Beauty Q & A: The Office’s Angela Kinsey

October 6, 2009 at 5:00 am Shannon Nelson Leave a comment

For those of you who may not know, I live just outside of Scranton, PA. Or otherwise known to all of you as the location for The Office.  So  I was thrilled beyond words when I found out that Angela Kinsey, who plays Angela Martin on The Office, was now stepping foot into the niche of beauty as Nice ‘n Easy‘s “Gigi.” Gigi is that girl who holds your hand every step of the way through the process of coloring your own hair. And I think we’ve all been there at one time or another where the dye we chose was the wrong color or we over processed it and actually lost hair…or at least I have.

Shannon: Everyone knows you as the uptight and orderly Angela Martin on “The Office”, how does it feel to now be cast as “Gigi“, Nice ‘n Easy’s new go-to-girlfriend for hair color? Do you feel those that love Angela will equally love Gigi as these “roles” seem to be so opposite?

Angela Kinsey: I love playing the super stuffy Angela Martin but playing Gigi is such a fun departure! I get to be more like myself, a quirky ‘girlfriend’! Gigi is that friendly, vibrant and relatable girlfriend that loves to be there through it all. I mean who doesn’t have a girlfriend you turn to and ask for beauty advice, especially with things like hair coloring?

Shannon: Everyone has a home hair color disaster story whether it was spritzing lemon juice into their black hair hoping to turn blonde or over processing their color with a home dye kit. Do you have a story you’d be willing to share about your experience when you were a teen or college student attempting to color your hair?

Angela Kinsey: Ha! Well I once put hot pink streaks in my blonde hair. I didn’t do a very good job and they bled over into the rest of my hair but only in the front around my face. It was a bit of a disaster. That’s another reason why I was excited to play Gigi and show women how goof-proof it is to find your right color with Nice ‘n Easy.

Shannon: What do you think are the biggest mistakes women make when it comes to coloring their hair at home?

Angela Kinsey: I think one of the biggest mistakes women make is choosing their shade. One of the first things I learned by playing ‘Gigi’ is how to pick the best shade for you. Make sure you choose a color that’s within two shades of the color you have now.

Shannon: Let’s say Gigi walks into Dunder Mifflin to surprise Angela Martin with a makeover. What tips do you think Gigi would give Angela Martin to transform her look?

Angela Kinsey: Well, there would be a lot of them for Angela Martin! Gigi would definitely tell Angela to ditch all the grey in her closet, not every day is a funeral! Work some pretty pastels into that drab wardrobe! And as far as her hair? Gigi would probably suggest a sexier cut with a few layers, maybe with some cute bangs and add more depth and dimension to the color.

Shannon: You’ve really had so much success with The Office and now becoming a spokesperson for Nice ‘n Easy, do you have any other projects you are working on that you can tell us about?

Angela Kinsey: I am in a fun family movie called Furry Vengeance that will be out next year and I am writing a pilot for TV that I hope to sell for life after The Office.

Be sure to check out Angela on Nice ‘n Easy’s website for videos and hair color tips from Gigi.

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