- Oil
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hair Quotes
Style, confidence, and not overthinking it.
These quotes connect hair to a wider sense of confidence and comfort with oneself, alongside a lighter thread about fans fixating on appearance over anything else. The subject of self-presentation overlaps with our Beauty quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was younger, my mum used to dress me in, like, lime green leggings with a matching neon jumper and hair scrunch, so I'd say I've definitely progressed since then in terms of style.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I wear bright colors or something, I'll tie all my hair back. I don't want to look too like 'Girls Next Door.'
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a child, I certainly wanted to have hair that I could grow long and flip around. I no longer want that. My own hair that I have day to day is a fuzzy afro. And that's who I am.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have endorsed every hair product in my career. Looks have been my bread, butter, jam. Looks are important in our society.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I shaved my hair, my friends asked me to keep it, maybe make my own wig out of it, but I wanted the old hair to go; it was not mine. I wanted to let go.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually love my natural hair when it's in a twist out and it's been slept on for five days and revived by the steam of the shower.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a mother who never took no for an answer when it came to her creative pursuits. She started a hair salon in her spare bedroom and four years later had 30 employees.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first started on 'Medium,' they didn't like me growing my hair too long. But I was freaked out when the hairdresser cut off even an inch.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to always look forward to my school summer holidays where Saba and I would go and meet bhai. It was exciting spending those two months with him. I always thought he was cool, with his long hair. We would watch him play cricket at his boarding school. He would take us out for dinner with his friends. Exciting times for a kid!
- Lips
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a reaction to when I was growing up, and women were supposed to be all blonde hair, gold suntan, and pink lips. It was a real black-and-white opposite of what was considered attractive. I was kicking against something I found really oppressive.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pop culture says that if a black girl is to be taken seriously, she has to assimilate and be as white as possible, to the point of bleaching her hair blonde.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
My height was not a deterrent, and it did not make me the person I am. It was like my long brown hair or my brown eyes - a physical characteristic that differentiated me from quite a percentage of the population.
- Broken
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Beatles were no trouble... lots of girls. The Stones were black-jacketed guys, a rough crowd. A whole different scene between the Stones' black leather jackets and the Beatles' pretty-dressed girls with the ribbons in their hair, teenagers standing on the seats screaming, nothing broken.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020