The most effervescent TikTok star is undoubtedly Deanna Giulietti. Everyoneās favorite OOTD queen ā the one and only CEO of the OO-TA-DAH ā is continuing to make a name for herself on and off TikTok. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Deanna about her new limited version of Conairās Jumbo and Super Jumbo Ceramic Hot Rollers, which are available as of October 1.
āIt was my New Yearās resolution this year to be better with hair, like in general. I was like, I no longer want to spend the $80 on blowouts anymore. Iām done. I was doing blowouts whenever I had a musical theater audition. I would go and do an $80 blowout and I was like, this is crazy. I need to find a way to do that at home. Iām doing everything at home now. I found a way to do my nails at home. Iām doing my makeup at home. I talk to my friends at home. I can do this,ā Deanna explained.
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She continued: āSo everyone got the Dyson for Christmas, and I was like, Iām not going to drop this money on the Dyson. No one knows how to use it. Everyoneās getting their hair trapped in it. Let me just try out the hot rollers. On the very first try, I filmed it because I was like [itās] also good content. I filmed it, and it came out a better blowout than Iāve had at so many different salons on the first try. And it went viral immediately. Everyone was like, oh, itās easy to use. Sheās using it first time out of the box, and itās a blowout that I can have for $30. The Dysonās like $500. I was like, Iāve hit the jackpot. I was like, guys, this is it. I have the secret to hair right here.ā
Hot rollers have been a tried and true hair gift since rising in the beauty industry in the early ā80s. Deanna will admit upfront that āhair, in general, is hard.ā However, she has one tip when using Conair hot roller that she never forgets.
āI will say the one thing I found is when you use their hot rollers and you go for the clip, you want to clip it top down. Does that make sense? And it will hold it high off your face because I was making that mistake beginning,ā Deanna revealed. āI would just like put it on, but that hot rollerās hot. So if it rests on your face, itās going to be hot on your skin. Youāll get a red mark. So the best tip I have is when you roll it, make sure when youāre clipping it, you go top down, itās just going to secure it up.ā
In addition to TikTok, Deanna has big acting aspirations. āI have always wanted to be on Broadway. That was it for me. I came out of the womb singing. Thatās just it. I went to school for opera, and when I transitioned into the city, I was doing musical theater. I was doing operas, and that was kind of my life. Before I even touched social media I was doing Jersey Boys on Norwegian Cruise Lines. And then COVID shut down cruise ships, rightfully so.ā
After the cruise ships were shut down, Deanna found herself at a standstill ā until she found social media as an outlet. While balancing a social media career, Deanna has her eye on Broadway. āI went headfirst into social media from there and found a connection with people and fashion and hair and makeup because Iāve always had an affinity for it because of musical theater. It all ties back to people who started to love my large personality, but I got that from theater,ā she told HollywoodLife. āThatās all a part of it. My dream role is to be in Chicago. I want to be Roxie Hart. I want to be in SIX the musical. I want to be Elphaba. My dream is to be on Broadway 100 percent.ā
Deanna admitted that showing her audition process on TikTok is how her Conair partnership began. āI would get ready for my auditions, and I would do my Conair, and I would show everyone me getting ready to do my self-tapes,ā she explained. āI started putting them on YouTube, what I can share on YouTube. You canāt really put the scenes of the actual show on YouTube. But I show my process just for aspiring actresses, actors, anyone out there whoās like, okay, what is it really like? And itās like, oh, itās hundreds and hundreds of auditions. Thatās really what itās like. So itās finding the joy in the part you can control, which is getting ready, choosing the outfit, getting your makeup done, and then you just keep putting yourself out there.ā
As Deannaās amassed over 1 million followers on TikTok, sheās become well aware of how the platform has made her more visible as an actress. Deanna revealed that before the pandemic, she was the top choice for Ariel in a musical theater production of Footloose.
āThe casting directors took me out in the very finals and they said, āHey, Deanna, youāre our number one choice for Ariel. But youāre not a name, so we canāt cast you. I need you to work this year on becoming a name.ā I remember being like, āWhat? I made it this far. Iām all the way here. Now I need to be a name.ā This was 2018, so before I had even touched social media. As soon as COVID hit and that was the only thing I could do, I remembered him saying that and I was like, Iām going to take to social media. Iām going to put myself out there. Iām not going to wait for people to cast me anymore. You can only wait for so long until you have to start advocating for yourself and putting yourself out there,ā she revealed.
Deanna recently attended New York Fashion Week, which she called a āphenomenalā experience. āHonestly, I think the best part of Fashion Week is everyone just in the city. I met so many people in line for shows,ā Deanna said. āMy favorite Instagrammers, my favorite TikTokers, my favorite designers, I met them waiting in line for Rebecca Minkoffās show, and then we got to enjoy the show together. And then just photographers on the street. I was outside Alice & Oliviaās event, and there was a photographer on the street who was like, āDeanna, please, right here. I would love to take a picture of you in front of the brick.ā Itās just fun and collaborating with people who just want to work together and create content and pick each otherās brains, thatās definitely the most fun part of Fashion Week.ā