- Hi, I'm Nell Diamond
and this is how I do my everyday hair.
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Every night, I sleep with my hair in two braids.
So I have really, really long hair, as you can see,
and it's super thick and I very much believe
that long hair is actually
secretly the most low-maintenance hair.
And it's because I don't,
there aren't a lot of things you can do with it.
So that's why I like having my long hair.
And usually I shower, I'm a night shower person,
so I shower at night and then my hair's wet.
And then I do it in these two long braids.
And it has the added benefit of making me look
like Wednesday Adams when I sleep, which I'm very into.
Like to have a look when I sleep also.
And then in the morning I take it out,
which is really great.
My hair gets really tangley.
And so there's one conditioner that I've been using
since I was like 16 years old
and it's kind of the only one I use.
And it's the Garnier Fructis. It's in the green bottle.
It's very important to me.
Also, I brush my hair in the shower.
So I use a brush while my hair is wet, like under the water,
because that really helps with tangles.
I got this at CVS, I think.
And then I usually put like a spray, a frizz spray.
So I like this Briogeo, I'm probably saying that wrong,
Farewell Frizz leave-in conditioning spray.
So I spray that all over, brush my hair,
and then put it in these two long braids.
And it's actually really not looking its best.
I slept with my four-year-old son last night
and he like hits my head while I sleep.
So he's kind of ruining my hair routine,
but usually it looks a little neater than this.
I've always had long hair my entire life, basically.
I actually have had a few moments where I've cut it short.
It's always very impulsive.
I like go to the hairstylist and I'm like,
"I have to have it all off right now."
It's usually in the summer when I'm really hot
because it's sort of like wearing a fur hat all the time,
having this much hair.
So I've had a few impulsive moments,
but my hair just keeps coming back.
She loves me. She grows back thicker.
It's a very good problem to have.
I'm very blessed with having a lot of hair.
I just had babies,
I just had twins five months ago, in October.
And my hair while I'm pregnant gets even thicker
and then postpartum, crazy shedding.
So this is actually post-shedding hair.
Okay, so now I'm gonna take out my braids,
which is what I do every morning.
So I put these, I put two little clips in here this morning
because I was sleeping with my toddler,
which is not what parenting Instagram tells you
you're supposed to do,
but he had a bad dream, so I was a bad parent.
And I definitely messed it up, sleeping in his bed.
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So I really like the wave that the braids give me.
If I was feeling super extra,
I could take a heat tool and just get the top parts here.
But most days I don't really have time for that.
And then I do this thing,
which I think I saw on a movie once.
It just like lifts at the root, 'cause I definitely,
when you have those braids tight to your face,
it can feel a little bit all severe.
And then sometimes I'll do a little flip,
just to bring the life back to my hair.
And then here we are.
I tend to avoid too many products in my hair
if I'm doing it myself, honestly,
mostly because I don't really know what to do with them.
If I'm getting my hair done, I'm very happy with products.
It kind of, my hair like will absorb a lot.
The only thing I'll sometimes use,
I'll use that leave- in conditioner again,
that Farewell Frizz.
And I'll kind of like
just give it a little spray and pat it down
if it's a humid day out and I'm trying to avoid some frizz.
So usually my hair's a little much
to be in my face while I'm working all day.
So I'll do a half up.
So I just kind of grab a little bit of my hair
and twist it back.
If you look closely, you can see
all the hair breakage post-partum at my temples,
which comes back, so don't worry if it happens to you.
And then I'll just use a bow. I'm a big bow girl.
And close it back like that.
And then I'm nice and neat up top.
I was a big middle part person before gen Z told me to,
so I'm feeling pretty cool about that.
I grew up in London and even though I'm American,
my parents, my parents are American,
but I grew up in London almost my whole life.
And when I was a teenager,
I really, really wanted a crazy color hair.
It was all the rage in London
when I was in middle and high school
and I wanted to dip my hair.
So I wanted to dip my hair in like purple or pink.
And I had all these friends who were doing it
and it looked so cool, but it just,
I don't think my color is the right color to be dipped.
So I've had a few favorite things
that I've done with my hair in the past.
I have done, I love a good costume party.
For Halloween once, I did a crazy bun on the top of my head
and it was really cool, but it was so heavy
that I literally lasted like 30 minutes at the party
because I had the most intense headache of my life,
which can be tough with a ton of hair.
And then I love my hair at my wedding too.
It was, I got a little lift on my crown,
which was really, really fun.
A little bit of teasing. I think teasing can be great.
And that hairstyle took a long time.
But I find it very relaxing to get my hair done.
When I was 10 years old, I think, maybe a preteen,
my older brother used to make fun of me because he said
when my hair is in front of my shoulders like this,
I look like a springer spaniel dog.
And once you see that you can't unsee it.
So Robert, here you go.
Here's me with springer spaniel ears in front of my face.
It's very attractive.
So thank you guys so much for following along
on my morning hair routine.
I'm feeling ready to go to work,
ready to have a day at the computer.
I've got my bow, which is like my power suit.
Once I have my bow, I'm ready to take on the day.
I'm feeling pretty good.
So thank you. Bye.