TikTok fashionista Deanna Giulietti spoke EXCLUSIVELY about her 'secret' to nice hair, Broadway aspirations, and the way she's used TikTok to start out 'advocating' for herself.
Essentially the most effervescent TikTok star is undoubtedly Deanna Giulietti. Everybody’s favourite OOTD queen — the one and solely CEO of the OO-TA-DAH — is continuous to make a reputation for herself on and off TikTok. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Deanna about her new restricted model of Conair’s Jumbo and Tremendous Jumbo Ceramic Scorching Rollers, which can be found as of October 1.
“It was my New Yr’s decision this 12 months to be higher with hair, like typically. I used to be like, I not need to spend the $80 on blowouts anymore. I’m carried out. I used to be doing blowouts at any time when I had a musical theater audition. I might go and do an $80 blowout and I used to be like, that is loopy. I must discover a method to try this at dwelling. I’m doing every part at dwelling now. I discovered a option to do my nails at dwelling. I’m doing my make-up at dwelling. I discuss to my buddies at dwelling. I can do that,” Deanna defined.
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She continued: “So everybody acquired the Dyson for Christmas, and I used to be like, I’m not going to drop this cash on the Dyson. Nobody is aware of use it. Everybody’s getting their hair trapped in it. Let me simply check out the new rollers. On the very first strive, I filmed it as a result of I used to be like [it’s] additionally good content material. I filmed it, and it got here out a greater blowout than I’ve had at so many various salons on the primary strive. And it went viral instantly. Everybody was like, oh, it’s straightforward to make use of. She’s utilizing it first outing of the field, and it’s a blowout that I can have for $30. The Dyson’s like $500. I used to be like, I’ve hit the jackpot. I used to be like, guys, that is it. I've the key to hair proper right here.”
Scorching rollers have been a tried and true hair present since rising within the magnificence business within the early ’80s. Deanna will admit upfront that “hair, typically, is difficult.” Nevertheless, she has one tip when utilizing Conair sizzling curler that she by no means forgets.
“I'll say the one factor I discovered is if you use their sizzling rollers and also you go for the clip, you need to clip it high down. Does that make sense? And it'll maintain it excessive off your face as a result of I used to be making that mistake starting,” Deanna revealed. “I might identical to put it on, however that sizzling curler’s sizzling. So if it rests in your face, it’s going to be sizzling in your pores and skin. You’ll get a crimson mark. So the perfect tip I've is if you roll it, ensure if you’re clipping it, you go high down, it’s simply going to safe it up.”
Along with TikTok, Deanna has large appearing aspirations. “I've at all times needed to be on Broadway. That was it for me. I got here out of the womb singing. That’s simply it. I went to highschool for opera, and after I transitioned into the town, I used to be doing musical theater. I used to be doing operas, and that was type of my life. Earlier than I even touched social media I used to be doing Jersey Boys on Norwegian Cruise Traces. After which COVID shut down cruise ships, rightfully so.”
After the cruise ships have been shut down, Deanna discovered herself at a standstill — till she discovered social media as an outlet. Whereas balancing a social media profession, Deanna has her eye on Broadway. “I went headfirst into social media from there and located a reference to individuals and style and hair and make-up as a result of I’ve at all times had an affinity for it due to musical theater. All of it ties again to individuals who began to like my massive character, however I acquired that from theater,” she informed HollywoodLife. “That’s all part of it. My dream function is to be in Chicago. I need to be Roxie Hart. I need to be in SIX the musical. I need to be Elphaba. My dream is to be on Broadway 100%.”
Deanna admitted that displaying her audition course of on TikTok is how her Conair partnership started. “I might prepare for my auditions, and I might do my Conair, and I might present everybody me on the brink of do my self-tapes,” she defined. “I began placing them on YouTube, what I can share on YouTube. You'll be able to’t actually put the scenes of the particular present on YouTube. However I present my course of only for aspiring actresses, actors, anybody on the market who’s like, okay, what's it actually like? And it’s like, oh, it’s tons of and tons of of auditions. That’s actually what it’s like. So it’s discovering the enjoyment within the half you may management, which is preparing, selecting the outfit, getting your make-up carried out, and then you definitely simply preserve placing your self on the market.”
As Deanna’s amassed over 1 million followers on TikTok, she’s turn into properly conscious of how the platform has made her extra seen as an actress. Deanna revealed that earlier than the pandemic, she was the best choice for Ariel in a musical theater manufacturing of Footloose.
“The casting administrators took me out within the very finals and so they mentioned, ‘Hey, Deanna, you’re our primary alternative for Ariel. However you’re not a reputation, so we will’t solid you. I would like you to work this 12 months on turning into a reputation.’ I bear in mind being like, ‘What? I made it this far. I’m all the way in which right here. Now I must be a reputation.’ This was 2018, so earlier than I had even touched social media. As quickly as COVID hit and that was the one factor I might do, I remembered him saying that and I used to be like, I’m going to take to social media. I’m going to place myself on the market. I’m not going to attend for individuals to solid me anymore. You'll be able to solely wait for thus lengthy till you must begin advocating for your self and placing your self on the market,” she revealed.
Deanna just lately attended New York Trend Week, which she referred to as a “phenomenal” expertise. “Truthfully, I feel the perfect a part of Trend Week is everybody simply within the metropolis. I met so many individuals in line for reveals,” Deanna mentioned. “My favourite Instagrammers, my favourite TikTokers, my favourite designers, I met them ready in line for Rebecca Minkoff’s present, after which we acquired to benefit from the present collectively. After which simply photographers on the road. I used to be exterior Alice & Olivia’s occasion, and there was a photographer on the road who was like, ‘Deanna, please, proper right here. I might like to take an image of you in entrance of the brick.’ It’s simply enjoyable and collaborating with individuals who simply need to work collectively and create content material and choose one another’s brains, that’s undoubtedly essentially the most enjoyable a part of Trend Week.”