00:00I think this hair is really bold.
00:02This hairstyle is strong, it's powerful.
00:05I think it's very risky,
00:07but you have to kind of find your own ways to make it versatile.
00:10My name is Monica.
00:11I'm a freelance illustrator, and I'm removing my braids
00:15and cutting my hair like the Frank Ocean album Blonde.
00:18Before you watch my hair transformation,
00:20don't forget to subscribe below.
00:22I always said I was going to cut my hair off when I turned 30.
00:24I'm 27, so I'm almost there, so I'm just going to do it now.
00:29I'm a big fan of Zoe Kravitz, and I noticed a few years ago
00:32she cut off all her hair and dyed it blonde,
00:34and, you know, I thought it was something very edgy and cool
00:36and something I wanted to try.
00:38The hairstyle I have right now is single braids,
00:40and I do them myself, and they take me about 10 hours,
00:44split into like two days to get done,
00:46so I'm excited to have a hairstyle that's going to be a lot quicker.
00:51My natural hair is about to my shoulders,
00:53and that's the longest it's been in my life,
00:55and now I'm going to go to the shortest it's ever been in my life.
00:57I guess I'm nervous about my hair because my hair grows very slowly,
01:02so cutting it all off is going to be a journey.
01:07My name is Aaron, and I'm a hairstylist at Salon Kasumi
01:10in Beverly Hills, California.
01:13Hi, Monica.
01:14Hi.
01:14Hi, I'm Aaron.
01:15Nice to meet you, Monica.
01:16Nice to meet you.
01:18All right, what are we going to be doing today?
01:19So I'm going to be cutting it all off and dyeing it blonde.
01:22Nice, nice.
01:23We're going to cut off the braids?
01:24Yes.
01:25We're going to cut the braids off.
01:26And go super, super short.
01:29Yeah.
01:30Nice.
01:30I'm excited.
01:31I think, so we'll see.
01:33Yeah, I'm excited.
01:34All right, cool.
01:34Let's get started.
01:35Yeah.
01:35I'm ready.
02:02I'm ready.
02:17So we're going to get your hair all combed out here, and then we're going to start cutting
02:20this off.
02:27All right, you ready?
02:28You got it.
02:29All right.
02:51All right.
02:53This is like surgery.
02:55Yeah.
02:55Yeah.
02:56Oh my god.
02:58It's so weird.
03:00It's like I push on my hair and it goes straight to my scalp.
03:02It goes on.
03:13I like it.
03:14I like it.
03:15What is the plan, I guess, for the dyeing process?
03:18I'm excited.
03:19Okay.
03:19Okay.
03:20So we're going to, we're going to breach your hair.
03:22We're going to take you quite light.
03:24Yeah.
03:24And do some fun talk today.
03:25Okay.
03:27Yay.
03:27Yeah?
03:27Yeah.
03:37Let's go.
03:39Woo.
03:40How is that?
03:41I feel it a little.
03:42Well, I do feel it.
03:43Yes.
03:44Yeah.
03:44It's like stinging a little bit.
03:47Yeah.
03:48Yeah.
03:58I'm good.
04:00Yeah.
04:15So after taking out the braids, her scalp was a little bit sensitive, so we stuck with
04:20a medium blonde.
04:37How do you like it?
04:38I love it!
04:40I like it a lot.
04:41It looks so cool, right?
04:42This is crazy.
04:44My mom's going to be very excited.
04:46She's going to freak out.
04:47Working with Monica, you can see in the way she's dressed and her personality with the
04:51bright colors that she was super excited about going short and taking a short, strong haircut
04:58definitely meant empowerment for her.
05:00Having never cut my hair this short or cutting my hair really this much at all, it was great
05:04having Aaron do my hair and guide me through the process and keep me up to date every step
05:09of the way.
05:10I think that my new hair will inspire a lot of creativity for me and some new outfit
05:16combinations and new silhouette that I have, so I think it will be really fun.
05:19I think that everyone's beautiful.
05:21I think that people need to love the way they are.
05:24Just because you're not the same as the people around you doesn't mean you are beautiful.
05:27You're beautiful the way you are today.
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