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" From the extreme political polarization that is everywhere - there's so much suffering going on - so many people are really thirsty to feel good about something. "

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" I think, for a lot of people, men or women, it's easy to have things not affect you because, it doesn't affect you. So to be a better ally, you have to look at it as if it's someone you know instead of this abstract person you've never met. "

Jonathan Van Ness

Men

Better

Women

" Even though I'm a hairdresser and I love doing hair, I feel like I don't look like a groomer. When I think of how a groomer would look in relation to the first version of 'Queer Eye,' I feel like I don't fit in that box. "

" I grew up in a town of 30,000 people, and 'Queer Eye' was a beacon of light. "

Jonathan Van Ness

Town

People

" I love having the Olympic Channel app on my phone because I can watch old gymnastics videos any time. "

" I used to be pretty hard on myself, like, if I didn't like a haircut I did on someone, I would think about it a lot and second-guess myself. But after therapy and a lot of work, I know how to dust myself off a lot faster, and those things don't knock me down as much as they used to. "

Jonathan Van Ness

Know

Myself

" I'm obsessed with gymnastics. It's like my football. And I like to watch women's gymnastics a little bit more than men's because I live for balance beam. "

" I want to show straight men and gay men alike that self-care and grooming isn't mutually exclusive with, like, femininity or masculinity. "

" I don't want to do transformations on people for the sake of a visual. I want to do it because it makes sense. "

" In states where there's one really big city, a lot of outlying counties and smaller towns really don't have very many resources. "

" Gorgeous exfoliants are expensive. "

Jonathan Van Ness

Gorgeous

Expensive

" I grew up in a little town where my family owned a newspaper and the TV station, so a lot of people knew who we were, and I never fit in. "

" Loneliness is, like, when you wish someone else was there, and solitude is when you enjoy being alone. I don't always wanna be alone, but I definitely like pockets of solitude to recharge and come back to myself. I think that's so important for everyone. "

" People think because they sweat, their hair is dirty. False. It's just salt and your natural oil. "

" If my energy was fake, then I would feel pressured, because I gotta, like, keep this up. I thank God it's just how I am. But I find myself wanting to work on being more comfortable in the silence with people. "

" Blotting pads are great in case you get sweaty or oily. But don't rub. It's a slow, methodical blot: set the pad on your skin and let it absorb, then move it to the next location. "

" Whenever anyone says I've taught them things by me being myself, I'm always like, 'Really? I just thought that was like, Wednesday for me. I was just wearing a kilt and a sleeveless top in a Rotary Club, it wasn't that big of a deal.' "

" As a kid growing up, I really hated being alone. I was always that kid that was like, 'Do you want to hang out? Let's go to the mall. Let's go to the movies. Let's go to the park.' I would call people and call people and call people. If I was alone when I wasn't at school, then there was something wrong. "

" I like people too much. I really do. "

Jonathan Van Ness

Much

People

" How you take care of yourself is how the world sees you. "

" Men and women can be friends, and it can just be friendly. "

" To me, self-care isn't really shallow. Showing up for yourself, putting on a little moisturizer, can inspire so many different parts of your life. "

Jonathan Van Ness

Life

Inspire

" I remember saying I wanted to be a cosmetologist when I was really young. "

" I'm from a really little town called Quincy, five hours southwest of Chicago. "

" I always wanted to play with people's hair. I was really into 'The Golden Girls' and how big their hair was. I always had Barbies and Ken dolls, whose hair I wanted to play with and was always styling. I was very lucky - I never had to wonder what I was passionate about. I've always known that I'm really, really passionate about grooming. "

" I think that I'm, like, an introverted extrovert. At the end of the day, when I get done doing hair at the salon or shooting a day of 'Queer Eye' or whatever, I definitely want to come home and, like, order pasta and sit with my cat or just one person or no people. "

" I was the first male cheerleader of my high school; it's very hard to embarrass me - you have to do a lot. "

Jonathan Van Ness

High School

Hard

" If you have body hair, I'm like, 'Have your body hair. Have it sticking up the top of your shirt.' I'm really about body positivity and self-love. "

" I wish I had more of a game plan of how I'm going to, like, take down toxic masculinity. But I think that game plan is just going to reveal itself if we keep going. I think I need to keep plugging along, and it'll happen. "

" Getting married is a good time to revaluate all of your relationships. Have you had the same haircut since seventh grade? Have you found products that work for your skin? You need time to experiment. "

" The second you're bleaching hair more than three or four levels on a consistent basis and want it long, and then you're heat styling it and living in the world - it's just impossible. You can get it there for a moment, and then you might get a couple re-touches out of it. "