00:00I know everyone's gonna be like,
00:02girl, this is a wig.
00:03You should be comfortable with doing whatever to it,
00:05but this is a very expensive unit.
00:07I love the fact that it's blonde,
00:09but also it's virgin hair.
00:11It's sourced from one head.
00:13I can't believe I'm about to dye it blue.
00:17My name is Destiny Taylor,
00:19and I'm gonna get my hair transformed into Cardi B blue.
00:23I'm a creative hustler from Indiana,
00:26living in sunny California.
00:29Growing up, I had three sisters,
00:31and we always just did our own hair.
00:34I'm most nervous about trusting someone else with my hair.
00:38I had this horrible experience in high school
00:41where I actually bleached it and I colored it orange.
00:44After that color, my hair was this short.
00:48So I've been really indulging in just the privilege
00:51to be able to transform myself into whoever I want to be
00:56with wigs and extensions.
00:58I'm excited for this transformation for two reasons.
01:02One, I love Cardi's first and second mixtape, Gangsta Bitch, Volume 1 and 2, is my ish.
01:09But also just who she represents.
01:11She just popped out a baby, she's back on stage, back in the studio with blue hair.
01:16It represents my alter ego that I push to bring out every day.
01:21It's bold, it's energetic, and it's so vibrant and strong.
01:24I'm going to feel that newness that I've been longing for.
01:29My name is Daniel Moon, and I own Hair, Vest Salon in downtown Los Angeles.
01:38Hey, hey, what's up there?
01:40Thank you!
01:41Go on in.
01:41Wow, this is such a cool space.
01:43I'm always excited to work with a wig, because the challenge is always to make it not look
01:48like a wig.
01:49I'm just nervous with the bleach that it'll get over processed.
01:52Again, I have that horrible situation with my natural hair, so I would hate for that
01:56to happen to this very expensive wig.
01:59Alright, I hear you want to go Cardi B blue.
02:01Yes, yes, yes.
02:03That's my favorite blue right now, actually.
02:05Yes, I just want to be bold and fearless, like Cardi.
02:08Alright, so what we're going to do is we're going to change it up for you.
02:11We're going to open up your face a little bit more, and lock in your eyes, keep them nice
02:15and flirty and sexy.
02:17Nice.
02:17I've never had bangs before, so this should be interesting.
02:20Well, get ready for it.
02:21Here we go.
02:22I'm ready.
02:26So, I've got four different shades for you.
02:29I like to give it a little bit of movement and contrast, so you have a lot of dimension
02:33in there.
02:38Alright, Destiny, now that we've got your blue base on, we're going to get to the fun
02:42part with the three blues, and we're going to get the electric magic in.
02:48During the process, I felt like I needed a little bit more pizzazz, a little bit more
02:53electricity, so I created my own custom blues.
02:55Bowie blue, and then a Dodger blue for Los Angeles, baby.
03:04Voila.
03:13I can't wait to see how it looks once it's dry.
03:17You think it looks good now?
03:18Just wait.
03:20I've never had my hair blue before.
03:22I'm hoping it really complements my melanin.
03:31This color is amazing.
03:34Now that we're nice and dry, now we can get to the fun stuff.
03:41Are we going to do them really thick and fringy, or are we doing something thinner?
03:47Let's just say it's going to be a surprise.
03:50Oh God.
03:54Oh my God!
03:56I look like a little Barbie doll!
03:58Yes, you did.
03:59Oh my God!
04:00Straight from the moon.
04:01Straight from the moon.
04:02I love this so much!
04:07This hair, it makes me feel very sassy, a lot of spunk.
04:13What's so cool about black hair and the culture of it is just how prominent extensions and
04:21weaves are in it.
04:22We can transform my hair and become who we want at any moment, whenever.
04:29I'm always excited to see a wig absorb the color exactly how we mixed it.
04:34I haven't had anyone other than me put their hands in my head in like eight years.
04:40And Daniel did an amazing job.
04:42He's the first person I trusted with my hair and he's great.
04:45The way that I help my clients maintain their brightly colored hair is I make them custom
04:49colored conditioners so you can maintain it at home.
04:54I hope that every single person in the world wakes up knowing that the love that they receive
04:59is only the love that they put out.
