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Nikki Reedis taking beauty matters into her own hands during the pandemic.
Over the last year, the formerTwilightactress andBaYou with Love founder, 32, has been a stand-in hairstylist for her whole family.
“I have not stepped into a salon. I do my own cutting. I cut everyone’s hair in this household,” Reed tells PEOPLE about stylinghusband Ian Somerhalderand their3-year-old daughter Bodhi’s hair. “I do all the haircuts. My mom’s a hairdresser so it’s not that foreign for me.”
“I spent my whole life looking a certain way, and then I just woke up one day and was like, ‘What if we’re actually more beautiful the way that we’re supposed to be?’ Maybe I would look more like me — whatever that means — if I just embrace what I look like without flat ironing and curling or whatever,” says Reed. “I watched this tutorial on cutting your hair for your hair texture, and now I’m just really feeling more like myself.”
“I live for being unplugged. I feel like this month has been foreshadowing what I hope to set up the rest of my life to be at some point in terms of being off grid,” says Reed. “I think in the next five to 10 years, we’re going to realize that technology has been amazing, but we really need to put our foot down andseparate our lives from our devices.”
Reed’s passion for living a simpler life is the fuel behind her sustainable lifestyle company, which is making its mark in the jewelry world.
“What we’re doing is we’re creating more versatility with each piece,” says Reed. “Instead of pushing customers to purchase more and more and more — which is the business model of almost every brand in the world right now — my motto is, ‘How do we teach you to purhase less and purchase things that you’ll treasure?'”
While she has her hands full building her business and raising a toddler, the entrepreneur says she’s feeling “more creatively fulfilled” than ever.
“I’ve never been one to sit still. I want to do a zillion things at once,” she says. “I really love my job and my company, and I’mvery passionate about nutrition and all things mamahood.”
For all the details on Nikki Reed’s life now and her happy new chapter, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
source: people.com
