This 5-Year-Old Hairstylist Puts Your Adult Skills to Shame

Like a bawse.

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While most kids her age are playing make-believe or, you know, curating their sticker books, a five-year-old named Magnolia is creating works of art with hair. And not simply with her American Girl dolls, but on adult-sized mannequins boasting full heads of hair...

Taking after her mama, pro-stylist educator Jenny Strebe, the kindergartner is impressively seasoned in braids and updos—from the classics, like the faux bob, to free-styled bridal looks inspired by Princess Belle (who let's be honest, was the O.G. of half-buns).

Based out of Scottsdale, Arizona, she's already got quite the following on Instagram thanks to her adorable how-to videos, which have garnered hundreds of thousands of views. And as if her gargantuan fan base isn't impressive enough, she already has an official job under her belt—styling hair for a local toddler fashion show. In other words, watch your back Odile Gilbert.

See some of our favorite @confessionsofaminihairstylist styles, and brace yourself to feel inadequate, below:

Princess Belle Bridal

Bun with Two Side Braids

Messy Updo with Bobby Pin Accents

Braided Faux Bob

Triple Flower Bun

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Lauren Valenti
Beauty Editor

Lauren Valenti is Vogue’s former senior beauty editor. Her work has also appeared on ELLE.com, MarieClaire.com, and in In Style. She graduated with a liberal arts degree from Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts, with a concentration on Culture and Media Studies and a minor in Journalism.