Rico Nasty Doesn’t Consider in Hair Regrets

Rico Nasty has by no means met a coiffure she would not decide to. The mosh-pit diva switches’ dos the best way most individuals change outfits—usually, deliberately, and with out overthinking it. She’s gone from a pixie to crochet pigtails to sculpted spikes in a matter of days. Not having a signature has develop into her signature, as followers can all the time count on one thing avant-garde and unconventional.

Past the types themselves, tone is probably crucial side of her look. Her wigs, extensions, and pure hair are delivered to life by colour. Lime inexperienced, scorching pink, sweet blue, riot purple—you may’t consider Rico with out enthusiastic about hair colour. So, it is smart that the star would crew up with fellow rocker Hayley Williams’ hair-color-for-all model, Good Dye Younger, on a shade that is, properly, Nasty.

The semi-permanent hue—named after Rico’s personal moniker—is a punk purple impressed by chaos, power, and angle. The outline asserts it is not indigo, not lavender—simply unmistakably punk purple. Rico tells us the colour is impressed by her love of the late Prince (“the last word GOAT”) and is a candy nod to her childhood longing to experiment with dye. “I wasn’t allowed to bleach [my hair],” she says. “I might solely use momentary dyes or hair paints, and I might be so pissed as a result of the colour would not all the time present up. However we examined [the “Nasty” hair color] on black hair, and I am so excited as a result of you may nonetheless see the colour, even in case you don’t love bleaching your hair.”

Forward, Rico dishes on hair confidence, having no regrets, and her real-life routine. 

A Coiffure That Makes Her Really feel the Most Highly effective

“I feel once I put on my curly hair, I really feel most like myself. It makes me be happy. I really like that curly hair has imperfections and totally different layers.”

If Her Album, LETHAL-ER, Have been a Hair Look

“I’d really describe it as nasty. It has an excellent villain-y vibe to it—slightly evil undertone, which is one thing I’ve gotten because the starting of time. I’ve all the time been in comparison with Harley Quinn, and I consider purple, orange, and inexperienced.”

On How Her Hair and Music Intersect

“Hair ties issues collectively. Folks all the time name it a crown, and I feel that is for a purpose. There’s pleasure in your hair—no matter means you determine to put on it, it is a assertion. My music is all the time a press release, so naturally, like I take dangers with my sound, I’ve to take dangers with my hair. You simply cannot care—it’s important to be dedicated to the chance.”

Her Hair Muses

“My hairstylist, Tyla Thomas. I really like her work, even when it is not on me. She takes the time to know what I ask for. She by no means fails; she’s a real illustration of her craft. I bear in mind the primary Rolling Loud we did collectively, and he or she gave me a mullet—it was so sick. I additionally love Tokyo Stylez and Legislation Roach. If I am ever having a dream, it is most likely about Legislation’s hair. It places me relaxed.”

On Hair Regrets

“I am good with all the things as a result of I really like the concept of progress. I really like folks going again and footage of me and considering, ‘Oh yeah, the funds was low.’ I am not mad at that—that is what makes folks need to develop into artists much more, the transformation. All in all, I’ve all the time liked my hair.”

Her Actual-Life Hair Routine

“I wash my hair as soon as per week or each two weeks. I am fairly low-maintenance. I attempt to do low-tension hairstyles like a slick low bun or braid, or I will put on my hair out. Typically folks will see me out and never even know it is me as a result of I’ve common hair. It is my camouflage. I take pleasure in doing my hair every day—it makes me really feel good. I’ve a rule: I am solely allowed to put on a bonnet all day in the future out of the week. Apart from that, I have to do my hair—however it would not should be something loopy.”

Her 2026 Magnificence Mantra

“Make them watch. That is it. It is all about much less explaining and extra simply being. A variety of occasions, I am questioned once I do various things, and it makes me draw back from them. This yr, I need to have extra enjoyable—particularly with my Instagram feed. I am getting again to current within the second and making them watch.”