Lupita Nyong’o has never been shy about her ‘African kinky hair’ whilst redefining beauty standards in Hollywood and this is one of many reasons why we love her.
But when the Black Panther actress revealed that she felt empowered after shaving her hair as a teenager we wondered if we could love her anymore.
‘It was almost a dare to myself: Can I live without hair?’ she said of her decision at 18.
‘It was so scary but so liberating because I went completely bald. That was definitely a liberating stage. I had nothing to hide behind. I had my hair short for… Read the full story