Celebrity Beauty

The Living Proof ambassador chats exclusively with Bustle.

The haircut was something she solely did for herself.

Some may assume that a radical hair change means something bad or upsetting has happened.

Living Proof ambassador and ‘Emily in Paris’ star Lily Collins chats with Bustle about her 2015 pixi…

Take Collins character Emily Cooper from NetflixsEmily in Paris,for instance.

To Collins, a change in hairstyle could simply signify a rebirth without anything negative attached.

Everyone asked [at the time I got my pixie cut], Oh what role are you doing?

Im like, No, this is for me.

Below, Collins talks hair tips, the color she hopes to try next, andEmily in Paris.

How has your beauty routine changed since getting bangs?

If you have an eye patch on to sleep, it can crush them.

I just let them air dry and then shake them out.

I [also] carry a little brush with me everywhere I go now.

When we were in Paris, we’d scooter everywhere and the wind-blow effect on your bangs is wild.

I love that you carry a little brush with you for bang maintenance.

Did you start doing that on your own or is it a tip picked up from a hairstylist?

I learned that lesson on my own.

I literally Googled smallest brushes so that it would be so tiny and fit in my tiniest purse.

Its the tiniest thing ever.

Everyone said, Bangs are going to require a lot of styling and product and this and that.

I didnt want to get them if it’s going to require that.

Three seasons in, how would you describe Emilys beauty transformation?

It’s minimal yet does so much; it packs a punch with little effort in a sense.

Specifically with beauty, shes leaning more into the 60s and 70s French new wave cinema.

Gosh, I’d love to be blonde at some point.

Whether its a wig [or a dye job].

I don’t want to completely ruin my hair, but I would love to be blonde for something.

I was blonde when I was younger and then it just naturally changed to this.

Could you picture Emily going blonde as well?

I don’t know.

She did the bangs and maybe they become curtain bangs [later on].

I think maybe we could see an even shorter chop, like an Amelie-like hairstyle.

[The next hair transformation] would have to make sense.

There has to be a transition or another life shift where shed switch it up again.

Its a whole thing and [thinking of hairstyles that work] is different for real life versus film.