Demi Moore is opening up about how her approach to beauty has changed over the years. For Moore’s Glamour Global Women of the Year cover story, the actor chatted with Margaret Qualley, her costar from The Substance, about everything from her impassioned Golden Globes speech to the story behind her signature long dark hair. Throughout awards season, Moore delivered stunning red-carpet looks, accompanied by her flowing waves that stayed perfectly styled, shiny, and enviable.
We’re not the only ones who noticed: During the interview, Qualley decided to ask Moore how she got such long, beautiful hair—and the answer will probably resonate with plenty of women.
Moore explained that she initially grew out her hair after starring in the 1997 action movie G.I. Jane, for which she had to shave her whole head. Although that experience was “very powerful,” Moore decided to let her hair do its thing once it came back.
“It also kind of coincided with stepping back from work to be with my kids. I just started to let my hair grow,” Moore said. “And I think probably because I’m also lazy and I don’t like to sit in the chair or have to go and get it done a lot.”
Demi Moore went on to reference the pressure some women can feel to cut their hair as they age and how she wanted to challenge that idea. “[We often hear] that as women get older, they shouldn’t have long hair,” Moore said. “And for some reason, to me, I didn’t buy it. I didn’t believe it, and it didn’t make sense to me why that had to be the case. And I did notice, particularly women who were going through menopause, that they were…I was looking around and seeing they all were kind of cutting their hair in a very almost masculine way, just desexualizing themselves. And so I think there was a combination of this attachment to it too. I don’t know. Sometimes I think I’ve just willed it.”
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