The phrase is associated with Brazilian television personality Nicole Bahls and is best known online as a sharp, meme-ready retort rather than as a line from a single scripted scene. In Brazilian internet culture, 'vai cuidar do seu aplique' is used to tell an interfering person to mind their own appearance and business, with the hair extension reference giving the insult its distinctive, humorous sting. Shared widely in reaction videos, edits and social posts, it has endured because it is short, quotable and instantly signals confidence, sarcasm and a refusal to entertain gossip.