EP 43: Hamilton on Broadway and Tour: ERIN CLEMONS

Black Hair in the Big Leagues

SHOW NOTES

• Éponine in Les Misérables, Janelle Woods in Beautiful, Eliza in Hamilton
• Wearing natural hair all the time makes hair inherently healthier
• You can't wear it down/out everyday
• Ouidad Curl Creme (first)
• Ouidad Climate Control Gel (second)
• Only puts a little bit in hair because she wants hair to feel a little frizzy (doesn't want crunchy look)
• Deva Cut did not go well!
• Took too much off when she asked for a trim; TRAGIC!
• Ana Daniels (Hair Stylist) does a nice cut
• Half black (dad)/Half white (mom)
• Became conscious of what other people thought in middle school
• Standard of beauty in America is a white women with straight hair
• This is what she thought was beautiful, so she started straightening her hair
• Her mom/role model was white, so she wanted to look like that
• Realized to embrace hair in her first year of college
• Once she got to New York, she saw all the women wearing their natural hair and got excited
• Jen Waldman Studio (New York, New York)
• 4C (Color Conscious Character Creation) Class
• Reach Out by Molly Beck
• Reach Out Party
• People at her acting studio kept her going during the pandemic

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