Los Angeles, March 26 – Rapper Cardi B, known for sharing her DIY hair treatments on social media, discussed the consequences of using raw garlic in her routine.
The rapper appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where she discussed the real-life consequences of using raw garlic in her hair care routine, according to people.com.
“I used garlic, but I put it in my hair too raw for six months straight,” she told host Jimmy Fallon, adding, “every time I (would) sweat, I smelled like a pasta bowl. It was disgusting.”
Fallon laughed at this, replying, “Vampires won’t bother you,” which prompted Cardi B to quip, “Well, I am the vampire.”
A concerned Fallon then asked the newly launched beauty entrepreneur, whose hair care line is launching in April, “So you couldn’t use garlic like this?”
The “Money” rapper confirmed that he was correct. “I would never do that again. … It didn’t work out.”
She often creates her own hair treatments based on her research.
She told Fallon, “I’ve been doing things like rice water and onion water, but this time I decided to use raw garlic. I was thinking, ‘I don’t have time to boil it,’ and I was smelling like a chicken Caesar salad for six months straight.”
The rapper, who took a break from her North American Little Miss Drama Tour to promote her haircare brand, recently told WWD that her routine inspired her beauty debut.
“I was making my own masks in my kitchen, using what I already knew from my family’s recipes and what I learned from my own research. I really took my time to get my hair looking healthy again after years of damage. And guess what? It worked. Now I want to share my hair journey with everyone.”
Although she also told Fallon that she had scaled back on arguing with haters on social media, hours after her WWD story dropped, she took them to task for talking trash about her brand.
“So, my hair care line is coming out, right? And I'm seeing a lot of debates… You're hating, mad,” she said in an Instagram Live, which was shared on X by a fan.
“This is something that I struggled [with] my whole life. And I don't even want to get emotional talking about this, but … it's my story and I have to talk about it.”