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In this playful and collaborative episode of ‘Hush & Brush,’ Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and her hair artist Priya Kumari Bilkhu share the mics as they create her signature “Maitreyi waves, as we call them.” Maitreyi explains the total trust she puts in Priya to get her look just right, freeing up her hands to deliver the most tingly ASMR sounds (and on a regular day, to play on her Nintendo Switch). Maitreyi and Priya give us everything: the flat iron’s soft buzz as it heats up, the satisfying crunch of Pocky sticks, and even the musical strum of a hair tie–”I’m literally a producer,” Maitreyi says to Priya. “I’m like Finneas. You’re like Billie Eilish.”
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00:00Surround sound
00:03Beautiful
00:08Hi there
00:10It's my tree, Ramakrishnan
00:13and this is
00:14Hush and brush
00:15and like that means ASMR time
00:18I guess and today
00:20we're gonna be changing over
00:22my look cause I'm in the middle of a
00:23breast day and I don't
00:26do my own hair and makeup so I brought
00:28my hair status with me
00:29to take down my hair and
00:31I guess you guys are gonna be here too
00:33Okay, Priya, come here. Sorry, it's not got whispering
00:35Sorry, sorry. I'm supposed to whisper the entire time
00:38Isn't this weird, man?
00:40Wait, everyone say hi to Priya
00:41Hi, Priya
00:43This is so funny cause you and I don't have
00:45quiet voices. They told me
00:48if I do this, it's
00:50surround sound
00:52That's so weird
00:53You can't get rid of us. We're like in your eardrums
00:56Both ears
00:58Both ears surround sound
01:00See, I don't like
01:02get ready or like
01:04change my looks myself
01:05and anytime on a carpet someone compliments
01:08my hair or my makeup
01:10I tell them I didn't do it
01:12because it's true
01:14It's true
01:15It's either Priya or Julia
01:18who's not with us today
01:19But she's still alive
01:21She said oh yeah, yeah obviously
01:22Oh my god
01:24She's like in Toronto
01:26What do you wanna do first?
01:28Well, we're gonna put it down
01:29Okay, so I guess I'll start with that
01:32Okay, can you do that please?
01:34Yeah, okay, very good, very good
01:35See like, I always get ready
01:38like, not in front of a mirror
01:40Like I always get ready just sitting there
01:43because I fully trust my team
01:45So I just let them do whatever, you know
01:47And I just thought
01:49I'll just sit here
01:50We're gonna take our hair down
01:51and we're gonna make it look glamorous
01:53I mean it's already glamorous, let's be so real
01:56But
01:57We got pins in there, right?
01:59Yeah, we got pins in there
02:00Give me a pin, give me a pin, give me a pin
02:02I can use that, I can use that
02:03I'd love to
02:07Do some people like that?
02:11That seemed violent
02:12I don't, do they like it?
02:13I can be violent
02:16Ooh, poppy pins
02:18Hoppy pins
02:19Okay, I'm gonna get going
02:23Are we nailing this?
02:25Are you proud right now?
02:26I haven't like started intrusively yelling yet
02:28I'm very proud of myself
02:30I'm also nervous now
02:32Oh my god, I don't play about hair care
02:34I don't
02:35I love hair care
02:37It's like therapeutic
02:37I love washing my hair
02:39I like to use like sulfate free shampoo and conditioner
02:43I love Vape Blend Mane
02:44They're amazing
02:46I use Vape Blend Mane for my shampoo and my conditioner
02:48And then I love a good hair mask
02:51Some nice hair oil
02:52Also, every so often
02:54I just love like a good apple cider vinegar wash
02:57You know, clean your scalp
03:00Just spray like apple cider vinegar
03:02Mixed with water
03:05That's the spraying motion
03:07I'm not trying to shoot myself in the head
03:08Oh my god, I just-
03:09My nose hit the mic
03:10Oh my god
03:11Stop talking about that
03:12Okay, anyways
03:13This wasn't your hair dye, the one that is
03:15This is a hair dye
03:20Like, hold it like this
03:21Trust me, trust me, trust me
03:23Are you gonna-
03:26It's like music
03:30It's like music
03:31You're a musician
03:33I'm literally a producer
03:34I'm like Phineas
03:36You're like Billie Eilish
03:41Beautiful
03:42That's stunning
03:44You're a prodigy
03:45You're welcome
03:47You're welcome
03:48You're welcome
03:50I'm just really good at this
03:51Thank you so much
03:53Anyways
03:53Yeah, haircare is really fun
03:55I also just like massaging my scalp
03:57Oh, that brush
03:59Bro
03:59This one specifically
04:01This brush
04:02Fantastic
04:02Tell him, let him know
04:03This is the Mason Pearson
04:05Mason Pearson
04:06Pore bristle
04:06Pore bristle
04:07And we like to use this
04:09On my tree's hair
04:10Because
04:10The pore bristles
04:13They distribute the oil
04:15The oil
04:16From the scalp
04:17Also like
04:18Pores are really cool
04:20They're like a cool animal
04:23Wow
04:23The sounds of a boar
04:25Like is it like just the hair
04:27Off a boar's back
04:30I feel like it would be softer than this
04:31This is pretty hard
04:32Right?
04:33Oh no, boars are cool
04:34Why boars?
04:35Yo yo, get my head in there
04:38Wow
04:40That's really soothing
04:41It actually feels really nice
04:43I can't even look
04:43I probably look like insane
04:45But that's okay
04:47Oh my god, she's so quirky
04:53Let's see
04:53Wow
04:53Root to dip people
04:55Root to dip
04:56Root to dip
04:56Root to dip
04:57That's how you guys do it
04:58Yeah, rotate
05:00Rotate
05:01Ooooo
05:04Wow, amazing
05:07Do people find this calming
05:09Like for real?
05:10Third time's the charm, I guess
05:13I'm just gonna do the rest of your head
05:16Wait
05:17Wait
05:18Wait, I wanna bring out my snacks
05:19You showed them enough for your bobby pins and hair ties
05:22No one cares about that anymore
05:24When I'm getting ready
05:26I also like the snack
05:27And
05:29Pockies
05:29Are some of my favorite snacks
05:31I do like the chocolate ones
05:33But I also like the strawberry ones
05:35But I know some people don't like the strawberry ones
05:37And honestly
05:39Just say you have bad taste, I guess
05:41Watch this
05:45See, this was us more than either
05:47Told you
05:51I just keep hitting this thing
06:00Isn't there a proper way to open it?
06:02To like
06:05Whatever, man
06:12Wow
06:13Pocky
06:14Okay, I just
06:15I gotta open this one second
06:17Oh my god, this is too small
06:21Cheers
06:25Sounds
06:30Can you hear that?
06:32No
06:36Oh, that's crazy
06:37People like to hear that
06:39That's wild, man
06:40That actually drives some people crazy
06:41That sound
06:43It drives me crazy
06:47No, I hate hearing the sound of people chewing
06:50Especially if their name is Priya
06:53Hater
06:53Anyways, if you have any water
06:55This, this
06:55Like, dries your throat out
06:57What the hell
07:07Nice
07:08This is my beauty tool
07:10That's always necessary
07:12For every one of my looks
07:17I'm not kidding, man
07:19My attention span
07:20I cannot be sitting here for two hours
07:23Getting clammed up
07:24And not look at a screen
07:26I could be an iPad
07:27It's true
07:28This could be Subway Surfers
07:29But it's not
07:30Right now it's Spokopia
07:32That game rocks
07:34All of them
07:35Zipper
07:44Zipper
07:47Yeah
07:48I feel like they always do that
07:49Yeah
07:50They always do that, right?
07:52Show them the hairspray now
07:53Oh yeah
07:54I am obsessed with everything from War Bay
07:57And it smells really nice
07:58But it also sounds really nice
08:01My nails are like crusty
08:05That's, that's nice
08:07That's so good
08:07I dropped my switch for this
08:08My switch is on my laptop
08:10War Bay is worth it
08:14That's actually nicer
08:16Than the nails
08:16Yeah, that's nice
08:19Alright, spread, spread
08:20Ready, ready, ready
08:21Do it, do it
08:26This is the War Bay texture spray
08:29Back to my switch
08:30Oh yeah
08:34See, buttons
08:35I thought about this
08:37For you ASMR lovers
08:39You know
08:40This little L and R
08:46I can turn to the button
08:47I love video games
08:49I'm a big Nintendo girl
08:51I really am
08:52Oh!
08:52Lots of great sound
09:02That's very satisfying
09:03That's nice
09:04I'm a big game
09:05Like, gamer
09:06Um, but specifically for Nintendo
09:09I'm a big Nintendo girl
09:10And I've always loved Nintendo
09:12Since I was a kiddo
09:13When I got my GameCube
09:15When I was like
09:17Five
09:17My first game
09:18Was Super Mario Sunshine
09:20And that game traumatizes me
09:22Because some of those levels
09:23Are really hard
09:24And the Sandbird levels
09:26Still f*** me up
09:27It's just
09:27Really scary
09:28To think about
09:29Falling into like
09:30A bottomless pit
09:30And then the screen
09:32Just basically says
09:33Like, you lose
09:35You just don't recover
09:36From something like that
09:37You know?
09:38Anyways, I love Nintendo
09:39Okay, first
09:40I'm going to start
09:41With this really cool
09:42Wireless hot tool
09:44I have
09:44From Dyson
09:46I'm going to turn it on
09:48Ready?
09:49Oh
09:50Oh wait
09:53It's going to make a sound
09:54When it's reached
09:55It's temperature too
09:56Dude, do you see how close
09:57This is to my freaking face?
09:59First I'm going to go in
10:00With this Dyson Blatt Iron
10:02Um, just to smooth out
10:04Any like
10:05Breeziness
10:05Or texture
10:07It's wireless
10:08Oh my god
10:10Give him the brush
10:11Give him the brush
10:13Yeah
10:16Well
10:16I will say
10:17When I get my hair done
10:18For carpets
10:20I really do trust Priya
10:22With my life
10:23Because I'm very particular
10:24About my hair
10:25I feel like
10:26My hair health
10:28Directly links to my confidence
10:29You know?
10:30So you know
10:31You got good hair
10:32You feel pretty good
10:33On a carpet
10:34I'm not going to lie
10:35I like to do like
10:36These kind of like
10:37Waves
10:38These are like
10:39The Maitre waves
10:39As we like to call them
10:41I like to change it up
10:43But truly
10:43I like
10:44Can't say this enough
10:45I trust my team so much
10:47Where if Priya says to put it up
10:49On my eye
10:50Dude, we put it up
10:51She says put it down
10:52We put it down
10:53And also yet again
10:55I never get ready
10:56In front of a mirror
10:57So
10:58I really don't know
10:59What they're doing ever
11:01When Julie and Brer
11:02Are doing my makeup and hair
11:03I just play on my
11:05Nintendo Switch
11:06And call it a day
11:07I feel like my red carpet hair
11:08Is very different
11:09To my
11:10Like
11:11Character hair
11:12Cause when I'm playing a character
11:14I like to just
11:15You know
11:16Do what makes sense
11:18For
11:18That role
11:19That person
11:20Like my tree
11:21Really likes clam hair
11:23But my characters
11:24Like Brenda
11:25In Slanted
11:27Her hair is like
11:28Way more textured up
11:30And like
11:30There's like
11:31A really cool braids look
11:32That I have
11:33Like at this party scene
11:35Which
11:36I don't know
11:37I've ever done in my own life
11:39But I think that's like
11:41The cool part
11:41About playing characters
11:42You get to like
11:44Try a bunch of new
11:45Like styles and things
11:47That you wouldn't
11:47Normally do yourself
11:48It's scary doing new things
11:50But when you justify doing it
11:52For a character
11:53Then like
11:54You could potentially
11:55See yourself doing it
11:56For yourself
11:57I hope you're enjoying
11:58This sound surround
12:01Experience
12:01Sound surround
12:02No surround sound
12:04Surround sound experience
12:05Yeah
12:07Exactly
12:09But
12:09No Brenda's got cool hair
12:11Brenda's the cool
12:12Like chick
12:13My character's honestly
12:14Really cool
12:15I can't lie
12:16Probably cooler than me
12:17Not gonna lie
12:18Spits my head bro
12:20Do you
12:21I got it
12:21Pro tip
12:22Oh my god
12:24Sorry for you
12:25Not making sure that
12:25Pro tip
12:26Don't talk
12:28While she spritzes it
12:29Yeah
12:30It tastes
12:30Really bad
12:31Yeah
12:32It doesn't taste great
12:33But it smells great
12:34They can't smell
12:37This is an auditory experience
12:40Not a smelling one
12:42Okay
12:43I think your eye looks perfect
12:45Let's go
12:46Okay
12:47My like
12:48Other thing that I like
12:49Always carry with me
12:50Not just on red carpets
12:51But like
12:52In my handbag
12:53When I'm like
12:54Roaming the streets
12:56And living my life
12:57I guess
12:57I just have like
12:58My little Dior lip
13:00With this lipglow
13:09Let me roll it out for you
13:11It's the blue one
13:12I say blue
13:14And it like matches to like your pH level
13:16Because if Priya or Julia who's still with us
13:20She's just in Toronto
13:22She's not dead as mentioned before
13:25If they're not with me
13:26I mean I only know my lip shades because of them
13:28Truly they teach me all my makeup tips
13:31So I like this icy blue one
13:33Because I know it'll just like match my pH level
13:36And like automatically complement my skin
13:39You know?
13:39So I don't have to worry about looking like a clown
13:46Yo these mouth noises bro
13:48I don't know why I feel like
13:50You're like Donkey and Shrek when they were on their way to far far away
13:53And he was really poor
13:55And he was deep
13:58I am Donkey
14:00No look
14:01I'm more puss in boots bro
14:02I'm more puss
14:03100% hair puss in boots
14:04My brother's like Donkey
14:05And my parents are like Shrek and Fiona
14:09Yo, you know what I think about
14:12This kinda ASMR related I swear
14:14Whenever I'm on red carpets
14:15And like you're smiling with people
14:18And like you're lined up
14:20Ready for the photo
14:21Right?
14:22People are like this
14:23Right?
14:23Ready?
14:25They're like
14:25Don't smile
14:26Don't smile
14:27And then they smile
14:28And they go like this
14:29Can you hear that?
14:31That sound
14:32I actually hate that sound
14:34I just
14:34It's like
14:36Yeah I know
14:36It's like
14:38I just
14:39It doesn't do it for me
14:41It's the sound of a fake smile
14:44That's the sound of a fake smile
14:46There's no joy in that
14:48It's a red carpet smile
14:49I think like Slanted is really awesome
14:51Because like
14:52The movie talks about
14:53The idea of beauty
14:54As well as talking about like
14:55Systemic racism
14:57That small little thing
14:58But
14:59I think it's really nice
15:00That
15:01The movie tackles these issues
15:03Especially today
15:03When honestly
15:04I really feel
15:05For
15:06People
15:06But especially kids
15:08Who like
15:09Grow up with the internet
15:10And
15:11Have so much pressure
15:12That I don't think
15:14Any other generation
15:15Can
15:15Can
15:16Really do to this extent
15:17Like
15:18Kids nowadays
15:19Have
15:19So much pressure
15:21To present themselves
15:22In a way
15:23That is
15:24Desirable
15:25And
15:25Keeps you in the pack
15:27Because no one likes to be left behind
15:29I mean it's like
15:29In our
15:31Human nature
15:32Our animal instincts
15:33To not want to be left behind
15:35So
15:36Slanted really
15:36I think talks about that pressure as well
15:38On top of all the numerous other topics
15:40Which is really nice
15:41I love that my character Brenda
15:43My South Asian patty
15:45My tumble queen
15:46She's really confident
15:48In herself
15:49And is very like
15:50Happily who she is
15:52And unapologetic
15:53Which is
15:54A nice
15:55You know
15:56Foil
15:56To Jones character
15:58What I will say
15:59Is that
16:00I love that
16:01Director
16:02And writer
16:03Amy Wang
16:03Brought these two characters
16:05Because
16:06Both characters
16:07Grow up in the same high school
16:09In the same neighborhood
16:10But
16:11Have very different realities
16:13In how they see beauty
16:14And it just goes to show that
16:16You know
16:17You can have
16:17Two flowers
16:19Grow in
16:20The same garden
16:21But
16:22If their roots
16:22Are inherently different
16:24The flower will blossom differently
16:26And
16:27Both are valid
16:28Neither one
16:29Right or wrong
16:30So
16:30If you
16:31Grow up to be a more confident flower
16:33Maybe help your insecure flower
16:36To your left or right
16:37You know
16:38But also
16:39Like it's not your job
16:40To like
16:40Help other people
16:42But it's also
16:43Really not your job
16:44To drag down other people
16:45So don't be that guy
16:46Just move on with your day
16:48It's free to stop talking
16:50That's been a theme of my press day today
16:52Just a kind reminder
16:53It's free to stop talking
16:55Apparently though
16:56You guys really like it
16:57When people whisper into mics though
16:59I really wanted to start yelling right now
17:02Now that we've touched up my hair
17:04My makeup
17:05Do be staying on though
17:06I'm not gonna lie
17:06I know we didn't touch up my makeup
17:08Don't come at me in the comments
17:09Okay
17:10Sorry my face holds up great
17:11Seems like we're good to go
17:13So
17:14Yeah
17:14I'm gonna show up I guess
17:15In the carpet in my pajamas
17:17No
17:18I won't
17:18I'm gonna go change
17:20On a camera
17:21That's weird
17:21Have a good day
17:22Be sure to check out Slanted
17:25Out in theaters
17:25Meow
17:29ASMR
17:30ASMR
17:31ASMR
17:32Thank you for joining us
17:34On our attention routine
17:35Priya's gonna never work with me again
17:38This is the last time you'll see me on camera
17:41I love forcing my glam team to be on camera with me
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