Chris Appleton shares throwback pic from his brunette twink era before being discovered by J.Lo - Queerty

"I faced rejection after rejection from every beauty agency I approached-some even laughed when I shared my vision of leaving a mark in the world of hair. I found myself completely broke. At one point, I couldn't even afford my train tickets to London and had to hide from the conductor just to make the trip."

"So everything I did, I posted, and I got a call from Jennifer Lopez's team one day and they said, 'Are you available to do hair in Vegas for her Vegas show?' I was still living in Leicester [England] at the time, thinking, 'How does someone like J-Lo know who I am?' That's the power of social media."

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