How the Clean Girl aesthetic got co-opted

The “Clean Girl” aesthetic is all the rage right now - with her slicked-back hair, glossy lips, and gold jewelry, but all of these style choices have been staples among Black, South Asian, and Latina women for decades.
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[@evilcleiton3768]

If a latin girl uses gold earrings, has slick hair and simple make up, she's a "chola" but, if a white girl does it, she looks clean, sophisticated and compose....people says that we are very dramatic but sometimes I think we are not dramatic enough

[@AntisociaIsocial]

You are dramatic. You try so hard to seperate your race from others, especially white people. You keep trying to claim styles and hair. What you're saying is "white people do white stuff, black people do black stuff, etc... No mixing!". That's what racism truly is. Stop attacking others for no reason, stop calling other people racist when you are one.

[@tula1433]

Cholas wear heavy make up. No one says the things u claim or cares. More made up woke bs

[@Shadow1Yaz]

I’ve noticed that cruel people regularly say, “you’re being dramatic!” Whenever you bring up a grievance no matter how polite you’re doing it because they don’t view the people they abuse as equal. But anything they do is normal and “get over it” because they suffer from “my norm is the default” fallacy.

[@milfs9862]

@@Shadow1Yaz fr it gets on my nerves

[@milfs9862]

@@sophiab3005 your white?

[@av4275]

Look I am 37 and I've rocked a "clean girl" look my whole life. I am Latina. I could care less what they call this. In a year or so there will be a new trend that someone will label and move on. I will continue my personal style and live my life!

[@Willowtree82]

There is two looks for all women the natural look and the heavy make-up look and as an older women each decade it changes. In the 70s natural look, in 80s heavy make-up in the 90s natural look in the 2000s heavy make-up, the 2010s continued with even heavier make-up and now we are seeing some go back to natural look again. The media makes everything about race for clicks and engagement in the comments. They love Baiting everyone don't fall for it.

[@missmaddox]

You're a winner

[@yurmom_]

it’s not about what they call it baby it’s about them acting like they invented it- even after so many women have been bullied for it.. a fellow latina /:

[@av4275]

@@yurmom_ Nothing belongs to us. Anyone with half a brain knows they didnt invent it. We all get bullied for one thing or another. We are not the 1st or the last. This whole soft movement needs to stop.

[@BananasRcrazy4mkup]

EXACTLY

[@mariahgina1224]

This was my look my entire life. Never once did I get made fun of or called names.

[@vesselfit2use]

this generation is weak. all women forever have been wearing slicked back hair and lip gloss. this is literally just a normal look for women. bit this new generation and social media is literally stupid and picks and cries about anything and everything.

[@JeninaB]

Same, this is just another post to make us feel somehow victimized. It's just a quick simple look I'm not understanding this nonsense rn, and I'm not giving in to it either.

[@gladitsnotme]

Good for you. You calling the women in the video liars?

[@flawlessfrenchfrie]

@@gladitsnotmeyes cuz that’s what they are

[@smokyquartz5817]

​@@gladitsnotmeYeah.

[@austincde]

The fact that we even had to do this because a lot of our hair textures are considered "unkempt" and need frizz-control to even LOOK "clean"🙄

[@cgarcia3614]

1000%!!! That's the story of my life, and I was just thinking that!

[@aurorarmariazell]

So true! As a latina women with curly hair, I can say that in order to look "clean" and well put together, I need to use a lot of gel and hairspray!

[@lemoncholyme]

That part 👆🏾

[@kid-ava]

yessss

[@AS-kf1ol]

Literally what I was thinking. Curly haired latina here!

[@LoveLiyah849]

It’s true. It was seen as ghetto and ratchet before, now it’s ‘clean’. It’s not people being overly sensitive, it’s just the reality. Am I crying about it? No, but pointing out something isn’t wrong either smh

[@WWEWomen-g2d]

LOL

[@faithphoenix3999]

How was it seen as rachet? I liked this look back in the day before white influencers did it, and i like it now ☹️

[@StripedBlowse]

I really wanna know what is considered to be ghetto about that look can someone please just tell me ?

[@attomcooler7814]

@@faithphoenix3999 It’s the gold earrings and glossy lips. gold hoop earrings are usually seen as “ghetto” and the glossy lips can be seen as vaseline. The glossy lips also bring attention to brown girls lips which is usually an ethnic feature that’s looked down upon or fetishized.

[@faithphoenix3999]

@@attomcooler7814 ok but why though? I'm starting to think calling a person of colour "ghetto" is just jealousy in disguise, because gold looks beautiful against a darker skin tone. Even with the "clean girl" aesthetic, us white girls still need a tonne of make up otherwise we look morgue ready 🤣 I will say this though: kids are assholes. I dyed my hair funky colours and got teased constantly, but now that look is more mainstream those same people are dying their hair. That's why i think it's jealousy, they didn't have the guts to do something fun until it was popular, and we have clowns calling people they are envious of ghetto because they know that look wouldn't suit them.

[@MiszVamprGrl]

As I look myself in the mirror with my slicked back hair, glossy lips and gold hoops.... this is literally and everyday look that we just go to bc its easy who tf started calling this "trendy"? It's something we grew up with our mom's doing. It was quick and made my mom personally look beautiful af

[@Kingofthenet2]

Same. My mom has looked like this for decades and continues to now

[@gabrieleruediger957]

No, you didn't... please lol

[@Sillygeese101]

​@@gabrieleruediger957 how would you know?

[@taylorgayhart9497]

Same thing the the “glazed donut” skin thing, that was an Asian skincare thing, that I’ve seen Asian women talking about since 2014, and then last year everyone pretended like Hailey Bieber invented it!

[@Frosting1000]

YUP!!!

[@damatically]

Its just repackaged glass skin 😭

[@SA-ey6nt]

No, it was a 90s style

[@not_botheredd9893]

EDIT: found out i'm actually talking about the "brownie" glaze. Searching "hailey beiber glazed" gave me like, 3 different things, even nails. The "glazed doughnut" was about using brown lip liner in a certain way. POC were made cause it's another look that was bullied by white ppl and named "the ghetto look". (poc have used this method cause lipstick shades weren't made in our colour and cause a lot of us naturally have brown top lips)

[@not_botheredd9893]

@@damatically which was just repackaged and translated from its original name. That look was created in asia YEARS before 2014

[@Lisa_Petrison]

I thought that you were going to talk about how "clean girl" used to mean wearing just a minimal amount of makeup so that you looked like yourself but a little better, but now it has been transformed into a full face of makeup where the goal is for everyone to look exactly the same.

[@shanmo92]

Must’ve been before my time because I have never heard the terms “clean girl” before this trend. I’d like to clarify to you and others reading your comment, she’s not talking about the the name “clean girl”. She’s talking about the style itself. The style being slicked back hair, gold jewellery and clear lip gloss. These style choices were popular with Latin women and other women of colour for decades before this trend was popular among white women. Like many other trends before this, originally these style choices had negative connotations associated with the person who wore them ONLY when they were Latin or POC. Ie.) “ratchet”, “ghetto”, etc. Now decades later, white women are styling themselves the same way and the trend is met with positive connotations like “clean girl aesthetic”. Only when the same styles are worn by white bodies does society deem them acceptable, desirable, and professional. Recognition and acknowledgement of dangerous wh!+e $upremac!$t ideals present in the way we think, talk, and behave is the first step to change and dismantle systematic racism.

[@emiliawilson4378]

same i thought that would be the conversation too

[@jlquire6263]

Ironic as it is, the clean girl aesthetic is actually not about being clean and well kept but more of a minimalist 'look'. So yes, you can have the aesthetic without necessarily being clean in a sense.

[@not_botheredd9893]

i wished it stayed like that 🙁

[@chocella]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@momcharisma88]

This is how I feel about freckles. As a redhead I have plenty. Not only was I chastised for being a redhead but was constantly talked down to for the freckles. Now people paint them on 💁‍♀️ it is what it is. I've been called a family of devil's (as my children are redheads as well) but also locked in a locker in highschool for best a ginger day.

[@redsonja_]

I'm disgusted. I have brown hair with red in it and was bullied too. Can't imagine with brighter tones. Stay strong! ❤️

[@rosamancuso2740]

Where do you guys live? I have freckles and my daughter is freckled with red hair and we got nothing but compliments.

[@tmglover]

I understand being upset about that because of the hardships you faced from having freckles and red hair, but the main difference I see here is that freckles aren’t a style they’re something you are born with and people that now see freckles as “trendy” recognize that you are the blueprint. Meanwhile the people who treat slicked back ponytails & gold hoops (etc) as a trend are trying to rebrand the original style as something new by calling it the “clean girl aesthetic” when that is not at all how it originated.

[@stareaholethrewu]

Just keep the confidence when freckles go back outa style. 😉 they can’t out-do the doer

[@glittergirljmm]

As a MUA I never know how to approach women with freckles. People either celebrate them or hate them, they are never neutral. I always ask how much coverage they want. The irony of people painting them on was not lost on me.

[@ohshanana2397]

The fact that I’ve seen so many girls. Black and Latina, with slick back hair, and lined lips being called “hot Cheeto girls” while white hair women do it. And they’re called “the it girl”. Like wtf

[@Lunchbox-Friends]

EXACTLY 😭 and when Black & Latina girls just speak they called ghetto but when white girls use AAVE or sound like Latina women it’s cute-🤡

[@tamaracarter1836]

That’s of course unfair, but you’re looking at it from a specifically modern perspective. If you look at changing fashions/ taste throughout history you will see that that exact hairstyle has gone in and out of fashion more times than we could care to count. For example in late Medieval and early Renaissance Europe, tightly slicked back hairstyles were extremely fashionable, and therefore were very popular amongst the *elites* of European society (e.g. look up the Queen of England during the 1400s: “Elizabeth Woodville”). Then fast forward to the early 2000s, and that same tightly slicked back hair would become specifically associated with the *least wealthy* members of society; and seen as trashy (e.g. the “Croydon Facelift” - a hairstyle from that period associated with lower class women). In between that time (and even from before the 15th century), the hairstyle has changed from being seen as fashionable to outdated depending on whether the fashion for hair was elaborate and highly sculpted, to “clean” and understated. It happens with everything, and always will.

[@Saddles_N_Sauvignon]

But I looooove Hot Cheetos 😩

[@erinwhite276]

@@Lunchbox-Friends they are called ghetto when they speak improperly. When I hear a while girl talk like that I cringe inside because it’s not a good look for any race, even whites.

[@ThatEmoGirl]

No this generation just made it in style. Even white girls who wore this like in 90s got made fun of.

[@princesszara111]

Emphasis on DECADES!!!

[@yashaswinikrishnan1878]

cmon now gurl, it's centuries now

[@princesszara111]

@@yashaswinikrishnan1878 ‼️‼️❣️

[@tresdj]

I am native American on my mothers side but beyond my curly, wiry and frizzy hair , I look white. My husband, of 26 years, is Puerto Rican - his parents were like parents to me in high school. I lived with them after my emancipation. I lived with them after my first born boy was born, and they helped me, emensely. But the bun/pony trick for getting unruly hair to look neat was both somewhat already in use by myself but became my GO TO style for the first 2 years of each of my babies lives. ( I also had this crazy fear of my hair getting wrapped around a chubby little finger, or goodness a toe and depleting the circulation to damage the appendage was a very real possibility- in my head) Eventually, as a stay at home mom, then running a daycare out of our home so I could stay at home, then it just became what I did with my hair by default. Now my default hairstyle is seeing a ressurgence in popularity with white girls and now I am to be ashamed about it😔 ?

[@Willowtree82]

Exactly. There is two looks for all women the natural look and the heavy make-up look and as an older women each decade it changes. In the 70s natural look, in 80s heavy make-up in the 90s natural look in the 2000s heavy make-up, the 2010s continued with even heavier make-up and now we are seeing some go back to natural look again. The media makes everything about race for clicks and engagement in the comments. They love Baiting everyone don't fall for it.

[@anykoop]

The "ballerina" look with a slicked back donut bun has been around forever. The last time the "clean girl" look was in, was like 2007. Natalie Portman has been wearing the look for 30 years. Sarah Jessica Parker always wore the look. No one said it's owned by anyone.

[@ferelithian]

It's weird that shiny hair is called a clean aesthetic. My hair looks like this when I haven't washed it. 🤔😂

[@politereminder6284]

POC tend to oil/grease their hair on purpose. It's the most realistic way of grooming our hair in the case of black and indian people, it's to keep our hair healthy , clean and neat. the fact that oiled /slicked back hair is not part of white cultural practices drives home the problematic nature of this " new" aesthetic.

[@ferelithian]

@@politereminder6284 Also, it is not a correct name for white hair. It could just be slick hairstyle or whatnot. Not a native speaker though so idk.

[@politereminder6284]

@@ferelithian These tiktok trends try to label everything an aesthetic. "Oiled aesthetic" wasn't gonna cut it. So they had to make it cooler. 😅

[@Thepriestessdeath]

Rubs me the wrong way how it’s being called “clean girl” now that it’s white cuz that ties into white purity rhetoric and poc get depicted as dirty…its wrong on a lot of levels and I find it creepy how often this occurs, I was looking at 1920s hair trends and i realized the waves look is absolutely mimicking woc hair too…which it’s like if we weren’t constantly trying to act like we’re a superior race it wouldn’t be a problem to admire and emulate but we don’t do that we just ridicule then steal…ugh it’s all so gross

[@blueblack3591]

haha

[@aishikamitra]

Our whole childhood, girls were regarded as old-fashioned because they had sleek, oiled braided hair and wore only lip gloss and a bit of kajal for makeup. I always thought it made me look basic!

[@ritikasharma3362]

True

[@sabrinaswinconeck]

Right and got made fun of bc they thought I looked dirty or getto and now all these girls act like it’s a beauty trend I used get stuff poured in me if I had slick backed braided hair

[@thegreengatsby9803]

Hey, just up the ante - we all know white women tend to be the most desirable and lauded in Western society - play the game, just do it better - keep rocking this style and follow people who are trendsetting from places that are not Western

[@sabrinaswinconeck]

Sure I never followed trends and ended up creating some along the way lol needed to I ended up getting my husband just being me in the first date

[@deanna.radiant]

Lmbo I'm a brown girl and never ever been bullied for the "clean girl" look, infact to me it's being naturally beautiful with less makeup etc or that everyday well groomed look when you staying home. Now they label what's normal for all women as "Clean girl look" and try to own it. Lol Unbelievable! And how the heck is this considered "ghetto and trashy"? It's the other way around! No the "clean girl" look is not just for colored people, it's something white european mediterranean girls been doing as well and I'm positive majority of women "all around the world" do this as a normal part of their daily routine without knowing it's the "new" trend! Well nowadays mental illnesses are trends too so I shouldn't be surprised! Please let all people enjoy whatever "looks" they prefer! YOLO lol🌻

[@raesthetic_]

Absolutely agree with you. I've a different point of view though. I'm living in a south Asian country and when I was young yes many ppl thought too much oil and lip balm is "not cool" maybe "ghetto" (but in our native language it's khet). And it was brown ppl themselves. It has nothing to do with racism, it's just trends changes no matter what

[@deanna.radiant]

@@raesthetic_ That's great to know. I've seen majority of south asian women are naturally SO BEAUTIFUL and young looking. Yeah, almost all women of all cultures and traditions groom and look after themselves in their own way. Those who prefer to keep their natural, well groomed look with little to no makeup is now been labeled as "Clean girl look" lmbo! Idc about labeling, I just can't stand when a certain group of people try to own it as their thing and call others racist for doing it. "CultUrAl ApPrOpRiAtIoN". I guess anything to maintain and entertain that victim mentality Lol.

[@KamalasNotLikeUs]

“Colored people”? Pretty sure that’s racist. I guess we know whom you really are.

[@pink_yoshi]

agreed, and cultures aren’t specific to race, it comes with it. since the time of human existence different cultures and the things that come with it have been distributed and taken by others.

[@gabrieleruediger957]

Watch 2000's TV shows then. I guess you did not get it

[@angiemarin4465]

Who else remember their abuela making a partido en medio with her long ass nails, combing and pulling your hair into a cola de caballo and adding a ton of gel until it was so sleek that you looked "japonecita" o "chinita" bc of the pulled eyes (listen, I know this has a racist connotation now but back then they used to tell us that😭), and if it weren't enough, putting a big ass moño on top🥰

[@palakjain510]

in India also this look was instilled by our grandmother to make us look more 'sincere' and also a staple look for schools in India for girls. we use to put coconut/Jasmine oils and put 2 tight braids. but in after school hours if someone would do it they'll called 'Champakali' signifying dripping in Jasmine oil but used as a slang for girls sincere outside of school. no one was bullied though.

[@zenagitana]

Not racist if you wanted to emulate the look. Looking "chinita" for caribeñas is a compliment.

[@not_botheredd9893]

@@zenagitana its still racist to try and change your race for fashion

[@not_botheredd9893]

lol im caribbean and my mum would do the same thing, she even said the thing about "looking asian" from how tight you have to tie it (wow those were so times 😬)

[@alim.9801]

Yes but it was my mother and damn if she didn't tug that hairbrush so hard 😭

[@anniegrigoriyan7905]

Ballerinas and military woman have left the chat

[@yurmom_]

as they should cause all they do is have their hair in a bun 🙂

[@josephineosei1151]

Fr lol

[@lindakarlson1026]

So have Italian and Spanish, Chinese and Norwegians. This bs is sooo annoying

[@hamasakibibou7433]

fr they didn't invent shit

[@dOVERanalyst]

Indians since 145000 years I mean that was the MOST COMMON hairstyle for heaven's sake.

[@sady1139]

This has been my look since I was a kid, especially when my hair was unwashed 🤣 “clean girl” my A’s

[@kid-ava]

as a black girl, I never really heard of the clean girl aesthetic or anything like that growing up, but many aspects of it like the long nails, slicked back hair, minimal outfits, hoop earrings (heavy on that) were and still even now seen as ratchet, ghetto, hood or whatever. which is funny, since these things were often originally used by WOC to assimilate into white feminine culture and beauty standards as our natural features: coily hair, wide nose, big lips were seen as undesirable and unprofessional. now it's a trend to other people, just sad and disgusting

[@milaliah]

We did it to look like them and now they do it to look like us ……

[@Eleventyeleventh]

From my understanding, you never heard the term ‘clean girl’ cause it was previously called ghetto. Now it’s called ‘clean girl’ to accommodate the you know what race that has adopted the aesthetic.

[@Breathefreemylove]

@@milaliah nah, white women are just doing looks that they’ve been doing. It’s true that WOC did that to assimilate with white femininity and styles but that doesn’t mean white women are doing anything different based off of your race. It’s honestly ridiculous to assume so, it would be like if women wore something to assimilate with men in the work environment and then years later men are still doing the same thing but women say that the men are trying to be like women. This aesthetic was just never named before for white women because it was the standard white woman thing. But now it seems that absolutely everything must have a label nowadays and so we’re now labeling styles and trying to pretend like it’s something new when it’s really been around for quite some time. Basically, chill, white women are just living their lives, it has nothing to do with you✌️

[@dom7926]

I never rlly thought ab it and never had the aspects of it in my life growing up, but I remember being in a group home years ago and all the black girls were trying to get me to let them slick my hair back and do my edges and when I finally did it they were all hyping me up and the Hispanic girls calling me a chola, I felt so pretty (I’m mixed black Cuban and white) what’s funny is my parents did think that style was ghetto and still do, my mom is from the islands and they tend to look down on black American culture low key

[@Ayo142]

So you can't discriminate it, and you can't say it's beautiful and look up to it. Make your mind. Also, most people in the Americas are mixed anyway.

[@dr.d8501]

Exactly!! My childhood I'm fully sleek cuz my mom did it to me. She reads no Vogue magazines nor does she knows anything about other country fashion. She perfectly dolled me up in my beautiful Tamil heritage way and now I understand what she did.

[@vantae9158]

What hairstyle was it....?

[@kirubhashankar7511]

​@@vantae9158 usually we wear a slick braid

[@thekatelier1447]

Slick back double braids with ribbon… my friend used to call me “Aapa Sati “ for it…😂

[@dr.d8501]

@@thekatelier1447 exactly 😂😂

[@JG-lb6ld]

I don’t think white women are “claiming” this look. It’s just a look. Every look comes from someplace or someone. Let’s keep things in perspective and not get bothered by the little things.

[@celinemara565]

But it is being attributed to white women as if women of color haven’t been doing this for decades

[@normalabbie]

Exactly 💯

[@Lima_Lima_Lima]

lol

[@-sunflower-1925]

Thank you for saying this. We gotta focus on more important things in life. Nobody is stealing and nobody “owns” a look, get over it.

[@gladitsnotme]

You contradicted yourself. You said every look comes from someplace and someone. So what's wrong with crediting that place and that someone?

[@idkman3316]

Wait I thought the clean girl aesthetic was having your life together, wearing simple clothes, and simple makeup 💀 I’m really dumb

[@gemmadidit4118]

You are NOT dumb. Just a little dramatic 😁

[@stareaholethrewu]

You’re not dumb that’s what it used to mean

[@melodyvalentine8779]

You're not dumb. That is what it means. It's basically the girl next door look or a minimalist chic look. It's got nothing to do with being white, everyone is doing this at the minute, they just chose to show white celebs to back up their point. Nobody was made fun of for dressing like this either. The slicked back hair was a 90s trend, that everyone did, so people wouldn't have been bullying black and brown women for something that was in fashion and they were also doing 🙃

[@kellygreengables3936]

​@@melodyvalentine8779I agree with your overall point that the clean girl aesthetic doesn't have to do with race. However, black and brown women definitely do get put down for doing the same things that white women do sometimes, whether that thing is popular or not. Double standards like that are literally why some women of color take issue with the trend.

[@DuckLover33118]

@@kellygreengables3936there’s really nothing that we can do to stop haters, so just do want you want and ignore them. No aesthetic should be limited to one race.

[@SayasIpleaseheaux]

We had to establish the “clean girl aesthetic” for ourselves to conform to “professional” standards.

[@Beyoncessister]

Preach! Bc à slicked back neat bun when I first went natural was Deff my “I’m going on an interview” look 😂

[@sendnoodle5]

It's gross that you trying to look professional got labeled as trashy or ghetto. I'm so sorry about that. And now it's clean girl because white women wear it?

[@staceym.6052]

This is the one !

[@ThePrettiestCommenter]

@@Beyoncessister YESSSS !!!! 😂😂😂 I put my hair in a slick back bun for my interviews. With the teeny tiny studs or small little hoops because I need to *seem* conservative, classy, and corporate💀😂😂

[@mamajulia4733]

@@ThePrettiestCommenter that part

[@Pur9leRain]

I miss the days when there was no set aesthetic. Can’t we all just enjoy dressing up without damn labels and feeling the need to constantly acknowledge every single nation or group or sub group skin colour they may or may not have done it before?! I would hate to have to use a time machine to go back and acknowledge to a midwife from the 40s in East End slum that I am inspired by her because that’s my jam currently. I’m not being facetious, I got myself a Pashley bike and everything.

[@purplenavajo]

Also the brown lined lips with the gloss,BW been wearing forever

[@lovejunkie6078]

Ya so we’re women I’m the 80s. Stop 🙄

[@janeth3008]

​@@lovejunkie6078and what about the lips?

[@lifestyleswitneffy]

@@lovejunkie6078 she’s telling the truth we use to rock that pencil around the lips but they said it was ghetto I’m from the islands and that’s the way most wore our hair

[@b3ckyxg851]

I remember my sister and all her friends all had brown lip liner.. was just the 90s

[@Improv16]

Hispanic women were called chola. All kinds of things that weren’t in style now are

[@louisachalarca6494]

I wanted to be white cuz I knew that was the bar and now only as an adult do I undo that thinking

[@jasmineshelton759]

SAME... you are not alone on that one, glad to say I made it to the other side ♡

[@rw7717]

I was called white boy in school. I dressed like a nerd and took programming classes.

[@liliebilie]

I’ve heard a lot of people say this and to this day I will never understand it as a POC. Yes, I felt angry that people didn’t recognize our beauty as much or made fun of our cultures but I never wanted to be white. I’m very proud of my cultural background and can’t imagine being anything or anyone else. I think it’s due to being raised to believe that we were beautiful, our culture was beautiful. Maybe it’s because I’m 2nd Gen so my parents never had to deal with racism until adulthood so they didn’t teach me any of the self esteem issues they may have struggled with if they were raised here. Then again I’ve heard other 2nd gens saying they wished they were white. I really don’t know.

[@SilviaIsachsen]

I’m Italian, and I believe that women of all races should bond together and stick up for one another we’ve got bigger fish to fry . Let’s unite and be stronger rather than tear select races down. We are women and our possibilities are limitless. Love 🌺

[@wozawzky]

You mean bigger issue like......hidden racism? The least you can do is to be an ally and hear our voices.

[@5StarHobo]

Why do people need to give credit to use this hairstyle, it's not like white people never used gel or lip gloss? This is so insane to me, I'm hispanic too. Yall do whatever u want

[@leahmay1506]

I don’t think people need to give credit, but at the same time, why lie and attribute it to someone else?

[@ja7124]

@@leahmay1506 This look has been around forever. I wore it in the 80’s. Still have my gold hoops too.

[@its_supreme]

People who get mad over things like this hate their own life so they can't find joy within themselves :]

[@ginam2817]

so that's what they're calling it now, huh? I've been rocking this look since my 20's and I'm 55 now.. Women of color have rocked this look for decades...

[@psychopeticahermetico9478]

White women as well, actually. It's a simple style that many like

[@Bl0ndB0mb]

All women have been rocking this look for decades.

[@laurencameron3150]

@@Bl0ndB0mb If That’s were true, this video wouldn’t have been made in the first place! 😂

[@laurencameron3150]

@@psychopeticahermetico9478 If That’s were true, this video wouldn’t have been made in the first place! 😂

[@Maddiglow]

​@@laurencameron3150 people make videos base on emotions not facts All women did this

[@Ashley-oc4uy]

So sick of the racism card being pulled out for everything. We segregate ourselves this way . Can't we all just rock any look no mater who started it. If you like it wear it.

[@its_supreme]

Exactly. If you like the goth look. Enjoy. If you like the rockstar look, enjoy. If you wanna look trashy and ghetto, enjoy. The clean girl aesthetic is just a label for a look that communicates: I'm clean, put together, organized, drama free, minimalistic, chill, healthy. They think ohhh it's all about slick hair and hoops. You can wear the same hair and jewelry, but it doesn't mean the whole look will vibe the same. And that's exactly what all these people are mad about. In this "example" photos, those girls are wearing colors like black, and red, with bling everywhere. LOUD af. That's a look to seduce someone, not what clean girl aesthetics is all about. They wanna look like boss ladies, not hoes.

[@naveerarizwan5329]

Just white women not wanting to take accountability.

[@jenniferspurlock6362]

I specifically remember my friends of color getting bullied for this in school so it really does shock me that all the sudden it’s a trend when I don’t even see the point in calling it a “clean girl” aesthetic in the first place. social media has a tendency to try and put a label on everything even if somebody has been doing it for years, we should acknowledge where the look came from because there are women who wore it way before Haley Bieber .

[@Willowtree82]

There is two looks for all women the natural look and the heavy make-up look and as an older women each decade it changes. In the 70s natural look, in 80s heavy make-up in the 90s natural look in the 2000s heavy make-up, the 2010s continued with even heavier make-up and now we are seeing some go back to natural look again. The media makes everything about race for clicks and engagement in the comments. They love Baiting everyone don't fall for it.

[@danarodgers8736]

The fact this is even an issue proves just how ridiculous Americans are at this point in history. I’ve NEVER heard a single person EVER disparage a girl/woman for having slicked back hair, gold hoops, and lipgloss. EVER. I’ve worn this look since I was a kid, had friends who did as well. I was the only person at my high school who wore lime green hoops as an alternative to always wearing gold. I read a couple of years ago that the reason the US has gotten so over the top ridiculous over EVERYTHING is because we have to create conflict, because we don’t live in fear of war happening in our country. We’ve had it easy in many ways, and unconscious guilt creates “battles” where none actually exist. That seemed far fetched and crazy when I read it, but I’m at a point now where I believe it. I can’t imagine living my life looking for ways to separate myself from other people just because of their colour, because in all honesty, that’s what this is all about.

[@artvulture456]

"the bigger the hoops the bigger the hoe" was a phrase I learned in the 3rd grade. just because you didn't experience something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. stupid I ever have to tell you that

[@its_supreme]

People with negative mindsets tend to love making problems out of nothing. Normal healthy people would either go "I love it" or, "It's cool but it's not for me" and then move on with their lives. All these lil B***tches can't find happiness within themselves so they hate on what other people like

[@rachelpatterson2327]

I graduated HS in 2005 in dutchess county NY, half the school was white heritage and the other half was Hispanic (mainly PR) and black, there was no hysteria or conflicts and no one made fun of Hispanic girls with this look; in fact, a lot of the white girls were copying that look as well because we all thought it was cool at the time, it was when JLO was really blowing up. People are just so sensitive these days with social media, thank goodness I went to HS back then, so much simpler

[@savannahhalm]

This makeup trend has been around for women in general who want to wear simple makeup and not look ‘too done’ I don’t think it was only black or Latina women doing clean makeup. This is too woke for me cuz it’s a reach 😂

[@vesselfit2use]

they are grasping at invisible straws. this new generation is weak. this look is for women. all women have been doing this. all this stupid division when women are women regardless of skin color.

[@LaciRae]

i’m 43 (& white). i have been wearing ponytails & lipgloss since i was little (decades). i wore hoops for a while at some point. but none of it was because i was trying to steal anyone’s looks/culture. i thought i was allowed to wear ponytails, lipgloss, & whatever earrings i had at the time.

[@KamalasNotLikeUs]

Let’s be real though: Your skin is “too woke” for you. Keep at it. Maybe they’ll let you scrub their floors.

[@OopsIDidItAgainUh]

You are right, simple, 'clean girl' makeup has been embraced by women of all backgrounds. However, one interesting aspect to consider is the historical and cultural context. In some cultures, achieving the 'clean girl' look involved extensive rituals and traditions that went beyond just makeup. For example, certain women from the black, and brown Latina and Asian communities, often have elaborate beauty routines, including weekly hair care practices, homemade skincare remedies, and aromatic rituals. These practices are deeply ingrained in their cultural heritage. In contrast, when this trend was popularized by white women, it often carried a different societal perception. That is why, some women of colour tend to credit the origins of these trends to their ancestors. The aim here is not to diminish anyone's experience but to shed light on the diversity and depths of beauty traditions. I hope I am clear.

[@nooomi422]

Gurl if u r brown back white light skin or whatever u just do what u feel like doing and what makes u happy and if u think people bullying u or judging u about something I think u should stop caring about what people think cuz u won't get anywhere with that mindset... Remember yall r different kinds of beauty🥺❤️

[@cinnamontoastmeme]

So now lip gloss and slicked back hair is cultural appropriation? Chile I'm out yall be buggin.

[@GhGh-ci8ld]

no one is saying you cant wear it, all these girls look great. the problem is they wear the style and people like it, POC wear the style and get bashed for it, and then they rename it something like the “clean girl look” and everyone forgets about who ACTUALLY popularized the style. So its cultural appropriation by definition, not that theyre wearing, but that theyre calling it something else and replacing the image of POC with white people instead

[@cinnamontoastmeme]

@@GhGh-ci8ld this style of makeup has been around since the 80s ain't nobody appropriating anything it's just a style of makeup also since when is it part of anyone's culture?

[@ichomej3837]

Who on earth said this look is something to be ashamed of ever?? What?? Lmao

[@LaciRae]

no one. they’re just trying to get people riled up over nothing.

[@ichomej3837]

@@LaciRae as per usual because people have too much time on their hands these days 🙄 lol

[@gladitsnotme]

Found the guy who didn't watch the video

[@Emilyehhe]

@@ichomej3837this generation is sensitive

[@Bea-v9q]

You're not lying. 😒​@@Emilyehhe

[@joy_air]

To be clear, there is a world out there that is not the United States. And there, in this world, this style was in use, like, forever. No one "created" it specifically, but now some have made it popular. And I just don't get it. If you have some trait that has now become popular - why not just use it and be happy? I'd be overjoyed if someone made frizzy and messy hair fashionable. Seriously.

[@not_botheredd9893]

because things in the west only become popular (or at least respectable) through white women, meaning poc don't get the chance to be properly accepted

[@kazuha_joda]

Yap… I have the same thoughts. For me, as a non-American, the “clean look” has always been associated with ballerinas and i have been using it ever since I learned how to do my hair for school by myself (≈15 years ago). Simply because it is comfortable way to wear hair and such makeup is easy to do and it's almost invisible (In my country most schools don’t allow makeup)

[@joy_air]

@@not_botheredd9893 popular for whom? Because I can bet, some old ladies in countries where everyone poc, did such style when they were young too. And maybe not so young. They didn't wait for some "white women" to make it popular. And it's only normal, that after one or two good-looking white girls tried this style, it once again become popular for the white girls.

[@joy_air]

@@kazuha_joda yes, I also think about ballerinas! And many of my friend do such style since I don't even remember when. So strange to hear that someone "created" a thing half the globe away from you, and because of that you must or must not to do something.

[@milfs9862]

I dont think you get it. People are mad because when poc did it people put them down and made fun of it, but now that white girls are doing it its seemed as “beautiful and clean.” People are complaining about the racism

[@Garbeaux.]

People reading way too deep into this. 😂

[@FeelFree30]

My Gosh, I'm 30 now, and I never knew this was a thing.. I was wearing this style from primary to high school.. I'm not even Latina or black.. it's just hairstyles.. yall can't keep gatekeeping everything.

[@Priya-im2bx]

yup as a South Asian, I rocked the sleek hair since I was in kindergarten (credits to mom applying coconut oil😂😂) and not to. mention the gold earrings .

[@CarriedAwayChannel]

We used to wear this in the 80’s. It’s a trend and style like anything else.

[@ja7124]

Thank you. I was about to say the same thing. I wore hoop earring, lip gloss, high smooth back ponytail or I went for the big 80’s hair. Everything comes back around again in fashion. Everyone so up tight about everything today.

[@SleepyGothCat]

As a colored Asian who uses oil and do ponytail or bun to keep my hair healthy and sleek all my life, I really just consider this as a classic aesthetic. The 'Murican wokes are turning it into a racism thing again and getting offended over everything. 🤣

[@Wolfiejester]

Stop acting like a victim. Brown girl here… we need to stop this victimization trend for god’s sake.

[@emilyrose3490]

But it’s true, almost every trend came from people of color (even full subcultures), except it was popularized by white people (take for example rock music). The issue isn’t this fashion trend at all, it’s that every time anything gets popular, the wrong people are credited

[@minigol91]

​@@emilyrose3490yup

[@Wolfiejester]

@@emilyrose3490 there are more brown and black people on the planet than any other race so idk how it is treated like a new trend. We are just stuck in the past and acting like a victim when there are many other important things to worry about.

[@bekahhooper9852]

we seriously do not have to make everything a thing.

[@misstelly2821]

Yes we do. We have to completely rock your world so that you realize it’s not all about you or ppl who look like you

[@v.k.mensah2093]

​@@misstelly2821 What?

[@v.k.mensah2093]

​@@misstelly2821 Is this what you think of people who don't look like *you* when they don't pay publicly acknowledge the cultural origins of every little thing that they do?

[@lr2ldn]

@@misstelly2821 THIS!

[@trestonmalone5072]

@@misstelly2821 I think she meant to say that white folk don’t have to make things “acceptable” in the publics eyes. If I’m wrong, I retract what I sai but that’s how I interpreted it

[@wittysass3812]

Now you can't even wear a pony tail and some lipgloss without being called out for some time of "appropriation". My god what's next 😂

[@lesliewit]

Next could be white people refraining from stereotyping and marginalizing people one moment, and then adopting the cultural practices of others and behaving as if they invented it. That could come next, and then nobody would have to worry about it.

[@wittysass3812]

@@lesliewit Complaining about stereotypes while simultaneously generalizing and stereotyping an entire group of people based on their skin color, classy It's almost 2023 and we gotta find new ways to be offended smh 🤦‍♀️

[@LaciRae]

it feels like a joke being played on us. trying to get us to fight each other over nothing. & it’s working, of course.

[@wittysass3812]

@@LaciRae I know it's sad really. It's literally just a new form of segregation masquerading as "social justice" yet people can't see it for what it is

[@RandomSwiftie13]

Nobody is calling it appropriation, nobody in the video said white women can't wear it, they are just pointing out that white women didn't invent this look because people in the fashion industry are pretending as if they did.

[@jessicabibbles]

It’s literally the most basic look that every race does

[@Robin-v6t2c]

❤❤❤

[@taferaldi]

Fr

[@albertamathurin7084]

Nope it's woc

[@analog_girl_in_a_digital_world]

Yeah, like what?!? I had no idea my basic go to look for school 20 something years ago (minus the quite heavy make up they show here) is so "controversial". But then again, I'm from Europe 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Strawberrymilklov]

Literally

[@ShanecaRene]

the same thing happened when Kim K wore those braids and all off a sudden it was fashion 😂😂 like really?!? I've been wearing braids since I was a little girl 💀 (now I wear locs)

[@hamasakibibou7433]

Congratulations?

[@dcaramelone]

It's only fashion to other white women when one of their own does it. They dont think of black and brown women as style icons.

[@hamasakibibou7433]

@@dcaramelone you mean the same way you've been wearing blothing invented, made by white ppl. Comming from European cultures ?

[@CroatanWolf44]

Kim K coming for them locs next 😂😂😂

[@mfeka007]

and they gave them a new name and all. forgetting that all cultures have their own tribal braids

[@emilyp3150]

The clean girl look belongs to no one. Styles come and go, the human race can look however they want.

[@dcaramelone]

Not if you make fun of other races for doing it then start doing it yourself Karen. Stop with the mucroaggressions.

[@tamaracarter1836]

Exactly. Look up Elizabeth Woodville for example (Queen of England during the 1400s), to see slicked back hair and minimal makeup. This was a style used in medieval and Renaissance Europe for centuries; and it does not belong to any specific skin tone.

[@emilyp3150]

@@dcaramelone 🤔

[@incomprehensiblevoid]

No one said it belonged to anyone. The problem is black and brown women are made fun of and seen as "ghetto" for their big lips, big asses, slicked back hair, lined lips with gloss, and hoop earrings. But now that white women do it, it's "beautiful", "clean" and "aesthetic". The problem is black women are told that braids are "unprofessional", but white women who get braids are "beautiful" and "exotic". The fact that people don't realize that that's the problem is annoying.

[@montanarunswithwolves]

Stop fighting ladies. Who fing cares. Caring on with your life ❤

[@elena.was.hereee]

frrr

[@montanarunswithwolves]

@@elena.was.hereee 💗💗

[@elena.was.hereee]

@@montanarunswithwolves

[@sinnaminshouse3]

Thank you for this video. It is truly appreciated because when you got called ghetto or trashy for it for so long and then get no credit for this “new style” it does something to your mental. WOC deserve some type of recognition for a lot of style choices that are now popular ❤

[@ja7124]

Credit for what? I wore this style in the 80’s, it’s not new.

[@Lunchbox-Friends]

@@ja7124 you slow😩 she didn’t say it was new…..but everyone else is acting like it is….that’s why the original comment has new style written like this…..”new style”

[@Jennilovesmakeup82]

I hope you feel beautiful today. Don't ever feel ashamed for what style you have liked in the past or currently. Your shade of skin is gorgeous and diversity is beautiful. Embrace who you are and what you represent. Your culture, style and fashion is an expression of your unique spirit 😘

[@hachisthoughts]

No individual woman who likes this trend Is hurting anyone and certainly not intentionally, so I believe this type of victimization/blame game is divisive and unnecessary.

[@gabrieleruediger957]

It hurts individually and it becomes intentional when white woman refuse to recognize when that trend came from

[@aideenosullivan6531]

I’m not saying I understand this particular issue because I don’t but growing up I was really badly bullied for having freckles. Now everyone is just drawing on what spent year being bullied for. It hurts.

[@beatriceolinmah237]

Exactly what it's like. It's not fair.

[@laa4903]

It's heartbreaking to think that everything I used to get teased for, whether it was my interests, lunches I brought, or the stereotypes people tried to make against me, are now "popular" and "trendy" when they made me feel ashamed and called me names for. Growing up I've watched anime and listened to first-gen Kpop because that's what my parents enjoyed and shared with me and my sister, the way I drew people would say "oh you like those Japanese cartoons..." With the tone meant to demean it. Now that I have grown up people have made it a trend "to be Asian" as they used slurred and pulled at the side of their eyes to mock me and I could do nothing because "they didn't know better". It just disappointing and upsetting watching the people who made me feel bad, now try to gatekeep and claim credit for things like anime, Kpop, more asian-traditional food, and things like kdramas and Manhwas/Manhuas. Like, let's enjoy it together, but don't try to make it seem like it's always been a part of you.

[@brisebastiano4974]

Hi there🙂 I like your comment and would honestly like to ask you some questions on how to respectfully appreciate the cultures of others, if you wouldn't mind? Though anime and kpop aren't specifically things I know much about (although I'm slowly dipping my toe into the anime pool, there's just so much cool content it's overwhelming man! Lol), I am curious about how as a *cough cough basic bitch* white person (Scottish, Irish, Hungarian, Welsh) one could could get excited and inspired by the cultures of others without offense. I guess my question really is, how can I best take the inspiration and channel it into my own life in a way that shows deserved respect from it's original culture and those apart of it?

[@laa4903]

@@brisebastiano4974 honestly culture is somthing that was meant to be widely appreciated and shared, my problem was not people like more traditionally Asian things, it was just the flippancy of them bullying me for it and then acting like they found it when it was trendy. Just don't be disrespectful, I'm sure lots of native from any country are proud to expand their presence in the world and liking something or being openly enthusiastic isn't culture oppropriation, for me at the very least, culture oppropriation is when a culture is made into a character that's overall not reflective of the actual culture. So you can openly express however you feel about anime just don't be disrespectful, I've never fully understood why some things are called oppropriation, but do you research (,i.e. traditional clothes learn how to wear them properly, don't just by the first Amazon result 💀) but thanks again I think you should be fine since you've already aware of it, just don't be disrespectful

[@actuallyNo...]

yea sucks, right? well that's life, sweetie, and it happen to ever SINGLE person on Earth regardless if your male, female or ehur u from. This just an example ; 1 of billions. Get mad at somethin worth while cause u ain't special an this not an exclusive party. 😗

[@laa4903]

@@actuallyNo... ok

[@alanaGrant-Stuart]

I’m Indian and the last statement where the girl said she used to get bullied for having oil and a slick back braid really hit the nail on the head.

[@crayz6399]

No, they’re not right and let me tell you why we need to stop gatekeeping outfits and hairstyles. It’s so ridiculous. No one can own a hairstyle or a piece of clothing wear what you wanna wear and don’t apologize for it.

[@stripedpolkadots8692]

Not the issue at all, white people should stop bullying non white people for the things they do (and then stealing that thing) and then this wouldnt even be an issue

[@crayz6399]

@@stripedpolkadots8692 let me tell you what the issue is people think because of specific clothing belongs to a specific religion or culture that it’s automatically theirs. Well, let me tell you something culture and religion or interchangeable. Anyone in the world can have a religion or culture shouldn’t be getting gate keep. If you want to wear some thing and it’s from a different religion or culture go for it, no one can own a culture. Just because in your culture you do something doesn’t mean others from other places in the world can’t wear the same thing it’s not mocking half the time it’s people just trying to learn other cultures.

[@chavi2633]

The problem isn’t that people of other ethnicities are wearing the clean girl look the problem is that the same trendy look which woc have been bullied and made fun off for wearing for decades (and I mean literal decades like there is evidence of the so called clean girl look from pre independent india) is suddenly okay when a white person does it it is simply pointing out the hypocrisy of the whole trend not saying white people shouldn’t wear it

[@KDbelieves]

As a black woman from Harlem I was confused af becuase this is just a basic everyday makeup look.

[@Willowtree82]

There is two looks for all women the natural look and the heavy make-up look and as an older women each decade it changes. In the 70s natural look, in 80s heavy make-up in the 90s natural look in the 2000s heavy make-up, the 2010s continued with even heavier make-up and now we are seeing some go back to natural look again. The media makes everything about race for clicks and engagement in the comments. They love Baiting everyone don't fall for it.

[@ziolp]

Exactly. Once they co-op something then it's new.... The double standard.

[@CrownedOne919]

Thank you! Another OLD SCHOOL Harlem girl right here. Mommy and my Big Sis used to mostly put my hair in braids and pigtails and ponytails, and my hair was pulled back even like THIS some days. And I'm sure some folks can remember that Diana Ross used to wear her hair like that, on multiple occasions. I love how they label all these styles and trends in the last 40 years, when all they seem to be are recycled looks or timeless classic looks. THESE. PEOPLE. ARE. SO. DAMN. STOOOOOOPID.

[@Frankie.s]

Literally I saw that style in almost all 70s/80s movies. What the hell are you talking about.

[@adrianav2732]

I don't remember anyone being bullied for slicked back hair, gold hoops, and lipgloss?? I remember a melting pot of races doing JUST THIS. what are yall on??

[@_ayesha-erotica_]

fr sorry but what ppl call hot Cheeto girl is SO different to clean girl the only simarity is slicked back hair 😭

[@gabrieleruediger957]

In your private school? Right

[@adrianav2732]

@gabrieleruediger957 shows how much you know. I didn't go to private school sweetie.

[@2012Lboogie]

I didn’t know it was all the rage 😅 lol I’ve worn my slick back buns and ponytails with hoops and lip gloss plenty of times over the past 30 years smh 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@missmaddox]

People just like to look for reasons to be upset when their lives are too easy tbh

[@boredom5291]

Just because only few brown women are not bullied doesn't mean remaining brown women are also not bullied it depends upon the people surrounding them. Not all of the white community members are bullies right?. Or maybe she lived in a black community The people who pointed it out were the people who got bullied by the white community for doing the "clean girl" look. Being bullied for following their culture/tradition is not living their life easily. If brown women follow their culture they get bullied but when white women do it it's a "normal trend". If we switch the race would it be the same for white community women? Would they not raise their voice about it?

[@juliettevt44]

can we just… not? just dress however you want you really don’t need to get mad about it.

[@katlovegood4921]

but we shouldn't say we invented something that people were bullied for, eh? like, wear what u want, white or poc, but don't say u invented shit u didnt

[@juliettevt44]

@@katlovegood4921 nobidy said white people invented it😭 literally everyone tries to blame shit on us, but if it was the other way around it’s be way worse

[@missironmouse]

Since when is having slicked back hair ghetto?? What? To me the clean girl look just looks like a basic every day look. Idk maybe cuz everyone I grew up with looked liked this and so did I at some points. Idk this looks early 2ks to me

[@namedrop721]

It’s because the butthurt people aren’t old enough to remember. I was there, and chola is not clean girl.

[@nuclearwessels2078]

When I was growing up, everyone was doing the slick back, lip gloss, hoop earrings. This was in the 2000s. This was popular among people on second day hair. J.Lo was the rage, and kids wanted to emulate her style. That being said, I don't know if it might be different for different areas.

[@ImpressDivinity]

​@@namedrop721 no it's because those who are old enough to remember is calling this shit out.

[@alejandraponce6214]

@@nuclearwessels2078 lmao Jlo is Latina and she was sporting a typical latina’s style. she didn’t come up with it herself and then everyone wanted to do what she did. Jlo used the influence in our community and did it her way which is what we all loved. Try to twist it however you want but this is a Latina style and now yts want to claim it as their own.

[@psychoPilgrim36]

@@namedrop721 really? Because im pretty sure the people who arent old enough to remember are the ones perpetuating this trend? 🤔 is it not a bunch of late teens/early 20s girls who are doing this look now? You’re just looking for a reason to invalidate a valid point and to hate on the younger generation

[@Heylollie343]

Hayley Bieber is half Latina, and Bella is half Palestinian... apparently if you're white-passing, culture is off limits...

[@Vasquez.213]

She's white. Stop

[@Heylollie343]

@@Vasquez.213 I mean, Middle Eastern people are technically Caucasian, and many Latin American people have mixed European heritage. But Hailey's mother is Brazilian, and Bella's father is Palestinian. I mean, names don't get much more Arabic than "Hadid". I don't know why this is even under dispute.

[@onlyforcomments8836]

​@@Heylollie343 As if these people complaining about it would care about their heritage. They have fair skin and that's all that matters to them.

[@syrinx114]

@@Vasquez.213 She truly is half Brazilian. You stop.

[@gabrieleruediger957]

Bieber is not half latina as you imagine it. Her mom is from Minas Gerais in Brazil and has italian heritage, not hispanic. I know ignorance towards that aspect is a card to make white woman pass with their lazyness to recognize a trend that is latino. I'm from brazilian south and have german citizenship because my poor grandfather came to Brazil during the war. It is everywhere in south america, all kinds of ethnic backgrounds including hispanic trends that have been portraited as trashy, slutty and less desirable tilllll.... american and european woman are using it! Awesome! Before you claim it, at least recognize who created it

[@mirayo7876]

I do think that style looks more classy and elegant than the 90's latina or black version of it tho.

[@niclaci6093]

Ahm....sorry, but outside USA this style always existed. I like The Take contents but this is soooo americacentric. You are not the only one in the world, you know?

[@Kenny-vv2qo]

"Clean Girl"...another name for "Cover Girl." Fresh-clean-face and wearing light "natural" daytime makeup. Enhancing the natural beauty features mom and dad gave ya. They acting like its shameful.

[@JustMe-vs1kj]

Thank you. People seriously don’t know what the esthetic is and wanna talk about it lol 🥴 Idk why they attach clean girl to hoops or slick back ponytails. Some of the examples in the video weren’t even clean girl appropriate in my opinion. How can that even be assigned to a race let alone appropriated…. It’s ridiculous! Weren’t most of our grandmas “clean girl”? At least mine were…

[@Willowtree82]

There is two looks for all women the natural look and the heavy make-up look and as an older women each decade it changes. In the 70s natural look, in 80s heavy make-up in the 90s natural look in the 2000s heavy make-up, the 2010s continued with even heavier make-up and now we are seeing some go back to natural look again. The media makes everything about race for clicks and engagement in the comments. They love Baiting everyone don't fall for it.

[@THEREALPOOKIE18]

I feel like it is a look or whatever and yes it did come from somewhere else, but i always see clean girl as more of a life style.

[@chestchirecateyes]

As a BW, this look has been my look since forever! As teenagers/young women, we were only allowed to wear lip gloss on the face and gold or silver as jewellery!

[@Olialucky26]

OMG it seems like everything in our days is hurting everyone…. People are so sensitive over makeup and hair … that’s crazy! Just get over it!! There are so many serious problems out there right in front of your noses that you don’t see.

[@Generalstore83]

I’m Latina and I remember always crying when my mom would slick back my hair because I would see all the other girls in my class with their hair out making me stick out like a sore thumb

[@aprilmae13111]

In the 90s… we ALL wore our hair hair sprayed, slicked back in a high ponytail or bun, held up with a BIG ASS scrunchy or banana clip. I loved all my clothes oversized and gold hoops were the coolest! When I was in elementary school, I would fight with my mom to do my own hair (I wasn’t very good at it), but I thought I looked AMAZING! There wasn’t internet yet, no social media, no “influencers”, and not really too much comparing ourselves to celebs. Of course, we did still idolize girls/women on TV, models in magazines, but I mostly loved the looks of my fave musicians in their music videos. I loved Aaliyah, SUV, TLC, EnVogue, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey. I didn’t know they slicked their hair back for any reason other than they liked the look… nor did I think i was offending anyone when I did it. I’d sometimes allow my mom to braid my hair, into one or two braids and pull my front bangs out. Yet, as much as I didn’t think what I was doing was anything other than showing love for a style… I still knew not to rock a bandanna 2-Pac style, wear dreadlocks or rows, or gel/finger-wave my baby hairs (edges)… idk, as much as I loved those styles, I also knew some of it just wasn’t FOR ME. Even as an elementary school kid.. It was like an unwritten rule that you can respect it…. But don’t just straight copy another cultures style that isn’t yours or that you don’t fully understand. UNLESS… you wanna get your butt kicked. I love that young ppl today express themselves freely… but if in the public eye.. maybe they should mention where they got the inspiration from and why. Or maybe… As Americans, we are now getting so blended in our cultures.. that the younger generations don’t actually know where those styles came from?? Stealing the style, but then turning your head when a women who happens to be African American is stopped “randomly” when leaving a store because they suspect her for stealing due to the way she “looks”.. not cool. You Don’t have to be a White Knight… but also could just record to make sure ppl aren’t being unjustly treated. Or speak up when you hear ppl speak ill/gross behind closed doors. Idk.. maybe just truly love those who you replicate... may lead us to a less divided America.. we are way overdue for it!!! Sorry for the rant. 🫣

[@Willowtree82]

Get a grip. There is two looks for all women the natural look and the heavy make-up look and as an older women each decade it changes. In the 70s natural look, in 80s heavy make-up in the 90s natural look in the 2000s heavy make-up, the 2010s continued with even heavier make-up and now we are seeing some go back to natural look again. The media makes everything about race for clicks and engagement in the comments. They love Baiting everyone don't fall for it.

[@jeseverage-allen570]

Thank you. You said this well. It's not about wearing the style it's about not putting down POC for the look , then rocking the rhyme.

[@rosetyong]

I think it is more about the clothes they wear which are crucial in making that minimalistic look

[@stareaholethrewu]

True the beige thing they do 🤔

[@argarman09]

Idk where you're from but this is a fashion for all girls where I'm from. Doesn't matter what color or race you are. Maybe we should stop bitching about trends and worry about shit that actually matters.. or maybe that's just me.

[@pabloescobarschanclas]

yes, let’s bring race into something yet again……

[@spiritual_lifecoach_vab]

I was told my gold hoop earrings, slick back bun and shiny lips I was "ghetto" 20 yrs ago ... Amazing how it depends on if you have tanned skin tone vs light skin tone

[@karisbish]

So if I wear a slick pony and hoop earrings I have to tell everyone I see that J-Lo inspired me as a kid and not Bella Hadid on tiktok? Huh?

[@stareaholethrewu]

Deadass we gotta defend ourselves for ponytails now 😭

[@Canuck24_7]

You guys have history of demonizing things and calling it ghetto and unprofessional. Stealing these looks and acting like you came up with it. You don't need to say where you stole the look from because we already know it was taken from black and brown women.🙄

[@518corky]

I did that in 6th grade...nobody can own clear lipgloss or hair spray

[@prettygemini3432]

I didn't know you needed permission to tie your hair back neatly 💀💀

[@JustMe-vs1kj]

Yes appearantly if you have straight hair now you cannot even do a straight ponytail on your straight hair because now you’re appropriating people who don’t even have straight hair that do their hair in straight ponytails….. I wonder where they got the idea tho… I mean it’s almost if those people with non straight hair tried to make their hair look…. Straight… like those people with naturally straight hair have….

[@SomebodyInTheComments]

Well said, the both of you

[@stareaholethrewu]

@@JustMe-vs1kjit’s not cultural appropriation if you’re white apparently 😂😂😂

[@FeeESC]

Watch the goddamn video. Nobody says white women CANT WEAR IT. They all look great. Its the double standard. Its about the fact that WOC got bullied for the exact same thing white women get praised for right now. I felt the same way when Kylie got so famous for her lips when I got dragged through the mud for looking like a 'monkey'

[@helengeere5521]

She did the cutest look in the most disrespectful way💀

[@user-ny1wo1vp9r]

I'm so glad I'm not that I'm not that active on social media and don't have the time to follow all these 'aesthetics'. Keeping up with them sounds like a pain.

[@kindacalled777]

Ikr my hair has looked the same for the last 13 years how do people find the time? 😂

[@juliz2500]

@@kindacalled777 that's what I'm wondering.

[@screamprincess_m]

I felt bad for not making the connection right away, but it's true. I personally never did this aesthetic since my hair type was hard for me to work with let alone slick back. But I always loved when I saw black women and brown women do it because I wished I could... I never realized how much dirt these women would get for those looks, because I never experienced it myself. I just wished I could pull it off- but just because we don't experience it doesn't mean it didn't happen. My heart goes out to every woman that struggled through the hate and I hope they all know they are still beautiful before and after this aesthetic trend.

[@sideeffect2]

EVERY race has done this look before. No race can gatekeep a tight ponytail and light makeup 😂😂😂😂

[@212letliveonearth]

My mummy is, 51 and has been doing the clean girl look on a daily, basis at home and when she goes to work ( she is a teacher), heck both of my maternal and paternal grannies are in their 80s and are religiously in a clean girl look throughout the day ( and they wear very fancy gold designs) but obviously with just a lip balm, sometimes kajal ( used for eyes) and moisturiser with no modern makeup involved . Wow, I never knew it was so trendy now ( I am Indian by the way). Women here at work especially in educational institutions will be seen with this hair back with oil either braded in the back or made into a lower bun on the back...with earring ( mostly gold as it is a cultural thing like I have been wearing gold earing since I was 3 till now at 19..)

[@cindybogart6062]

I’m white. …. I have always had that look for work. I think it’s a great look for everyone!

[@AHD2105]

And was around and a big thing in the 1920s lol.

[@bellabrieeee]

​@@AHD2105 No, the 1920s were not about slicked back gelled buns. The 1920s were about shorter hairstyles for a more youthful look.

[@AHD2105]

@@bellabrieeee Their hair was slicked back the a curl in the front...and the gel was famous!

[@sgjdsyevkfhao]

​@@bellabrieeeedepends on were but 1850 to 1900s (00-10s) were sleeked back bun(was really important and fashion moves slowere in someplaces and it waries for everyone and for some they had sleeked bacj hair in 1920 but lore older people some younger too but mainstreem fashion was short bobs and low waist loose chlotes (and all countries who were christian atleast before 1850 and so ofcourse had sleeked back buns and braids since you have to cover your hair in christianity. Sleeked back hair is most convinent how can you work in loose hair it would just get in your face. Jewlery sleeked back hair and lipgloss(hydrated lips is what lipgloss makes lips look like) has been part of almost all cultures but not in the exact way or identical to latino culture you can find all parts in diffrent cultures but not the exact same, it is the same yet diffrent and it qas not a part if white american cultures at all they could atkest give people credit and treat people with respect they dont have to discriminate and then praise themselfs for doning the same that they discriminate others for.

[@user-fm4ip7lo8u]

Everything except the gold hoops is Air Force standard for women.

[@JapaneseVixenofArt]

This is enough internet for the day and it is not even 4:30 in the morning.

[@enoyna9495]

people in the community not being able to understand is funny

[@lillil8282]

Every fashion trend cycles from being in to being out. Maybe just dont worry what other people say and do what makes you happy?

[@dice5964]

My question is: why are we so mad about people using hairstyles and why do we care so much

[@stripedpolkadots8692]

Not the issue, and not the point

[@se-lene]

Because it's 2022 and people like to bitch about who stole from whom and why it's bad , with a side dish of racist and something-phobic accusations.

[@lero244]

@@se-leneyou don't think critically very often do you? stay in your little vacuum bubble where nothing has any effects instead of posting stupid comments

[@cosmicmuffin322]

Yes, and why are they shaming white women who follow this trend by saying that it's a "dirty deed"? This is how you cry wolf on racism.

[@Alexandra-oi3pd]

Omg people get offended by everything these days

[@paulakaye2108]

This was a a look that was made famous in the sixties and seventies by ballet dancers influenced by the Russian Ballet dancers they saw.

[@kevinsmithfan37]

seriously, you're really trying to claim this shit. Aussie girls from the shire have been sporting this look for at least 30 years

[@RtistiqSkubie]

30 years is a drop in the bucket though... you do realize that's early '90s right?

[@kevinsmithfan37]

@@RtistiqSkubie @@RtistiqSkubie that's only cause I'm 36, so as far back as I can remember it's been a super common style and it's not like we had the internet. I'm pretty confident the look would date back to the 70-80's as the reason Aussie girls had that style is it was a part of the Aussie beach culture. to this day you head to either Cronulla, manly or Bondi and you could chuck a rock and hit someone walking around that sports that style. most of them don't even go in the water it's just the aesthetic of the beach culture.

[@epic7224]

​@@kevinsmithfan37 and its been around longer than that for black, brown and Latino ppl lol

[@kevinsmithfan37]

@@epic7224 and yet you somehow totally missed my point. my point was for literally decades Australian women have had that style and it had literally zero influence from those cultures so I mean where do you draw the line at it being someone's cultural right to try and gatekeep?

[@Celephinn]

Since when has a natural makeup look been considered ghetto??

[@julv5767]

Just wear what you want and own it - don’t cry about it

[@AnonVocals]

‘It’s hard to see something they were bullied for suddenly becoming trendy because of white women’ My full lips and hourglass figure just entered the chat.. 😅

[@leoniemelodie7]

My curly hair and mixed-race facial features entered the chat as well 😃 So weird that it is a "trend" now when in real life I felt like I had picked every "wrong features" from my parents I possibly could have, starting with the impossible to tame hair.

[@siohunndai]

Pretty much everything done by black, latina, and south asian women becomes popular and praised once white women do it

[@Theflowermoon764]

True

[@amberbeck5429]

Smh I’m white with huge lips and an hourglass figure. No culture owns that 😂 also I get talked about for getting lip fillers bc people don’t believe a white girl can have naturally big lips.

[@siohunndai]

@@amberbeck5429 I highly doubt it would be trendy if white women didn't artificially adopt the look en mass.

[@XanStephP]

I'm still scared to wear hoops at work rn. I just don't do it honestly because the stigma is still in my mind berating me.

[@ziolp]

Exactly.

[@t-sharrimurchison454]

When I entered corporate America I disposed of all my hoop earrings, never wore my hair braided. Now it’s fashion!

[@emc8020]

Now you should honey. What people think of you is none of your business. If the outfit requires hoops, rock em.

[@Anonymously_ph]

Sade Adu exudes Clean Girl vibes in the 80s

[@tahsina.c]

Thats who i think of too lol

[@thebardisashieldmaiden1754]

Um.... I wore my hair like that throughout school.... There were several white girls at my school that wore their hair like this including myself because we had naturally curly and frizzy hair. We had to gel back our hair in order to keep it well maintained and left the ponytail poofy. Some of the girls even put Palm aid or a gel in their ponytail area to keep it more maintained this is not just a colored esthetic this is a hair type esthetic.

[@incomprehensiblevoid]

It's not just the hair. It's the entire look. Slicked back hair WITH hoop earrings AND clear gloss. The ENTIRE look was co-opted

[@kellygreengables3936]

You're missing the entire point. Nobody said that one group invented this look nor that you have to be a certain race or culture to wear the look. The point of this video/its message is about how women in minority groups often face a double standard compared to women in majority groups.

[@cayleesmith71]

I'm so sick of this type of thought. Its keeping the hste alive. Style goes in circles, whoever popularizes it in the moment is the lead. And when the clean girl look goes and comes around again it will be because of someone else and HBieber will be forgotten lol

[@Ddalgiichigo]

It’s such a childish way to think And it’s not helping anyone… if this is true then everything is cultural appropriation. Like the term has lost all meaning at this point people constantly throw it around. And also every trend people are commenting “I got bullied for this” like okay? Bullies will pick at anything it’s nobody’s fault but the Bullys focus on them and not some random girl minding her buisness. It’s just such a backwards way of thinking

[@cosmicmuffin322]

Did anyone notice that the title is "the clean girl's dirty deed?" They clearly mean that white women following this trend are doing a dirty thing and should be ashamed. With all the real racism going on in the world, this is what's important?

[@OpulentBWSpace]

Is it a "Thought" or is it that you can't handle reality. But at least your honest that you see women of color's culture as a trend.

[@aprilfoster4725]

Yep...we rarely found makeup that matched our mixed tones. I know that's why I don't wear makeup to thus day. And styling for natural hair is grueling and slicking back is chic and easy. And the Robert Palmer girls did go minimalist.

[@Marchbanddrum]

Makeup is makeup Hair is hair