
0:23.3	on Instagram where she has hundreds of thousands of people
0:26.7	following her but what I love about Nia is she's all about
0:30.5	self-love she's all about positivity and she really approaches the platform that she has and
0:36.7	the attention that she gets from young women everywhere with a lot of responsibility
0:41.9	and intention and I just think it's so reaffirming to see that reflected
0:46.1	in some of these kind of new up-and-coming voices.
0:49.2	So I really, really love talking to her and getting her story and there is a story that she shares in this interview that I found to be so moving just around dealing with trolls and hatred on the internet and how it can force you to assess
1:05.2	yourself differently and think about the way that you move in the world so you
1:09.0	guys will hear it in the episode. Other than that everything is great with me. Thank you all for all of the
1:14.3	constant support. Love hearing from all of you. Thank you for everyone who is
1:18.4	rated and reviewed the podcast on the Apple Podcast app. I so so appreciate that. I am at
1:25.4	Brooke Devard on Instagram on Twitter and of course if you want to stay in touch
1:29.6	with the Naked Beauty community it's at Naked Beauty Planet on Instagram.
1:35.0	So let's get into this episode with Nia and yeah write me back.
1:37.7	Tell me what you thought of it.
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