Beyonce may be one of the biggest stars in the world, but she’s not too big of a diva to do her own hair and makeup!
“I like to experiment [with my hair],” she says. “I love playing around with highlights or bleaching the tips. I can cut and style my own hair.”
In fact, she just gave herself a trim, cutting two inches off her ends. “I just parted it in the middle and chh-chh-chh,” she says.
That’s pretty impressive! The superstar credits her mother, Tina Knowles, for all she’s learned about beauty, and letting her experiment with makeup at a young age. “I was playing in my mother’s makeup,” she tells People. “I had blue eye shadow and red lips, and I put crazy blush on. I looked like a clown, but I thought I was so beautiful.”
Now, Beyonce usually does her own makeup, even for appearances and shows. She sticks to the basics, like moisturizer, lip gloss and blush, but definitely doesn’t stick to all the beauty rules. “I’m pretty good at throwing out the expired stuff, but I hold on to my mascara for a long time,” she says. “I actually prefer old mascara. It makes your lashes thicker and longer.”
But Beyonce has learned even more about beauty since the birth of her 5-month-old daughter, Blue Ivy, discovering that inner beauty is is what values most.
“My biggest thing is to teach [Blue] not to focus on the aesthetic,” she says. “It’s really about who you are, and the human being, that makes you beautiful.”