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"From Hairspray to the hair salon!\r\nActress Nikki Blonsky may have been discovered during her part-time gig at a Long Island, New York ice cream shop, but now -- four years after hitting it big in the film adaptation of Hairspray -- she&amp;apos;s logging hours at her hometown beauty parlor.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Its true. I&amp;apos;m working at Superstar Salon as a makeup artist and more. I&amp;apos;m proud to be working and helping pay bills but I&amp;apos;ll NEVER lose sight of my dreams,&amp;quot; Blonsky, 23, tweeted.  But her latest part-time gig doesn&amp;apos;t mean she&amp;apos;s out of the spotlight for good.\r\nInsists the star, who most recently appeared on ABC Family&amp;apos;s canceled comedy Huge: &amp;quot;Just &amp;apos;cause I&amp;apos;m part time working doesn&amp;apos;t mean I&amp;apos;m gonna give up on my dreams and don&amp;apos;t give up on yours.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;I might book something big soon. Keep positive,&amp;quot; she told her 2,775 followers on the microblogging site.\r\n\r\nRadarOnline.com, which first broke the news of Blonsky&amp;apos;s Great Neck, N.Y. gig, reports that the actress recently earned her cosmetology license.\r\nBlonsky&amp;apos;s customers appear to be happy with her work.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I was so surprised today when I showed up at Superstar to get my makeup done and it turned out to be Nikki Blonsky applying it,&amp;quot; wrote one woman on the Superstar Hairstylists&amp;apos; Facebook page. &amp;quot;She did a great job and I really look like a SUPERSTAR. Thanks to all the wonderful staff and I wish all the best to their newest employee cosmetologist Nikki Blonsky.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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