You gotta floss!

Confidence is sexy.

I love 'Downton Abbey.'

Gorgeous exfoliants are expensive.

I'm always learning new things about myself.

I'm good at following my own grooming advice.

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

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

I'm a big proponent of all love winning and love just being fab.

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

Going to school was an absolute terror for me for, like, a decade.

I wish I was a gorgeous mixologist, but that was not my god-given strength.

Kristi Yamaguchi stole my heart in 1992, and I've never been the same since.

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

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

You have to create little pockets of joy in your life to take care of yourself.

Please don't compare the nature and authenticity of 'Queer Eye' to 'The Bachelor.'

I started growing my hair out when I was, like, 22, 23. I just stopped cutting it.

When you've been on Instagram and Twitter long enough, you know how mean people can be.

When you're willing to be vulnerable, you can surprise yourself at how strong you can be.

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

When I'm having a song-in-the-shower moment, I go to 'The Blessed Unrest' by Sara Bareilles.

I am shocked almost on a daily basis that my being me everywhere I go affects people so deeply.

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

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

One of my closest friends is a trans man who is incredible. And a lot of my clients are trans women.

I've had the honor of working with so many trans people as a hairdresser over my career in some way.

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

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

In service industries, we can be so people-pleaser-y that you don't know how to set your own boundaries.

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

I just - I come from a very little town where the militarization of the police force is a very real issue.

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

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

I've worn a 100% polyester cheerleading outfit in stadiums full of people - it is pretty hard to embarrass me.

To my younger self, I would say unless you're literally in danger, ask forgiveness instead of asking permission.

I had to fight, a lot of years, to be really proud of the person I see in the mirror and really love this person.

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.

I'm really about body positivity and self-love, and I will definitely push the boundary with a pink midriff-baring top.

I was a chubby kid who got made fun of a lot, and I got fit in high school, and I stayed fit in my 20s, until my dad died.

So often, grooming is meant to make you feel better about yourself, and a lot of times, we use it to make ourselves feel worse.

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

A song like 'Tears Dry on Their Own' is really sad, but it's hopeful, too - that was my theme song for the first boy who broke my heart.

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 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.

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.

If you're feeling a little down, you're never fully dressed without a strong heel. But only if you're depressed - if you need a pick-me-up.

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

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.

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.

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