Lupita Nyong’o’s natural hair
Lupita Nyong’o’s beauty and impeccable style is continuing to turn heads on red carpets. Moreover, the Oscar nominated actress is keeping tongues wagging about her close cropped coif. Nyong’o, 30, recently told ESSENCE about her natural hair journey and revealed that in her teens she cut the relaxer out of her hair.
“I didn’t always wear my hair short. In my adolescence I always had long hair and it was relaxed,” said the 12 Years a Slave star.
“After the age of 19, I just got really fed up with going to the salon and it taking so much effort to look presentable before you leave the house. So one day I decided to cut it off and my mother was unamused,” she added with a laugh. “But she came around.”
In addition to dishing on her natural hair, the effortless beauty told ESSENCE that she rarely wears makeup in her downtime.
“I don’t wear makeup when I’m not working on the red carpet,” said Nyong’o in a video interview with the publication for the March issue. “Except for a night out here and there … but I try to give my skin a break.”
Check out more photos of Lupita Nyong’o and her natural hair and beauty below. -danielle canada
