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" 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

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" If I could only have one grooming tool, it would be floss. I don't want to have broken Cheetos in my teeth. To protect myself from the sun, I can find shade under a tree. To moisturize my skin, I could get really sweaty and then just rub it on myself. But how are you going to clean between your teeth without floss? "

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" My podcast 'Getting Curious' keeps me really busy, which I love. "

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

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" Since I have psoriasis, I buy anything that feels good against my skin. I tend to wear really, really soft hoodies by the brand Velvet. Even if I don't have a flare-up, I'm still like: Oh. My. God. This nice thing feels so good. "

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

Jonathan Van Ness

" Self-care is the non-negotiable. That's the thing that you have to do. And beauty is the thing that can be the benefit of the self-care. Beauty is not the point. Beauty is just a cute side-effect from self-care. "

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

Jonathan Van Ness

" 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. "

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" My family was really big on college, and it was hard for them to stomach that I was going to be a hairdresser. "

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" I'm good at following my own grooming advice. "

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" I love changing hair color. I love doing hair shape. I love the social aspect of salons. I love clients, and because of doing hair, I've heard so many life stories. "

Jonathan Van Ness

" 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. "

Jonathan Van Ness

" I vividly remember D'Angelo's 'How Does it Feel?' as a song I listened to around the time I came out. "

Jonathan Van Ness

" I'm just waiting for the first #MeToo moment to happen from a salon because the culture of how assistants are treated, especially in salons in L.A. and New York, is, like, truly unbelievable. You're expected to clock out for lunch and never get paid. You're expected to be there an hour early, stay two hours late. "

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" 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. "

Jonathan Van Ness

" 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.' "

Jonathan Van Ness

" Typically, you're not gonna find me out at night; I don't go to industry parties. Like, I will go sometimes if I'm invited, but usually, I'm, like, home by 11. "

Jonathan Van Ness

" 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. "

Jonathan Van Ness

" 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

" You want to be more hairy, that's beautiful. You want to be more clean-shaven, that's great. "

Jonathan Van Ness

" 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

" Be able to see people's humanity. I think the way that you do that and see people for more than their surface value is, say, you're reading something in the news: the gender pay gap, or gay adoption, anything that involves a group of people being marginalized. "

Jonathan Van Ness

" I'm always learning new things about myself. "

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" People who fundamentally disagree with you politically or socially are not bad people. I can't expect that other side to have compassion for me if I can't put myself in their shoes, too. "

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" If I read something on the news that really irritates me, I get my rageful venting out on Twitter. I'm more of my light side on Instagram. "

Jonathan Van Ness

" My biggest secret is that I don't over-wash my hair. I wash it twice a week at the most, unless I'm on set every day. "

Jonathan Van Ness

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

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" I love a company that puts their money where their mouth is when it comes to LGBTQIA visibility. "

Jonathan Van Ness

" 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. "

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" I'm the youngest of three boys. Both of the older two are very heterosexual, football-watching, married, child-rearing, cornfed Midwestern guys. "

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