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I’ll never forget when Marvel’sBlack Pantherpremiered in 2018.
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It was instantly clear that this was a movie for the culture.
“We wanted to give them a little age,” Friend tells me over Zoom.
“How would they look if it were five years later?
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We got to pray; we got to meditate.
Drummers came, and we just got to have that experience with each other,” Friend recounts.
“I think it was really important that we had a little bit of closure.”
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After receiving that closure, Friend felt more hopeful to forge ahead with the hairstyling direction for the film.
Despite it being a sequel, Friend approachedWakanda Foreveras its own independent project.
“So that’s how we came to doing shorter hairstyles for them throughout the movie.”
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Of all the products she used on set, theProse Custom Styling Gelbecame Friend’s holy grail.
“That to me is probably one of our greatest achievements in this movie,” Friend says.
“That’s what I’m most proud of.”
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