Halle Bailey ‘felt very comfortable’ on the set of ‘The Little Mermaid’ with hair and makeup team of color

Ahead of the film’s release, Halle Bailey reveals her experience transforming Ariel’s red hair into red locs.

As a young, rising Black actress, Halle Bailey said she hasn’t always had the luxury of a hair and makeup team that made her feel comfortable. Thankfully, that wasn’t the case on the set of “The Little Mermaid.”

Ahead of the film’s release on May 26, Bailey gave insight into what her experience was like filming “The Little Mermaid,” including transforming Ariel’s iconic red hair into red locs while on the set of “The Little Mermaid,” with a makeup and hair team of color, in a new  today! Listen to ‘Writing Black’ with Maiysha Kai.

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